Homecoming

Yesterday was - shall we say - interesting.

Levi called me the night before asking if I could go to homecoming. There was a parade, a football game, and a dance. I had to refuse the dance (heard from a friend that it was kind of boring anyways).
So, yesterday morning I was pretty much just getting ready to go to the parade. I was going there alone since Levi couldn't make it at that time. Nor could Amanda, and Jocelyn was out and about elsewhere. She, for the first, like, two minutes I stood alone until Haley's best friend spotted me. Oh, sweet Mary. How I love her so! She let me hang with her and some of her friends on the curb while we watched the parade. I took a bunch of pictures for Tristan, too. When the parade was over, Mary her friends and Katie (she showed up a little later) all left. Hence, I was alone again. But I knew what my next destination would be. I had it planned since the night before.

So, basically, I walked ALL the way across town just to drop of some drawings I had promised to some, ah, 'friends.' When I was, like, three minutes away I called on my cell first, just to make sure if they were home or not. I didn't want to show up unexpectedly either. I thought it was Nereida who answered...I could tell be her voice. Their baby sister was literally wailing in the background (it was actually quite painful to the ears) and when she moved to a different, quieter room - BAM - it sounded more like Zoraida. So, as much as it crushes me to think about, I'm guessing Nereida passed the phone on to her sister. I asked if I could drop off said pictures, and at first she said no 'cause they were going somewhere. I 'insisted' since I was only three minutes away, then she said it would be okay. I didn't know if I was scared or exited. I think it was a little bit of both.
I didn't have to ring the door bell or anything. Zoraida was out the door before I could even walk up to it. So, it was an awkward, uh, little chat that we had...some of it was as if we were friends again and a little bit of it Z seemed to be hostile. I couldn't really tell...but by reading her eyes I sort of figured that she might've wanted me gone. I think she is still holding a grudge against me or whatever. But SHE was the one who initiated the hugs! That only raises my confusion...
Well, she didn't like my new hair cut. Haha! Personally, I didn't care for hers either. Don't get me wrong, I think it looked very cute, but I liked Zoraida's long hair.
After giving her the drawings and her thanking me (truthfully or grudgingly) I just wandered off. Of course I cried a little, but very little. As much as it hurt, just kept walking. I didn't look back or anything. But I forgot to tell her so many things and I forgot to give her something else. Damn.
So I just sort of slowly made my way down the street quietly. Eventually I came across this punt little brick 'wall' thing in front of some random house and just sat there for like an hour. When the owner of the house was backing in I decided that maybe I should leave.

This is where things get a little more interesting.
There I be, cruising down the sidewalk wondering what the hell I was going to do now. I look up and see someone familiar. At first I just thought my eyes were messing with me, but I knew it had to be Jocelyn. I was actually hoping it was, too. But my first thought was, "No! J doesn't walk like that." Guess I was wrong. When she turned on a crosswalk I knew it was her. My attempts to catch her attention were futile. I whistled loudly, stomped my feet, and blah blah blah. Finally I just quickened my pace. I am now an official stalker. I tried whistling again but I guess I wasn't loud enough. When I saw her suddenly turn onto the stairs of the dentist and out of my sight, I knew where she was going (in a way). So I hurried across the street, strode up to the corner that lead to the dentist, and figured that when I turned the corner I'd see her sitting there. I was wrong. I lost her. I trotted up the dentist steps and onto the porch...thing...and then I saw her. NEXT, I followed her down an alley way. I tried walking with stiff feet again and played a cell phone ringtone at max volume. She STILL didn't notice. I was, like, ten feet behind her! So, I tried calling. That didn't work. I think she finally just stopped and turned around (or did I yell...for some reason I can't remember...). Her expression was priceless. Eh, it always is. Apparently I 'scared the shit out of her.'
Victory was mine.

Soooooooo, then her and I pranced around town in random directions until we came finally just stopped at the park for a break. There we just hung out like friends would, you know? Levi showed up shortly after. We all had a blast together.
When J went to go and meet with a friend of hers (Levi and I following because she is our 'mommy') that's when I started to feel a bit...uh-uh. Or something. But I did like Vanessa and Tyler. They were both very open about their relationship with each other, that's for sure. I kinda felt ignored though...I studied the three of them (J, V, and T) goofing off...I was trying to figure something out. But I had Levi the whole time! We always cause trouble together. So theeeeeeeeeeeeen we hung out, got food, Levi and I felt lost when J 'abandoned' us, then we all went back to the park...and goofed off some more.
It was pretty much after dark when the cops showed up.
We were all sitting at a table together, joking, laughing, having a good time; these two cops come up to us flashing their flashlights on us. They were asking us questions like where do you go to school, what grade are you in, and what have you. Suddenly, the one next to me asks "Who's popping pills?"
We're all like..."What?"
He asked again and Levi asked him if he was joking, and the cop said no. He flashed his light through the table and, sure enough, there was a...fucking...pill...what are the chances, dear Cazic!?
We all sort of just... o.o
How the hell did that get there!?
So they asked us more questions, made Levi crush the pill (I think they thought it was him! haha poor guy), and finally they left. They must've noticed the truth. We were all sober! I'm surprised they didn't search us or something.
Talk about crazy but oh-so exciting!

Finally, Levi and I went to pay to get into the foot ball game after some random...junkie (?) came over to our group. He was...so....wow. As we were going to buy our tickets he was behind us! Hah! Anyways, I had to pay six bucks to get in because I was a visitor...lol.

It was great! For the most part...I got to see a lot of people like Holly, Ashley, Kristen, Stephanie, my cousin Grant, Karolyn, etc etc.
But for some reason (as selfish as this sounds) I felt so alone. I felt like I was invisible to everyone even though we talked with each other and laughed. Whenever I was pulled through the crowd, I felt like I was just fading. No seemed to notice or remember who I was. I truly felt like a stray. I was literally the lone wolf in this huge pack of...lions or something. I was so very grateful I got to see and hang out with so many people though.
After hours of wandering around and following Amanda to find her friend Brenna, my legs were literally about to give way beneath me. Usually I'd be fine, but for the past couple of days Dad and I had been doing some pretty tough work, and it included a fine amount of stamina used up. My legs still hurt today. I went to find J to tell her that I was going to leave or something (I had no idea where I would go), and she gave me hug before I turned around. I would have liked to hang with her longer.
Instead of leaving, though, I found my way over to a strip of cement a few centimeters of the ground. Everyone eventually migrated over there. I felt really stupid because sitting like that didn't do anything for my legs, but I liked the pain.
Oh, geez. Then there was this kid Shaun or whatever (one of Steven's friends) that just stared at me with this weird expression. He just...stared. And stared. And stared. First he was all "What's up with-?" and he run his fingers through his hair. I knew instantly what he was referring to. His hair was pretty damn short, but mine is shorter.
"It's shorter than mine!" is what he said.
He said it freaked him out because I looked like his cousin who is a guy. Then he was suspicious of my gender. I told him I was a girl and he didn't exactly totally believe me. He told me to prove. Well, hello, boobs. He said that doesn't prove it. Even when my friends told him I was a girl...he still eyed me suspiciously. I rather enjoyed it though. Haha!

Okay, this is LONG! I'm gonna summarize the rest.
Amanda needed somewhere to go because her sister wouldn't pick her up, I let her and Levi come over for a while (it was about 11pm), they along with Hay were ALL playing iSketch while I wandered around not knowing what to do, then I got a call from Clint about some guys stopped and the smell of oil and blah blah, I called Grandma, I went out with Clint, watched the cars leave, met with Grandma, we all talked about random stuff, then we went home, Levi went home, Amanda was trying to keep me awake when I was terribly exhausted, then I passed out, then they woke me up, then we went to bed. So Amanda got to stay the night! We played Mario world, too.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh
And earlier that day a kid was riding his bike down the sidewalk while I was at my sister's best friend's house hanging out in the drive way with a group of people and that kid did a fancy little jump and lost control only to find himself slamming into one of the girl's car. Poor kid. I hope he's okay...but it WAS sickeningly amusing.

I'm feeling a bit dizzy from all of this typing and thinking and what not. If I forgot anything...oops...sorry. I might add on later. Heh.

Homecoming was wow.