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Date: September 28, 2019 01:24PM
(as inspired by EOD)...
I was 17 years old at a multi-stake dance on a hot summer night. I had driven to the out of town stake center by myself. None of my friends could come, so I had driven by myself. I was standing there on the sideline of the cultural hall as the DJ played Michael Jackson. Suddently this beautiful girl approached me. I mean she was Hottt..with a capital H. She said, "Hi my name is Melissa, I just moved here from Alabama...I am living with my grandma...what's yo name hun." This dance was in Kansas, so her southern accent intrigued me greatly, along with her cowgirl boots, and Kristy Brinkley hair.
She kept asking me to dance, to which I was most happy to do, you know because I was a nice guy. Must fellowship and all.
Towards the end of the dance she came up to me and whispered in my ear..her breath cascading down my neck and her perfume sending waves of sensation through my body. She said, "Hey hun, I don't have a ride home, my grandma went to bed...do you think you could give me a lift." Without hesitation and trying to hide an explosion of latent and repressed potential sexual energy (I had taken physics), I said, "Absolutely...glad to..sure."
As we approached her neighborhood, she said, "I am so hungry, can we get a bite to eat..just go through the drive through there honey." After we got our food we proceeded to her house to which she said, "Oh hun your car lights are going to wake my grandma, tell you what let's go to that elementary school yonder there, and finish eating." So we parked in the parking lot of the school. It was about 12am. I was just going to finish my hamburger and take her home,no big deal. I had told the holy ghost that all was well..just shut up.
She then said suddently and to my astonishment, "hey..let's play the french fry game..have you ever played?" I said, "uh no..nope can't say that I have." She popped a french fry in her mouth 1/2 way, and then said, "okay now you bite the other half sticking out of my mouth." I thought, "wow this seems like such a fine and fun game...I do think I will play this game...yes I will..seems like a fine game to me."
My midnight blue '78 Monte Carlo, with a sun roof was wide open. It was a sultry July evening. Spandau Ballet playing "True" on my clarion casette tape and new Pioneer stereo system.
I will never forget what transpired during the 30 minutes that ensued. It was something I didn't expect but it was sure a lot of fun and ended in an explosion of joy beyond measure (just like the hymnal, but with a much different context).
I felt guilty on the drive home for about 2 minutes, but quickly repressed all that. The "joy" had in fact outweighed any guilt. I turned the stereo up too, with a smile on my face, "This is the sound of my soul..this is the sound..I bought a ticket to the world, but now I've come back again."