Kissing a Toad

Hannah finally had her first date!

Some may remember that I posted on EJ/JQ's bulletin board about some senior at her high school that had told her that she was gorgeous and asked her out over a month ago. The date never happened. To protect the name of the guilty, we'll call him "C" for this post. C had to work that night, and the date just never seemed to happen. They did meet up at a party at my sister's house (don't ask, long story!), and he gave Hannah her first kiss. Too bad for Hannah that Kristen walked into the kitchen during C's delivery and signaled everyone to the fact with her loud, "Ewwww! Get a room!" Yeah, cousinly love. Brotherly love is not a lot better. It had taken C and Hannah a while to sneak away from Colin, who had been shadowing them like a hawk. LOL! You can still ask Colin, "Do you like C?" His reply is always a definite, "No!"

After the kiss and the scare of Mono (yes, Hannah would receive her first kiss from someone who was diagnosed with Mono a week later *insert rolling eyes*), C led Hannah down the "I don't have time to date-I have a lot on my plate right now" path, which caused her friends, family, and especially me to dislike C with a passion, to the point of dislike, that I have been extremely creative with my name calling. *g* C has ceased being called by his given name. The first was before the so-called, wound up never happening date. When my sister showed me a picture of C on facebook, I could not help but call him Elder C. What's up with all the guys growing Amish beards? Don't get me wrong. The Amish have their share of cute guys, too, but their beards are their tradition/trend. It seems as if all the guys around here are growing beards without mustaches. C sporting one became fair game in my mind, and thus Elder C.

After meeting him at my sister's bonfire and being a reluctant witness to the kiss, C earned his second nickname of his real name being said to sound like Gaston's name. He likes to hunt. I don't. Deer and bunnies are cute. Leave them alone. So, I couldn't seem to help myself when Hannah, Kristen, Susie, and I were watching Beauty and the Beast during Susie's Disney movie marathon, and I started singing, "No one shoots like C'on..." C needed to rhyme with Gaston, and C'on worked well. The name change in the song stuck. You know that you've succeeded in irritating your teenage daughter when her five-year-old brother can be heard singing from his bath, "No one shoots like C'on..." Plus, Kristen and Susie walking around the halls of the school humming the tune. ;-)

Since the song, C and Hannah have been flirting in their biology class to the extent of their classmates thinking that they are dating and their teacher, who is also a coach, announcing that he's been inspired to write a young adult romance novel. From what I'm hearing, it's as if C is staking his claim. What a Neanderthal! During all the flirting, Hannah still pined for C and wondered what was wrong with her, with him, and all the other unanswerable questions of a first crush. C did earn another nickname during the month and a half of flirting. He did something extremely embarrassing in class. Something that I will be gracious enough not to name, but I will tell you I bestowed his additional nickname of the P.F.'er, which Susie believes to be the best nickname so far. Susie is so enthusiastic about the nickname P.F.'er that she chants it whenever she meets C in the hall and giggles aloud when he gives her a questioning look.

As stated, Hannah and C had been flirting on almost a daily basis since the Mono scare, and he even got up the nerve to text her, "I'm sorry for being an ass," once. But no request for a date, that is, until this past Thursday. After Hannah had led him on a merry chase of not seeming too interested anymore, making it appear as if she was flirting with Zach (another long story! poor Zach...he's my pick!), and making him think that she had met someone else while visiting her dad a couple of weekends ago, the P.F.'er came through with another request for a date. That's my girl. Make him crazy. ;-) Surprisingly, he followed through with his request, and Hannah went on her first date.

While Kristen, Susie, Bill, and I were at the movie theater, seeing Twilight, Hannah was suffering through introducing C to her Gram and Poppa. To Hannah's distress, my mother had threatened to give C the "Eunuch and the Nun" speech. LOL! Having been on the receiving end of that speech with whatever guy I was dating, I looked forward to someone else being the recipient. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. Hannah was saved that mortification, but my mother did expose her brilliant imagination. (Remember the picture on MySpace of the air-conditioner fastened to side of her Expedition? *g*) When my mother learned that C had been helping his grandfather weld something that afternoon, she said,"Oh! You can weld! I have something that needs to be welded. I have an exercise bike that needs a new seat welded on it, but I don't want a bicycle seat welded on it. I have a boat seat that I want welded on it. The regular seat hurts. I need something bigger and more comfortable." ROTFLMAO!!! Only MY MOTHER would come up with attaching a boat seat to an exercise bike! LOL! Hannah said that when mother started talking, she grinned and looked at the floor. C kept his cool and never laughed. Instead, he told her that he would take a look at it, and it would depend on the stability of the metal frame of the exercise bike. LMAO! Classic!

Well, Hannah and Wolverine had their long awaited date. He carried her to the Olive Garden and then to see the new James Bond movie. Hannah said that he smelled nice, and she never had to open a door. He was the perfect gentleman. I have to give credit to the guy. He is really sick. He had visited the doctor that day and received a shot. Apparently, he refuses to stay out of the woods during hunting season and cannot shake a cold. Thank God that it is no longer Mono! When Hannah learned that he was at the doctor's office the day of the date, she told him that since he was sick, they could postpone their date for another time. He refused, telling her that he KNEW that if their date didn't happen this time, then he would never have the chance to date her. (He's beginning to know Hannah's mood swings. Smart boy.) He told her that he would rather be sick and be with her, than not be with her at all. I haven't figured out if his reasoning is as romantic and he and Hannah believe it to be. LOL!

C told Hannah that maybe now that he carried Hannah on a date, then Kristen and Susie would quit giving him "go to hell" looks when they pass in the hall at school. LOL! Gotta love Kristen and Susie!

Since the date on Friday night, C has been in the bed where he needed to have been all along, but maybe he needs to suffer a little. You have no idea what I've endured this month and a half with Hannah "wondering" ALL THE DAMN TIME! (Been there, done that, know how it feels, not fun!) C has yet to receive the crown of approval. The verdict is still out for debate whether he will become a prince, meaning a respectful guy who should have the honor of dating my daughter, or remain a toad. I do believe that C likes Hannah, and everyone in this house and family KNOW that Hannah likes the P.F.'er. I'm happy for Hannah that C came through with their date. He says that he wants to go out again with her, but with his track record and the expense of the first date on a high school boy's wallet, I'm betting that their second date will happen after the first of the year, which is perfectly fine with me. Teenagers! They do entertain. ;-)

What about you? Want to share your first kiss or first date experience? Any experiences of waiting FOREVER to go on a date with a certain someone? Any advice? BTW...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!