Rooftops

Today was really a nice day. Why was it nice? Our ward (Which is just a term for neighborhood) hosted a dance at a terrace. I wasn't expecting to have much fun, because I have bad blood with a lot of the people there, and I am a TERRIBLE, and I mean TERRIBLE, dancer. It wasn't a recipe for success, especially considering that the earlier day was really quite crappy. The dance went as I thought for a while, I really just sat around and felt bad about myself for being rejected by the girl I like, like I have for the past few days. I've been really very sad about that. So I had my iPod and my earphones in when my next door neighbor, RB, came and sat right down next to me. It was seriously unexpected. He saw that I had earbuds in and we talked about music for a while. It turns out the two of us really have a lot in common. We like a lot of the same bands (VERY uncommon, I'm far from mainstream.) we both played guitar, and we both weren't expecting to have a good time at the dance. I think he made it really bearable for me, and I appreciate him a lot for that. Then comes the part I've been dreading. The dancing. I've never understood dancing. The way I see it, all these get together dances are just a bunch of kids gathering around some speakers playing crappy music and flailing their heads. Once RB had gone away, I hit the soda. I easily drank enough soda to make me extremely restless at night. When I was drinking and leaning along the terrace edge, it was sunset. On my iPod came a song called Rooftops. I thought it was kind of funny because we were on a roof of sorts. It's a song about never really knowing when you're gonna go, and that you should live life to your fullest. I was surprised at the fact that it kind of hit me. "What am I doing here, just drinking soda and feeling sorry for myself?" Then a slow dance came around about three minutes later. I wasn't expecting to really get asked, because I never did. So I sat down, and to my surprise, I got asked! I was thinking of saying no, because I don't dance. But it really couldn't hurt, so did it. It was really awesome. I think I needed that. I didn't know this girl very well, only making occasional small talk, but even though she didn't really see it as much, she made my night. Then we went home, and it's just surprising how much fun I had at something I was dreading so much.