When I was in my last year of high school, I had the major hots for this guy who was younger than me (by two grades, no less!). Due to the indiscretions of some of my younger friends, this crush seemed to be a matter of public record. What was also interesting is that it seemed to be reciprocated, although we had hardly spoken two words to each other.
The night of my graduation, he came to the after graduation party. I had thought we were going to hook up, but I was accosted by someone else. Afterwards, I was on the dance floor. Having seen me making out with this other guy, my crush walked right in front of me, grabbed one of my friends that I was dancing with, and started making out with her. I think there was some point to be made, but I didn't really care at the time. He was hot, that was all that I was concerned about.
After the party, a bunch of us ended up at Dunn's, where I had the best coffee in my entire life, because that was exactly what I had wanted, and my date ate too many potato latkes (and no he wasn't offended that I'd made out with someone else - we'd gone as just friends, but I was the envy of everyone else because he was super hot and nice). My crush was also there, and, as he left, he looked at me through the window, and I looked at him. We nodded at each other, he walked away, and I turned back to my friends. I never saw him again.
So there was a large amount of mystique that built about this fella. He was very young, and I always wondered if his baby-face would get even better with age.
Last night, Andy and I were walking through the market, going to meet Cara and Will and Matt (p.s. Happy Birthday Matt!). Who do I see walking towards me with his girlfriend but my crush? I'd always thought that I'd seen him (because he is pretty generic, let's face it), but I was wrong every time. This time there was no mistaking it. I looked at him for a long moment before I looked away. I think he recognized me, too, but it's been a long, long time and I can't be sure. We both decided to play the stranger card and looked through each other.
But the best thing is that HE'S NOT HOT ANYMORE AT ALL! He got a couple inches taller, and it looks like his skin is stretched too thin. He resembles a really tall ghost, and that is not attractive.
*wins*
Posted by Ally at October 7, 2006 12:23 PM