Brief Rundown Of Assorted Past Boy Experiences (Junior High To High School):
1. Ian. He was the class clown. I wore dark red lipstick back then. He came up to me one day and said in his jokingly provocative tone, "Wanna suck on my jolly rancher? You could leave red rainbow rings around it." I laughed my head off. If he weren't as cool and nutty and friendly and just plain silly as he naturally was, I would of socked him in the gut.
2. Hector. He was okay, but always kind of an annoying jerk. He snapped the back of my bra band once in front of other guys in class. He laughed, thinking he was so cool. I gave him an annoyed and dirty look. I felt violated in some small, but real way. What an ass.
3. Anil. A boy who was quiet for the most part with the occassional burst of controlled rowdiness. He had a crush on me. On Valentine's Day, he came up to my table in the school cafeteria and nervously handed me a small gift bag. Inside the bag was a white smiling teddy bear holding a red puffy satin heart. I was surprised and a little embarrassed being that I didn't reciprocate his romantic feelings. I said thank you and smiled to him. He walked away back to his lunch table. The girls sitting with me giggled. I don't recall ever speaking to him again after that day. I think we just ignored each other. So sad. I wish I would have talked to him more, even if only as a potential friend. It was such a sweet gesture, gift, and thought. And I was secretly and strangely beaming inside because someone thought I was special.
4. Michael (I think). He was in my music class and very friendly to me, but I got the impression that he was a jerk. I never felt comfortable around him. He walked me to a bus stop once from school. He asked me out on a date. I don't recall exactly how I responded, but it was a no. He smiled and shrugged it off. The next day in class, he showed me a picture of an asian girl. He smugly said that she was a photographer and so beautiful...that I could never compare to her. I just smiled quickly, turned my head away, and ignored him totally from that moment on. What a loser...he thought I would be jealous. Omigod...that was so not happening. It was such a laugh.
5. James (I think). He had a rumored "thing/preference" for asian girls. He asked out my friend Nancy once and she turned him down. He passed a note to me one day in class. It said in ink, "Will you go out with me this Friday?" I wote back, "I am sorry. I am busy." He got the note, sighed, and never spoke to me again. Obviously, I was not interested in him. He seemed a little annoying and somehow sleazy to me.
Boys are something aren't they?? And Anil...believe it or not, I still have your adorable white teddy bear.