It was a few years ago. I was still in high school. I remember I was getting ready to go to a holiday/Christmas BBQ at Joe's house (my percussion instructor). I was going to drive over there and everything with Johnathan (my "interest" at the time, never officially dated, was never in a relationship, although I wanted to be, and we did practically everything together. My family had accepted him as my "boyfriend", when really he was just my best friend/friend. He met everyone in my family, even my extended family, and I met his family as well, and they liked me a fair amount.)
Anyways, in the car, my mom was driving me and she told me that Johnathan accidentally left something in the glove compartment of the car. So, I open the glove compartment, and pull out this ziplock bag, and I said, "What idiot left this stupid ziplock bag in here." I didn't even look at it, It just registered in my mind that it was a ziplock bag and nothing else. I put the bag back in the glove compartment, and my mom was like, "...uh...that was for you." I responded with my typical, "Wait, what?" And I pulled out the ziplock and actually looked at what was inside it. It was a typewriter necklace. I cherished that thing so much. It was made of brass, it was long, and it even had a little piece of card paper stuck into it like a real typewriter. I immediately wore it as soon as I took it out of the bag. We got home, and Johnathan was there waiting for me. He was like, "So, did you get the present?" And of course, my mom told him the embarrassing story of how I totally screwed up, and actually accidentally insulted him.
Apparently the two of them (mom and Johnathan) planned this. Johnathan had contacted my mom and told him his brilliant plan (because he didn't want to wrap it, but he did want to surprise me), and he just ended up sticking it into the glove compartment as a last minute surprise effort.
Honestly, it was probably one of the cutest, slightly romantic gestures that anyone's ever done for me. I still have the necklace, I've never actually worn it out since that first day, mainly because I don't want to ruin it, and two because I don't have anything to wear with it.
I'm thinking about wearing it to work tomorrow. I think it'll look nice with whatever I chose to wear. Besides, I think it's time for it to make an appearance again. The best part about the necklace is that it has a story behind it. And I think that's the best, when things have stories or sentimental value behind them.
