12:09 A.M.
I took the long way home from school tonight. I took the more scenic route.
I popped in my Bush cd and listened to �glycerine�.
The smell of the ocean breeze with the windows down was great. It almost smells like fall. The air is cooling down a bit now that the sun is gone, but the humidity is still rich in the air.
Driving with the windows down listening to Bush brought back memories of high school. I remember I used to sneak out late at night and drive down to the causeway with Wes, Chip, and sometimes Corey.
Those guys had powerful persuasion. Maybe they didn�t even have persuasion; maybe it was more like the power of suggestion.
I would do almost anything if it meant me not being bored....
My friends would say, �Hey Kell, why don�t you sneak out your window and we�ll go hang out. We�ll drive around town aimlessly until the sun comes up.�
Of coarse it was a great idea! It made me feel somewhat rebellious, in this small town where nobody knows my name.
I was overcome by a memory of one particular day in high school.
I had spent the whole week sneaking out my window to hang out at Chip�s with Heidi or Amy.
I was grounded so the time I spent over at their place while my parents slept was the only social interaction I had other than the lunch room at school.
Well one day Wes called. He asked if I�d come by to play pool.
Wes, I�m grounded. Duh!.
�Well sneak out your window and ride your bike over here. Your parents won�t know the difference.�
Mmmm
Ok, sounded like a good idea, but it was the first AND THE LAST time I snuck out of the house in broad day light.
One point I forgot to mention.
Since I was grounded I decided to dye my hair GREEN. Yes, I said green. It was bright bluish greenish, Teal to be exact!
So I snuck out, rode my bike to Wes�s house.
I walked up to the door and his mom answered. She looked at me like I was Michael Jackson. I had totally forgotten that I dyed my hair.
I asked her, �what?!�
She just laughed and walked me to the couch.
I sat down and she said Wes would be back soon.
I felt like such an idiot sitting on the couch.
She offered me a ham sandwich and I wasn�t big on ham. I politely accepted and waited for Wes to get home.
Finally he walked in with Corey. They both looked at me and did a double take. They laughed for what seemed like an eternity.
I went back to Wes�s room and sat on the bed eating part of his ham sandwich. He went out to the kitchen to bitch about me eating his ham sandwich and I over heard his mom asking him, �What does her mother think of this?�
Of what?
�Her hair!�
I just laid there listening to Bush.
I got up and tried to walk myself out. I ended up playing a game of pool with the guys in the garage.
Eventually I made my way home and ended up getting hit by a car on my ride home.
How the hell do you explain a broken bike when you are supposed to be grounded?
I walked my bike home, crawled in my window and swore off sneaking around�.
Well I swore off sneaking around until that night because I wouldn�t need my bike to get around if Corey was going to pick me up�
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