Parashay

Chapter Three

After 6 hours and 58 minuets worth of driving , I pull in to the parking lot of an BBQ and shake him .

"already ? He manages to whimper in a crackly voice"

"calm your nerves , where going to eat I'm starved"

Holden sits up in the car seat and looks out the window .

"your taking me on a date , I knew you couldn't resist me for long" he says puckering his lips heading my way . I reach up just in time to mush his face away from mine.

" the least you could do is respect my space , and your wrong I'm just dying to have some ribs right now "I say

"way to kill the moment" he grimaces .

 

we get out the car and walk to the entrance, the sun is at its zenith so I guess its around 12pm. The place is half full of people spread out every where. We Waite in the waiting area for some one to show us to are seats. There's a huge peach toned woman at the counter doing nothing, she catches sight of us waiting and heads over to us. "table for two? " she asks

"yes please "Holden answers before I can get the words out , so I simply smile. She walks us to a Table near the middle of the room. "some one will be right with you in just a moment" she says already heading of back to the counter. Holden puts down his menu and looks at me ,"I got the bill" he says. "no thank you I prefer to pay for my own food you can pay for your self" I say. Your going to have to pay for gas" he says reasoning with me, I put down my menu "I have carefully calculated how much money I will need for food and gas , so do me a favor and worry about your self" I say. "you don't have to be so hostile" he say tapping on the table. Before I get to respond" Hi I'm Lisa can I take your orders?" . My shoulders seem to have been tense because they begin to relax."I'll have the seafood platter with a side of baby back ribs and a virgin Daiquiri Please" I say ,"and I'll have chicken rice and beans with a side order of potato salad and a Pina colada" he says. The waiter jots it all down and heads to the kitchen , I get up and head to the bathroom. The bathroom has an annoying color of mint green paint on the walls and five bathroom stalls and one sink. Talk about a foolish bathroom design , I head to the bathroom stall. The toilet paper is a light shade of green to , how much more annoying could this bathroom get . The sink is automatic I stare in the mirror at my self , I fix my hair my clothes , and head out the door.

 

Back at the table I see Holden on his phone , as I sit back in my seat he aborts the phone call. "did I interrupt something ?" I ask , "no" he says knowing I don't care for his explanation. The waiter come to our table with the drinks and food , wow there fast here. We start eating "you remember that time we battled the Jean and Sammy from NJ?" he says ,I can't hold back the laugh as the memories come back to me. Jean and Sammy were dance partners in a dance competition in NJ, its so funny because they were so stuck up to us talking a lot of trash. When it was time for us to go on they told the judges we changed our music to some foreign Spanish song . The song had a crazy beat to it, well Holden and I just went along with it , we ended up doing pretty good considering we came in second place. On the other hand Jean and Sammy had some bad karma. In the midst of their dance Jean threw Sammy in the air and must have for got to catch her , lets just say it wasn't pretty for her.

"I remember man I couldn t hold in the laugh back then when her nose was broken "

"well that s what they get " he said smiling. we're back in the car still laughing , I suddenly realize Holden has seemed to work his way back on my good side. Its around 1:30 , Its Holden's turn to drive so I toss him the keys "take care of my baby" I say to him as I snuggle in to the passenger seat ready for my nap.