There were only three people left in the house after the
party had ended. The host and two of the people that had
attended the party. Everyone had enjoyed the night. Some
more than others. The two people left had drunk so much
they had passed out. One on the sofa and the other on the
floor. Jason, the owner of the house, only had two beds,
his own and one in the spare room. So he dragged his two
friends from the living room and stripped them to their
underwear and put them in the same bed. In their drunken
stupor they cuddled up to each other thinking they had pulled.
It was not until the next morning, when they awoke with
their arms around each other and kissing, that they realized,
and at this stage they started to panic as neither of them
could remember what had happened the previous night.
Jason decided not to tell either of them and thought he
would get a bit of a laugh from the situation. First he
told them they had started kissing in front of everyone
that was at the party and they had even started to get frisky
and someone had told them to go somewhere more private;
that not everybody wanted to see what they were getting
up to. This made them wonder about their sexuality. Neither
of them had ever looked at another man in their lives but
this made them think. They begged Jason not to tell anyone
but Jason said it was no longer in his hands that all the
others had seen them also. David and Adam left and headed
home. Jason called everyone that was at the party and told
them about the wind up and to keep it going. All their friends,
being just as sadistic as Jason, decided that this would
be so much fun, and agreed. David and Adam decided that
they would be safer not contacting each other or hanging
around with each other for a while. Let the dust settle
on this and people might forget about it.
A few days later it was David鈥檚 birthday and Jason
arranged for everyone to meet in the Corner House, their
local pub. They all turned up except for Adam. As soon as
David arrived the torture started. Some of the guys asking
which one of the boys he fancied the most.David was defensive
right from the start, saying nothing had happened. But the
boys just said, 鈥淓veryone seen you, why don鈥檛
you just admit it?鈥 So David said 鈥淭he only
way this can be explained is that Adam is gay and he took
advantage of me when I was too drunk to know what was happening.鈥
No one had heard from Adam since he had left Jason鈥檚
house. Everyone thought he was just too ashamed of himself
and that he could not face any of them so they let him be
on his own for a while.
One week later Adam's mom contacted Jason to see if he
had been in touch with Adam because she had not heard from
him in days. Jason told her he had not seen him or heard
from him since the party just over a week ago. Adam's Mom
started to cry on the phone saying 鈥淚t鈥檚 just
not like Adam, he calls me every day but has not called
for the last four days鈥 She asked Jason did he think
she should call the police. Jason thought about Adam not
being in touch with him and agreed with her. He said he
would call all their friends and ask them if they had heard
from him.
The last one to hear from Adam was David after they had
left the party and parted ways. Jason decided he would call
to the house that Adam shared with three other students.
When he got there the police were already there. As he approached
the house he started to realize that there was something
wrong. Adam's housemates were sitting on the steps crying
with a policewoman trying to console them. Jason鈥檚
heart started to race and every step that he took seemed
like a lifetime. The policewoman approached him and asked
if she could help him. He said that he was looking for Adam.
The policewoman asked how he had known him. Jason explained
that they had been friends for years, then told her about
Adam's mom calling him. The policewoman asked Jason to take
a seat, that she had a bit off bad news for him. Jason knew
at this moment that Adam was dead but that was all the police
would tell him. They said he would have to wait for the
coroner鈥檚 report to find out more detail. She asked
Jason to inform anyone he knew and let them know what had
happened.
Later in the day Adam's mom called Jason and asked him to
come over as she wanted to talk to him. Jason was so upset
he needed someone to talk to anyway and agreed to meet her
at 9pm that evening. When he got there Adam's mom met him
at the door and threw her arms around him bursting into
tears. This set Jason off crying. They eventually calmed
down and started to talk.
Adams mom said to Jason 鈥淚 just wanted to let you
know first as you were Adams best friend, Adam committed
suicide.鈥 Jason could not believe it. He asked why.
Adam was fine. He had spoken to him just over a week ago.
He had been in great form. Adam knew if he ever had a problem
he could have come and talked to Jason about it. Adams mom
said he left a note. "I think you should read it鈥,
and she handed him the letter. On the back of it, it just
said the word "Mom". Jason unfolded the sheet
of paper and began to read:
Dear Mom
First of all I just wanted to let you know that I love
you with all my heart. My whole family have been a tower
of strength for me throughout my life and I have so much
respect for all of you. Without your support I would never
have made it through school never mind make it to university,
but I have recently found out something about myself that
I just can鈥檛 deal with and I don鈥檛 want to lay
this burden on you. I now realize that I鈥檓 gay. This
is the one thing I know you would be fit to handle and learn
to live with but I can鈥檛 and I鈥檓 so sorry that
I have ended up like this and I鈥檓 sorry that I have
caused you so much pain by leaving you in this way but my
time has come and I have to go. My love and thoughts will
be with you forever.
All my love, Adam
Please remember I am happy
Jason started crying again while Adam鈥檚 mom comforted
him, then she asked Jason if he had known that Adam was
gay. Jason said no. He had never shown it. That he would
always have been eyeing up the girls like all the other
guys. The night of the party never even entered his head.
