Enough is Enough

Hi, my name is Nathan.

BILLY: Nathan?

I'm on the warpath.

ME: Where is he?
BILLY: Who?
ME: Ben!

Funny, I hadn't even planned on going to Pride this year, and now here I was searching the crowd for my boyfriend trying to see if he was going to bee-line it for the supposed love of his life.

BILLY: Why would I know where Ben is?
ME: Oh, you mean you haven't taken him back yet?
BILLY: Taken him--what?
VOICE: There you are!

We both turned to see Ben coming towards us.

ME: Aha!
BILLY: Look, I really need to find Jeremy.
BEN: Billy, I'm so glad I found you.
ME: You miserable asshole.
BEN: I know you're upset, Nathan.
ME: Upset? UPSET?

Part of me wanted to strangle him there and then.

BEN: What do you care if we break up? You're in love with Christopher.
ME: Don't be ridiculous.

I kind of was in love with Christopher, but he called me today and told me he was moving to New Orleans, which means it's Ben or Singlehood, and the latter is not an option.

BEN: Billy, I want you back.
VOICE: Oh give me a break.

We turned to see Jeremy approaching.

JEREMY: I'd make a comment but I'm on my way back to my car and I'm in a bit of a rush.
BILLY: Wait, I need to talk to you.
BEN: No, you need to talk to me!
ME: NOBODY'S TALKING TO ANYBODY!

Everyone looked at me like I was nuts. Let them look, I'd had enough.

ME: I am so sick of everybody treating me like a late addition to the party.
JEREMY: But you were a late addition to the party.
ME: Oh, shut up. You think you're the little ringleader of this stupid group.
BILLY: Hey! You can't talk to him--
ME: Oh, hang on--the saint has something to say.
BEN: Nathan, don't be an asshole.
JEREMY: No wonder you wound up with Ben. It takes one to date one.
NATHAN: Okay, that's it.

I pushed Jeremy into the crowd. As he was going in, he grabbed me and we toppled into three or four twinks.

(Don't ask me how what was supposed to be a fight with Billy wound up being with Jeremy. I wasn't thinking very clearly.)

He, admittedly, was trying to fend me off, but I was going for broke. Then I saw Ben coming towards Jeremy.

BEN: Hey, get off him!

Billy yanked him back by his shirt and he fell to the ground. Jeremy was distracted in that moment, and I took the opportunity to trip him, and then he was down.

ME: Now you know who not to mess--whoa!

I felt an arm around my neck. Someone had me in a pretty tight stranglehold. I saw Jeremy look up at my assailant.

JEREMY: Ritchie?

From behind me I heard the strangler say--

RITCHIE: Miss me?

And I knew I lost the fight, and probably much more.