A catch up!

This weekend was extremely fun, Friday night Lori had her little “formal” dance of sorts. The night before I chose some golfers plaid pants and this gaudy shirt to wear and white shoes, laid them on my chair and informed her this is going to be my attired for the night. Her face ran beat red and she made a bee line to my closet grabbing my Sunday suit.
I drove her over to a friend’s house, and picked three others up, they were all giggles and merriment, dropped them off at the gym door and parked the car, heaven forbid I walked in with them – man, they are treating me like I was a parent or something!
I stood around and talked to some of the other “Grown ups” and nibbled a bit watching Lori stare at the gaggle of boys on the other side of the gym, who were trying to coax one of the coaches to bring out some basketballs. Then I noticed Derrick, his older brother and I are really good friends, so I moseyed over to chat it up with the “Dudes”. Loris jaw hit the floor.
After about 15 minutes, myself about 90 percent of the boys and two other fathers were standing around chatting it up all laughing heartily when one of the female teachers suggested the guys go and mingle with the ladies. After a few Uggh and ewws from my male counterparts, I located Julie; she’s my next door neighbor, gave her a wave and a smile and walked over to say hey.
Julie is adorable, rosy pink cheeks, a pucker smile and the biggest brownest golden eyes. She’s grown so much in the last year and is up to mid-chest on me, I’m 6’2 so she’s a tall, I think, thirteen year old. (Never ask a lady her age).
She taught me to box dance, I say taught because it seems to be a million years since I was in the 7th grade and had to do that dance. Again, Loris jaw hit the floor, eventually some of the other parents and even a guy or two danced the night away, not to say no one was on the dance floor. The “cool girl crew” all hopped around on the floor together and some known couples of the elementary school were out there as well.
By 9:00 the dance was winding down, and the ladies piled up in the truck full of snickers and giggles and “Oh did you see so and so dancing with Blah blah?” Instead of her hopping in the back with the gang, Lori sat in the front with me looking at me and smiling, I’m waiting for it……..
I smiled back and said “Yeah, you need something?” then worried about what kind of shaming I was about to receive from her, she smiled and the other girls leaned in to witness it. “Well, we were wondering” I held my breath and concentrated on the road.
A repeat of the last four words and she stammered “Would you take us all to the next dance and be our date?”
….wonders will never cease.