Driver's Dream

Same Shit Everyday

Lorenzo sat down on a milk crate, exhausted with a cigarette in his mouth. He had been working from 5am in the morning till 5:30pm, only now finishing for the day. It was a Wednesday, and tomorrow the same thing would ensue. As Lorenzo sat smoking his cigarette, he stared at the freshly layed brick wall in front of him, letting out a big sigh. He realised he was unhappy, unfulfilled with his life. Lorenzo had been doing his bricklaying apprenticeship for nearly three years, four months away from completing. Steve, his boss walked up to him from behind.

"Hey, we're done for today. Let's pack it up." Lorenzo walked to his parked car, a white 2019 Mercedes X350d pickup truck with offroad tyres. As he walked towards it, he pictured how it would look with fender flares, a matte-black wrap and a suspension lift. The car wasn't his own, it was his dad's. But Lorenzo primarily drove it, so his dad just ended up handing it down to him. To Lorenzo it still felt like his dad's car, because he didn't work for it. He made it home, parking up the driveway in the garage of his two-room unit house. He unlocked the front door and walked inside, kicking his steel cap boots off and jumping onto the couch, slouched. He looked at the time, it was 6:32pm.

"I'll just rest my eyes a bit." He thought to himself. He shut his eyes and his body sank into the leather couch. He woke up to the sound of his phone vibrating, a phone call from his cousin, Claudio. The time was 9:08pm, Lorenzo had dozed off for almost three hours, just having realised it.

"Yo." He answered the phone

"Aye, what're you up to cuz." Asked Claudio

"I was just resting."

"Oh shit did I wake you up?"

"Yeah, it's fine though, I fell asleep on the couch." They both laughed

"Come see me bro. It's been two weeks since we saw each other." Claudio suggested

"Honestly, man, I've had a very long day. I just want to sleep." Claimed Lorenzo

"But I want to see you. Chug a redbull and you'll be fine. I'm at Urban Crepes, come see me." Lorenzo sighed, stood up and walked to the front door

"Alright fine, I'll see you in fifteen." He hung up the phone, jumped into his pickup truck and drove to Urban Crepes, a dessert food joint. He met Claudio who stood in the parking lot, leaning on his uncle's Toyota Corolla. He pulled up in the spot next to him, jumped out and walked around his car to Claudio. They dapped each other up and gave a big hug.

"Still in your tradie clothes?"

"I couldn't be fucked changing." Lorenzo pointed to the Urban Crepes joint

"What do you want? I'll get you something."

"Nah it's fine I have money."

"Shut up. What do you want." Claudio shook his head, letting Lorenzo pay.

"Get me same as you. Strawberry white chocolate biscoff crepe." The two sat at a table together, eating their crepes.

"Let's get a juice too." There was a small store that made delicious juice drinks right next to Urban Crepes, called Juice Crew.

"Hi, what would you like?" Greeted the girl at the front of Juice Crew.

"We'll get the usual, thanks." Ordered Lorenzo
"So... raspberry V and strawberry redbull?" She wrote down

"Yep. Here." He handed a twenty Australian dollar bill, and the cashier went to hand him back two dollars
"Keep the change."

They walked back to their table with a little device called a buzzer to alert when their order is ready. They began eating their crepes, conversing about their day.