Chapter 21
June 3rd
Adam thought that it was time to treat himself. He had just completed his first exam and, to his surprise, he was quite pleased with his answers. Maybe this course was the right course for him and he shouldn't have worried too much about failing at the beginning of the year.
Adam knew that if all of his exams went this well, he would pass his first semester of his course and he knew that he would do well for the remaining two years.
It was just after lunch and Adam was glad that his exam was over. He had also just had something to eat because all that work made him starving. But that wasn't a good enough treat, Adam decided.
He deserved a little some more than some fatty fast food.
He wanted something to keep.
As Adam was walking through the main street of Yongeborough, he passed a tattoo parlour. Adam lifted up the sleeve of his arm and looked at it.
His forearm.
It looked a little bare and it could have used a little ink.
Adam was now satisfied. He had been doing research on tattoos he could get and they were becoming something that he really liked. He wasn't one of those people who would cover themselves in tattoos, but he did think that two or three didn't hurt. Even Nathan had helped him with some research and encouraged Adam to get another tattoo.
And Nathan was an expert.
He had already got his fair share of tattoos, more than simply one or two, and Adam thought it was great. Nathan must have really liked tattoos.
Adam thought about his research and he knew that perfect thing that he would get; he would get his name in Egyptian hieroglyphs on his forearm. That would spruce up his arm a bit, he decided.
But then there was the issue of money.
Adam looked in his wallet and pulled out his credit card.
What was the point of having his own bank account if he couldn't use it?
He had used some money from it before and his parents didn't mind, so he would use some money from it again. Surely a tattoo on his arm wouldn't cost too much and it wasn't like his parents couldn't afford it.
There was also the issue of Tasha.
What would she think?
She had grown fond of the tattoo Adam already had, but Adam didn't know. Would she like this one? He hoped that she did.
And lastly, there was the issue of his family. Adam remembered when his family found out about his first tattoo; the eye of Horus on his back. His father hit the roof when he found out, but Adam did say that his parents said he could get a tattoo when he was old enough. He used that argument on his parents and they soon got used to the fact that he had a tattoo.
And, anyway, Adam was an adult.
He had a car.
He could make his own decision on whether or not to get a tattoo.
He was an adult.
This was an adult decision.
His parents would just have to live with it.
Then it was settled, Adam decided. He raced to the bank and got out some money before he went back to the tattoo parlour, eager to see what his arm would look like. And he hoped that Tasha would like it. Adam had a feeling that she would because she was the best girlfriend ever.
