Now and then I get a melancholic mood. You know when, sitting alone, tired, whilst sipping a glass of wine. There's usually one moment I always think about which makes me sad and smile at the same time.
I was 16 at the time and on cycling-boat camp (don’t ask) with friends. It was the first camp that we were treated as adults. My friends and me were also the biggest group which meant that we had a lot of influence on the activities.
It was the last night and we had a fare well party. My friends and me decided to do an act at the party, a strip act to be more precise. Hilarity followed but nevertheless we were the main act of the evening.
Afterwards I got a bit in a sad mood. Most of my friends were off to there holiday girlfriends (I didn’t have one as I was together with someone back home) and I was coming out of my alcohol buzz. I went on deck (It was cycling-BOAT camp afterall) still wearing nothing more than my speedos where I saw a girl all alone. I hadn’t noticed her before as she was a bit of a wall flower. I sat next to her and we started talking …
Suddenly she started crying (turned out she didn’t have a lot of friends). I wrapped my arms around her and we just sat there for a few hours just looking at the stars on the deck of that boat. I pulled my fingers through her hair …
I not an emotional person at all. I’ve never fell in love, I don’t get ecstatic and I get over my anger in a few moments but I’ll treasure that night in my thoughts forever.
So do you have such memories that put you in a melancholic mood?
P.S. I didn’t just sit there all night just holding her without trying for more (teenage boys are by nature horny as hell). I didn’t get further than a kiss on her check however. It didn’t matter really.
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