For some reason this story popped into my head. I was in 11th grade
and my bff Jamie was in 9th. She was dating a kid Alex in my grade at
the time. I was also friends with Carmen "Milly" who was turning 15.
Milly invited me and of course popular people in our class to her
Quinceañera (Jamie's mom called it a "Kiss My Ankles" party cuz she
couldn't say it).
Now if you've never been to a
Quinceañera, it's legit like a wedding. Her dress was huge. Her cake had
like 3 tiers. It was awesome. Well of course being the self-described
nerd I was so happy to be there. I went with Jamie and Alex to the
party. Keep in mind I NEVER drank a drink in my life. So I am dancing on
the dance floor with "the popular crowd" and also just talking. I
thought I was clicking with EVERYONE! Hello this was my big moment.
So
Kevin Willard hands me a beer. "Dave, come on just take a sip." My
entire popular crew for my class was there including Jamie & Alex. I
take a sip and spit it out. "OH MY GOD THIS IS HORRIBLE! EW WHAT IS
THIS? YOU TRYING TO POISON ME?" It was a mixture of laughter and telling
me to shut up because they'd get in trouble for underage drinking. Of
course people from Milly's family came over to see if we were drinking
and I lied. We left soon after.
At school I walked down
the hall all confident. Trying to high five people that I've NEVER
high-fived before. As soon as I walk into class with Kevin and the other
popular kids Kevin says "OH MY GOD THIS IS HORRIBLE! EW WHAT IS THIS?
YOU TRYING TO POISON ME?" Yeah I was mortified. Kevin was kidding, but
that didn't go so well.
It reminded of that scene in "Can't Hardly Wait." There's no real reason for me to share other than giving people a good laugh :)