"As a guy, I am sometimes disappointed in what women wear. They either have really good fashion sense, or they completely mess it up. One thing that I absolutely hate is when women wear the most ridiculous socks at the wrong times. For example, wearing socks with sandals, flip flops or any open-toe shoe. Or, if they are always wearing socks, even during the summer. It's especially annoying if you have a foot fetish, like I do. This story is about a girl who was like that.....enjoy yourself."
During my senior year of high school, I was involved in a very awesome youth group. One of the reasons it was awesome was this one girl in it that I had a huge crush on. Her name was Jodi, and I thought I wanted to marry her. Jodi was about 5" 5' and had long, brownish hair. She had an awesome body: her butt was round and perfectly shaped, and her breasts were firm, but not huge enough to be saggy. Her alluring blues eyes were as cute as her freckle-free, clear face. She had a sexy-cute look going for her. We became somewhat of friends, mostly talking only at church or a quick hello in the hallways at school. The only time we really hung out was during youth group or mission trips. Otherwise, we had our different interests. She was into tennis and volleyball. I was in band. I guess I never had the courage to begin more with her.
Another reason why weren't close was the fact she had a boyfriend for almost all of high school. Garet, a simpleton, good looking football player, was every girl's dream in high school. Jodi was always talking about him and would pray for his games to go well during opening prayer. He wasn't really a jerk, but he didn't like other guys around Jodi and they were so high on the popularity chain that it was more about being cool than having feelings for each other.
So here I am, and about the only thing I can do is admire her from afar. Not that I was complaining really, seeing as she was one of the prettiest girls I've ever known. Coming from a wealthy family, she had all clothes she need and never seemed to wear the same thing twice. She was always wearing short shorts, cute skirts or khakis that showed off her beautiful legs. However, there was one thing that confused me that she never seemed to wear: open toed shoes. She was almost always wearing asics, sneakers, boots (in the winter), Air Jordans, slippers, Vans, moccasins, or converses. However, during youth group, mission trips, or PE she was wearing socks. They were usually colorful socks, as she once told me she loved wearing them. She had red socks, blue socks, stripped socks, spotted socks, princess socks, even SpongeBob socks. During the winter, it was fuzzy socks. It was really disappointing, as I wanted to see her feet at some point. When I got Facebook and added her, I looked through her pictures and still found nothing with her bare feet. So, for a while I just gave up completely.
That changed right before we were about to graduate. We were at a youth group overnighter just for the people about to graduate. This was a very large group, so we had a lot of people graduating. However, the overnighter was extremely boring for the most part. Our youth leader didn't really participate, or plan this, so another leader did. She really must have thought we wanted a quiet, relaxing time instead of actually having fun on our last time together.
Jodi was there, but like me, was really bored. At this time she was wearing black socks with grey stripes, athletic shorts, a white t-shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a Cardinal's baseball cap. She was laying down on her stomach, arms out, with her legs and feet up. After being disappointed so much over the past three years, I would have just ignored her, knowing that nothing was gonna happen with her feet. Seeing as there was nothing better to do, I watched. For a while, it was just the regular: moving her legs around and occasionally scrunching her socks against the floor. Then, she actually did something she had never done before. She took her left foot and scraped it against the top of her right foot and down. She did it a few times, and part of the sock around the ball of her foot moved off, showing a small part of her foot. I jerked up for a moment. However, she soon took her hand and fixed her sock and sat up. Then, she left the room, seeming heading for the bathroom. I couldn't say I blamed her.
After a while I also had to use the restroom. The men's is right next to the ladies, so I was expecting to see a light on for the ladies, as Jodi never came back. The light was off. I finished my business and started heading back to listen to more boring biblical lecture, but I decided to see if I could find Jodi first. I did find her, in one of the offices. She was just on the floor alone. I asked her if I could join her. She gave me a smile and said yes. I attempted to strike up a conversation.
"You bored with her too?" I asked, trying to be sarcastic.
"Yeah, I'm done listening. I wouldn't have come if I knew it wasn't gonna be fun," she said laughing. "I really will miss this group though. She looked over at me. "How about you? Are you gonna miss it?"
I thought about it for a moment. "Yeah, I'm gonna miss the fun times and the people. It won't be the same"
Jodi gave me a hopeful look. "Will you miss me as well?"
I felt a little bit embarrassed and I'm sure that I was blushing. I didn't know how to answer. On one hand, I wanted to say yes. On the other hand, I didn't want her to know I cared that much. I answered cautiously, "Yeah, I'm gonna miss having you around to talk to."
She smiled at me and seemed to be pleased with my answer. She turned her head away and we sat there quiet for a while. I could tell she was reflecting on something. It wasn't long before I knew what she was thinking.
"Garet....was never in love with me, right? I mean, he never really cared about me other than to be popular and for sex right?" she asked without looking at me.
I had no idea why she was asking, but I knew the answer. "No, he just wants to fit in and he couldn't really appreciate you I don't think." It was a simple and honest answer.
Jodi turned towards me and explained how she had finally broke up with him when she saw that he was checking out other girls. "I felt so stupid, that I couldn't see it before. It makes me wonder what else I've been missing," she said with a sigh. "I guess I got caught up in high school that I never thought about what really matters."
I tried my best to comfort her. The fact she was going over all this before graduation was big, I told her. We continued talking about what she had missed and how she could improve in college. I purposely kept the topic away from me as I could. Unfortunately, that didn't last for long.
"How about you Phil?" she asked. "Is there something I missed about you?"
Now I was nervous. I really didn't know how to answer that question. There was some much I could have told her, how I found her attractive, smart, a great conversation partner, and how I was dying her see her feet. I never got to any of those before she interrupted.