Unrestrained Laughter #2

During high school, one of my best friends had a fake front tooth. She hadn’t been in an accident or knocked it out. She was just simply born without one. When I met her, she had braces, which had attached a fake tooth to a bracket. Unfortunately, and fortunately, when she got her braces removed, she was missing a tooth, which mad her look like the ultimate pirate.  Within a week the orthodontist had given her a clear retainer with a fake tooth insert, which solved the pirate problem, but she wasn’t able to eat with the retainer on. So, when we eating lunch at a hotel we were staying at for a softball tournament, she had to take out her retainer. Surprisingly, a baseball team was also staying at our hotel so all of us were flabbergasted. My friend with the pirate teeth decided to be bold and take the elevator with a group of the baseball boys to put herself out there. To her dismay, and to our pleasure, she forgot to put her retainer with the tooth back in before leaving to meet the baseball team. As she walked up to the boys, she smiled at them, all at the same time realizing she was missing her retainer with her tooth. The baseball players’ faces all look so confused, they didn’t even know how to treat a girl who was missing a tooth – and indirectly looked like a pirate.

Whether it’s funny to others or only to us, this was our bonding moment as freshman in high school, which started a friend that has lasted five years beyond this event, as hopefully into the future. The reason I remember this is because she this story is told constantly, at times when we’re down or when we’re reminiscing on our favorite memories. No matter what, this is one of my favorite stories and I think it’s hilarious.