11. Things That Sneak Up On You

My brother used to tell me that I was the most gullible person on the planet. Sometimes I think He might have been on to something. I really do fall for things super easy. One time a friend of mine had a crush on the same girl I liked. I told him that I really liked her and that I was planning on asking her out. I just hadn't gotten the courage to do it yet. I sat down next to her at lunch and started talking to her. I just didn't have it in me to ask her out. Anyhow my friend came and told me that some of my friends needed help with something really quick and that it was urgent. We started to walk away. I told Kelly bye and kept going. Halfway to our destination, my friend said he forgot something but that he would catch up really quick. I went on and made it to where he said everyone would be waiting for me. There was nobody there. I really didn't know what was going on. Pete never came. I was confused but thought that maybe some guys were looking for me somewhere else so I started to wander around a little bit. I couldn't find anybody. Since I only had about 10 minutes left in my lunch period I just sat down ate the rest of my lunch and went to class. That's when I found out what had happened. Pete went behind my back and asked her out. Sadly, she said yes. He also spread all sorts of bad rumors about me. I felt really devastated and didn't know what to do. It just caught me by surprise. It came when I least expected it.

There are a few things that happen to be like that. For example pop quizzes just come out of nowhere. I don't know of a single person that likes a pop quiz. Simply put they are evil. but not all random things are evil. Take snowball fights for example. They are fun and more often than not completely spontaneous. Today there was a girl that told me that she wanted to go out on another date with me. First off, I thought I had screwed everything up to begin with and second off who really gets a second chance. I usually don't, but there it was. I don't know what is going to happen but I am pretty excited and hope that this turns out. Not everything that sneaks up on you is bad. Sometimes the thing that comes out of nowhere can be your ticket to a better place where you don't have to be stuck in the slow lane.