I had the munchies. I don't know and I don't care what they call it today; seems like almost everything I say today is 'so old school' that it is laughable. We used to call that passé' but even passé' is old school.
Anyway, I had just smoked a bong of some primo shit; oh, let me guess, 'primo' is old school too. So, is calling my weed 'shit,' right?
Nonetheless, I had smoked a bong of some great weed and had some heavy-duty cravings. A foot-long chili cheese dog and some fried mozzarella sticks would do nicely. I drove my Ford F250 down and parked along the back.
Yeah, I know, my gas guzzling monster truck is also 'old school' and certainly gets me lots of dirty looks from those in their itty-bitty kiddie cars. Whatever. I just know, when I put on my turn signal? I'm not asking you if I can pull over; I'm telling you I'm pulling over.
I could have pulled up into a slot and yelled my order into a speaker. Then a girl would skate out, my order in hand. But I prefer to sit under the canopy, on one of their wrought iron benches and watch all the people drive up, watch all the people drive away. Like I said, that was a bong of some primo shit and I was feeling pleasantly mellow and in no hurry to do anything but eat and sit and watch the world going by.
A pimple faced girl took my order, got it wrong twice, apologized profusely, but finally got it right and promised me it would be right out. I selected my bench and smiled at a cute red head that was eating an order of French fries. She saw me looking at her and made a goggle-eyed face at me. I just smiled and made my own face at her.
"Trey? Order's ready," the pimple faced girl called out.
"Rude to stare at people," the red headed girl said.
"Yeah, it is," I agreed. "Even if I am fucked up."
The red head again goggled at me, but this time it was a genuine goggle face; I don't think she expected that kind of response. I got my order, verified that it was correct and sat down.
"What you mean, you're fucked up?" the red head asked, sliding along her bench to get closer to my bench.
"Mean, I just smoked a bowl of some good, no, some great weed," I said and took a big bite of my chili cheese dog. "So, I'm nice and fucked up."
"Really?" she squealed.
"Uh huh," I said, mouth full of hot dog.
She looked around, but there was no one else under the canopy. She leaned closer to me.
"You uh, you got any more?" she asked, voice a breathy whisper.
"Mm-hmm," I said, nodding.
"You uh, I uh, I can, I can smoke some?" she begged.
She was cute, with shoulder length carrot orange hair, a button nose and big brown eyes. Her nose had a few freckles that went from full cheek to full cheek.
Her pale shoulders were bare; I don't know what they call that top she had on. It was just a band or collar around her short throat and the material of her shirt joined the collar in the front and the back, but there were no sleeves. It was a light green in color, and it looked cute on her.
"How old are you?" I asked, taking another bit bite of my dog.
"Eighteen," she verified. "Just graduated."
"Oh? Good for you," I said.
"So? I, you let me have some?" she asked again, stuffing the last of her French fries into her button mouth.
"Yeah," I agreed. "Sure. Why not?"
She got up from her table, leaving her empty french fry container and a bunch of wadded up napkins on the table. When she stood up, I saw she had on a pair of denim shorts and her legs were pale, with some freckling.
Her arms and torso were small; her breasts looked like they were barely a 'B' cup under that top. But her hips and legs were large.
I looked at her wide hips and thick thighs and calves and the girl smirked.
"Yeah, I'm a pog," she said. "Deal, huh?"
"What's a pog?" I asked, putting my paper tray onto my lap.
"A pog. Fat ass white girl?" she asked.
"Oh. Then shouldn't that be a fog?" I asked.
Turns out I really am old school, even though I'm just thirty-seven years old. I didn't know this, but 'Fat' is no longer spelled with an 'F' but is now spelled with a 'Ph.' I remember a friend of mine had signed my yearbook with 'phuck you' and we'd both laughed at that. I wonder if he should get any credit for Fat becoming Phatt.
"You just going leave your stuff?" I asked, nodding toward her trash.
She gave me a look that told me I was so old; actually, expecting her to pick up after herself. I gave her a look that told her I thought she was a brat for not picking up after herself.
"I'm Trey," I said, dunking a mozzarella stick into the plastic container of marinara sauce. "Trey Lott."
"Hmm? Oh! I'm Lisa May," she said.
"So, Lisa, you just graduated, huh?" I asked.
"Lisa May," she corrected. "Not Lisa. LISA MAY."
Then the snotty little brat snagged one of my mozzarella sticks. She even dunked it into my marinara sauce and bit off the end. She went to double dip her stick and I moved the container out of reach.