This was it. The big day. You'd been waiting for this day. June 24th, 2018. You're first pride parade.
You were living in New York with your brother, John, and he had recently come out as gay to you and he said that he had been secretly going to the last pride parades for the last three years. That's when you came out to him as [insert sexuality here that includes women in someway]. He was really surprised. You were miffed that he didn't invite you to one so he said he take to one this year. That was in March. Today was the 24th, the NYC pride parade of 2018.
You and John woke up super early to get ready. You grabbed your [insert pride flag here] flag and start rummage through you and John's closet for anything that looked good and rainbow. You took out some black jean shorts that you had sewn rainbow ribbon onto the edging and the pockets, a grey tank top with a rainbow heart on it and you but a rainbow headband in your hair. John had tied his hair back with a rainbow ribbon, wrapped a rainbow hoodie around his wait, and he had these really cool white vans with a rainbow streak on them and if you looked at the bottom; pure rainbow. John packed skittles, sandwiches, a salad and Pepsi in the cooler along with a couple of waters. You went all out on rainbows not only because of pride, because rainbows look good on everything.
The next thing you guys did was paint your faces. You took out the Halloween face paint and John asked you to paint a flag on one cheek and a white butterfly on top. You did so, and you did pretty good. You quickly took off your tank top and told John to make a rainbow fade on your upper back and shoulder blades. He did an excellent job and posted it on Instagram really quick with the caption "Going to pride with my baby sister. It's her first one!"
Once your two were officially ready, you wrapped yourself in your flag and John grabbed the cooler, getting into his pickup truck. Once your guys were on the road, he started talking as you snuggled yourself into your flag.
"Oh, um, sis, I have something to tell you." He pipes up. You nod. "My, uh, my boyfriend's gonna be there and he's gonna bring some of his friends with him. There's this couple he knows, Maria and Eliza, and Eliza's bring her sisters along. And then, y'know Lafayette and Herc are dating and they said they're coming too."
You smiled widely. "Great! Can't wait to meet them." You said. A smirk over took your face. "Plus, I didn't know you had a boyfriend, John." You winked and nudged his arm. His face became bright red.
"W-we'll, his name's Alex Hamilton and he's uh...how do I describe him..." John says. You recognize the name.
"I know Alex! He's come into the coffee shop to study every once and a while. We've come to talking a few times." You say. "He may be a little cinnamon roll of anger, but he's a great guy for you, John, I'm proud of you."
He smiles, a sense of glee and support almost radiation off him like a furnace. "Thank you [name]." He suddenly smirks himself. "Y'know, you might get together with one of Eliza's sisters.."
Your face burns like a ripe tomato. "John!"
"I know, I know! Don't say things like that, you've told me before." He pulls up to a parking full of people next to the street that the parade starts on. There's a couple of trucks and one Cadillac. Alex comes out of the red pickup truck with another cooler, along with Herc and Laf. Two girls come out of the Cadillac, on with jet black hair and a blue shirt on and the second one with wavy, siding on curly, hair with reddish-brown eyes and a red sundress.
"[name]! John! You made it!" Alex says. John runs over to his boyfriend and kisses his cheek. Alex blushes a bit.
"Mon ami, it's been so long." Lafayette says, walking to me, hugging me. Herc does the same. The two women walk up and introduce themselves.
