So Saying No Isn't Such a Bad Thing. Maybe I'll Learn How Someday.

So to all the mothers whose sons that have taken me out on dates, thank you for making sure that your sons know what is appropriate for a date. And to your mothers who are now raising sons that will eventually date, please help them out and raise them right.

So for obvious reasons I won't use real names. Except mine.

So this story starts and goes back to August. Remember when I went to that YSA Conference? Yeah. Well one of the things that they talked about was having a Temple Recommend and the kind of traits that people who have recommends have.

So I was wearing my yellow skirt with a black shirt and those black flower shoes I got for Mormal junior year. So anyways, this guy walks up to me and has his temple recommend out. so he says, "Yellow skirt. Hi Yellow Skirt. So, um yeah. Can you read this? Can you read this right here?"

As he is pointing to his name I say; "Billy Joe?"

"Yep. Billy. Billy. . . so what's your name?"

"Ashlynn."

"Ashlynn. Hi. So what ward are you in?"

"Oh. I'm in the Cheyenne Mt. Ward."

"Oh good, good Me too. Nice meeting you Ashlynn. I thought I should let you know that I really like that yellow skirt. It's nice. Well it was nice getting to meet you Ashlynn. Hopefully I'll see you around."

I know right? The temple recommend.

So that was about the last time I really talked to this Billy guy. I'd see him occasionally and say hi but that was about it.

So then I went to FHE one night and then I was standing in a group of people talking and so he asked me if I had a boyfriend and I was like, ha. No. False. 

So then he asked me if I was dating my friend who had seen me with a couple of times at church which was TOTALLY false. Just because you had seen me talking to my friend a couple times does not mean we are dating. So then I confirmed that I was not dating anyone and then he says, "Oh really? Good. I thought you guys were dating. That's why I stopped hitting on you." 

For real right now?! No. It really happened!

So then he asked, in front of everyone, "Oh. So good. We should go on a date. When should we go on a date?" 

Not gonna lie. There was a little part of me that wanted to punch him in his mouth, and then there was that little part that couldn't do anything because I was still in shock and confused that he really asked me out and in front of everyone. But because he had made it perfectly clear to everyone that I didn't have a boyfriend, and then asked me in front of everybody in the group who were all listening by this point so I would have felt kinda like a jerk, and/or awkward if I said no. So we decided that Tuesday would work best.
So then he was like, "Oh. You like sushi? If you like sushi we should totally get sushi."

Heck yes I like sushi. So not gonna lie. Billy had me at sushi.

So we decided Tuesday night plus sushi.

So here it goes.

He gets to my house, meets Corinne and she asked, "So what are you guys going to do?" 

So then he says, "Oh! We're gonna go to Subway, then we're gonna go get some windows markers and write on peoples cars."

So Corinne started laughing because she thought he was joking. However I knew. I knew he was not joking. I knew he was serious. So I tried not to show the MAJOR disappointment that I felt when I found out that sushi was no longer apart of the plan.

So yep. We really go to Subway and we go inside and then he says, "So how hungry are you? I could probably do like six to eight inches. But a foot-long would be too much."

So I say, "Oh yeah. Me too. I probably won't even finish six inches."

"Oh cool. Well it's any-tober which means any foot-long of your choice for five dollars. So you go ahead and order any foot-long you want, put whatever you want on it, and we'll split it."

Silent pause.

So I ordered a foot-long that we really split.

So then after dinner we really drove across the parking lot to Wal-mart. We go in and he really buys two white window markers.

So then we walk outside and he really started writing on peoples car window. Nothing harmful, but still kinda awkward for me. I worry about EVERYTHING! So I worried that someone was gonna walk out and catch us and not think it was as funny as he did, or I don't know, something bad. I just worried ok.
Oh. And side note. Did I mention that it was suppose to snow that night? So it is extremely cold, and rainy, and windy. Yeah. . .
So we went to two more parking lots and then he finally asks, "Hey. Do you want some hot chocolate?"

Oh Billy, once again, you had me at hot. Chocolate was just a major bonus.

"Yeah. Sure. Sounds good."

"Sweet. Ok. So honestly, the best place for hot chocolate, Seven-Eleven."

Sigh.

So then we really went to Seven-Eleven and get hot chocolate.

So then we start driving around and he's telling me this story about this one time that him and his two best

friend toilet papered his ex-girlfriends house last November and then  Billy says, "You know what?! I'll show you her house right now. We're right here!"

So yep. He really drives me by his ex-girlfriends house and he doesn't just tell me the whole story, he shows it to me.

Sigh.

So then he pulls over to this walking path (after we left the ex-girlfriends house) and we get out and walk around that for like an hour. In the almost snowing (still rainy and windy) cold.

So then we get in the car and come home. Home, sweet, warm home.
So then I tell Corinne, who happened to be talking to Brendan and the time, and they just laughed the whole time.
And then 45 minutes later, it started snowing.

So then the next day I was telling Matt at Institute and he was like, "What!"
Matt is Billy's Home Teacher so he was talking to him before institute to try and find a time for them to meet and Billy told him, "Well I went out with Ashlynn last night, I have improv practice Thursday, and then I just got a date for Saturday night. We're going to Sushi."

So this other girl who he asked out after me got my sushi!

So then on Sunday he was like, "Oh, hey. Want to see what I did last night," and starts showing me all these pictures of melted crayons. And then it hit me. These pictures were from his sushi date! I was like WHAT! Are you serious right now! But of course he was. But he is officially crossed off the dating list!
I really don't hope like I sound like I am complaining that someone took me out and spent money on me. However, it is pretty crazy that this is a true story but I can totally laugh about it and Billy and I still say hi to each other and occasionally small talk to each other which in nice so I think that over all, I got a good experience from all of this. I think. Or at least I hope?