It all Began

It was Summer 2003. My family and my cousins family were (still are) neighbors. That Summer was the Summer where I discovered a new me. I discovered that I liked boys.

I had just gotten out of the 4th grade. I was 9 years old and I was more happy than ever to have Summer here. That Summer my brother, my sister and I spent most of our time playing outside with our cousins. We would be at each others houses constantly. If we weren’t jumping on the trampoline then we would be swimming.

One hot July day everything changed. My cousin Fred (also 9 years old) got the idea to play cops and robbers. They had an old busted “creeper” type van that was broken down in the far back of their driveway. That was the “cops’s” van. Well I got to be a cop, and so did my cousin. Not Fred though, my cousin who was in 2nd grade, Jesse. He is the cutest little boy ever! Smooth white skin, rosy cheeks, cute pouty pink lips. How we played the game was that the “cops” would stay in the van for 20 minutes while the robbers would try to hide around the yard or in the house. Since I was older I got to be in the driver’s seat pretending to drive. Out of no where Jesse sits on my lap and says….

Jesse: Josh can it be my turn to drive now? Please!

Me: Well maybe in a bit

Jesse: (Starts squiggling and yelling) Please Josh!