My school hosted an annual dance on Valentines day yesterday. The dance was origionally planned for late January, but was postponed for weather.
Anyway, I am good friends with this girl who I've been going to school with for a long time. She even rides to school with me two days a week for early school activities we participate in.
I decided to ask her to the dance (this is about 2 and a half weeks before the original date) I wanted to be creative in my approach to this. I knew she likes music. So on my Ipod, which was playing in my car, I changed a song's cover artwork to a message asking her to the dance. She said yes! Suprisingly, we talked more than we ever did during the next two weeks. She even showed me a picture of her dress so we could attempt to match!
The next day, I bought both of our tickets. Then I heard it was postponed, so I held off on the rest of the expenses. Closing into Valentines day, I ordered her corsage. I also filled out a picture form for the both of us.
The afternoon of the dance, She had told me that she was tired; (she's on the school's dance team and they just got back from State that morning) and that she would probably leave early. I agreed to this because I knew just how hard the team worked.
I was waiting at the door for her when she arrived, and I put her corsage on her. We got our picture taken right away. I knew this would be more of a "hang out with friends" kind of dance. I ended up taking pictures of her with her friends using their cameras, so I knew she was starting to get in the friend mood. I told her that I would leave them alone for a little while and told her that I'd be back later.
Sorry this is lenghty, almost done.
The first slow song came on, and I went to look for her. She was hanging around her friends and I came up to them. They all looked at her telling her to get out there, but she said to them she didn't feel like dancing now. When I heard that from one of her friends, I decided to wait a little longer. The second slow song came about 25 minutes later. I looked for her, but couldn't find her. One of her friends told me that she left! I checked my phone, and sure enough, she told me that her brother did in fact come for her at 9:30 and that she was sorry. I don't think that I could blame her since her brother had come for her, but I'd at least wish she had told me. But she was only there for an hour. I kind of felt stupid after hearing that from her friend.
I danced with the guys for the rest of the night, trying not to think of it. It was after the dance when the whole situation started bothering me. I asked myself; "her ticked, her corsage, her picture, the song on my Ipod, that was about $75 on my part.
My sister (who rode in with me) told me to just forget about her if she was going to do that, but I've known her for a long time. She never seemed to be the kind of person to do that without a huge reason. And like I said, the two of us have never talked more to eachother than after I asked her to the dance. We had today off from school, so I haven't talked to her since this happened yesterday.
All I'm asking for is what everyone thinks about this situation? She did apologize, so should I try to give it another chance, or should we just be friends?
Thanks for those who took the time to read this, I know it's long. Any advice from you all would be great, especially if you have gone through a similar situation yourself!
Anyway, I am good friends with this girl who I've been going to school with for a long time. She even rides to school with me two days a week for early school activities we participate in.
I decided to ask her to the dance (this is about 2 and a half weeks before the original date) I wanted to be creative in my approach to this. I knew she likes music. So on my Ipod, which was playing in my car, I changed a song's cover artwork to a message asking her to the dance. She said yes! Suprisingly, we talked more than we ever did during the next two weeks. She even showed me a picture of her dress so we could attempt to match!
The next day, I bought both of our tickets. Then I heard it was postponed, so I held off on the rest of the expenses. Closing into Valentines day, I ordered her corsage. I also filled out a picture form for the both of us.
The afternoon of the dance, She had told me that she was tired; (she's on the school's dance team and they just got back from State that morning) and that she would probably leave early. I agreed to this because I knew just how hard the team worked.
I was waiting at the door for her when she arrived, and I put her corsage on her. We got our picture taken right away. I knew this would be more of a "hang out with friends" kind of dance. I ended up taking pictures of her with her friends using their cameras, so I knew she was starting to get in the friend mood. I told her that I would leave them alone for a little while and told her that I'd be back later.
Sorry this is lenghty, almost done.
The first slow song came on, and I went to look for her. She was hanging around her friends and I came up to them. They all looked at her telling her to get out there, but she said to them she didn't feel like dancing now. When I heard that from one of her friends, I decided to wait a little longer. The second slow song came about 25 minutes later. I looked for her, but couldn't find her. One of her friends told me that she left! I checked my phone, and sure enough, she told me that her brother did in fact come for her at 9:30 and that she was sorry. I don't think that I could blame her since her brother had come for her, but I'd at least wish she had told me. But she was only there for an hour. I kind of felt stupid after hearing that from her friend.
I danced with the guys for the rest of the night, trying not to think of it. It was after the dance when the whole situation started bothering me. I asked myself; "her ticked, her corsage, her picture, the song on my Ipod, that was about $75 on my part.
My sister (who rode in with me) told me to just forget about her if she was going to do that, but I've known her for a long time. She never seemed to be the kind of person to do that without a huge reason. And like I said, the two of us have never talked more to eachother than after I asked her to the dance. We had today off from school, so I haven't talked to her since this happened yesterday.
All I'm asking for is what everyone thinks about this situation? She did apologize, so should I try to give it another chance, or should we just be friends?
Thanks for those who took the time to read this, I know it's long. Any advice from you all would be great, especially if you have gone through a similar situation yourself!
