Waiting to Pop the Question part 2

(scene: Paige’s house, 1^st day of the double sleepover)

Me: “How am I going to ask him?”

Paige: “A note?”

Me: “Oh-no! (I stand up and raise my right hand in the air) I promised myself I would never do that again…not after what happened with Leshawn…I still can’t believe he lost it!!!” (Paige giggles) “He lost it three times too! I rewrote it twice before I gave up…” (I sigh) “We just weren’t meant to be…. Then when Devonte' told him that I like him the last day of school on the bus, I refused to turn around and notice him. If he was interested, he wouldn't have lost it."

 

      It's been a few weeks since Devonte' asked Zevi about the formal...nothing new has happened. I'm still in turmoil about what to do. How am I going to ask him? I mean there's a good possibility that he's gonna say yes regardless, but he could still choose to say no. What do I do?

 

Paige: "The note still sounds like a good idea."

Me: "Yeah, it does, but I don't want to go through the whole losing it thing again." (An idea presents itself to me after a moment of silence) "I know! I could write it on a page of my drawing book! (I sit down and begin shetching it out) "Like this!" (I hold up the page for Paige to see) "Then I could decorate it with pictures and visuals!"

Paige: "You could put more than one answer, and put Hai in there. He might pick it without knowing it means yes in Japanese!" ( I giggle at her smartness and write it in)

Me: "Oooooh! I'm going to put weird replies like, "Chocolate and Peanuts"! He likes random things, he's gonna love this!"

(Paige and I giggle some more and continue to pour out ideas late into the night before deciding to do something else)

 

(scene: My house, 2nd and last day of double sleepover)

Me: "Who is this guy? He says he remembers me from MMMS..."

(Paige leans over to read the name Adrian Slate from the facebook page)

Paige: "I don't know..."

(We gasp as an IM flashes on the screen. It's from Adrian Slate. It says, "Hey Beautiful.")

(I look at Paige.)

Me: "Should i reply?" (Paige shrugs)

(I place my hands on the keyboard and type, "Uhmm...you say you went to MMMS in 6th grade, but I don't remember you....")