That Crush.

In everyone's life, we develop a crush. It can be nothing at all, or it can be much more than that. In the story "Checkouts" by Cynthia Rylant, a young girl develops a crush on a bag boy. In this story, this crush does not evolve into anything and both characters lives move on. I had an experience like this recently. My cousins and I went bowling in Pottsville. When we walk in, we see a group of boys. Everyone of us start to talk about them immediately as if their ears didn't work and they couldn't hear us laughing. A friend who came along with my cousins and I pointed out that the one boy was staring at me. I laughed and went back to bowling. I then casually look at the group of boys and realize, he was staring at me, while I was dancing with my cousin and singing Train. I'm not going to lie and tell you he wasn't cute, because he was. I just knew there was no way. I told myself, "What's the point? It's not like you'll ever see him again." As the night goes on, my cousins and friend keep saying, "Go talk to him." Being me, I didn't. I'm not shy around my friends, but when it comes to meeting new people, that's a whole different story. Finally, my cousin decides to go get his number for me. Why? I don't know. That's just her personality. As I look up from bowling and I think I see the boy getting annoyed, I walk up to them and pull my cousin away saying "Sorry." My cousin looks at me and says "I was about to get the number, idiot." So now what do I do? As I said before, I'm not very good at meeting new people. So, as the night goes on, nothing happens and I leave without even a name, since my cousin forgot to even ask that question. In the story, the characters regret embarrasing themselves and not making more of a point to meet their crush. This is exactly how I felt coming home from Pottsville on Saturday night. I couldn't help but think about what could have happened if I would have just let my cousin got that number. But now,what can I do? It's not like I'll meet him again, and it's not the end of the world. Maybe I've learned something though, next time, let your cousin get the number.