3.28.2011

blog invasion/rebuttal

This is Brent. And this is my rebuttal to Part V.


Ring, Ring..."Brent! Phone. It's a giiirrrrl."


This moment was a perfect opportunity for my sister to embarrass me in front of my friends.

"GIRL?! I bet it's Kelsey from Maysville", they taunt as I pick up the phone hiding my interest in Kelsey; the mission trip girl by which all other mission trip girls will be compared. [You see they have been with me on these mission trips when I'm around Kelsey. They know it, I know it, but as guys we play it off. By "it" I mean instead of acting like a cartoon character; jaw dropped, eyes popped; tongue hanging out while we pant...we suppress it and act cool.]


“Hello”, I said with a nonchalant look.

“What does she want?” my friends whisper.

“Shhh. Worlds of fun.”

I’m sure they proceeded to act like “Brent” and “Kelsey” sitting next to each other on a roller coaster.

“Umm, yeah, I have to mow that day.” Making up the only excuse I had; it was the summer and that’s the only agenda I had besides having fun (worlds of fun you might say).


Why an excuse? I couldn’t go and reveal to the world I wanted to go…meaning I liked her…meaning the already awkward conversations with this girl would be even more awkward since we’d both know that I liked her. Besides, she seemed cool with it. She was so outgoing that I’m sure she could call up 5 guys cooler than me to go with her. “Ok, Bye.” The phone conversation ended and I tried continuously to convince my friends that I was too busy for ladies.


While the truth was that I LOVED worlds of fun and being in her company; she’s got such a great personality and she’s a beautiful girl. “Man, she must like you if she wants you go to with her to worlds of fun.”

“No, it was just for a church trip…plus I have a couple of yards I’ve been putting off mowing and really need to get done this weekend.”

I had no idea that it was such a rejection to her…until about a decade later when she blogged about it!

Kelsey we should go to worlds of fun this summer, what do you say?

6 comments:

Aunt Linda said...

That is so sweet. C'mon Kelsey ... go with him to Worlds of Fun this summer. Please?

Ana-Lou said...

:-) PRESH AGAIN (for the Male version!)

Sharon said...

You better go with him, Kels. I think he likes you. :)

Kali said...

See Kels...I told you! You know I'm always right.

Dad said...

I like both versions, can't wait to see what happens next

momiss said...

Good thing she really liked you, Brent. I was hoping to get a better sense of some reason boys have for acting that way. But no, it is still an unfathomable mystery to me. I can almost hear the men silently applauding.
Guess I'll have to stay tuned. lol