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June 8th. When he finally woke, I told him to change into his clothes. told him we was going for a ride. Now the town I lived in was small. we had a small town store/gas station no stop lights, no flashing lights. and only one paved road. if you went one way, it was about 20 miles before you reached another town now this was a bigger town. they had a wal-mart, K-mart and Sears Mac Donalds and a Burger King. banks and such. you could also hit the Main highway to go to the big city if you wanted to. Now if you went the other way, you could go for several miles just looking at farmland and trees. After those several miles.........I just don't know....never ventured that far that way. I myself live off a dirt road, which comes off another dirt road, which comes off the paved road. I've been living here for nearly 3 years now. It use to be my grandparents place, but they passed on nearly 3 years ago. Before that I lived in the big city or rather the outskirts of the big city. But after the failed "I'm straight" relationship that may have produced a son. and failed dates with "ok I'm gay" even though deeper inside I knew, but didn't want to admit the real me. I ended up in a friendly friendship with a 14 year old boy, that ended up with questions from parents, neighbors and cops. and though I was never charged with any type of crime "imagined or not" I couldn't escape the stares and whispers. which made the passing of my grandparents a blessing in disguise. for being their only known living relative. I was left with their small house and a much smaller inheritance, that couldn't even cover their funerals. So now here I am nearly three years ajusting my life to live alone forever. I have a unknown boy who may or may not be my son dropped at my door. flipping my life and mental state into chaos. "Is my mom coming back to get me?" he asked as we drove down the road "I don't know" I replied Silence................................. first place we stopped was Mac Donalds. I pulled into the drive thru. "be right with you" squacked the box "You hungry?" I asked he nods his head. "what would you like?" "can I get a happy meal?" "burger or chicken?" thinking thinking thinking "chicken" he says "Welcome to Mac Donalds, can I help you?" "Yes I'd like a chicken nugget happy meal and a number 4 with a coke" "I'm sorry sir, we don't start serving lunch until elevan" I looked at my watch it's 10:52.....53 "It's almost elevan now" I protested "I'm sorry sir, but we don't serve lunch until elevan" replied the box "Do you want breakfast instead?" I asked him 10:54 He looks intently at the menu " will they give me a toy with breakfast?" he asked "I don't know" I said as I searched the menu "may I take your breakfast order sir?" squaked the box. 10:55 "no we'll wait for lunch" I replied as I put my truck in park waiting waiting waiting "Sir could you please pull around so other customers can order?" squaked the box I looked in my rearview mirror to see no one behind me. "What other customers?" I asked 10:56 "Sir you will need to pull around, so your not blocking the drive through" squacked the box rearview still nothing. "ok Ok'" I said I put the truck in gear and pulled around to the window, out of the parking lot. back into the the parking lot, back into the drive thru, back to the box. 10:57 "welcome to Mac Donalds may I take your order?" squaked the box The boy giggled A car pulled up behind me 10:58 "yep It's me again, The chicken nugget kid meal guy" I replied "Just a minute sir" squaked the box The car behind me didn't seem in a hurry...looked like mom with two kids. 10:59 "Sir what was your order again" squaked the box "is it elevan yet?" I asked "yes sir..we are now serving lunch" squaked the box I looked at my watch 10:59 "what kind of sauce would you like?" I asked the boy "sweet and sour" he replied looked at my watch 11:00 "We would like a chicken nugget happy meal with sweet and sour" "what to drink with that?" squaked the box "orange" the boy quickly replied "orange soda" I answered "Anything else?" squaked the box "yes there is....we would also like a number 4 with a coke" I replied "is there anything else?" squaked the box "nope......that's it" She gave the total and asked us to please drive around to the second window. As we pulled up she was taking the order of the car behind me. when she finished she greeted me with a forced smile "$10.71 please" she said I handed her thirty dollars "I'm paying for the order behind me also" I replied "oh!....umm....Ok" I watched as she stumbled around in her head trying to figure out the total. "just give my wife the change" I said "I'm in a hurry, I've got to get my son to the doctors." "umm....ok here's your order" she said still confused I handed the bag to the boy and pulled away. would have loved to have heard the conversaition with the other car. but such is life. |