Joadin: Hi, Hope!!!

Hope: Hi Joadin, how are you?

Joadin: I’m good, having ups and downs but everything is good. How’ve you been? Tell me about you.

Hope: I’m fine, just had a little bit of problems, but I’m good now.

Joadin: What kind of problems?

Hope: Well, I went to Brooklyn and I meet this girl and was feeling weird, like if she was like my ex, Orion. Like if I had a crush on a girl.

Joadin: How did you feel when you thought that you liked a girl?

Hope: I really didn’t feel anything, I just felt like kissing her and wanted to spend more time with her. I really didn’t know what to do.

Joadin: Well, something you could have done is speak to someone you know who could be there for you no matter what, someone who won’t judge you.

Hope: I actually tried to speak to someone, but I didn’t really want people to look at me in a different way.

Joadin: If you really don’t feel comfortable with someone, just try to think about it yourself. Like, for example, in a quiet place. Listen to music. Do something that would help you think about your feelings that you think you have for your same sex. When I have problems myself and if don’t want to talk to anyone else, I do the same things or just sit down and write down my thoughts.

Hope: After all the things I was thinking, I decided to talk to someone and it was my sister and a friend. They really helped my mind out and the way I was thinking, because to them it wasn’t a really big deal if I liked another girl. They were actually happy for me that I found a person I’m feeling this way for.

Joadin: How did you meet this girl?

Hope: I met her by holding on to her dog because I found her dog in the park and I felt bad to leave a dog there, so I called her phone and told her where I live at so she could come pick up her dog. So the doorbell rang and I was asking her questions to see if she was really the owner of the dog. She needed to use the bathroom and I wasn’t really sure if I should let her in, but I did and that moment I was feeling weird, like if I had something for Nat.

Joadin: And are you going out with this Nat girl?

Hope: Yes.

Joadin: How is your relationship so far with Nat? Is it going better than your relationship with your ex, Orion?

Hope: Umm, this is my first time going out with a girl, so I’m really not used to having a relationship with a girl. But the way she treats me is way better than my ex-boyfriend, Orion. In a way, I feel that she treats me better because she a girl and she knows how a girl wants to feel with a person that they are going out with.

Joadin: What do you think is going to happen with your relationship with Nat in the future?

Hope: I really don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. I just think like people are going to look at us different, like how are we going to have kids, if I even married her? Am I going to be with her forever? How would the other part of my family think of me having a relationship with my same sex? That scared me a little bit, but not really, because the people I really wanted to tell were my parents. They’re in my life the most and I wanted to know what they were thinking when I told them that I liked a girl.

Joadin: What was it like staying in NYC with your sister?

Hope: I really didn’t like the idea of staying with my sister and her boyfriend while my parents were away. She was always out working or with her boyfriend that I couldn’t stand. So I was always outside trying to do things.

Joadin: Did you ever think that you were going to find a person when you went to stay with your sister?

Hope: I wasn’t even thinking about going out with anyone because I just broke up with my ex and I really didn’t think I would end up with a girl. I just wanted to be around until my parents were coming back so I could go back home. But then I saw Nat and it changed how I was thinking.

Joadin: How was your life before you went to NYC?

Hope: My life wasn’t all that great because I had problems with my ex and my parents finding out things that I did with him, so there were little problems there like kids always have with their parents…but even after all that I love my family.

Joadin: To me, it seems it was good that you went to NYC and met a person.

Hope: Yeah, I guess. I really feel happier because my parents accept it and I really like Nat. I’m glad I met someone I could talk to and show my feelings to.

Joadin: That’s good. I’m happy for you, but I have to go now because of my minutes. If it was up to you, you could talk all day! (Laughing) Hope to hear from you soon.

Hope: Okay, you, too. Bye. (Laughing) Yeah, I needed to talk to about this. Sorry if it cost too much.

Joadin: It’s okay. Bye, Hope.

Hope: Bye.