Dancing and Sports... EW

I live in Texas. Do you know what everything revolves around during the fall here?
Homecoming and football. Two of my least favorite aspects of high school.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that it's not okay to like going to football games and wearing a giant mum that jingles obnoxiously every time you move.

You what the sad part is? I really want to go to Homecoming. The thing is, I won't go unless someone asks me, and that just doesn't seem to be something any of the guys at my school are interested in doing. Some of my friends say that it's because I "intimidate" them, which is totally plausible because a guy in my English class last year even told me that I was intimidating. But I'd like to think that I don't scare off every guy at my school.
Of course I don't mind if I intimidate the freshmen because honestly I don't really want to go with any of them; this group of incoming fish is especially annoying.
Some of you might be thinking "But why doesn't she just go by herself, or with a group of friends?". Well, you see, I don't have the self-confidence to go alone and my friends that are going all have dates, so I'd rather not be a third wheel.

Another reason I want a date is so that I can have a mum. My mom thinks that they are a stupid waste of money and doesn't think I should ever have one, but I like them. I've already sort of figured out what I'd want on a mum too. See, most of the girls have bears on their mums that usually have something to do with whatever group they're involved in, but I want Ron and Hermione bears. Yeah, I realize that might get some strange looks, but I would treasure it for years to come.
My mom thinks that if I want a mum so badly I should just make my own.
Okay, that would just make me look pathetic. And all day at school I would continually be asked who my date is, but I wouldn’t have one, so it’d just a be constant reminder of how I didn’t get asked. Who wants to deal with that? Not me.
The last reason I don’t really like Homecoming is the dance. Yes, I understand that is kind of the whole point of Homecoming, but I can’t dance. I’m not saying that to be modest or anything and I’m not exaggerating. I literally have practically zero rhythm, and I look like a fool when I try and dance. I tolerate dancing when it’s for a musical, but outside of the theatre, I don’t dance. So even if someone did ask me, there’s always the chance that I might just say no because I don’t know them very well and so I wouldn’t be comfortable showing them how awful a dancer I am.

The reason I don’t like football? That’s pretty simple. It’s a sport, and sports just don’t do anything for me. I don’t find them interesting. In fact, I get quite bored whenever I do find myself watching a game of football, basketball, golf, soccer, or baseball with my dad. I actually have been to some football games though. I went to some last year with my friends because we liked to watch the half-time show. We had a lot of friends in the band and a few in Color Guard (the flag twirlers), so we went to be supportive friends. Even though I don’t really like football, I’ll probably end up attending most of the home games because my friends will drag me there and I’ll end up having fun just talking and hanging out, but don’t expect me to know who won or what happened; I won’t be watching the game.