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I was 15 years old when I experienced one of the greatest days I have ever had - just from holding hands. Petra was a cute, little blond that my best friend had a crush on. He tried and tried to pursuade her to be his girlfriend, but one day her best friend passed me a note that confessed her feelings for me! I was blown away. This pretty girl likes me?
As has usually been my downfall, I did the right thing and showed the note to my friend and apologized. Only this time it worked out. He told me to go for it, that he understood. He was a great friend. I'm sorry I have lost track of him.
All of this set the stage for me to ask her to go steady with me, as was the tradition of innocent youth. When the day came, all our friends knew what was to happen and they left us alone at a pavilion in the park to talk. Despite the fact that I knew how she was going to respond, I had never been that nervous in my life. I had butterflies in my stomach and my heart was pounding through my chest.
I kept putting off the question, afraid of my own words. Finally we could see our friends returning from their long walk. It was now or never. I was panicked, but spit out the words as I extended my newly acquired class ring, "Will you go steady with me?" She responded, "Yes!", while jumping in the air.
We walked (or was it floated?) out of the park holding hands. That minimal human contact was among the best I ever had, if not the best.
I can never be innocent or young again. But, as I've settled into middle age, I do want that feeling again. Just one more time. |
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Posted by HungryHeart on 2007-12-10 22:47:23 | Rating: | Views: 87
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I know what you mean..Im only sixteen and I feel like i've lost all innocence...what kind of monster have i become?..
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Posted by sacrificedangel
on 2007-12-10 22:51:15
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its human nature to be unable to go back to where we started. once you hold hands, those cute little flirty glances aren't enough, and once you kiss, holding hands isnt enough, then once you make out, kisses aren't enough...etc etc.
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Posted by kmalbro
on 2007-12-29 22:05:24
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