If you hate long stories, skip to the bottom where there is a nicely bulleted list of what exactly made the night and subsequent morning so awkward. I like writing, I'm sorry!
That awkward moment when...
You get invited to play fugitive with your friend and a bunch of his amtes you dont know that well, and you both think "Hey, lets invite that girl from French class. Shes a good friend of ours"
You pick her up, and then(Because you're a spanner) you take the longest possible route from her house to the park (A 10 mile trip turns to 25). So, you arrive late with the girl. But its all good! Shes like a sister to me! Besides, shes in the year below. And the short shirt? I certainly didnt tell her to wear it! What do you want from me? Shes a cheerleader, they do that.
You run around playing fugitive with everyone, but you pair up with her. You walk, get lost, and then find out you went down a 1 way road, not to the proper destination.
Finally, you find the primary school, which is a sure sign you are on the right track.
"Quick! We can run through the school to save time, and be off the road where the cars will be looking for us!"
"Alright! Sounds good!"
Cut through, and she says
"Gosh, can we stop here a bit? Im soooooo tired"
"Totes! No big deal!"
She sits on a swing. Taking the cue, I sit on the swing next to it.
We talk for 40 minutes.
"Crap! Were supposed to be playing the game!"
"Oh thats right! Sorry Ry!"
"Ah no, its all good. This was nice anyways. Shall we go, so they dont think were up to no good?"
(It bears explaining that my Mate's friends all met each other at the teenage Church Group)
"Probs a good idea."
So we get to the arrival point about 30 min after everyone else.
Them: "Where were you lot?"
Me: "Oh errrm...."
April: "We were at the swings, by the school!"
Them: "Oh the swings, eh? I can tell, her hair is messed up"
Me: "It certainly isnt! We were running?"
Them "Then why did it take so long?"
Me: "Just... can we move on?"
Another match was declared.
April "Hey, should we just go straight to the swings this time?"
Me "Well, were supposed to be the police in this round, but sure! We probably wont be missed!"
So we drive to the Primary School
(Mind you, this is all around 9-11:30 PM)
We swing, for about an hour or so. And then we sat on the bench, quite close.
Her phone rings, she says "Oh, hey Dad. At the park with some friends, why? Oh, I forgot about that! I'll have them take me home now!"
Me: "Ah..."
April: "Yeah, sorry. But this was good, yeah?"
Me: "Absolutely! We should do it again sometime! But now I have to call them to say I'm taking you home"
My Mate Carson, the one who invited me, was the fugitive. His phone was off. So I called the Social Kingpin of the group, Jordan, with whom I wasnt very acquainted.
"Hey, uh Jordan?"
"Oh, whats up Ryan? We've been wondering where you and April were..."
"Oh. Yeah. We've been at the school. Sorry mate"
"Ah, no worries! So whats up?"
"Im taking April to her house. It's getting late, and she wants me to take her to bed"
"Oh... Right then. Well, I'll see ya next time then?"
"Sure sure, tell Carson where I am, yeah?"
"Oh, haha, yeah, I'll tell him"
"Sick, bye mate"
I hung up and realised I had said I was taking her to bed. What an idiot, that is SO not what I meant. And then I saw the bigger picture of me being alone with her at a Group event for so long. No. No. That is not what is going on!
"Right, well, mount up!"
(What the **** did you just say?! You are an Idiot. A total idiot.)
"Aiight, cool cool"
Yet again, I somehow managed to find a LONGER route than before, when I really meant to be trying to find a way with no traffic.
Halfway through i thought (Traffic? TRAFFIC?! YOU IDIOT! It's 11:45 on a SUNDAY NIGHT! Theres no bloody traffic!)
"Well, this is taking forever. Want to stop for a drink?"
"Uh, I have no money. But you can get something."
"No no, if I stop, I'm getting you something."
"Well thats sweet! Thanks!"
We stopped at a coffee/Blended Red Bull Ice-Syrup type kiosk. I got us both a drink.
I took her home. The next day at school, Me and April are talking. Carson approaches.
"Hey guys! So how was last night?"
April: "It was fantastic! I still need to thank both of you sooo much! It was so fun!"
Carson: "But I meant you and Ryan, how was that?"
No. Nonononononono!
April: "Oh, it was great! He took me home, and he was sweet enough to buy me a drink!"
Carson: "Ohhhhh! Ok!" He gave a smirk and walked away.
April: "what was that about?"
Me: "Well, think about it... How did that look all night?"
April: "Does he think we... No. What? No. He's smarter than that. Wait. Did you tell him we...?"
Me:"No! Of course not"
Oddly enough, as I begin to think about the night more, April has the same Surname as me. As far as I know we bear no relation to each other. But that could have added a whole new level of awkward if Carson had offhandedly mentioned it...
So, to summarize-
-I (The Football player) Brought a CHEERLEADER to a event with really clean-cut people.
-Out of circumstance, we spent a suspiciously long amount of time alone with each other
-When I had to take her home to conform to her fathers Curfew, I accidentally made it sound like I was "Taking her Home
"
-My best mate confronted us about our escapades the next day, assuming we had sex.
-I look like I went off and told my mates I pulled her.
What a night...