Here in Katie’s Head

Here at Sellards, we have a favorite tradition known as candlelightings. When a girl has a Big Thing happen in her life–the kind of mushy thing other girls get all excited about–she secretly puts a candle in the mailbox of our hall president. The president sets a time for the candlelighting, when we all gather in a circle, and pass around the candle. When the candle comes to the girl whose Big Thing we are celebrating, she blows it out. If she blows it out on the first time around the circle, it means she got into grad school or some other academic celebration. The second time is for a promise ring, the third is an engagement ring, and the fourth is a pregnancy.

And today, just before dinner, it was posted that there will be a candlelighting on Sunday. So the rumor mill is cranking at full speed because no one knows who its for or what she did.

And I’m sure you don’t need to be told this, but girls are really fucked up.

“I hope someone’s pregnant, that would be fun!” is heard echoing around at dinner. Fun for whom?

So when a girl approaches the group I was sitting with, asking “so who do you think it is?” Erica says flatly, “Katie’s pregnant.”

All eyes on me.

I laugh, “thanks for ruining the surprise.”

“WHAT?!??!?!!??!?”

I shrug and go back to eating. You know, can’t skimp on meals now that I’m apparently eating for two.

That and I was thinking, I have no better clue whose candlelighting it is than anyone else, so why not throw off the pool by perpetuating a rumor?

I’m amazed after this nasty little rumor was repeated to half the house, I still haven’t had a single inquiry as to who the father might be.

Posted: Thursday, October 30th, 2003 at 10:55 pm
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