the story of a boy.
Do you remember when you were 14 and had a huge crush on that totally cute, gawky boy? Yeah, I do. Do you remember embarrassing yourself over and over and over again? Like, every time you saw him? Yeah, I do. Has that changed for you? Yeah, it hasn't for me. Darn.
So I'm with Chelsey tonight, and after watching Leap Year at Caila'a new place, we both had plenty of energy and wanted to still have fun. After all it was only almost nine and it felt like a summer night, so.... we called up that boy. It seems harmless enough, but when you have both of us together, well... bad things happen. Trust me.
First of all, I wouldn't have gone over had Chels not encouraged me. But we did, and he wasn't there. Phhewww! But wait, his mom was. She is so great, really, I adore her! But, she told me to "be brave!" and then called her son. What do you do in a situation like that? It's not like I couldn't be brave when she was rooting me on! Come on, Lara! But then she had her daughter walk us over.
So I'm with Chelsey tonight, and after watching Leap Year at Caila'a new place, we both had plenty of energy and wanted to still have fun. After all it was only almost nine and it felt like a summer night, so.... we called up that boy. It seems harmless enough, but when you have both of us together, well... bad things happen. Trust me.
First of all, I wouldn't have gone over had Chels not encouraged me. But we did, and he wasn't there. Phhewww! But wait, his mom was. She is so great, really, I adore her! But, she told me to "be brave!" and then called her son. What do you do in a situation like that? It's not like I couldn't be brave when she was rooting me on! Come on, Lara! But then she had her daughter walk us over.
Don't be brave ever again, Lara. Seriously, don't do it.
We walked in the back door with a feeling of dread in our guts. It was a birthday party. We walked in right in the middle of a birthday party. It wasn't just some birthday party, either, but it was the bishop's birthday party and ALL of the family was over and it was very clear to both of us that we shouldn't have been brave. I cannot even begin to tell you about the level of awkward we encountered. I mean, really! The bishop threw over his socks and told us to get them for our dads for their birthdays. That wouldn't be so terrible if it wasn't the only thing anybody said to us...but it was. Oh, we found the boy, if you were wondering. He was there, sitting in a corner. Do you think he could have said more than a couple of words? Yeah, no. He didn't think so. Beautiful! Well done! Congratulations! If he had said, "You are morons!" the message couldn't have been more clear. Great. Welcome back, 14-year-old Lara. How's it feel to be completely embarrassed because of a boy again? Oh, wait. Did I forget to mention that it was the exact same boy I used to be embarrassed around when I actually was 14? Yeah.
Do you want to know the worst thing about this whole evening? Even though it was the most incredibly awkward and embarrassing thing that has happened to me in yearrrs, I preferred that over going home right after the movie and doing nothing. I feel a little hard-up for entertainment.
We walked in the back door with a feeling of dread in our guts. It was a birthday party. We walked in right in the middle of a birthday party. It wasn't just some birthday party, either, but it was the bishop's birthday party and ALL of the family was over and it was very clear to both of us that we shouldn't have been brave. I cannot even begin to tell you about the level of awkward we encountered. I mean, really! The bishop threw over his socks and told us to get them for our dads for their birthdays. That wouldn't be so terrible if it wasn't the only thing anybody said to us...but it was. Oh, we found the boy, if you were wondering. He was there, sitting in a corner. Do you think he could have said more than a couple of words? Yeah, no. He didn't think so. Beautiful! Well done! Congratulations! If he had said, "You are morons!" the message couldn't have been more clear. Great. Welcome back, 14-year-old Lara. How's it feel to be completely embarrassed because of a boy again? Oh, wait. Did I forget to mention that it was the exact same boy I used to be embarrassed around when I actually was 14? Yeah.
Do you want to know the worst thing about this whole evening? Even though it was the most incredibly awkward and embarrassing thing that has happened to me in yearrrs, I preferred that over going home right after the movie and doing nothing. I feel a little hard-up for entertainment.
Cheap, mortifying entertainment.
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