A State Of Grace, A Worthwhile Fight

Today I went to the temple again with my lovely friends 

Tea,

Kay,

and my brother. 

Now let's not beat around the bush. 

Let me tell you about my ride home. 

So as Kay and Tea are in the front seat (Kay in the driver's seat) flipping through radio stations, 

I mention that I have an Andy Grammar CD and the new Taylor Swift CD 

in my purse. 

After many nods of agreement from Kay and Tea

and squeals of excitement, 

 I scrounge them out of my purse. 

BUT

 my brother, the dastardly villain, snatched them out of my grasp! 

He absolutely HATES the new T-Swift CD 

especially the song 

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. 

So there I am. 

Trying to reach across as much as I can to get my CD's, 

but my brother is too strong, 

too fast, 

and the CD's are a little too far for my short arms. 

BUT at this moment 

my brother comes up with a mischievous plan... 

he explained that 

if Tea would let him put his foot on her face 

he would give back the CD's. 

BUT 

he had to hold it there for 

two minutes. 

So obviously 

she declined. 

I mean, 

two whole minutes with another person's foot on your face

is pretty gross. 

Unless it was to save someone's life, 

I would not do that. 

So there we were, 

trying to compromise with my brother 

and save Tea from a horrible fate. 

So he drops it down to ten seconds, 

AND 

we aren't allowed to listen to 

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. 

Tea debates a little within herself,
then declines again.
It's not good enough for her.
She keeps looking at Kay and I for help,
but we told her it was all up to her.
She was the one to decide whether or not to take one for the team.
So my brother drops it down to
five seconds.
Five seconds?
Are you kidding me?
Still gross.
But Tea debates again and almost does it
as she becomes easily persuaded by the flattering words of my brother.
He is incredibly persuasive.
So I see the fight in Tea's eyes on what she should do.
We still had an hour drive
and the music on every radio station was terrible.
So I, being a great friend, try to help her out.
I suggest to bring it down to
three seconds.
A whole two seconds less!
I am a saint truly.
So Tea debates it a bit,
decides no,
and then my brother persuades her enough to get her to do it!
She was really willing to have my brother's foot on her face for three whole seconds so she could listen to the music of her choice!
What?!
Crazy right?
Yes.
But awesome in every way.
Then my brother brings out his foot,
and says,
"the socks are coming off!"
As Tea becomes extremely grossed out and not as willing to do it,
he then says
"Oh! It's even a little moist!"
I died laughing.
So Tea takes a little more convincing,
but then she agrees again.
So I get out my iPod to use the stopwatch.
And I start to time it.
1..2-
Tea pulls away super grossed out and the timer stops.
She has not done the full three seconds
and my brother demands a full three seconds - not broken up - in order to give back the CD's.
So we have to convince Tea to redo it again,
but she for some reason agrees.
I reset the timer,
and we begin again.
1..2...3!
She's done!
But apparently,
as my brother's foot was on her face,
he slide his foot down from her forehead,
and smeared his foot
all over the contours of her beautiful face.
He almost made it to her mouth,
but luckily the three seconds were up before that.
My brother and I kept laughing for at least ten minutes,
and chatting back and forth about how we cannot believe she let him put his foot on her face.
I guess I will never understand her love for my dear friend,
T-Swift.
Fore I do not love her nearly as much as Tea does,
obviously.
What a good day.