Vortexia's Secret

Start off right with a little song there. So there has been a LOT going on in my life lately and I'm not sure where to start. First, to update everyone on the problem with my friend's girlfriend. We will call her B. So I went to the New Year's party, and my guy friend, N, and his girlfriend B did show, although several hours later than they said they would. At any rate, when they arrived B completely ignored me but N was being really nice to me. I decided not to ruin that by saying something to him about the lie unless he turned on me. Shortly after they got there, B left in search of an open store to buy gatorade or something. Then she left again shortly after that for good and was gone by 11:30... so much for ringing in the new year! But as she was leaving I said "Oh! B, come get an ornament. My Grandma makes them every year." She tried to ignore me, but N swung her around to face me and the ornaments and some of my other friends who already knew about the tradition started telling her about it and how she had to get one of them. She looked at me with daggers in her eyes and walked over to the box the ornaments were in. N said he wasn't leaving yet so he'd get his later. She tried to not be enthusiastic about it, but when she saw one of the little santas she smiled and said that it would match the ornaments on her tree at home. So she took it and mumbled thanks and then left. I'm pretty sure it didn't do much to melt the ice between us, but at least it showed that I didn't reciprocate the hateful feelings she felt toward me. Later my best guy friend R (the one in the army) said he thought I made a good choice to show to N that I didn't hate his girlfriend like she was trying to make him believe.

More good news from that night... I met R's fiancee, H, at the NY party and I loved her!! She was such a sweetheart and so nice, and I think we have quite a bit in common. I was worried that we might not get along well with this whole B thing and the email I sent asking if she knew about us being friends or not. But there was no awkwardness or anything and we got along great. Unfortunately we had a bonding experience that I wish we didn't have. One of the friends, C, who only appears once in a blue moon showed up and was trashed before anybody else even arrived. When the guys went to go play videogames (a tradition for this group), he wandered over to H and me and started hitting on us. We tried to politely just brush him off and ignore him enough that he'd get bored and leave, but it didn't work. And when we didn't respond he'd say something about how ugly he must be for us to not give him the time of day. Yet he was friends with both of our boyfriends... hello?! At the next open opportunity, H went over to R and let him know that he needed to keep an eye on C. When the clock struck midnight the guys paused the game and mayhem and R came over to give us a New Years kiss. When I pulled away from mayhem, I saw that C was STARING at us only a couple feet away as we kissed. A-w-k-w-a-r-d. Then R and H went out to smoke and H invited me to join them (going outside, not smoking!). We were hoping that we could let R know what all was up and strategize with him on getting C to either chill or leave. BUT... C followed us out. Then got so excited that they had cigarettes and started smoking with them. Great. He claimed he had gone downstairs to leave, but then when we went inside he followed us back in. Go figure. Once we got back inside he came within a foot of my face and said "look, I can't be any more obvious about how I feel." Ok, that was it. I found a seat next to mayhem and sat with my eyes riveted to the screen watching every move they guys made in the game. C stared at me the entire time. Finally R and N escorted him out and watched him get out of the neighborhood. H and I breathed a sigh of relief and were able to enjoy ourselves again. Apparently mayhem was oblivious to most of it until C had left, so he has kindly been asked to LISTEN to me the next time I tell him that a guy is creeping me out and hitting on his girlfriend! Blech. Ok, for the sake of keeping these entries to a readable length I will wait to write about the wedding until another time.

Expect to hear all about my crazy relatives (crazy in the best way possible... well, except for one), and all the people who want mayhem and me to step into line to be married soon.