This is a true story. Only the names have been changed. In 1993 I was a
freshman at Cal State LA, and living in an off-campus apartment with two
roommates. I was an engineering student, but I was taking some theater arts
courses in the evenings for fun, as electives. I was cast in a small role
in one of the department's plays, to be directed by a junior named Jason.
Jason was French, and had grown up in Paris and Los Angeles. He was
athletic, and was on one of the schools swimming teams. He had dirty blonde
hair, which he wore long, and he never had any problem getting girls. He
always had a girlfriend or a girl hanging around him anyway.
I am basically straight, and I was totally straight at this time. I had
fantasized about having sex with guys, and I had fantasized about having
sex with girls as well, but I really hadn't done very much of either. But I
was focused on meeting girls, getting a date, and maybe getting laid. I
just wasn't having very much luck.
Jason lived in a giant loft in downtown LA with two or three other theater
students. They were constantly having parties at the loft, and it was a
place where many students and friends gathered to hang out, make music,
work on art and theater projects, and stuff like that.
One time when a bunch of us were rehearsing, we worked late into the night
- which was not unusual, we would sometimes work all night. The others left
and Jason invited me to stay over since I had a longer drive, and one of
his roommates was away. I agreed and crashed in the roommate's bed, and
slept through the night, and every ting was cool. When I woke up I heard
sounds of cereal and silverware and stuff from the kitchen area, and went
out to see what was up. The other roommates were there, along with one of
the neighbors, fixing coffee and breakfast, reading the paper and
whatnot. I helped myself to coffee and sat down.
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