Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Mortified - Embarrassing Moments
Bad things happen when you're bored. Back when Dishon and were dating (over 20 years ago. Wow!), I was hanging around his dorm before a formal dance that evening, and I didn't have anything to do. Dishon was about to go to the bathroom, and I thought it would be funny to hide in the shower and then jump out and scare him when he walked in.
I was standing in the shower (fully clothed - this is not that kind of story ;), and I heard the bathroom door open and close . . . the problem being that I still heard Dishon's voice outside of the bathroom. That meant that one of his four roommates was in the bathroom with me. I am a deer in the headlights kind of person, so I stood there, mortified, because, 1) There was a guy who was not my boyfriend sitting on the toilet while I stood in the shower, and 2) It appeared that once he was done, he was planning on using the shower, and although I didn't want that to happen - not at all - I was trying to figure out how to tell the roommate that I was in there (we'll call him Dan Kay to protect the names of the somewhat innocent . . . and I say somewhat because this was the same roommate who told me that my feet looked like I should have a sixth toe [they do, but he didn't have to say that], and chased Dishon around the dorm while wearing a football helmet and throwing exploding snaps at Dishon's feet).
Thankfully, I didn't have to say anything. "Dan" saw my looming, ominous shadow on the bathroom wall, freaked out, and left the bathroom before he had a chance to use it. He found Dishon and was like, "Um . . . is your girlfriend in the shower?" Dishon, knowing how mischievous I could be when bored responded, "Probably." Dishon came into the bathroom, pulled back the curtain to find me looking rather terrified and sheepish, and said, "You feel foolish, don't you?" I may have rushed out of the bathroom crying embarrassed, shameful tears, but I will neither confirm nor deny that ;).
Embarrassing things happen to us all, so I want to be sure to incorporate embarrassing moments for the characters in the novel. What is something embarrassing that happened to you that you don't mind sharing?
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