Told You So!

And you all thought it was the beginning of the end.

Word of the Day Saturday, January 09, 2010

nebbish

\NEB-ish\ , noun;

1. A weak-willed, timid, or ineffectual person.

"Just go over and ask already," Rachel hissed at her without looking up from her text book. Courtney felt a flush creep up her neck and in studied calculation leaned away from the table with a quick glance across the room.

He was still over at the table by the window. And still completely oblivious to the fact that she and Rachel were watching him. "Seriously. You are starting to piss me off. All you do is talk about how much you like him. I'm sick of hearing it, go tell him. Not me," Rachel whispered.

Courtney glanced over at him. "I have no idea how to start a conversation with him," she whispered back. Rachel gaped at her, "You are in the same class. You are both at the library studying. Do you really need me to connect the last dot?" Courtney nodded, started to stand up and then collapsed back into the chair, her head buried in her hands, "I can't. What if I make an idiot out of myself. He is so gorgeous," she moaned.

"You are such a nebbish. Go do it!" Rachel snapped.

Courtney raised her head, staring at her friend, "What did you just call me?" she asked half laughing at her.

"What? It is Yiddish or something. My grandmother always used to call my grandfather a nebbish when he was being a chicken-shit twit. Like you are being now," Rachel replied.

They stared at each other a moment and started giggling.

"Ok, I'm leaving. I don't need to stalk some guy. Or study for that matter. See you back at the dorm," and with that Rachel scooped up her book and trailed out of the room.

Courtney peeked another glance at him. He was gazing out the window, tapping his pen softly against the edge of the table. Maybe Rachel was right, she thought pushing her chair back, what was the worst thing that could happen?