Catholic Boys and Coat Closets

So Veronica and I Were at one of our friend’s weddings last weekend. Everything was going well, we only got lost a couple of times on our way to the Chapel but made it there with enough time to run in and sit down. As I was sitting there, I happened to look in back of me on the opposite side of the chapel and noticed someone sitting there, someone familiar…

My senior year of high school I worked at a movie theatre and every time I would work the usher shift, I would usually work with my friend Colin. It was always a lot of fun, especially since I had a HUGE crush on the guy. Hanging out at work was unfortunately short lived due to the fact that he started ignoring me after a few months. I was heart broken but eventually moved on and forgot about it.

…As the ceremony continued, I tried casually looking back to see if I could get a better glance to figure out if it was my friend Colin from years and years ago. Alas I couldn’t get a good enough look because he was with a group of friends that continuously blocked my view. As the ceremony neared it’s end, the people started filing out and I tried yet again to see if the cute dark curly haired guy was my friend Colin. I looked over at him right as he looked over at me, but before I could look away, the guy confirmed my suspicions by saying my name ‘Betty Cooper’, as if it had some ‘infamous’ connotation… Let’s be honest, it does!

‘Oh my gosh!’ I screamed. ‘I can’t believe you are here, it’s so good to see you!’ ‘You too, I had NO idea you were going to be here’ He exclaimed. We started walking out of the church while talking about the ‘good old days’ and trying not to stare at each other. It was slightly awkward especially since our friend Kevin was staring right at us knowing full well I at one time harbored a serious crush. After talking for about 5 minutes, I wandered over to my friend Jon so that I didn’t commandeer all of Colin’s time. After talking to Jon for a while, I looked over to where Colin was standing, and noticed he was talking to my friend Kevin while looking over at me with a look of longing… this was good, this was VERY good. So with that, Veronica and I made our way to the reception.

After arriving at the reception, Veronica and I commenced our location and started gabbing and before we knew it, Colin had found us, and started flirting. I was ok with this. After a lot of flirting, gazing, and a confession from Colin that he had a huge crush on me too and only started ignoring me because he had a girlfriend at the time. It finally came time to get out of the reception area and find the nearest empty space. After locating a sufficient space (a coat closet) I engaged in what was an amazing half hour… There’s nothing like having a crush from years ago and having the fantasy come true…. Some might say trampy, I say friggin awesome!