THE NIGHT IT ALL BEGAN

JULY 23, 2011

IT ALL STARTED ONE WARM SUMMER NIGHT IN GOOD OL’ IDAHO. MY FRIEND, LUKE, AND I WERE GOING TO WATCH THE MOVIE, CAPTAIN AMERICA. I’M A HUGE SUPERHERO FAN SO I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED AND GIDDY ABOUT SEEING THIS MOVIE. LUKE PICKED ME UP ON OUR FRIEND, BULMARO’S, BIKE AND WE HEADED TO THE EDWARDS THEATER IN NAMPA. WHEN WE GOT THERE LUKE’S FRIEND, JOEY, WAS THERE TO MEET US. WE PROCEEDED INTO THE THEATER TO WATCH THE MOVIE. NOW I’M THE TYPE OF GIRL WHO GETS ALONG BETTER WITH GUYS AS OPPOSED TO GIRLS, SO I FELT COMFORTABLE AROUND LUKE WHICH MADE HIM A GREAT BEST FRIEND. BEST FRIENDS HAVE 3 JOBS IN LIFE: 1.WIPE YOUR BEST FRIENDS TEARS. 2.BEAT UP WHOEVER IS MESSING WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND 3.GET YOUR BEST FRIEND EITHER IN OR OUT OF TROUBLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND 4.EMBARRASS THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR BEST FRIEND ANYTIME YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES. NOW LUKE WAS GREAT AT ALL 4, BUT EXCELLED AT THE FOURTH. DURING THE MOVIE THE CHARACTER OF CAPTAIN AMERICA MISINTERPRETS THE MEANING OF A CERTAIN CONVERSATION AND THINKS THE TERM “FONDUE” IS SOME SEXUAL TERM AND ME BEING THE SHY GAL THAT I AM STARTED BLUSHING AND HOW ON EARTH LUKE COULD SEE THAT IN THE DARK THEATER I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BUT IN ANY SENSE HE SEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMBARRASS ME AND DECIDES TO SAY QUITE LOUDLY “HEY CHLOE YOU LIKE TO FONDUE” AND PEOPLE IN THE ROW BEHIND US DECIDE THEY SHOULD SNICKER AT THIS COMMENT WHICH MAKES MY SLIGHT BLUSH TURN INTO A FULL ON TOMATO RED FACED BLUSH. I SAT THROUGH THE REST OF THE MOVIE SO EMBARRASSED OF THE THOUGHT OF LEAVING THE THEATER AND EVERYONE BEING ABLE TO SEE THIS BRIGHT TOMATO RED FACED BLUSH AND KNOW IT WAS  MY FRIEND THAT MADE THE COMMENT.  WHILST LEAVING THE THEATER LOW AND BEHOLD NOBODY LAUGHED AT ME! WELL BESIDES LUKE AND HIS BUDDY JOEY THAT IS. SINCE LUKE FELT BAD FOR EMBARRASSING ME HE OFFERED TO TAKE ME TO RED ROBIN FOR DINNER. JOEY HOWEVER DID NOT JOIN US. WHILE AT RED ROBIN, LUKE GOT A CALL FROM HIS BUDDY HECTOR, WHO INVITED US TO A BONFIRE OUT IN NOTUS. IT WAS FAIRLY EARLY FOR A SATURDAY SUMMER NIGHT SO WE DECIDED TO GO HAVE SOME FUN. WE MET UP WITH JOEY AGAIN AND FOLLOWED HIM DOWN TO THE RIVER IN NOTUS. I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE THERE SO I CLUNG VERY CLOSELY TO LUKE AS A SHIELD. ONCE WE GOT DOWN TO THE RIVER AND GOT THE FIRE STARTED I STARTED TO LOSEN UP A BIT AND TALK TO PEOPLE. SINCE WE HAD JUST WATCHED THE MOVIE AND LUKE HAD EMBARRASSED ME, HE AND JOEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO KEEP BRINGING UP THE NOW “INSIDE JOKE”. NOBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT A FEW DECIDED TO JOIN IN AS WELL SEEING AS THE REACTION FROM MYSELF WAS SO COMICAL TO THEM.  I DECIDED TO TRY MY BEST AND IGNORE IT, THAT WAS HARD! I DECIDED TO SIT ON THE TAILGATE OF ONE OF THE TRUCKS AND TRY TO LISTEN TO CONVERSATION AROUND ME AND JUST TAKE EVERYTHING IN. WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE ONE OF THE GUYS, HIS NAME WAS NICK, DECIDED TO SIT NEXT TO ME AND HE LOOKED MY DIRECTION AND STARTED TALKING TO ME THEN I BRUSHED A PIECE OF MY HAIR BACK BEHIND MY EAR AND HE SAW MY GRANDMA’S RING ON MY LEFT RING FINGER AND HIS EYES GOT SO WIDE AND HE ASKED ME “OH IS THAT A PROMISE RING?” I THEN CHUCKLED AND TOLD HIM NO AND BEFORE I COULD EXPLAIN HE SAID VERY SURPRISED “WAIT YOU’RE ENGAGED?!” LUKE AND I JUST LAUGHED AND LAUGHED AND I TOLD NICK, “NO, ME BEING ENGAGED IS ALMOST A JOKE, NOBODY WANTS TO MARRY ME, THIS IS MY GRANDMAS RING SHE GAVE ME FOR VALENTINES DAY THE YEAR SHE PASSED AWAY”. I DON’T THINK HE KNEW QUITE WHAT TO SAY AFTER THAT SO HE LEFT TO GO MINGLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. SINCE HE LEFT I DECIDED TO GO TALK TO LUKES FRIENDS JOEY AND TYLER SINCE THEY SEEMED PRETTY COOL. WHILE WE WERE TALKING WE FOUND OUT WE ACTUALLY DID KNOW EACH OTHER FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT WHO OUR COMMON FRIENDS WERE. WELL A CERTAIN PERSON CAME UP IN CONVERSATION AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS GUY HAD A HUGE CRUSH ON ME AND WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF A STALKER. SO JOEY SAW IT FIT TO POKE A LITTLE FUN AT ME WHICH CONTINUED JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE NIGHT! EVEN THOUGH JOEY WAS GIVING ME A HARD TIME ABOUT THIS GUY, PART OF ME KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE BECAUSE IN A WAY IT SEEMED LIKE A DESCREET WAY OF FLIRTING. I COULDN’T HELP BUT TELL MYSELF “OK YA THIS GUY IS CUTE, BUT YOU DON’T KNOW HIM FROM ADAM SO JUST PLAY IT COOL AND DON’T LET THAT FLIRTING GET TO YOU”.  WELL THAT DID VERY VERY LITTLE GOOD BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY JOEY SENT ME A MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK AND WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY I GAVE HIM MY PHONE NUMBER WHICH I USUALLY NEVER DO. WE BEGAN TALKING AND JOKING AND THAT VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD THAT TOLD ME TO KEEP MY GUARD UP FINALLY SAID “WELL TOO LATE LOOKS LIKE YOU LIKE THE GUY”. AND THAT IS HOW IT ALL STARTED <3