Page 13 - American Girl (January - February 2019)

“I tripped and fell in We’ve been
front of my whole
school.”
there, too!

Here are a few

embarrassing
stories from our
editorial staff.

“I was singing a solo in a competition,
and I forgot every single word of the
song. I just stood frozen in front of the
You said some of the most
audience—and the judge—while the
embarrassing things are . . . music played in the background!” —BES

“During a cross-country race, just as I
was doing a last sprint toward the finish
line, I fell. Total face-plant into the
15% 20% grass. The worst part was hearing

answering a your parents peoples’ cheers turn to gasps!” —KB
12% question trying to act 53% “When our marching band was learning
laughing lunch. wrong in cool for your private journal. a new field show, I was trying to be
milk out of
your nose at
class.
someone
friends.
helpful by yelling out the count. Trouble
reading your
is, I somehow got off beat and was
shouting the wrong cadence.”—CS
“I was playing frisbee with a cute boy I

In moments like these . . . really liked. I’m terrible at frisbee, and I
accidentally hit a man right in the face
b 77% say they’d like to be alone for a little while. “I accidentally blew a as he walked by! The man yelled at me,
booger on the boy I like but I couldn’t even apologize because
b 21% say they want to talk it out.
when he was showing when I get really embarrassed, I get
b 2% say it all depends! me his sketchbook.” the giggles!” —AD

“My friend planned a surprise birthday
Girls like you said these 10
party for his girlfriend. Before the party,
things help them the most: they came to the restaurant where I

worked. Since it was her birthday, I
b Reading
asked the staff to come out and sing

b Eating ice cream happy birthday to her. She was pretty
confused since, it turned out, her
b Listening to music
birthday wasn’t for another month! I
b Taking deep breaths completely ruined the surprise.” —GB

b Laughing it off

b Taking a walk

Illustrations: Paige Pooler b Going to the park
b
Riding a bike

b
Having a good cry
b
Snuggling with animals—
mostly fluffy ones
January/February 2019 11