I was at a carnival/state fair, chilly evening. I was walking with Nicole and Stephanie. I started seeing a few people that I work with, around there.
We didn’t hang out or anything, just a “Hey! How are you?!” as we walked by. Nicole was playing one of those ‘throw the ring on the bottle’ games, so steph and I waited. Suddenly Boy K walks up.
“hey Cio!” He says, and I got startled. “Oh Hi, Boy K!”, He started talking about work but i interrupted him. “Boy K, I’m off the clock. Lets not talk about work”. Boy k said, “You’re right…” but didn’t leave. He ended up “hanging out” with us for a long while. Which I didn’t REALLY MIND. : )
We were all waiting in line for the ‘Tilt-a-whirl’ {which now that I think of it Stephanie shouldn’t have been riding ANYTHING lol} While we were waiting in line Boy B walks up. I said “Oh HI boy B!!” ::nervously::. Boy B says hello. “You remember Boy K from work?…” I continued. Boy B says “Yes I do. Yes.I.Do.”
All of a sudden, Stephanie starts laughing nervously {i think she could sense how awkward this was for me} Boy B starts walking away…Steph’s laughter turns into tears. She starts crying. The kind of crying that’s uncontrollable, and nearly not audible. {See also:Congo crying} From what I could hear she was saying something like “Omghe’sgoingtobesomadatyou…whatifhenevertalkstoyouagain”…etc etc…
Boy K looks over at Steph, and says to me, “um.Is she okay?” I looked at him and said “I ummm….IIII don’t really know?” ::shurg::, She wouldn’t stop crying. He said “umm, i’m going to go for a while…” As he walked away I thought in my head “ohh nooo! come back!!” A few moments later Boy B comes back by. He stops to talk to me. Steph,still crying, beings to say “seeeeeehewasmad…” I give her the ‘side eye’. Boy B {after 2 mins or so} says “um. is SHE okay??” I said. “umm. I don’t really know? She’s been crying for a while.” Boy B says “oh. I’m going to go for a while…” I said “No wait!” but he didn’t hear me.
I turn to Steph “OMG STOP CRYING!!!!!!! THIS IS WHY I WILL NEVER BE MARRIED!! GAH!!!” Naturally, it made her cry more, as though that were even possible. Nicole finally chimes in and says “um. She’d stop crying, if you stop YELLING.AT.HER” I gave Nicole the Squinny eye because she had no idea that IIIIII didn’t MAKE her cry in the first place.
I let out a big sigh and plopped myself on the steps on the Tilt-a-whirl. Suddenly, the Carnie guy says “Okay, Who’s Next?!”
That’s when I woke up.
thoughts?