Way Back When Wednesday - Head Over Heels

I was 16 and I was head over heels for a guy, my first love, although now I don't think I'd really call what I felt for him as real love.  He and I were a "thing."  We saw each other at school and talked on the phone pretty much every evening. 

So as you can imagine I was pretty upset about not being able to see/talk to him for TWO WHOLE WEEKS while my family went on vacation!  So I did what any rational teen would do.  I had him call me before the phone call curfew and then secretly talk to him until the wee hours of the morning. 

And it would have worked... if my mom hadn't knocked on my door to come in and tell me goodnight.  I quickly told him not to hang up (Because if he did, he or I would have to call the other back and that wouldn't work because then one or the other of our parents would find out about our late night conversation.  Tricky, huh!).  Then I put the phone on mute and hid it under a blanket on the floor. 

I was only expecting the conversation with my mom to go something like this, "Good night sweetie!"  "Good night mom!" Mom exits the room, I pick the phone back up.

But that's not what happened.  My mom stayed and talked for a few minutes and then a horrible thing happened.  The phone started beeping!  The person-on-the-other-end-of-the-line-hung-up kind of beeping.  And I wasn't supposed to still be on the phone!

She gave me a mild scolding and I broke down in tears.  Not because of the scolding, but because I really wanted to keep talking to him (lame, no?)!  After all, we were going to be gone for TWO WHOLE WEEKS!  My mom took pity on me, the love-struck teenager, and let me call him back.  He had accidentally hung up and we continued our conversation, and all was right in the world! :)