Episode 4: A Pretend One Night Stand

"So what happened?" Zack asked his friend Andrea.

"My mother decided to go to Bible Study this week at her new church. The topic was homosexuality."

"I think I heard this story before," Zack moaned, recalling Chris' story.

"I know. We all have. Anyways, I had just recently convinced my mom to accept me, convinced her that God loved me too. That I was just as Christian as she was. Today, her Pastor managed to tell her I was all wrong, that I was a lesbian going straight to hell."

Zack was confused. "So that is Christian speak for what? 'Throw your daughter out on the street'?"

Andrea sighed, "She was convinced that she had to administer some tough love in order for me to see the errors of my ways. Now I have no where to go."

"I have a friend who's wife and him run a GLBT shelter for those who have nowhere else to go. Come home with me tonight, and we will call him first thing in the morning. But there is one thing."

"What is that?" Andrea asked.

"My roommate is a real homophobe. Can you pretend to be a chick I picked up at the bar?"

"Just get the straight man's fantasy out of your head of sleeping with a lesbian," Andrea laughed, "I will not take pretending that far."

Episode 3: Chris' Bible Study

"So how was Bible study?" Zack asked his roommate Chris when he finally walked in.


"Ugh, it was a disaster!" Chris responded, "The pastor was taking us through the verses that condemn homosexuality, and one of the women got offended because her daughter is a queer."


"You guys didn’t run her out of there with torches and pitchforks?" Zack teased.


"No," Chris laughed, "Although I would have liked to. Her daughter has thoroughly brainwashed her into believing that the Bible wasn’t anti-gay. She was trying to say that everywhere the Bible condemns homosexuality, its really talking about temple prostitutes."


Zack’s interest was peaked. "You mean, the Bible isn’t anti-gay?"


Chris laughed derisively. "Of course it is! Homosexuality is an abomination! The pastor took the whole Bible study time explaining this to her, and insisting that her daughter was headed straight to hell unless she could convince her daughter to give up her wicked lifestyle."


Zack’s phone began to ring. After checking the Caller ID, Zack answered it, "What's up, Andrea?"


Andrea was sobbing, "Can you meet me at the diner? I need someone to talk to."


"Its kinda late. What’s wrong?"


"My mom just got home from Bible Study. She’s kicking me out. I have nowhere to go!"

"No problem! I will be there in 20 minutes."

Episode 2: Brian's First Day of Class

A poke in his arm woke Brian up. He looked over at the cute guy beside him.

"You may wanna stay awake, this sounds important!" The cute guy whispered.

Brian couldn't believe it was only the first day of class and he was already falling asleep. This did not bode well for Intro to Financial Accounting.

"I repeat, if you fall asleep in my class you will only recieve one warning," the professor was saying, "The second time, I will ask you to leave. Third time, it will be permanent."

"Try not to be boring, and we won't fall asleep," the cute guy whispered to Brian.

After class finally ended, Brian introduced himself. "Hello, my name is Brian."

"The name is Robert."

"I was wondering if you'd like to get a cup of coffee with me?"

Robert frowned, "I am sorry, but I'm not gay."

Brian responded, "Alas, the cute guys never are."

"There are several thousand girls who always complain that all the cute guy are gay," laughed Robert.

"I must be looking in all the wrong places then."

"Listen, my wife and I are having a party this weekend. I have a few gay friends who may be there. Wanna come?"

He wasn't sure if he trusted himself drinking around a hottie such as Robert. Last time he drank around a cute straight man, he tried kissing him.

"I don't know, I may show up."

Episode 1- Zack's Break Up

"I'm sorry," she whispered through the telephone, "But we both saw this coming. We've been drifting apart since you left for Northwest U last semester."

Zack couldn't argue with that. But he knew her well enough to know when she was withholding information.

"There's someone else, isn't there?" He asked.

The hesitation on the other side of the line was all the answer he needed. "I can't believe this! You might as well have been cheating on me!"

"No, its not like that!" She pleaded, "I've remained faithful!"

"Maybe with your body," he countered, "But the heart is all that matters!"

"So it would have been better if I had cheated, as long as it had meant nothing?" She bit back.

"Yes!"

The click of the phone as she hung up was deafening.

"So I guess its really over," he muttered.

"Good!" a masculine voice called from the bedroom, "Now can you come back to bed? We don't have too long before your roommate returns!"

'Might as well,' thought Zack, racing to the bedroom to join the naked hunk lying in his bed.