Running into old friends (804 hits)
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Submitted by Corn Nugget (View user info) at 2005-03-08 00:31:16 EST
Two trains on the same track, five hundred miles apart, train A is catapulting through space at 100mph, oh fuck it... I hate story problems.
City A (we'll call it Treven) is an hour drive away from City B (lets call it Cayoal). City C is an hour north of City B.
So, it's far from City A.... that's all I'm getting at.
I used to work in Treven about 6 years ago, managing a local... um... StereoHut.
I had three employees.
Veronica was 19, asian, and "liked to party" (she also liked having random sex, and lots of it... she was extremely cute, and extremely outgoing, so, needless to say, she got a lot of ass. She even fucked my boyfriend, which I didn't find out until years later)
Winter was also 19, white, highly annoying, but rich. She came into work one day, telling us she had cancer. After much hubballooo about "Oh my god I'm so sorry" and whatnot, she told me that the medication the doctor gave her to cure the cancer had HORRIBLE side effects- the worse one was "possible death".
Tyrone was 18, black, ghetto fabulous. His hair was kept long and permed. Sometimes he'd gloss it up with that ghericurl stuff, but it wouldnt actually CURL, due to the perm- it just made his shoulders greasy. Tyrones favorite outfit was hunter orange, and silk. He liked to talk about Dungeons and Dragons and things of that nature.
On the weekends Veronica, Winter and I would all drive to Canada to take advantage of the lower drinking age. It wasn't particularly fun, but it was always interesting to watch Veronica strut her scantily clad hot body through the bar and troll for men, while Winter compulsivly drank Zima and asked me if she looked fat, only to end up with her top off, standing on the table, saying, "but are these babies hot or what?!" to the que of men behind Veronica.
Of course the two of them would always start cat-fighting about who was hotter, and I'd just drink myself into that happy place.
It never occurred to us to invite Tyrone along.
The primary reason it didn't occur to us was because he was too young to drink, even in Canada. Besides that- he never showed interest in anything besides rpg's and high fashion.
I didn't know that he felt excluded until the day he decided to drop the bomb.
"Corinne, why don't you invite me to hang out with you?"
"Because we just go to Canada and drink, and you're not old enough to go."
"Well, why dont we just go to dinner?"
"Because...?" Shit, I don't know why... because none of us ever 'went to dinner'. I was confused, trying to figure out if he wanted to date or if he just felt left out or WHAT. He mistook my confusion as animocity, I suppose.
"You're a damn racist, that's why."
Yeaaaaaaaaaah so, the conversation lasted about another 4 more hours, in which I tried to convince him that I was NOT racist. We never resolved the problem, either. He always thought I was a racist, and I always tried to PROVE I wasn't, from that point on.
When we weren't arguing about racism (or lack thereof), we'd argue about customers, the weather, my hair, the time... everything. We always argued. It couldn't be avoided. I kept hoping he'd quit, and he kept hoping I'd die.
NOW, six years later, I work an hour and a half away. I hadn't even THOUGHT of this dude in six years, but when I was walking in to work today, and I saw him standing inside, there was no doubt in my mind- Tyrone. Nobody else would wear a hot pink and gold studded shirt in public, besides Aj.
So I took the high ground. I looked down at my feet and started walking faster. I saw him walk by me, and I sighed a HUGE sigh of relief.
Then- "awwww Shiiiit, Corinne!"
Erp. Fuck.
I turned and stared blankly at him.
"Hey girl, remember me?"
Blank stare, hesitant smile.
"It's me, from SteroHut!" his hand darted out towards me, I took it in mine and shook.
"Oh, riiight! Hey, what are you doing up here?"
Oh, he moved there. He lives there. Oh great, he comes into Best Buy all the time, he loves this store, and, "Lets grab dinner sometime, girl."
User Reviews
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-03-14 06:17:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
boo.
and you were on such a good run.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-03-08 12:59:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Tell him you wouldn't be caught dead in public with a git like him. That will convey your message nicely.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-08 12:50:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Nobody else would wear a hot pink and gold studded shirt in public, besides Aj.
hahahahaha
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2005-03-08 12:10:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I could make a short film out of this. Great story.
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2005-03-08 11:03:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2005-03-08 10:47:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I've known one or two black people who have been paranoid about racism, but sometimes it's hard to blame them.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2005-03-08 09:15:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I assumed the ending was obvious.
I mean- why would he want to go out, after we spent more than a year fighting about everything under the sun?
Plus, if I say no to dinner, it's reaffirming his assumption of racism. If I say yes, I'm stuck at dinner with someone who argues with everything I say, only to be called a racist later, when I reject his second invitation.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-03-08 08:37:40 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Did you leave out the ending?
Tell me more about the Asian slut...could I get her number from you?
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-03-08 08:22:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Once you go black... *kidding*
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-03-08 04:42:14 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Was it humor?...not funny
Was it a story?...not entertaining
What the fuck was this?
Submitted by kai070169 (user info) at 2005-03-08 01:56:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Where's the punchline??
Submitted by Saxon (user info) at 2005-03-08 01:09:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Ive never worn pink, i just couldnt bring myself to do it.
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-03-08 00:57:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+1 the post
+1 the reply
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2005-03-08 00:48:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I think my best color is pink.
Naked Pink.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2005-03-08 00:40:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I look good in pink.
Submitted by Durae (user info) at 2005-03-08 00:36:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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