It started with a classroom conversation, just a chat among friends.
A discussion on love and whether we believed in "free love".

Then somone asked if I had ever dated someone.
Random, but not off-putting.
I replied with a resounding,
"Yes."

...No one looked convinced.

So I repeated,
"Yes, I've dated someone before."
Again, the looks I received practically spelled out

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"Why do you all look so confused?"

I was angry, for some odd reason.
Why were they even asking?
What business was it of theirs?
Must they know everything?

Someone had the guts to speak up.
"Well... we thought maybe... maybe you were a lesbian. Or bi."

Oh.
"Oh."

How... unexpected.
No one had ever said that about me before.
Not to my face, at least.

It's not like I never thought about it.
I think every teenager has.
Discovering your sexuality:
It's a part of finding yourself...
Right?