So I think I will end the contest this Friday and announce the winner Sunday during announcements so you better get your final entries in if you want a chance at that $15 gift certificate.
In order to tell this story well I have to give you some background. The title of this story is: "The Not So Lady's Man."
So when I met Krista I fell for her right away. However, I had to play a waiting game because there was another guy in the picture. (Another story) When I did get the chance and the courage to ask her out, 3 months later, she said no. Yeah, that's right, she said no. You see things with that other guy were still a bit complicated and she wanted to make sure that I made sure things were going to be okay on his side first. She told me to ask her again in two weeks though. So I left not completely discouraged, for she had thrown me some hope with that last line. Two weeks, I knew I could make it.
During those two weeks I set-up a time to talk to that guy to tell him that I was going to ask Krista on a date. I told him he better not put up a fight or else I would have to take him out and it wouldn't be pretty. Okay, actually I didn't say that to him. But I did talk to him and he wasn't a huge fan but he said he couldn't stop me and so I took that as a green light. Done and done.
Finally the two weeks came to an end. I asked Krista out again and this time she said yes. Nice. So I took her on a date and things went pretty good except for me being extremely nervous and getting food all over my face and stealing her desert. I guess you could say that I had a great time because she was awesome, more awesome than I realized, but I wasn't all that impressive. I didn't exactly bring my "A" game. I tried bringing it but then I realized that Krista was way out of my league and so I freaked out and started doing stupid things like not talking and getting food all over my face. I was acting like a rookie. Well, a couple of days passed and I asked her out again and very surprisingly she said yes. We went on another date but this one was much more laid back. You could even say it was more of a friends date. We played some disc golf and then went to chili's where she barely ate anything at all. When I got home from the date I again liked her more than ever, but I was not feeling very confident on my side of things. I remember telling my roommate Joey that I liked her I lot but that I thought things were progressing wrong and that we were beginning to head into "just friends status." No guy ever wants to find themselves in "just friends status" with a girl they like. I had to do something.
A week later I was hanging out at 120 thinking about how to keep from sliding into just friends status with Krista. Joey was there again so we started talking. It was a Thursday night I believe and Krista was up on campus studying at the computer lab. I was telling Joey that I feared there wasn't a spark in the relationship yet. I told him that we were relating together much more as friends than as people who were dating. I told him I had to do something. He said I ought to write her a note. I thought that was a genius idea, sure it was a little sixth grade, but cute and romantic nonetheless. Then I thought I ought to get her a flower too. He liked the idea. He then said that I ought to drop it off at her car in the parking lot of the SCC (student computer center on campus). Now I was on to something. In my mind nothing said I want to be much more than just friends than a surprise note and flower on your car. Without hesitation I was out of the door of 120 and on to the nearest grocery store to buy a flower and a card. I got a red rose and a sweet I'm interested in you card that did not say I love you because we weren't there yet and headed to campus.
I was feeling good. I was feeling like I was taking a strategic step to keep me from sliding into just friends status. I could just picture Krista finding the rose and the card on her car after a late night to studying and realizing that I had been thinking of her and her heart just melting at that spot and deciding that I was the one...or something like that. I was on top of the world. And then a raindrop hit my windshield. And then another and another. Rain. I couldn't believe it. I was doomed. Destined for just friends status.
I got to the parking lot but had no idea where her car was. I parked and began looking. Row after row to no avail. I was drenched and so was the card. I remember thinking this has got to be the most desperate thing I have ever done. Finally I found her car. I put the rose under the driver side windshield wiper and when I went to put the card there too it occurred to me that there was going to be no way in the world that she would be able to read it. It was soaked and would only get worse. I was stuck. I just stood there in the pouring rain thinking if I don't put a card here claiming that this rose came from me she might think it was from some other mystery guy and she would get excited about that because the guy that was trying to date her was really not very good at it and it felt more like a friendship than anything. My genius plan was backfiring on me. Some mystery guy was trying to lay claim to my rose.
I had to make a decision so I finally decided to just leave the rose there with no card and pray that when she got it she would hope it was from me and not the dreaded mystery guy. You could say I rolled the dice. Then I headed back to my car. But then another idea came to mind. I thought I could go and find her in the SCC and tell her what I had done so she wouldn't get freaked out when she came down to her car in the pouring rain and jumped in her car and turned on the wiping blades just to see a random rose scrapping up her windshield. And that way she would know that mystery man wasn't as romantic as me. So I headed inside. I was drenched, really drenched. I walked through the first floor but Krista was no where to be found. I headed up to the second floor and finally there she was as cute as ever. I headed her way but when I got close I realized she was there with one of her roommates and that scared me. On top of that I realized what a total dork I looked like. Water was actually dripping off of me. And what was I going to tell her? "Hey, there is a rose on your car that I put there and now I am having to tell you because I apparently have no romantic skills whatsoever. And I wanted to make sure that you didn't think some mystery guy put it there and fall in love with him and just want to be friends with me." I was doomed. So I turned and walked away.
I headed out to my car again and this time I got in and drove off. I remember thinking that I should consider retirement from this whole dating thing, I just didn't have it. I was a lady's man no more. I got home and my roommates had a great time laughing at me. I told the whole story and they confirmed that I should consider retirement. I went and changed out of my soaking wet clothes and waited by the phone hopefully. I kept picturing Krista calling some random guy that she hoped had dropped off the rose. I was getting sick.
To be honest I don't remember how this story actually ends. I either called Krista to claim my flower or she called me. Either way she had hoped it had come from me and she had not gotten scared to death by it scrapping up her windshield. She told me it was the most alive rose she had ever received because it had gotten more than enough water. I told her that was my plan all along. From that point on things began to progress pretty well between us. I didn't retire and she didn't just want to be friends. In the end she actually married me and I haven't stopped buying her flowers since. And so I guess you could say we lived happily ever after...The End.
Monday, October 16, 2006
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