Seventeen: What Am I

What Am I

Seventeen: Corbin

I don’t know how long I was in that bathtub before I heard my father come back into my room and my daddy left me alone in my bathroom. I close my eyes and Elijah’s face pops into my head. His smiling face along with his intense eyes that only ever saw me when we were together. He had this way of making me feel like I was the only one around even if all of us were together. I don’t know why Elijah has been on my mind more now than when he left. Maybe because yesterday is when daddy told me that we were going to his graduation on Friday. Everyone will be there. So, I don’t know why I’m so confused, excited, and worried.

I hear the door slowly open and then close. “Hey Corbin, I heard your going through your first heat.” I open my eyes to see Paden sitting on the floor right by my side. I shrug my shoulders at her not really knowing what is going on, only what my daddy had said to my father. I close my eyes as another wave of pain goes