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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Abby Young: Out of The Rut #2

Do something you've never done before...


So I'm feeling like a bit of a creep. Please note that this is extremely out of character for me. 
I am NOT a floozy. Honest. 
I was trying to be spontaneous, to do something that I've never done before.
It was late.
I was hopped up on Diet Coke.
And my friend said I'd go down in history if I did it.
So naturally, I did.


At approximately 10:43 last night, my two friends and I circled the Helaman Halls dorms in my car, in search of a victim. I could have just jumped out of the car and gotten it over with like 17 times but I was so darn scared. My hands were shaking and my mouth got all dry. I kicked back some more Diet Coke and put some gum in my mouth. I had invested way too much time lurking the dorms and creeping out way too many people. I just had to do it.


And then I saw him.  A lone ranger, dismounting his bike. He was young. He was awkward. He was perfect.


I jumped out of my car and ran at him full-force. 
"Hey can I ask you a question?" I asked innocently.
He looked up from his bike lock, unassuming. 
I grabbed his baby-face and his eyes got wide as I planted a wet one on his lips.
"Oh, hey," he said in a flustered voice.


I laughed and darted back to my car, in disbelief at what a strange, strange person I am. I'm a silly girl and I like to do crazy things. But being forward like that was super tough for me. I knew I'd never see the kid again but it still made me a nervous wreck. I learned that I'm all talk sometimes. Even though I put on this face that I don't care what people will think of me and that I'll do whatever I want, deep down I'm still that shy little girl I've always been. I'll be more open and outgoing once I'm comfortable with people but this was definitely not a comfortable situation for me.


I kissed a freshman. And he went back to locking his bike right after like it was no big deal. Man I'm a creep.

8 comments:

  1. The kid had probably never kissed a girl and was saving himself and you stole that from him. That's messed up.

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  2. For real! You took that VL status away from him. His one and only prized possesion. Pretty brave of you to do though. I bet you will be able to read about it in the Police beat section of the Daily Universe.

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  3. Like I said in my blog post, I am more afraid of kissing a complete stranger than the BYU police.

    That is all.

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  4. Any RUT exercise that involves a cougar is a RUT exercise that I endorse with all of my soul.

    Abby, you are currently my 2nd favorite cougar of the day (sorry, Tina Fey will forever own my heart in a locket... but 2nd place isn't half bad either).

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  5. You know his version of the story is even better:

    "Dude!! This super hot girl just ran up and madeout with me!... It had to have been like 10 minutes long!... Of course she gave me her number... I didn't even have to ask."

    ohhh freshmen.

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  6. Wow! My new thing is so crappy now by comparison.

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  7. This kills everyones I think. You probably changed that kids life. I love it.

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  8. So I totally was going to do the same thing!! haha. But I have to admit choosing a freshmen made this even ten times cooler. I had a sore throat this weekend and so I chickened out, but I am so proud of you for doing this. I am sure you will be talked about by that boy for the rest of his life and for sure the highlight of his week. power to you girl. -EliseM

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