I really like how I do not personally know people on the forums.
I’m a freshman in high school and I’ve kind of had a crush on somebody for a while now.
I go to a 7-12 school- but it’s not really one school. It’s actually two schools just placed right next to each other. They share a library and a principal’s office, and a band room and are just divided by a red line- there’s a junior high (7-8) and a high school (9-12).
I’m in band and I’ve known the guy I like since I was in 7th grade. He was in 8th grade then. In seventh grade marching band was an available class for junior high, and we both were in it. This was the only class we shared since he was in a grade above me. During marching season I played the trumpet and he played the tuba. I don’t recall any times we talked during marching season but I remember the first direct time I spoke with him (before I caught feelings) was during concert season of seventh grade when I switched to the euphonium. Because I switched instruments halfway through the year there were no lockers available in the band room for my instrument so I put it in the tuba room. One day after concert band I was getting ready to put my euphonium back in the tuba room and he, Josh, was changing. I remember saying, “Really Josh?!” and I put my instrument away really fast. After that day I found out all tubas change there OFTEN.
I officially started catching feelings in eighth during winter season. Middle school and High school both had winter percussion and their competition days were the only days that would align. Three things happened in eighth grade that I remember. Also I got my own locked in eighth so I almost never went in the tuba room after that. The first time we faced each other was when I was walking with some other people in winter percussion (MS) going to the band office to ask our director a question when Josh patted my forehead. Okay by now you can tell I’m a hopeless romantic and a sucker for love. Later at the following competition the day was over and we all were about to load the semi and I walk in to place something away and I see Josh (AGAIN) changing in the back. And I’m just like, Jesus why?
Probably the most exciting thing that happened in eighth grade was when I wore his jacket unknowingly. Middle school winter percussion was going to the orchestra room to pick up some timpani’s for the performance in the school gym. I’m kinda a weak link and I couldn’t really help take them so my now section leader, senior, friend Cloe handed me Josh’s jacket and her keys. Cloe had a best friend in eighth grade who is now graduated named Josh Frost so everyone assumed it was his jacket, so I just put it on and zipped it all the way and wore it the whole day. He also saw me that day so he knew. A few days later Joanne saw him wearing it and pointed it out and that’s when I found out it was that Josh’s.
It was during band camp of this year I realized I was actually in love.
In Spetember I decided to be bold and followed him on instagram and he followed me back and that whole week I was so so so happy. Then a few weeks later I gained more confidence and sent him a tuba joke and he replied to it. Then in October I went to India, and I told him I had a crush on him and he replied that he didn’t know me well enough to have feelings so HE DIDN’T REJECT ME.
The most recent thing that has happened was this Saturday. It was my first competiton after coming back from India and the percussion box of our steampunk goggles and scarves went missing. Fortunately there were enough backup scarves for the whole percussion but not enough goggles. There were two goggles short and the drumset player and I didn’t get ones. HOWEVER I was really sad about it, the band mom came to me lthirty minutes later and told me that the tubas sacrificed their goggles. AND I WAS SQUEALING WITH JOY. In my mind of course. You know who a tuba player is? Josh. Yeah the guy I like. That gesture boosted my confidence by a thousand and I told the band mom to thank them for me but she told me to thank them myself and I still haven’t done it yet.
, but… One was for him to kiss me. So.
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