Did You Hear About The Time The Quarterback Broke Up With The Cheerleader?

Archie Brown was a sophomore in a consolidated school district. The high school he attended was made up of tenth through twelfth graders from seven small communities
in North Texas. He was sitting in second period biology class when his new friend from one of the neighboring towns, John Sawyer, broke the news.

Dale Douglas, the quarterback on the football team, had just broken up with Barbara Boston, the cheerleader. Archie thought Barbara was one of the prettiest girls he had ever seen. He had fallen for her the moment he saw her, on the first day of school in fifth period English class. Mrs. Hall had done him the greatest favor he could imagine when she arranged the seating of the class alphabetically. Barbara Boston sat right in front of him every day! She always greeted Archie with a warm smile, and laughed at his attempts at humor.

When John announced the news of the break-up, Archie asked several questions about Barbara. John had gone to junior high with her, so he had some answers for Arch. As they left biology, Archie told John, “I am going to ask Barbara to go to PlayLand Park with me this weekend.” PlayLand Park was an amusement park in the MetroPlex area, about 50 miles to the south, and a big attraction to those in the rural areas of the region.

John said, “No way, she would never go out with you. No body from here knows you very well and she is way too popular to be seen with a nobody.” Archie’s fear was that John was right, but he put on his best face of confidence and replied, “We’ll see!”

After fourth period History class was over, Archie went straight to the English classroom.
He was at his desk, working up his nerve to ask Barbara out. He swallowed hard when she entered the room. So he was mortified when his buddy, John, blurted out for all to hear, “Hey, Archie, did you ask Barbara yet?” Everybody laughed, and Archie turned bright red.

Barbara set her books down on her desk and turned to Archie. She said, “What are you going to ask me, Archie?” He could hardly get the words out, because his throat was so tight. His reply was, “Well, I was going to ask you to go to PlayLand Park with me this Saturday.” Barbara never took her eyes off Archie, and said, “Well, then ask me.”

When he did, she said, “yes.” Archie could hardly believe it. Neither could John, for that matter. There was probably a lesson in English class that day, but Archie never knew it.
And the date on Saturday was flawless, sitting together with Barbara on the roller coaster and the Ferris wheel, & sharing a pizza for dinner. Barbara was attentive and fun. She even gave Archie a quick kiss when he dropped her off that night.

No long relationship developed for Archie and Barbara. The next week she and Dale got back together. But Archie had a memory for life!