Adventures of the Puberties!

So I think this next story is very well worth the time. It’s about me in 8^th grade, and my raging adolescent hormones…

Dalziel was excited to go to Six Flags. It was the end of his 8^th grade year and the band was going on their annual field trip to Six Flags. Not only would he be going on an awesome field trip, but the bus ride there was bound to be spent with his good friends, including his “special” friend. Her name was Amadea. She had sat next to Dalziel for pretty much the whole year in both Science and History. Dalziel had always been attracted to her and when he was assigned to sit next to her, he was at first scared as he could basically not interact with girls very well.

This scary, but true fact that Dalziel could not find himself interacting with girls was due to one factor. His mother had always hated Dalziel interacting with the opposite sex and whenever she could she would keep Dalziel away from those long-haired homo-sapiens. To his mother, the estrogen they emitted seemed to be identical to anthrax when within 10 feet of Dalziel. No matter how hard Dalziel tried, with his 8^th grade mind he could not overcome the 14 years of his mother’s conditioning.

Thus, on the 1^st day of assigned seating, when Amadea 1^st happily plopped herself down next to Dalziel he was unable to utter the 1^st word. All he could do was utter a simple, “hi…” in return to her hearty hello. As the year progressed, Dalziel slowly was able to talk to Amadea more and more. He would often crack jokes to her and just talk about random things. Another thing they had in common was that they were both in the band and hung out with basically the same crowd.

So it was the end of the year and the Band Six Flags trip was coming up. Dalziel was pumped to spend the 2 hour bus ride in the back of the bus chilling with his friends, and of course Amadea. So the first 30 minutes of the bus ride were spent just talking about random things and joking around, but then finally as the mood became chiller and the hormones kept on raging, Dalziel and the gang started playing truth or dare.

Of course since they were on a crowded school bus and sitting in the back, dares were rampant as truths were deemed “lame”. So the normal dares came around 1^st, “Haha lick the window, eat this random lint, etc.” then the hormones prevailed again and then the more interactive dares appeared: “go kiss ___ on the cheek, etc.”. Then Dalziel could not believe his ears, Parsifal dared Amadea to kiss him on the cheek! His mind was racing, “would she do it? What would he have to do in return? How would their friendship change after?”. Little did he know that Amadea was also similarly scared to complete the action, then finally after Parsifal’s constant nagging/cheering, she finally went through the action and as she did, Dalziel’s chest was thumping faster and faster and he felt as if it would just pop out onto the floor and continue pumping blood at 70 mL per second.

Then before he knew it, the whole ordeal was over, and Amadea was sitting back in her seat and Dalziel was sitting there with a stupid grin on his beaming face. Dalziel finally came to his senses and quickly sat back into a normal position and acted “cool”, as if nothing had happened. Then he finally realized that it was his turn to answer the daunting truth or dare question. He knew from the moment he looked at Parsifal’s smirking face what exact dare he would get: “go kiss Amadea on the cheek”. Without a doubt, Dalziel’s prediction was correct and he was faced with the toughest decision he would ever make in his raging hormonal adolescent life. Would he do it and potentially start a relationship with Amadea? Or would he chicken out and be the lame, shy Asian boy that couldn’t interact with girls?

Dalziel could not decide and spent a long, long time pondering what to do. He was weighing and reweighing each option, considering the different pros and cons. Then after much deliberation he was just about to make a decision, but then the bus came to a stop and all the band kids had to unload and prepare for their pre-Six Flags competition. (Looking back, I was really, really, really, really, extremely lame)

As the competition came to a close and the kids re-filed into the bus Dalziel made his mind up for sure. On the way back to the school he would return the favor and kiss Amadea on the cheek. But one thing had slipped his mind, he would not be returning home with the band on the bus. It was the start of a long weekend and Dalziel would be attending a conference with his family and to save time, they would be picking him up at Six Flags. At the end of the day, Dalziel walked back to the bus with the rest of the band and sorrowfully said goodbye to everyone as he walked away with his father to the car. He vowed to himself that he would somehow return Amadea’s favor before the school year ended.

… and we will find out whether Dalziel does so or not… IN A FUTURE POST! =O