Well, if anybody cares, my prom sucked. Bad. Things started out great, good dinner, dance was going well, just having a good time. By the end of the dance, however, she just seemed disinterested, wasn't getting into the dancing as much, wasn't saying much, kind of staring off into space in all directions (I got real used to seeing the side of her face, rather than the front). I kept trying to spark conversation, and give the dancing a break and do other things for awhile, nothing seemed to work. It was enough that the other people in my group noticed and were wondering what was up. My best friend whispered to me at one point (without me saying anything to him in the first place) "It's like she's trying to not have a good time," and another friend agreed.
SO, we all change, head to post prom. For those who don't know, post prom is held at the school following prom (duh). THey basically have a whole bunch of games and whatnot, mechanical bull, sumo suits, cow-milking contest, obstacle course, enter to win a car, etc. It's a really neat event. But alas, my date just didnt seem to want to do...anything. She seemed more interested in wandering around aimlessly, talking to random friends she came across, then in partaking in any games or activities. At one point when we were alone, I asked her what was wrong. I didn't really get an answer, I mean, she spoke words, but they didn't form cogent sentences that said anything. After she kept abandoning me, I finally gave up and hung out with some of my friends instead.
So we get back to the house we all were sleeping for the night at around 3:45 AM. Obviously we pretty much fell asleep right away. At this point I'm thinking that maybe she's just tired or not feeling well, and she'll sleep it off. In the morning we board the train for Chicago. In Chicago, it was painfully obvious (to everyone) how much she was avoiding me. She hardly spoke a word to me all day, only said something to me when I said something to her first, if even then. She didn't want to be next to me anywhere we went. I felt like the "third leg." We went to the Shedd Aquarium. By this time, things had gone from bad to worse to worse still. She ignored me more than ever, and just had a plain sour look on her face almost the entire time.
We reached a nice little apex of the trip when she lost her ticket admitting her into one of the shows at the Shedd. No big deal, we just had to back up stairs and show the receipt, they would give us another one. But she is like flipping out, tearing her purse apart trying to find it, swearing up a storm. Going back upstairs I just say "relax, it happens, people lose stuff." She barks at me "shut up." I just said "god, are you alright?" and she stops, turns to me and yells "do I look like I'm alright!?" She then apologized, but nonetheless, I mean....Jesus Christ.
At dinner that night (this is night two now), a awkward moment occurred when she went to the bathroom. We payed the check and we're trying to decide what to do next. I say to one of the guys "so what do you want to do now?" As she came up behind him, he said "stay the fvck away from [my date], that's for sure." I don't know for certain if she heard him or not, but I imagine she did.
Anyway, I could go into a million more details, but I've got a history project, and you get the point anyway. The only other things I want to point out is that for one, she and I have hung out a lot within the last couple months, so it's not like this was the first evening I'd spent with her. I've always thought she was cool as hell, she NEVER acted like that before! She's always been the sweetest, nicest person in the world. Second, for some reason, she only seemed to be short with
me. She was fine gabbing with her female friends, but wanted nothing to do with me.
I know,it's just prom. It's no big deal. But what can I say, I'm pretty hurt, not to mention embarrassed. I'm just gonna leave it alone for the next couple days, but at some point I think she and I need to have a little talk.
Thanks for reading...
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