Groove is in the Heart

The music is thumping as my best friend, Cindy and I walk into the school dance. Since I didn't have time to go home and change, I'm still wearing my cheerleading uniform. Still being upset from my breakup, I plan on pretending he doesn't exist if I see him. I look up to see an extremely good-looking blond haired guy being our school's new DJ. As Cindy and I are dancing, I look toward the bleachers only to see my ex-boyfriend, Billy Spaulding making out with his new girlfriend, Erin Kessler. A slow song begins to play. I walk up to this new DJ and ask him if he would like to dance. He takes my hand and leads me to the dance floor. I put my arms around his neck as his arms are around my waist. As we dance and I look into his blue eyes, I ask what cologne he is wearing. He tells me he is wearing Drakkar Noir. I ask his name and age. He is nineteen year old, Paul LaPointe. As the song finishes, I thank him for the dance. I go back over to my friends. Cindy asks me about the DJ. I fill her in on the details. She asks me if he is single. I knew I forgot to ask him something. I tell her I will ask him next time we dance. A few dance songs play. And I ask Paul if he would like to dance. Again, he takes my hand and leads me to the dance floor. As we sway to the music, I now ask if he has a girlfriend. He informs me that he is single at the moment. I let him know that I think he is cute, I like him, and I hint around about if he likes me too that he should ask me out. He asks me for my phone number. He suggests I hang out by the DJ booth after the song is over. The song finishes. I walk with Paul up the stage to the DJ booth. Cindy follows me up there. Cindy and I talk about Paul, and I tell her that I really like him, but I am not allowed to ask boys out on dates, they have to ask me out. Cindy opens her big mouth and tells Paul how I am crushing on him, so if he likes me he really needs to ask me to be his girlfriend. I begin blushing. Another slow jam starts playing. This time, instead of me asking Paul to dance, he just takes my hand and we go back on to the dance floor. I notice Billy Spaulding looking at me, so I bring my body closer to Paul's. After a couple of hours, Paul's cologne still smells good. In a way, I am sort of gloating about being a Sophomore dancing with a hot nineteen year old by the way I keep smiling. I ask him if he is really going to call me. He tells me is will call. I feel like I'm in heaven. As this song ends, Paul dips me and gives me a hug. Cindy keeps commenting about me liking Paul, and I keep telling her to leave it alone. If he likes me, he will call. Ten o'clock finally rolls around and the dance is over. My mom is there to pick up Cindy and I from our high school dance to spend the night. I keep thinking that Cindy probably ruined my chances with Paul.

Okay, so she didn't ruin anything. Paul ended up calling me, and we started hanging out. It even got to the point of making out on the couch. People do grow up and move away. They lose contact and sometimes never communicating again. Because of Facebook, that is not the case. Paul and I have reconnected as just friends over Facebook.