Our school would not allow gay couples at prom… so drove out to the sea with some pilfered alcohol and cheap plastic crowns we found at the dollar store instead. It was uncharacteristically hot for that time of the year, so we stripped off our shirts and had a slow dance to music playing from his car speakers. He let me rest my head on his shoulder, my chest pressed to his, and we danced like that for hours until our legs ached. Then, he laid me down on a blanket in the back of his truck and made love to me for the first time. The stars were beautiful that night.