Creative Writing 1: How to Blush

I think that if I could forget one moment, I would forget a creative writing class I’d been in, in the Ninth grade.1

Overall the class was pretty cool; we got to learn about different writing styles, get feedback from classmates, etc. I had a couple friends in the class and there was a guy I liked in there too. We were always kind of flirty; he was a couple feet taller than me and would mock my height and I would respond by slapping him. It was fun and we would laugh, but that’s pretty much as far as it went. Well, the class was 80% girls, so we were noticed and it was pointed out to us that we liked each other. We pretty much ignored it, but there was a little bit of awkwardness. They pushed us a little but pretty much dropped it until we got to screenwriting.2

We were introduced to screenwriting towards the end of the year, and one day we were working on character development through dialogue. When we’d finished the exercise for the day, people volunteered to come up and read theirs. Guess who the first scene was about? Yup, ‘lil ol’ me and him. 3

Now, one thing you’ve got to understand is that I have very little control over my facial expressions, so pretty much everything shows. Over time I’ve pretty much worked to control this, except for the blush. When I blush the hues vary from light pink to almost purple, and it’s not just on my face. It spreads to my neck, my chest, my arms, and even down to my toes if it’s really bad. When they were done reading about our finally admitted to liking each other I was blushing purple down to my cute little gold sandals. I’d finally managed to admit to myself that I liked him, but it’s not like I wanted the whole class to know it, and not with him sitting right there! But at that point confirmation was pretty much written in read all over my face, not to mention any other part of me I didn’t manage to hide. 4

I buried my face in my arms and waited for the laughter to die down to stifled giggles and begged for time to speed up so I could rush to the bus home.