I was in 6th grade and it was "run day". This happens every Wednesday. You have all of P.E. class to run around the park 2-3 times in order to get X amount of laps in by the end of the trimester. I tired to do about 4 so I could get some silly certificate saying I was an awesome runner...lame-o 6th grader. SO in 6th grade I was a pretty Fugly looking girl. I parted my hair straight down the middle and it was cut to my chin, I hadn't had braces yet so when I smiled you could only see four teeth cause i had a huge over bite. (You know how big my smile is...imagine only being able to see FOUR TEETH?!?!?!)My nose was always peeling because I did Junior guards all summer long and I was REALLY short for my grade. Yes very ugly girl.
So this boy I like in my humanities class (Eric Mueller for those of you who know him) was also in my PE class. I had never spoken to him before and this was the day I was going to say hi :D
It was Run DAY! So I did my first lap and didn't find him, my second lap, didn't find him, by my third lap i saw him running with some of his friends...I tried to go next to him on his right but there was a group of people in that space. SO i decided I'd go on his left but there was a group of people there too. Now if you can picture this there was the playground with sand as the floor to the left with a little curb keeping the sand inside that area then the pavement we were walking in. So I thought I'll just run on the curb to go around this group then I'll be right next to him and start up a conversation!
I started running on the very skinny curb. I passed the group- YES! Then right as I lifted up my right arm to wave and say "Hey Eric!"...There was some sand on the curb and as I was waving I slipped off the curb onto the ground and skidded across the pavement on my elbow. I was left sprawled on the floor looking up at him with my lovesick-disappointed-puppy-eyes with my right arm stretched out on the floor just watching him jog away in the other direction. He never looked back. He didn't even hear me or notice I fell. I still have a gnarly scar on my right elbow to this day....
Dorkiest girl in all the land
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