I'm sure you've heard terrible, cringe worthy stories but mine sounds like complete bad luck. I always shared a phone with my twin sister and I finally got my own phone. My story involves my third best friend (back when first, second, and third best friends existed) and her crush, along with some other things I regret saying.
At the peak of my 8th grade popularity, I had about 10 close friends but only 3 of them I'd call my "best" friend. We did everything together, from going to the mall, going to birthday parties, and the movie theater. One day I went to the mall with just my sister, Daniela (or D for short), so we could spend as much time bickering and deciding on which top we'd get from Abercrombie, only to decide we didn't want it anyways while on line.
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After about two hours of shopping, we decided to grab something to eat. We got our food and sat down by the food court and began our typical gossip. Since Daniela and I were alone, I wanted to talk about my “friend”, Lindsey and her crush, Tyler.
"She’s so annoying. She thinks she can call dibs on Tyler when you clearly liked him first. Do you still like him?" I asked Daniela.
"I don't know. She's pretty, Jess. I don’t stand a chance."
"Come on, you’re like a 9 and she's a 5. She isn’t even that pretty."
"Lindsey would be pissed if I went for him,” Daniela said.
“Who cares. This would be payback for when she stole my favorite lipstick and used it all the time and still denied it was mine. And I'm sure Tyler wouldn't go for someone like her anyway. Like I said she isn’t that pretty,” I said.
"I don't know. She's pretty, Jess. I don’t stand a chance."
"Come on, you’re like a 9 and she's a 5. She isn’t even that pretty."
"Lindsey would be pissed if I went for him,” Daniela said.
“Who cares. This would be payback for when she stole my favorite lipstick and used it all the time and still denied it was mine. And I'm sure Tyler wouldn't go for someone like her anyway. Like I said she isn’t that pretty,” I said.
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I know what you're thinking, I really was a bitch. But you've got to take into account that this was the height of my mean girl phase and raging hormones. I didn't know better than to be catty and believe me when I say I've learned my lesson. We got up and started shopping again. After a few more unsuccessful stops, I checked my phone to see what time it was because I knew we had to leave soon.
*Text from Lindsey: Are you serious?*
At first I was confused, but then my heart dropped to the bottom of my stomach. Did she some how read my mind? Impossible... I checked my phone and saw a recent call from Lindsey. Two minutes and forty-nine seconds.
"Did I just butt dial Lindsey?" I asked myself.
"Oh my God D, I think I butt dialed Lindsey while we were eating. It's the only time we were sitting down. I hope she didn't hear everything I said..."
This is when I thought my old flip phone was better than this touch-screen keyboard phone. No butt dialing there.
"Did I just butt dial Lindsey?" I asked myself.
"Oh my God D, I think I butt dialed Lindsey while we were eating. It's the only time we were sitting down. I hope she didn't hear everything I said..."
This is when I thought my old flip phone was better than this touch-screen keyboard phone. No butt dialing there.
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*Incoming call: Lindsey <33*
"Should I pick up? What do I say??" My heart started beating three times as fast. I wanted to give Daniela my phone to pick up but it was already on the third ring and it'd be obvious I was trying to hide something.
"Hello?"
"Hi. So do you have something you want to tell me?"
"Umm, no why?"
"Well, I heard everything you said about me. I was wondering if there were any other things you wanted to say to me." I could hear her voice cracking, holding back tears.
My face went blue, and with wide-eyes I answered, "I'm sorry. I didn’t mean anything I said."
"Sorry isn't good enough, bitch." And she hung up.
I just stood there. Frozen. In the middle of the second floor of the mall as people passed me on both sides. I looked at Daniela, and she was also in shock. She heard what Lindsey said by holding her ear close enough to the phone.
"Call her back!"
"And say what?"
"Say sorry again. Just make up something!"
"Ugh okay." It was at this moment that I realized I sucked at making apologies. My palms were sweating as I dialed her phone number that I memorized.
"Call her back!"
"And say what?"
"Say sorry again. Just make up something!"
"Ugh okay." It was at this moment that I realized I sucked at making apologies. My palms were sweating as I dialed her phone number that I memorized.
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Four rings and still no answer. I called again and she picked up on the second ring.
"What do you want?"
"I'm sorry Lindsey. I didn't mean what I said. I just talked about how I don't think you and Tyler really go well together that's all."
"I don’t know. Apparently I’m ugly."
Shit…
“Wait hold on, someone is asking me a question,” I said to Lindsey to make an excuse to not talk to her for a second. I quickly put the phone on mute to ask Daniela for advice.
"She has what I said on voicemail... what do I do?"
"Damn... ask her to delete it! Tell her you didn't mean to be such a bitch. Just blame it on me. I don’t care."
I un-muted the phone and said, "Lindsey, please delete that voicemail, I didn't mean to be such a bitch. I only said those things to Daniela to make her feel better. She was upset that she can’t find a boyfriend."
"Don't worry, I'm not as evil as you. " After a brief pause "I'll delete the voicemail. I’ll do it for Daniela, not you."
"Don't worry, I'm not as evil as you. " After a brief pause "I'll delete the voicemail. I’ll do it for Daniela, not you."
"Thank goodness." I sighed a breath of relief.
"Ok. I deleted it because I don’t want to hear it again...Goodbye." And she hung up again
"Ok. I deleted it because I don’t want to hear it again...Goodbye." And she hung up again
The rest of that day is a blur. I only remember going home and seeing her Facebook status about me:
"Be careful who you trust, even close friends can stab you in the back..."
Even though I should've expected it, I was still stunned. Some of the comments were:
“OMG what happened”
“Are you okay? Call me”
"Wow. I wanna know who this is about..."
In all those comments, she replied a simply yet painful “I’ll message you guys.” I didn’t answer back or make a Facebook status in response to it because I knew I was wrong.
She got 3 likes on her response.
"Be careful who you trust, even close friends can stab you in the back..."
Even though I should've expected it, I was still stunned. Some of the comments were:
“OMG what happened”
“Are you okay? Call me”
"Wow. I wanna know who this is about..."
In all those comments, she replied a simply yet painful “I’ll message you guys.” I didn’t answer back or make a Facebook status in response to it because I knew I was wrong.
She got 3 likes on her response.
“This is it…” I thought. Now everyone is going to hate me. She already got 12 likes on the status. I began to cry and Daniela tried to make me feel better, but it was no use. All I could do now was wait for Monday to rear its ugly head around and hope for the best
That next Monday, no one really came up to me like I expected them to. A couple of girls were giving me dirty looks but that could’ve just been me being paranoid as usual. Before homeroom, I saw Lindsey by her locker. “Hey Lindsey.” I said with a crooked smile. She looked at me, closed her locker and walked to class.
Did I really ruin our friendship over something so stupid?
Days passed by where Lindsey wouldn’t even look at me. Eventually, her and Tyler got together but broke up after two weeks, which was long for a middle-school relationship.
Did I really ruin our friendship over something so stupid?
Days passed by where Lindsey wouldn’t even look at me. Eventually, her and Tyler got together but broke up after two weeks, which was long for a middle-school relationship.
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When I found out that they broke up, I sent a text to Lindsey saying,
“Sorry about you and Tyler…you were too good for him anyways. Sorry again about everything.” I know it wouldn’t sound sincere, but I actually meant it.
All she said back was, "Thanks." That was better than I expected. Anything would’ve been better than her going off about what I did to her. I deserved it though; I was such a bad friend to her.
The last month of school came around and we became on good terms again. We definitely didn’t talk on the phone for hours like we used to, but we were able to hang out in the same area together. She actually invited me to her summer birthday party, but I knew it was because her parents made her and with Daniela going and all. I’ve never really been as close to Lindsay after that butt dial incident. We still talk every now and then, but it’s not the same.
I definitely learned my lesson to never keep my phone in my pocket, so I won't butt dial anyone.
I definitely learned my lesson to never keep my phone in my pocket, so I won't butt dial anyone.