mood: exuberantly ecstatically happy
music: Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
In short, this has been the best weekend of my life. It's been two days since my senior Winter Formal, and I'm trying to get homework done so that I haven't wasted my weekend away looking at WF pics. But I can't concentrate. My heart is fit to burst.
So let's start from the very, very beginning... So my morning was pretty stressful: got my hair done at Heaven w/ Kell, and we got lunch at Thai Spice, which was cool, even though neither of us were very hungry, haha (we had a nice chat, though). But when I went home, I decided I didn't like my hair because it didn't end up the way that I wanted since my hair is shorter than I thought it was, so it didn't curl the way that I'd expected. Which made my makeup (which I decided to do myself this year) seem fucked up, too, which was bad news. I almost cried.
My friends had all these problems about their makeup appointments and stuff, and they called me, which stressed me out more, and blegh... Diana couldn't find Nordstrom and needed me there with her, Mag went to the wrong mall, Jayne had to buy products that she couldn't pay for... Aah! In the end, Mother fixed my hair, and it was...decent. Was already half an hour late, so was just like... Oh, well. I liked it in the end, anyway; it was different from everyone else's but still nice.
Picked up Mark (my date! ♥), who looked at me for a moment before declaring, "Whoa, nice dress," yay! Drove to Kelly's, where everyone declared that we looked really good together and that I had nothing to worry about regarding how I looked, phew. After Di arrived (last, of course), the picture-taking began. After putting on Mark's & my corsage/boutonnière (actually, Wendy had to put on Mark's because the needle freaks me out, hehe). Our pics turned out really great! We all look damn hot.
After pics, we piled up to go to school for couple/group pics. Met with the other people of our group and just hung around waiting for everyone to arrive and stuff. Mark kept freaking out because his ear kept turning red so he didn't want it like that in the couple picture, hahaha. Before/after the group pic, we had a lot of fun making fun of ugly dresses, hehe. Some people looked ridiculous! Girls are crazy. Afterwards, went to our Black H2 Hummer limo and spent like the next hour signing the contract. When we finally finished, we piled up into the limo (22 people in an 18-person vehicle; it was pretty kickass) and we all had a lot of fun singing to Amanda's awesome mix CD.
Got to BJ's and had dinner, which was fun. Had a bowl of clam chowder, which made everyone freak out because it was small, but I was very filled by the end of the meal. Jayne/Adam/Mark made an announcement to the table that they'd eat anyone's leftovers, LOL. And they sure did, hahaha. Mark and I had a good time talking to both each other and to everyone else and practiced our fake laughs while Jeopardy played in the background, hehe. Oh, there was this big table next to ours of like two dozen girls celebrating someone's birthday, so when their cake came out and they cheered really loudly, we all joined them, LOL. I love being an obnoxious teenager. And then for dessert, we ordered 3 large Pizookies... And the Amphitheater table finished first, LOL. It was fucking delicious! Mmmm.
Mark wanted to pay for dinner, which was really sweet of him, but since the bill ended up being $16/person, I refused to let him. After some protest, he gave in, and we paid separately, for which I was very, very glad. Oh, yeah, during dinner, a dog came behind us, and I fraeked a little, and he said, "Don't worry, I'll protect it from you." HAHA. We had a good laugh about that. And then his phobia about the Sears brothers... LOL. He was afraid Patrick would follow him around all night, but I assured him that I'd pretend to be really clingy and annoying, hahaha.
Sang more songs on the ride to the dance place, yay. When we arrived in Yorba Linda, we kept asking, "Is this it? Is this it?" to everything. Once, we were like, "Is this it?! OMG! ...Oh, it's a hospital." LOL. Whoops. Arrived at the place, which was nice and big (heh). Explored for a while, since the dance floor was deserted. Mark and Adam played DDR, and then we explored some more. Then, Adam and Jayne played pool for a bit while Mark and I floated towards DDR again, where I hugged Charlie happily and he challenged Mark to a match. Mark pwned even though Charlie knew the song, haha. It was pretty awesome.
After we checked his coat in, we headed for the dance floor, and danced for a bit before I started teetering in my heels for some reason (I seriously was having trouble standing up/walking), so we went to exchange them for my flip-flops. Then, we went to explore more, and found Mag, Kell, and Erin in line for the horse carriage rides. Figured we'd hitch a ride with them, so we sat on nearby armchairs and waited with them while talking and stuff. Socialized a bit (well, Mark did, anyway), and then he taught me how to do this swing dance move. I was really pathetically bad, and he said I sucked, but it was fun anyway. Finally, it was our turn on the horse carriage thing, and Jayne and Adam joined us last minute. It was nice for cuddling (red blankets!), but it smelled bad, haha. We were just riding around the parking lot when the driver guys were like, "Oh hey, look, they're choosing the king and queen" as we passed by a big window to the dance floor. LOL. Since Mark was on WF Court, he was supposed to be in there... So we ran out of the carriage and he joined the Court at the front of the room right when they announced the winners, hahaha. After Sarah and Ryan were declared Queen/King, Mark took pics with Court and ASB while I waited for him.
Then, we went back to the carriage line room, where this guy was doing caricatures; Mark wanted to do it, so we waited in line for them. Everyone joined us and we were just chilling and stuff; Mag even got me the last white-chocolate covered strawberry. I love Maggie!
After waiting for a while, we decided it wasn't worth it. Mark, Adam, Mag, and Erin played a game of foosball, and then we all converged back onto the dance floor, haha. (To which Amanda, Diana, and Jayne all said, "Finally!" Okay, I thought it a little, too.
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Oh man, dancing... Definitely the highlight of the evening. Mark and I
freaked. Yup,
Mark actually freaked--and with me! OMFG. It was hot. He had his hands on my shoulders most of the time (he put them around my waist for one song, though) and I had a helluva fun time grinding up against him, even though we weren't very in sync until the last 15 min or so when we just
melded. It was probably the most fun I've ever had dancing, hehe. I'm glad it was with him.
We switched from front/back to side/front every so often, which was hot because I got to wrap my arms around him and he had his arms around me and I was grinding on his leg, and... Intimacy = happy Elaine.
When the slow song came on (Colbie Caillat's
Bubbly), I didn't hesistate to just wrap my arms around his neck. It was both sweet and funny because we just kept laughing/being grossed out by Hotaru and Vincent totally making out. So we rotated a lot to trade off the disturbing image, hahaha. But I pressed my head to his chest (god, the feeling of a guy's chest is
amazing), and he pressed his cheek to mine, and... It was such a beautiful moment of serenity. ♥ ♥ ♥ When the song ended, I kissed him on the cheek.
Oh yeah, and one of the most memorable moments of the night... The DJ announced how much time there was left, and Mark was like, "Wow, time passes by so quickly when you're having fun," and I smiled and leaned into him and said, "You're having fun? I'm glad," and he... He swooped down and kissed me on the cheek!!!!! OMG! I can't stop replaying that moment in my head.
When we walked out of the community center that night, we were holding hands, and I was wearing his coat.
Mag and I spent like 5 minutes arguing in whispers about when I should pull him aside and tell him that I like him--while he, Adam, and Jayne beatboxed, haha. So as everyone was going to the limo, I asked him if we could talk, and he said we should in the limo. Walked hand in hand to the limo and cuddled on the ride home with my hand in his lap and our bodies close together. He prompted me to say what I wanted to say, but AAAH I couldn't say it. Totally freaking lost my nerve. He kept trying to encourage me to say it, but I was just too shy... In the end, I finally did it--except he didn't hear it the first time, LOL, so I had to freaking repeat it: "I know you probably already know, but I just wanted you to hear it from me... I really, really like you, and I want you to know that I'm not gonna let anything Jayne says or does or anything get between us." Guess what he said? "Okay." HAHAHA. I wanted to burst out laughing; it was so anticlimactic. But better than rejection, hahaha. We cuddled more for the rest of the trip, and for all I knew nothing had changed between us, but...
When he left (he had to get a ride from Nina), I kissed him--and I meant for it to be on the lips, but I missed, HAHAHA. Epic fail. But I don't care because he kissed me back on the cheek right after! Two kisses in one night... Oh man! I was so happy.
On the whole, how was Winter Formal 2008? An utter blast. One of the best nights of my life, for sure. All of my friends had fun (even Erin, who hates dances but is forced to go to them anyway because her mom makes her), I had a great time, my date had a great time... It was interesting, like... This year seemed a lot less "magical", but more perfect. I know that doesn't sound like it makes much sense, but last year was like... I was just so in shock that he'd asked me, still, you know? But this year, Mark and I have come so far, and going together just seemed...natural, somehow, and everything that night was just...right. In a beautiful way. The way we kissed each other, the way my hand found his, the way we laughed together, the way we danced together... It felt like everything was how it was supposed to be. I won't forget that night for a very, very long time. ♥
And things get even better! But you'll have to wait until the next installment for that splendiferous news...
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But yeah, the blue skies and sunshine and warm air felt fantastic on my skin. There isn't much that's better than the feeling of sunshine on bare skin. Erin's insane for hating it!
), mmm. Kell drove herself home, but Di, Manda, Jayne, and I decided to party. Nina picked us up (god, we need to drive so badly, LOL) and we went to 7-Eleven to pick up some booze. No, not really; we just got a bunch of random food. I got some Jones' berry lemonade, yum! Then, we danced all the way to Di's place, LOL. Like literally, the entire car ride was spent bouncing around. That was hilarious fun. We even stayed in the garage dancing because Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" wasn't over yet, hahaha.
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The story was very cute. I think it's one of my favorite movies now (the list is getting long, haha), and I believe that I will get the DVD when it comes out.
