Increasingly ‘Awkward’ Recaps: ‘The Way We Weren’t’

Jenna and Matty are sexing up a storm, and Tamera’s trying to launch a whole new language comprised entirely of acronyms (TIA = This is Awkward). But will Matty out him and Jenna as a couple, or keep her a dirty secret?

W/O PDA = Without PDA

Awkward Jenna and popular pit smeller Matty are well on their way to becoming  16 and Pregnant stars: They’re doing it in cars, behind the bleachers, in play houses. Too  bad that’s all they’re doing, and poor push-over Jenna is reduced to learning about her secret lover by asking ice breaker questions while she’s on top of him. She wants to have inside jokes and wear his letterman jacket (or you know, at least make it Facebook official). But things might be looking up, because he invites her to Lissa’s party!

NSS = Not School

Lissa is doing some kind of striptease to promote the abstinence club, and Sadie insists the party have the perfect ambiance for her planned hookup with Matty. Jenna’s BFF Tamera also insists Jenna take her along so she can up her “red cup Facebook pics,” which creates an uptick in your high school popularity and decreases the chance you’ll ever be employed after college.

AKA = Also Known As

Tamera and Jenna’s mom help her prep for the party, and Tamera is sure the nasty letter Jenna got is from Sadie. After an awkward orgy flashback and a gift of beer from her mom, Jenna and Tamera enter what they expect to be the party of teen movie legends, only to find a handful of people peacefully sipping thier vodka-Vitamin Waters.

BF = Boyfriend

Matty vouches for Jenna as someone he invited, but doesn’t go out of his way to hang out. And when Jake talks to Jenna, jealous Lissa kind of mauls him. Worried she’ll lose him if she doesn’t sleep with him, she goes to Sadie for advice. Sadie informs her “God has a blind spot.” Ten guesses where it is… Matty starts to chat up Jenna, but clams up the minute people are around. Then the hot tub gets fired up…

TMI = Too Much Information

By the pool Jenna spots Matty making out with some random chick and gets her poor used heart broken. After she storms off, he pries the succubus off him. It’s all about timing. Meanwhile Lissa offers Jake her “behymen” and he bolts. Sadie, also hurt by Matty’s hot tub hookup, gets a dog to poo in the pool so everyone has to evacuate. Jenna ends up getting a ride home from Jake and they spend some quality time laughing about his sexually confused girlfriend. I respect the character and writers so much for not letting them make out. Yet.

Quotes of the Night

“Abstinence isn’t easy, and neither are you.”

“The ellipses are the sluts of punctuation.”