Because I think Awkward by Marni Bates is so much fun I am on two blog tours for it! Yay for Awkward! 
Mackenzie Wellesley has spent her life avoiding the spotlight. At Smith High, she’s the awkward junior people only notice when they need help with homework. Until she sends a burly football player flying with her massive backpack and makes a disastrous – not to mention unwelcome – attempt at CPR. Before the day is out, the whole fiasco explodes on YouTube. And then the strangest thing happens. Suddenly, Mackenzie is an Internet sensation, with four million hits and counting. Sucked into a whirlwind of rock stars, paparazzi, and free designer clothes, she even catches the eye of the most popular guy at school. And that’s when life gets really interesting…
For today’s tour stop I emailed some of my lovely blogger friends and asked a very nosey question… what was your most awkward/embarrassing moment from middle or high school? The fact that so many of them replied with stories just proves how awesome they are! Obviously I couldn’t ask something of them that I wouldn’t do myself so here you go… my awkward story:
I was at the mall with some friends. Some how I ended up at a store with this boy who I thought was totally beautiful. We were standing in line waiting to pay and a song by U2 came on. Of course I have to comment, “I love U2!” He hears, “I love you, too!” and was like…. “Um, I didn’t say anything.” He had this panicked look on his face and was clearly thinking of not buying anything and just running from the store. Yeah, I wanted to die. I stammered out, “I meant, you know, the band. U2. Like, the letter and number?” The song was over by that time and I’m still not sure he believes I wasn’t professing my undying love for him. Awkward Heidi is awkward.
Now check out some awesome awkwardness from amazing bloggers:
Pam from Bookalicious:
I was in 7th grade and first chair clarinet player (still the highlight of my life- the day I beat the evil Anne Buckley in a duel for first chair). We had to go out of town for a district wide competition. The school we traveled to was huge, I was incredibly overwhelmed being from a very small town. We were put in a large auditorium with seating that you had to climb stairs to access. I saw the hottest trumpet player ever. Our eyes locked, I knew in that moment that I would marry him and have musical babies- until I fell. Down the steps in a skirt and showed my Monday panties to the whole auditorium. The worst part? It was Wednesday. The boy turned away and I never saw him again.
Jacinda from The Reading Housewives of Indiana:
I was 18 and a senior in high school. I was at the mall shopping with my boyfriend’s sister Sarah. We are walking around the mall and out of nowhere I spot my ex-boyfriend Tim. Of course he decides he wants to talk to me which is awkward because he’s my ex and I broke-up with him and what made it worse was Sarah standing right next to me having to listen to it all. THAT IS NOT ALL! Sarah and I were walking outside back to our car after shopping. I see someone running towards us. GUESS WHO IT IS?! It’s Tim! He runs up to me with a bag in his hand. He gives me the bag and tells me it’s a gift for me and to open it once he left. I get in the car and open the bag and inside was a fairy figurine. To this day I have no idea why he would buy me that. I went home and gave it to my mom.
Ange from Libby Blog:
Ok, this is the worst ever, ready? Are you sure you’re ready? I danced my whole life. Tap, Jazz and Ballet…but in 8th grade I wasn’t the thinnest thing that ever was like my classmates and dancemates around me. That later evened out in high school, but in 8th grade I was not a fan of my body and when we were at the big dress rehearsals in Madison at the Barrymore Theatre, the dressing rooms are tiny and shoving a bunch of girls together in them changing makes for no room at all. I danced multiple times and my friends didn’t so they were forever waiting for me which was awkward on its own, but then on this day my pal forgot to lock the door and in walks the incredibly adorable son of the owner of the academy who was our age and I WAS NAKED from the waist down!!!! OMG! (To explain that I’m not weird, you do not wear undies with tights in dance!) His eyes got big, he ran away, I almost died and finished dressing, I was mortified for the rest of my time there at that academy! Awful!!
How’s that for an embarrassing moment!?
I was a junior in high school and had just walked out of my history class with two of my friends which happened to be on the second floor of our school. As girls usually do, we were busy chattering about who knows what as we made our way to our next class. As we descended down the stairs, I was busy talking and I totally missed the last step! I remember attempting to catch myself, but my ankle rolled under me and I completely fell to the ground. My friends that were with me immediately wanted to laugh, but I could tell they were concerned too because I wasn’t getting up off the floor. To make matters worse, I started to back up traffic on the stairwell because I really could NOT get up from off the floor! Every time I tried to stand, my ankle would give out on me. So my friends being the awesome people that they are, they each got on one side of me and tried to be makeshift crutches so that I could hobble out of the way & traffic could resume. Realizing my “fall” was pretty bad, one of them left & went to get the nurse, who then returned with a wheel chair!!!!! As I was trying to get myself together I realized my backpack must have busted open as I fell too because all my books and papers were every where. Awesome. I just remember thinking.. wheel me out of here, NOW!! After a trip to the doctor I found out that I had torn the ligaments in my foot. I was put in to a brace & on crutches for 6 weeks. All because I was too busy talking and not watching where I was walking! So embarrassing!!
Erica from The Book Cellar:
There was a girl I danced with for years, and I didn’t really like her because she was really mean and snobby. She ended up in my class in 6th grade. One day, we were reading aloud popcorn style, where you raise your hand to read next and the person reading calls on the next person. She pointed at who I thought was me, so I started reading. She was actually pointing to the guy behind me and threw a huge fit about how she did not call on me. I was so embarrassed and wanted to hide. It was soooo awkward.
Lynn from Bringing the Epic:
I was in love. Dead, in love, with Dylan Germick. I would have traded my life or my best friends, sorry Jen, for a shot at being with Dylan. He didn’t know I was alive. Actually, he did. But he pretended he didn’t. It would be hard not to notice a girl giggling out of control with her kinky red hair, no eyebrows and scrawny lanky body every time you walked by. I had perfected my “married” name in every single notebook, I just knew that one day he’d notice me and we’d be together forever! Lucky for me, my “friend” had a brother who was best friends with Dylan! Lucky me! So her big brother would say hi occasionally, he’d stop and talk to my cute friends and flirt with them; but I knew my place – I was the tag along. And I was ok with it. I’d make it someday! That day finally came as I was listening to music in my room. The phone rang and it was my “friends” brother! He wanted to know what I thought about Dylan. Well DUH I loved him! I tried to play it cool but I distinctly remember my voice cracking and an awkward laugh coming out here and there. Then he said, “Dylan actually really likes you and he wants to go on a date. Would you be cool with that?” UH – YES! I eagerly agreed and was getting the details to set it all up when I heard a third voice on the phone. Very faintly. And then laughing. And Friends-Brother says, “Hahaha, it was a joke. Dylan doesn’t want to go on a date with you!” Dylan had been on three-way the whole time. And he knew it was a joke. He listened in the whole time and only spoke up when he was going to be forced to listen to the details of our “date.”
Super funny joke. There were 90 people in my graduating class. About 350-400 in the school total. I saw my friends big brother and Dylan every freaking day. And I wasn’t “cool” enough to say anything that would make a difference. MOR-TI-FIED.
Let me be real here for a second. My entire Middle School experience was awkward. Like, on the daily. My best friend Whitney and I hung out almost exclusively with each other (which was awesome), but when one or the other of us was sick – we were left to fend for ourselves amongst the various aquaintences we had aquired. Still, we survived. In High School, my awkwardness was mostly contained and kept on the down low as much as possible. I was a closet gamer (would stay up into the wee hours playing Final Fantasy 7 and telling everyone else that I was totally studying for that biology test) but openly in band. I mean, you can’t hide being in band. It is what it is. Given that I’ve had a plethora of awkward experiences in my life, allow me to share one that is awkward and cringeworthy and just a tad awesome. I had a crush on this boy. We shall call him Colin. Colin and I were good friends and joked around and flirted and all of the things. He was a year younger than me, so we didn’t hang out in the same social circles at school. We would talk on the phone, hang out in groups on the weekend, and generally had fun together. And, as with most girls, I couldn’t tell if he liked me. I mean, he ACTED like he liked me…but nothing ever came of it. This went on for YEARS. So finally, one day, I grew a pair and when we were on the phone one night I said “Colin, listen. I’m glad we’re friends but I really like you. I’m not down with playing the mind games so just tell me straight up if you feel the same.”
“Uhhhh, no. Not really.” Awkward? OH YES. Cringeworthy? I still shudder remembering it. The awesome element? That I was straightforward and JUST ASKED HIM instead of wondering forever. We remained friends after that as I was just happy to finally know the business.
It was my first day of 7th grade, which in my town was a huge deal. I grew up in such a small town that we didn’t have a middle school – kindergarten through 6th grade was in the elementary school and 7th through 12th grade was in the high school. So you can only imagine how the first day of 7th grade would go, sharing the hallways with juniors and seniors you completely idolized. I somehow made it through the first half of the day and was downstairs in the cafeteria eating lunch. Don’t ask me why, but I was wearing khaki-colored pants and decided I really wanted a fruit punch out of the vending machine. As I sat down with my open can of fruit punch, it completely dumped into my lap in a not-so-great place. Think about it – a big red stain on the front of khaki pants. I had to walk around the rest of the day with my entire lap covered in red, which looked like something was massacred on my lap… or something else. While I wasn’t completely ridiculed, I definitely got the “OMG” stare from those older idols I then never wanted to see again. Needless to say, I was mortified and didn’t wear khaki-colored pants for years.
What good sports! I’m glad I’m not the only one with embarrassing moments! In appreciation of my blogging pals willingness to share their embarrassing moments and because this book is so great I am giving away two copies! Simply use the rafflecopter widget below to enter.
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