Mark was a friend from England who worked with Julie. He’d come out a year before she did, helped her get the job. He wanted to show me around; she said he insisted on it. I didn’t really know why. Last time I’d met him I found him quite tedious, he was opinionated and at times could be quite rude. He’d tried to pick me up and when I wasn’t interested he made a scene.
“Why did you say I’d go with him?” I asked Julie the morning he was to pick me up.
“He really likes you. He’s been asking me a lot about you since the last time you met him at the New Year’s Eve Party.”
“He was really rude remember.”
“He was drunk that night. He’d broken up with his girl, remember. He was lonely and thought the alcohol would give him courage to ask you out. He didn’t know you were gay too. He’s apologized
