Proof I’m the Awkwardest Person Around
My friend, Jenna, and I walk through the school hallways while performing extreme, drastic measures: she’s trying to pour her bag of Ruffles into my plate while I hand her my Hummus dip as we both exchange cups full of soda. Of course, we end up failing, and the bag of chips fall to the floor along with my plate, sending chips flying across the floor everywhere. Naturally, we scream like possessed banshees, because there goes our source of fuel to continue through the path to hell. Anyways, we’re about to book it, still carrying our cups of soda, when this extremely blessed looking male of another species walks by us and stops with the most adorable and concerned expression ever.
He asks, “Are you guys alright?” Jenna and I pipe up, “Yes, yes, yes” on repeat for about five seconds before we shut up. Our minds spin, literally screeching why is this Adonis talking to us?? Before we can book it out of there, the male goes onto his knees and starts individually picking up all the chips. Jenna and I are flat out stunned and our jaws hit the floor. Seeing no other choice, we join the Greek God on the floor and clean up our mess, stuffing the dirty chips back in the bag. When the ground is nearly clean, Jenna stands up, and the out of this world chiseled man and I make eye contact.
Time freezes, and slowly spins, and the beautiful X and Y chromosome body stretches out his hand. I stare at the tanned offering for a second before holding out my own hand. I clasp my hand around his and roughly give him a handshake, jerking our arms up and down. Then I pull my hand back, and straighten myself up, while black-haired muscular beast stares at me with the most confused expression. Jenna shrieks and drags me through the hallways, screeching in my ear, “Dumbass, he was trying to help you up not do the bro code on you. And you tell me chivalry is dead.” My brain is spinning while I internally scream at myself, while Jenna belts out strings of curses.
When I spare a glance back, the blessed stranger is still crouching on the floor in the middle of the hallways holding the dirty bag of chips with furrowed brows. My own insides lurch around as the lovely, large male stares at his hand. So yes, I gave him a handshake on the floor in the middle of the hallways with a dirty bag of chips, and I have never blushed so hard at school someone slap me I let the creatively crafted face go w h y a m I l i k e t h i s.






