Time To Ride

Dinner

Journal entry #1: Do you ever sit there and think about the possibilities of your life? How just one thing could change it forever? I do. And today that's what I'm doing. I'm simply sitting here writing in this journal while my parents are ordering food. My brother is in the game room, acting as if he doesn't have a care in the world. Around me you can see the many tables filled with different faces and food. Wait. What's that noise? Sounds like exhaust. And lots of it. Its getting louder. It sounds like they are right outside. I'm going to look out the window. Four cars pulled up. All older models. A 67 ford mustang, a 67 Chevy camaro, a 68 dodge charger, and a 66 ford gt40. They are so pretty. I wish I had a car like that. Well one can dream, right? Well back to writing I guess. No point In ogling cars that aren't part of my life... Hey somebody is walking over here. Hes taller than me, brown hair not too long but not buzzed, brown eyes, relaxed jeans and a white t-shirt that has stains all over it. I'm guessing it must be from fixing cars. The four cars had one guy get out from each of them. And I recognize him getting out of the mustang.
"Hey." He says as he pulls out the chair and sits in front of me. I look up from my notebook and give him a head nod. I don't take my eyes off of him. I don't know this guy. What are his intentions of coming to my table? "Well aren't you friendly." I smile a little bit and say "sorry, I don't normally talk to strangers. Can I ask you why you came over here?" He leans back in his chair and folds his arms over his chest. He smirks and states "well you just seemed so approachable in your mostly dark clothes. Actually I saw you looking at our cars. You like what you see, beautiful?"
I roll my eyes and respond with "well who wouldn't appreciate a nice looking car like that?" I put up my pens and journal into my bag.
"You know I could give you a closer look. I can take you outside and pop the hood for you, let you see what it takes to power a thing like that." The whole time that he was saying this he had a smirk on his face. He thinks he is so good. Pft let's show him 'good'.
" I'm sure you could but I don't want to see something I can't have. I-" someone cut me off.
"HEY ZACH WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" A Mexican comes jogging up to the table and slaps who I guess is Zach on the back. He then turns to me, as I'm getting up to move from the table, and looks me up and down. He winks and whispers something to Zach. They both start to laugh.
"Aye mamasita, where do you think you are going? I just got here" he walks over to me and puts his arm around my shoulders.
" I am moving away from the noise. And the strangers." I pick his arm off my shoulders with my thumb and index finger and drop it at his side. "Oh and don't touch me."
"What's your name mamasita?" He drapes his arm back over my shoulder.
"I said don't. Touch. Me. And if you aren't going to respect me then I'm not going to answer your questions." Zach starts to stifle a laugh and the guy with his arm draped over me is just staring at me with his bottom jaw practically on the floor. He then removes his arm and says "well you just earned my respect. I'm Louie nice to meet you." I stifle a laugh an say "well at least i finally got your arm off of me." i continue to walk away and i look over to my mom and dad. i think to myself 'why aren't they done yet? They missed that whole exchange." All of a sudden Louie is back in my path. "Look Mami i said you earned my respect i didnt say i was through talking to you." i look back at Zach and see him laughing. 'what is he laughing at? noone made a joke!' i turn back to the guy standing in my path. "look Louie i dont knwo who you think you are but you obviously think you are someone you could boss around me. well i say if you want to get any girl then you should change that attitude." the Louie gets pushed to the ground at first i think its my dad but i look againg and its the guy who got out of the Charger. "What did i tell you, Louie?! You respect girls!" he looks at Zach "Where you part of this too?" zach immediatly answers "No Sir. I came to intriduce myself and Louie started being a horn-dog again."
The mystery guy looks at me " I'm sorry ma'am i hope they didn't disturb you. I'm Alec, my friends call me Twister." he puts out his hand and I reachover and shake it saying "Nice to meet you i'm Luna." I dont know why my gaurd didn't go up when he came over, if anything i felt more comfortable. I think Twister has that fatherly vibe to him. "Where is your family Luna? Most Dads would've beat any guy who comes within a ten mile radius of there little girl." I look over to the cash register and see my Dad finally paying. I guess my mom went to the restrrom. and Dylan is still absorbed in the video games. I tell Alec "Well my Dad was ordering food and my brother is in the game room, he nods understandingly. " He looks around and see what i am talking about. "We all saw you staring at ours cars, especially zachs." i shrug my shoulders "anybody would admire machines as beautiful as those, and i happen to have a soft spot for mustangs." i hear zach saying "whoop whoop, that means she is mine guys back off!"
i turn around as soon as he said it " i am noones but my own! got it!? i am not yours especially for i would never get with an egotistical, popmous, empidemy of a dimwit!" Alec chuckles and Zach mumbles a sorry. "even if i did decide to date you i would never see you my parents never let me go anywhere especially with boys." he perks up at that " Twister! we should take her!"
my head starts spinning and i dont understand what they are saying anymore. what do they mean "take her."? they can't just kidnapp somebody! thats illegal and plus my dad is right there. but do i want them to take me? i mean i lived a sheltered life my whole life, it would be fun to live dangerously and fast and oh dear i cant talk myself into this! i start to hear actual words again.
Alec: " hmm i mean we could but not now, too many witnesses, plus her dad doesnt look like he'll just let her waltz out the door with us."
Zach: " if she wants to go she could give one of us her number and then when her dad asks if she knows us she could just say some random group of guys hitting on her, then she could text us where she lives one night and we could pick her up!"
Alec: "thats actually not a bad idea. You in Luna?"
i just stare at them for a moment, do i want to go with these strangers? they have beautiful cars, they are all good looking, but what would we be doing.
"depends if i do could i come back whenever i wanted? also what do y'all do?"
of course Alec is the one to answer me "well we steal things, go to races, LOTS of races, adn we fix cars. no you wouldn't be able to come back to this. but you wouldn't have to take any of your clothes unless you wanted to, we'll buy you new ones."
Zach: "yeah! Clothes that fit girls at races!" he winks at me and i can already tell he is imagining me barely clothed
Me: "Zach stop undressing me with your eyes, its demeaning."
i look back at Alec, i start to bite my lip the way i always do when contemplating a big desicion like this. "just give me one of your numbers."
Zach: "ok darling 8172330-"
zach was cut off my Alec "i think it would be better if it were my number, after all you don't want this weirdo texting you all the time right, 8177756390"
i quickly enter it into my phone.
Me: "ok well i better go here comes my dad, by guys. LOOK YOU NEANDERTHALS I ALREADY TOLD YOU CALLING ME HOT IS DEMEANING AND ANNOYING SO LEAVE ME ALONE!"
they all put there hands up in surrender and walk away swiftly.
Dad: "who were those guys?" he asks while walking up to me giving the death glare to Alec's group.
Me: "Just some idiots who wanted to flirt with me."
'did i really just lie to Dad? i haven't done that since 8th grade. oh dear'
Dad: "will you go get your brother and tell him its dinner time?"
Me: "yeah, be right back."
i walk off towards the game room and look out the window, Zach was staring at me sitting on the hood of his car. everybody else turned on there car, and he finally headed towards his door. once he was in he revved up his engine and winked at me. i start to blush an then continue walking towards the gamerom. 'hes a jerk' i say to myself. 'dont fall for him'
Me: "Dylan dinner time" he runs over to me and says ok then heads off to the game room.