love note gone wrong...really wrong.

So this one time....

I was at work on yet another SUPER slow Saturday night. I was talking it up with 3 of my coworkers, all of whom were guys and for the purposes of this story will be referred to as coworker 1, 2 and 3. So there we were chatting it up and we were trying to think of something to do for a little entertainment. So I came up with the idea of writing an awesome/super cheesy love poem that we would then deliver to one of the employees. So I chose the first guy employee I saw in front of me (who shall be called boy) and the rhyming began. About halfway through our original creation boy happened to walk by and to add to the fun we asked him to contribute to our list of rhyming words...we were a little stuck at that point. He seemed kind of confused but after rattling off a few words he went back to working (like a good employee should). Well, finally we finished the poem and it went a little somethin' like this:

Dear Boy,

Your facial hair

Makes you look like a bear

And I can't help but stare

Like Pacman to a ghost

I like you the most

So I just had to share

That I think we'd make quite the pair!

<3 Stacey

*** Super adorable AND cheesy right?!

* I think it is very crucial to note that the only the only part of the poem I actually thought of were the first three lines. Lines 4-5 were contributed by coworker 2. Like 6-7 from coworker 1. And thankfully I didn't add the line coworker 3 suggested because I think things could have gotten more awkward than they did...

So the story continues.

I folded it up and wrote to and from on the front and then had one of the guys deliver it so it  just completed the fun of it all. Once it was delivered we all dispersed and found stuff to do. Probably like 10 minutes later  coworker 1 came up and told me boy came up to him and started explaining that he was going to see his best friend in a couple weeks who just so happens to now be single. But that if things didn't work out maybe when he came back he would ask me out...something to that extent (don't know the exact conversation). Well when I heard this I just started laughing because I thought it was a joke. (Especially because while we were writing the poem coworker 1 warned me that I better be careful that I don't give off the wrong impression. And I just laughed it off because the poem was obviously a joke). So, I continued laughing but then I realized coworker 1 didn't seem to be joking about it. So I started getting super nervous. I made coworker 2 test it out to see if he thought coworker 1 was just messing with me but we both concluded that he wasn't. That's when I became officially worried.

Approximately 5 minutes later I am standing in the lobby with coworker 2 and boy walks up and says, "Can we talk."

My life!!! I'm pretty sure I turned bright red and then my mind started racing. I was DEFINITELY not ready for a talk!!! bahahahaha 

So we started walking down the hall and if anyone knows me at all they would be able to picture exactly how I was acting/talking. When I get stuck in awkward situations and I don't know what to do I get overly happy/excited and it's just bad news...so imagine me like that having the following conversation:

Boy: So I got your note

Me : Oh, yay! Wasn't it sooo adorable?! We were trying to entertain ourselves so we ended up writing that. (In my head I was trying to think of a way to make it apparent that it was all a joke without being completely mean...)

Boy: haha yeah it was pretty cute...so have I ever told you about a girl named Cali?

Me: No! Ohh are we going to have story time about a girl?! (of course I clapped my hands and was too enthusiastic)

Boy: Yeah...so she lives in Seattle and she has been my best friend for 4 years. And she has had a boyfriend the whole time but she just broke up with him so she is finally single.

Me: Awesome, so now you are going to swoop in?

Boy: Yeah exactly, I want to go tell her I am crazy about her (said more here but I was too busy still trying to figure out if this was really happening)....so because of that I'm not really interested in anyone else right now.

Me: Oh that's so exciting. And yeah I totally got you. I can't wait to hear what happens!! You'll have to let me know how it all goes.

Boy: Okay I will 

Me: Haha alright, well have a good night...

Boy: Bye..

* I think this was one of those few moments in life where I so grateful I got denied! Don't get me wrong boy is a nice guy and all but I have never had any sort of interest in him like that. But you have to give boy props for being so honest and straight-forward. That's a rare quality these days.

So... he leaves and I some how manage to hold my laughter during my walk of shame back down the hallway. I ran back to coworker 1 and was just laughing and could hardly breathe and he asked me what was going on. I told him we had to find coworker 2 first so I only had to share the story once. So we ended up finding coworker 2 and 3 and I proceeded to share the conversation I just had with boy. We were all busting up. I was still  feeling super awkward and was waiting/hoping/praying one of them would tell me I had just been punk'd. But  that never happened. All in all it made for a pretty entertaining night and another great memory. And I learned a valuable lesson. 

I will never again write a love poem. 

Now I am just hoping everything works out for boy and his real lover. Otherwise this story may have a sequel. Until then.... :)