Last Resort- Part 3

About a month after our first date, it was time to start thinking about who to ask to the girls choice, Sweet Hearts Dance that was coming up. Of course I knew who I wanted to ask, my hot senior crush. But, he hadn't talked to me since the time he invited me to the basketball game. I figured he had moved on. I decided I should probably find someone else to ask.

My friend Rachel was in a same class with Alek and sat next to him. She said he was really funny and talked about me a lot! She told me I should ask him. I did NOT like that idea. I got the vibe that he liked me and I thought for sure if I asked him to the dance it would totally lead him on, when I wasn't really into him at all. Since the date He had been texting me every once in awhile and very rarely did I text him back.  I didn't want him to get the wrong idea.

Finally, after some pushing and shoving from Rachel, and not being about to find anyone else to go with, I decided to ask Alek at the last minute.

I ran to the dollar store and grabbed anything I could find that was pink. My dad gave me his parents number... (werid) and I called up his parents asking if they could somehow get Alek out of the house and if it was okay if I came and decorated his room to ask him to the dance. 

I covered his room in pink flowers, confetti, and balloons. Then, made a poster that said "I'd be tickled pink if you went to sweethearts with me." I had my name stuck inside one of the balloons. So... creative huh? Seriously I came up with that idea within like 2 minutes.

A few hours later, I get a text from Al saying, 

"Was it your idea for me to go buy tampons to get me out of the house?"

Haha.... I was like, "What?! NO!" 

He thought that was pretty funny.

I could tell Alek was pretty excited to the dance together. He started texting me way more often. I felt bad ignoring him all the time.
The day of the dance rolled around and so did a giant snow storm! I HATE driving in the snow. But I had to drive all the way out to Al's house and pick him up and then back across the valley to Rachel's house. There were cars slipping and sliding off the road everywhere. I was so paranoid! My hands were sweating like crazy. But we made it!

For the day date we made sugar cookies and then took them to Williamsburg retirement home and gave them to elderly people for Valentines Day. Most people in the group weren't thrilled to be doing this for the day date. But, it turned out to be an awesome experience. We split up into groups and visited with people that didn't get visitors very often. They were thrilled to have someone to talk to and would talk about the most random things. Spending time with elderly is sure to brighten anyone spirit :) They are the sweetest people! It was especially meaningful to me because my great grandpa was staying there at that time and I made sure that my group was able to visit him. He didn't remember who I was but I could tell he could recognize me as someone familiar because he didn't take his eyes off me. :) We gave him a plate of cookies and chatted with him for a little bit. Then as we were leaving, he stopped us and asked if we could sing him "I am a Child of God." It took us off guard but of course we couldn't say no.  My little group sang to him and he had tears running down his face by the time we finished. I gave him a giant hug and we left.
My grandpa passed away a few years ago so its very special to have that memory of him. And it's even more special that Alek was able to meet my grandpa and share that experience with me even though we had no idea what our future held at that time. :)

That night driving to dinner and the dance was ever more scarier. The roads had gotten way worse. The wind was blowing ice and the roads were covered with ice. Seriously the worst driving experience I've ever had! Alek could tell I was nervous and did a good job at keeping me calm. I was thankful for that!

The dance was actually pretty fun! I think sense I wasn't worried about impressing Alek I was able to go crazy and just be myself instead of being all nervous and awkward. Trust me.... at one point I took my shoes off and was on the ground playing the air guitar...
Talking to Alek now about it, he says it made him have an even bigger crush on me because I was able to act myself around him. :0 and I quite enjoyed myself because I did and said whatever I wanted without worrying if Alek was thinking I was crazy. I just didn't care at all!
After the dance we dropped off Rachel's date, so she tagged along as the 3rd wheel while I drove Alek home. Roads were finally cleared by this point. So... Rachel and I decided to blast a little Celine Dion and Josh Groban and had ourselves a (very loud) sing off. We sang at the top of our lungs all the way to Alek's house and Alek sat in the passenger seat awkwardly laughing at us. At that point I'm sure he thought I was completely crazy. I remember thinking after I dropped him off that that was probably the last time I would talk to him. I had scared him away for sure! ;)