Quote from: LizMarie on December 29, 2013, 12:58:15 AM
So Jenny... what happened?
Sorry I forgot to follow up on this! It went super extremely well. I arrived about 15 minutes late, so 90% of the guys had showed up (7 total upon arrival). My best friend (the only one who knew) saw me from the window and came to meet me at the door. The smile on his face when he saw me was priceless. We hugged and he said "sooo good to see you!! are you ready?" I said "LETS DO THIS"
We got to the table, and he announced "Well we have a special guest tonight guys, everyone meet Jenny!"
I shook everyone's hand and verbally introduced myself, and took a seat. Nobody recognized me at all. All eyes went back to him, some of them were obviously surprised to have someone they thought they didn't know there. Not a second later, he started throwing out hints that I knew all of them, had graduated the same year, and that I had actually attended most if not all of our friendly get togethers. He mentioned that I had starred in a lot of the silly videos we made during HS sleepovers, and that they all knew me too. I looked around and received nothing but bewildered looks except for a few smiles.
Then, he asked if anyone "got it". A few nodded silently but the rest just sat there. One guy said "Well, I feel like I should get it, but I don't get it. What the heck am I supposed to get?? TELL ME!". Then my best friend explained that it was me, using my old name. Jaws dropped and then a round of slow-clap applause from everyone. The really confused guy said "WELL DONE JENNY! Well done." It was freaking hilarious.
Beers were ordered and eventually questions started to flow once the initial shock wore off, and conversation was going really great. Couldn't have asked for a better response, really!
About a half an hour in, another one of my friends joined and sat next to me. This was especially funny because everyone knew except for him, the poor guy. Everyone was watching his response. I introduced myself, and he introduced himself to me as if we'd never met... My best friend asked him "do you recognize her? Anything seem familiar?" We gave him about 2 minutes until we could realize he was pretty uncomfortable... haha... and then I showed him my ID. Another jaw drop situation, ending in hilarity when someone said "yep, sucks you have to cross her off the list huh!". I took that as a compliment
After 4-5 hours of them asking me questions, recalling old memories, and general absurdness, a few of us remained and had a little smoke session in one of my friend's cars. It felt just like old times. My best friend commented how comfortable he felt around me, in a way as if nothing had changed at all. He said "you know, I know you look different, and sound different, but you still seem like you and you still talk like you even though you sound like a girl". That was probably the most perfect thing he could have said to me.
When we parted, I gave him the sort of hug that really sealed it. As we waved to each other on the freeway goodbye (as I exited for my mom's place), I began to cry thinking of when I would see him next. I will miss those boys. I don't care if I'm a girl now, I still have so many memories with them and love them just the same.
So, in a nutshell, I think I can say with confidence that it could not have gone any better
