Moments In Time

Chapter 2

During one of her treatments she decided she would go around the country seeing all the sights before she died. She would go to all the places she'd heard about that intrigued her or piqued her interest. Like the Mall of America, the Elvis Presley museum, the national parks, some of the best museums, and other such interesting places. In her travels she would search for someone to spend her remaining time with. If she found the right person she would give them the gift of a lifetime! Yes, it was a good plan!

She packed up 2 large roller suitcases full of her favorite clothes and toiletries as well as a lockbox full of cash. She called in people she trusted to pack up the things that wouldn't be needed in her home to give to charity before climbing in her '76 Camaro and taking off for places still unknown to her. She planned to hit some of the major cities for their "tourist attractions", getting locals to take pictures of her on her expensive digital camera.

She also wanted to hit some of the smaller towns to see what sort of things they had in store for her. She was normally quite adventurous and even in her dark times it was no exception. Being from Dallas, she decided to head to the East coast first then zig-zag her way across the US.

She had a ball for 3 days at Disney World. It wasn't the first time she'd been, her parents took her there for her 10th birthday, but it had a whole other meaning as an adult. She visited some of the battlefields in Virginia and even watched one of the re-enactments. She found it interesting and slightly funny. She visited all the sites in New York and even took one of the many tours of the city. She took a tour of Salem which she found very interesting. She spent a day in Nashville doing nothing but tours. Mardi Gras was quite fun she thought and she liked the "spooky tour" of New Orleans.

She was having a great time, although she was a bit lonely. More than anything she wished she had some company. Even if it was another girl to go and do stuff with would be nice. It would be even better if she found herself a man who would understand her situation and would still hold her when she needed it. She had all but resigned herself to the fact she'll be...without good company.... up until she finally dies and that dampened her spirits slightly. She did pretty well at not letting it get to her on her little adventures however!

She went all around Utah visiting churches and the "scenic spots". It amazed her at the very serene places she found throughout the US that she was never told about. Sure she'd heard people talking about "how beautiful" this place or that place was but that didn't do some of these places justice! She was beginning to come to terms with things when she rolled into Northern California.

She took a very nice scenic train ride from Roaring Camp that travels into towering redwood groves, over trestles, and up a winding narrow-gauge grade to the summit of Bear Mountain. The trip took a whole day, 1/2 a day to Bear Mountain and 1/2 a day back. It was the first time she'd ever been on something like that and she absolutely loved it!

When she made it to the room she had rented for the night, she wrote all about the train expedition she'd embarked on that day. From the second week on she'd decided to keep a journal of sorts of where all she had been and whether or not she suggested whoever read it to visit there. Once she was done, she put her notebook back in the backpack she kept things like that in and turned the light out.

She channel surfed for a while until she happened to come across the beginning of "White Christmas". She smiled, remembering how every Christmas day her parents would sit down with her Christmas night to watch this movie. She deeply missed her parents and the prospect of passing along her family traditions. Perhaps her family simply wasn't supposed to go on and this was His way of erradicating them once and for all.

She was eating at the local diner in a small town in Southern California about a week later when the rumble of of a Harley dyna was heard. She noticed her waitress get very giddy all of a sudden. She watched the young girl primp herself a bit as the owner of said motorcycle entered the diner. She tore her eyes away from the waitress to look at the biker. He was tall, maybe 6' or 6'2, not model thin but didn't have an outrageous beer gut either, sharp blue eyes from what she could tell, and wild curly dark brown hair. He was quite handsome indeed! He plopped down at the bar and the young girl began flirting like her life depended on it. The biker was having no part of it and slammed a piece of paper on the table.

"Lunch order." He stated, barely glancing at her before he looked around the diner

His eyes landed on her and she merely nodded at him before focusing on her lunch. She could feel him staring at her but she ignored him as best as she could. His phone rang so he went outside to answer it. Suddenly feeling quite adventurous, and a bit aggressive, she got up from her booth and threw a $100 by where he was sitting. The waitress looked at her funny until she told the girl Their lunch is on me today'. She rang up the large order and handed the change over. She tipped the girl with a $10 before sitting back down at her booth. 20 minutes later when he picked up his order he seemed confused when the waitress told him his order had already been paid for. The girl pointed towards her.

"I just wanted to know why." He stated, eyeing her up

"Why what?" She innocently asked, thick southern accent coming out

"Why did you pay for lunch?" He questioned

"I was feeling overly generous, I guess." She retorted

"What do you want?" He asked, trying to decipher if she was from a rival gang or some governemnt office sent to spy on them or something

"Nothin'. People do tend to be generous from time to time. I tipped the waitress for you too." She replied

"And you want nothing? Where are you going?" He asked, eyes narrowing in suspicion

"Don't really know. Just stopped in here because I was hungry." She replied

"Who sent you?" He asked

She broke out into laughter! He was the most suspicious man she'd ever encountered, as of yet at least, and it made her laugh.

"What the fuck's so funny?!" He asked defensively

"You are, my new friend. You better get back to where you came from. The food'll be cold before you're done interrogating me." She stated, giggling at the end

"Where are you going?" He asked again

"Like I said, I'm not really sure. If you want to interrogate me some more, why don't we meet for dinner? I'll stick around town long enough for that." She replied

"Meet me here at 7pm sharp." He stated a bit forcefully

She grinned up at him since she was still sitting in her booth and he hadn't sat down. Satisfied, he turned and left the diner. The waitress looked over at her with a luck of awe and loathing.

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