Open mouth, insert foot

Me and my extremely stupid self.

I was at Dish tonight when my cellphone rang. When I looked at the caller ID there wasn’t any number that showed, so it meant that it was an international call. My heart leapt because I immediately assumed that the caller was Jason.

“Hello?” I said excitedly. “Who’s this?” I heard a guy’s voice but it was very faint, and it was too noisy for me to really make out who it was. Thinking that it really was Jason, I said, “Wait. Don’t say a word. I’m going outside.”

I pushed my way through the crowd and went outside. I was pleasantly surprised. I couldn’t believe that he actually called, and I was so happy that I quickly morphed into my extremely hyper and talkative self.

I was like, “Oh my gosh, hiiiii!!!! What time is it there?” I damn near said “I miss you”.

“It’s six am over here.”

“Six am? What are you doing up so early?”

“Well, I thought I’d talk to you before I went to school today.”

Inwardly I was like, “Aww, he wanted to talk to me before going to school! That is incredibly sweet!”

And then I couldn’t stop talking. “Guess what? It’s possible to go out at night and not take a single sip of alcohol or smoke a single cigarette. It’s my friend’s birthday right, and someone gave her a bottle of wine. She passed it around and everyone was taking sips but I passed the bottle to the next girl and didn’t take any.”

“Wow. Is that just for tonight, or are you stopping for good?”

“For good! Remember, I promised you?”

After that, I started to give him practically my entire schedule for the whole week. Party tomorrow, possible graduation party on Saturday, debut on Sunday. I was rattling on and on for around five minutes or so when my stupid mouth started thinking on its own.

“You know Jason, it’s so scary. For a moment there, I thought you were my ex cos you sound so much like him,” I said.

“Really? What’s his name?” he asked.

“Tonic,” I replied.

Pause. Then, he said dejectedly, “Thanks. I am Tonic.”

There was an even longer pause. I felt like hitting my head against the wall. Tonic? Damn!!! How could I have been so stupid? How could I not have realized that it was him? And why didn’t I clarify who that was at first? Me and my big mouth! Then again, who else would call me long distance if not Jason?

I apologized like a madman afterwards. God, I felt like a world-class idiot.

“How’d you get my new number?” I wondered.

“Jonathan gave it to me. So who’s Jason?” Tonic asked. “Is he your boyfriend or somethin?”

“Well…yeah, sort of,” I replied.

He kind of sighed and said, “Well, I thought I’d call you up and wish you a happy birthday. And about Jason, don’t worry. I’m not gonna get in the way.”

“Thanks…”

“I gotta go get ready for school now. Bye,” he said real quickly.

” ‘Bye.” Boy, did I push the end button right away.

First, it was old crushes. Now it’s ex-boyfriends. What next?!?

PLUG: Jason and I have a blog together! Go to http://fated.the-protagonist.net.