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Post by freebirde on Feb 19, 2019 21:25:38 GMT -6
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Post by texican on Feb 19, 2019 22:50:09 GMT -6
FB, Nice find. Nice area to visit or live in.... Texican.... Born Free, Living Free and Will Die Free...
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Post by solo on Feb 20, 2019 9:50:55 GMT -6
“Do you feel up to heading into town for some groceries and pizza or would you rather rest?”, asked Laura.
“Food and pizza? You know I can never say no to that.”, said Darren, with a smile.
“All right then, let’s go.”, came the reply from the smiling woman with the sparkling green eyes.A, It appears that it is Darren and Laura and not Chad and Cassie.... Which will it be? Only another chapter will reveal.... But, Laura/Cassie has sparking green eyes.... Texican.... Born Free, Live Free and Die Free. Personally, I would have asked her to define rest...... May have been better than Pizza.... Solo
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Post by accountant on Feb 20, 2019 15:04:38 GMT -6
“Do you feel up to heading into town for some groceries and pizza or would you rather rest?”, asked Laura.
“Food and pizza? You know I can never say no to that.”, said Darren, with a smile.
“All right then, let’s go.”, came the reply from the smiling woman with the sparkling green eyes.A, It appears that it is Darren and Laura and not Chad and Cassie.... Which will it be? Only another chapter will reveal.... But, Laura/Cassie has sparking green eyes.... Texican.... Born Free, Live Free and Die Free. Personally, I would have asked her to define rest...... May have been better than Pizza.... Solo If you find the right pizzeria, the pizza can be almost as good as "rest".
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Post by accountant on Feb 20, 2019 15:57:18 GMT -6
Chapter 9
An Unexpected Meeting
Darren and Laura left the house and walked over to the double car garage at the side of the building. Gripping the garage door handle, Laura easily pulled open the large double door of the garage. Inside, Darren saw a large 1981 GMC Suburban with Silverado trim in brown and tan. Beside it, staring Darren in the face, was a sparkling 1972 Chevelle SS 402 in brilliant blue.
He just stood there with his mouth open when Laura said, “I guess we’ll take the car, then.”
Taking the keys out of her purse, she walked to the muscle car and slid behind the wheel. Putting the key into the ignition and turning, she felt and Darren heard the deep-throated rumble of the monster. Darren was drawn out of his stupor, quickly walked to the passenger side, and sat down in the seat.
Laura smiled and asked, “Ready?”
Darren felt the anticipation building inside him and just smiled and nodded.
Laura moved the automatic transmission shifter to D and touched the gas. Instantly, the big block V8 roared to life and the tires let out a squeal as the vehicle left the confines of the garage. Laura drove the car slowly down the main road of Safehaven before turning onto Dry Valley Road and opening it up. Darren was enjoying the cool late spring air when Laura turned on the radio and sure enough, it was tuned to an FM classic rock station, 103.5 WIMZ. Boston’s More Than a Feeling began to play as they continued their cruise down the road and made the turn onto Old Cades Cove Road and then a quick turn onto Old Tuckaleechee Road. By the time the vintage automobile rumbled onto East Lamar Alexander Parkway, the roar of the engine and the soothing sounds of Golden Earring’s Radar Love had Darren almost dozing off.
Laura drove for about a mile before turning off onto Clearwater Drive and into the parking lot of the Pizza Hut.
Turning off the vehicle, she said, “Okay handsome, let’s go order our dinner.”
Darren watched her walk towards the front door of the pizzeria before opening his door and following her. “Yeah”, he thought to himself, “She sure does have a way about her.”
They went in and placed an order for a large pizza, half meat lovers for him and half pepperoni mushrooms and olives for her. The girl at the counter said it would be about twenty minutes. After paying, the couple left the store and headed to the IGA across the street for some grocery shopping. After picking up some fresh bread, hamburger meat, bacon, sandwich meat, fruit, vegetables, potatoes, onions, pop, beer, and other assorted items, they walked back across the street to find a Blount County Sheriff's Department vehicle parked beside the Chevelle.
As Laura opened the trunk and the pair began to put their groceries away, a Sheriff's Deputy came out of his vehicle and walked over to Laura and Darren.
“How y’all doin’ today?”, he asked.
“We’re just fine. How you?”, asked Laura.
“I’m alright. That’s a mighty fine set of wheel you got there”, said the Deputy.
“Thanks. It’s a gas guzzler but we like it.”, said Laura with a smile, as she shut the trunk.
“What you got under the hood?”, asked the officer.
“402 big block 8.”, replied Laura.
“Nice. I haven’t seen you folks around here before. You just passing through?”, asked the Deputy.
“Actually, we just moved into our property down at the end of Dry Valley Road. I’m Cassie Smith and this is my husband, Chad.”, said Laura, smiling and holding out her hand.
“Howdy and welcome. I’m Deputy Willie Connors. Nice to meet y’all.”, said the Deputy as he shook hands with Laura and Darren.
“Are you the folks that took over the old Foster place?”, asked the officer.
“Yeah, that’s us. Well, us and a bunch of other investors.”, said Laura.
“Well that’s just fine. It was a real nice thing y’all did for the Wilson folks. It was a shame about their farm.”, said Deputy Conners.
“Yes, it was a shame. They’re good people. I’m glad we were able to help.”, replied Laura.
“I understand you’re turning that place into some kind of tourist resort.”, said Deputy Connors.
“We’re trying to. It’s a lot more work than we thought.”, said Laura, with a laugh.
“Yeah, I can imagine. If you need any help, just let me know. Anything that helps the local economy is a good thing.”, said Deputy Connors.
“Thank you kindly. We just might need to take you up on that, Deputy.”, said Laura, flashing her brilliant smile.
“Any time. Anyway, I’ll let you folks get back to your day. Drive safe now.”, said Deputy Connors before heading back to his vehicle.
Laura and Darren walked to the pizza shop and picked up their order before getting back into the car and heading back to Safehaven.
Once they were back on the road, Darren said, “Wow, he sure was asking a lot of questions.”
Laura put her hand on his and said, “Not to worry. It really wasn’t a lot. People in small towns tend to want to know everybody’s business. He was just being a normal small town deputy.”
As they made the turn onto Old Tuckaleechee Road, Laura let out a little giggle.
“What?”, asked Darren.
“Oh, it’s nothing.”, said Laura, giggling.
“Come on. Tell me.”, said Darren, smiling now, not knowing why.
“Well, that was your chance.”, said Laura.
“My chance? What are you talking about?”, asked Darren.
“This morning. When you said that you were going to go to the police and turn us in for kidnapping you. That was your chance. The deputy was right there. You could have easily told him everything.”, said Laura, giggling again.
The shock suddenly hit Darren. Had it really been just that morning when he had said that? He had the chance. Why didn’t he take it? His whole life had been flipped upside down in the past 36 hours. He had been given the opportunity to turn it all around if he had just told the deputy. Darren let out a chuckle at the absurdity of it all. The chuckle turned into a laugh and soon they were both laughing.
They drove back home and after parking the Chevelle in the garage, took the groceries and the pizza into the house. After putting the groceries away, the pair took the pizza and some beer and settled down for an evening of Netflix in the living room.
Darren ate three slices, finished a beer, and was asleep with his head on Laura’s shoulder before the movie reached the halfway mark.
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Post by texican on Feb 20, 2019 18:35:03 GMT -6
They went in and placed an order for a medium pizza, half meat lovers for him and half pepperoni mushrooms and olives for her.
A,
Somethings are believable, but just a medium pizza for Cassie and Chad.
Thanks for the chapter.
Texican....
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Post by solo on Feb 21, 2019 9:06:08 GMT -6
Personally, I would have asked her to define rest...... May have been better than Pizza.... Solo If you find the right pizzeria, the pizza can be almost as good as "rest". Maybe they will do pizza.... and "rest".... They don't have to be mutually exclusive. I mean, his honeymoon was to run a mile through the forest with an weighted Pack on......
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Post by solo on Feb 21, 2019 9:13:36 GMT -6
I may be biased but two counts here.... The dude only had Three Medium slices after pumping/burn a ton of calories earlier in the day and Pizza Hut is almost anything other that a chain store nightmare... Calling it a pizzeria is pushing it. Having said that, I do love their thin crust meat lovers with Pineapple. :-) Hey I like some chains, but usually look for dives when I am TAD... they usually have the best food.
Having said all that, I have to say excellent writing. You pulled me into the scene quite well.
V/R, Solo
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Post by accountant on Feb 21, 2019 9:50:58 GMT -6
Okay folks, in order to stop everyone from being upset, I have changed the medium pizza to a large pizza.
Incidentally, there are only two places in Townsend to get pizza, Pizza Hut, and Brianna's Italian Restaurant and Cuisine. They are both in the same strip plaza but on opposite ends. I chose Pizza Hut as it was closer to the IGA and that's the only reason.
Also, yes Darren did exert a lot of energy and calories during his runs in forest. Have you every been so tired that you couldn't even muster up the strength to eat? I know I have. That's why he fell asleep during the movie. So there!
And another thing! What the hell??? I bring up a classic vintage muscle car and there are no comments on that??? Where are my gearheads??? LOL
A.
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Post by solo on Feb 21, 2019 15:15:18 GMT -6
Okay folks, in order to stop everyone from being upset, I have changed the medium pizza to a large pizza. Incidentally, there are only two places in Townsend to get pizza, Pizza Hut, and Brianna's Italian Restaurant and Cuisine. They are both in the same strip plaza but on opposite ends. I chose Pizza Hut as it was closer to the IGA and that's the only reason. Also, yes Darren did exert a lot of energy and calories during his runs in forest. Have you every been so tired that you couldn't even muster up the strength to eat? I know I have. That's why he fell asleep during the movie. So there! And another thing! What the hell??? I bring up a classic vintage muscle car and there are no comments on that??? Where are my gearheads??? LOL A. Not much of a car guy, but if you start talking '68 Stratocasters, then I'm there.... You had me at food, by the way, Pizza was just a bonus. V/R< Mike
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Post by accountant on Feb 21, 2019 15:24:18 GMT -6
Chapter 10
A Proposal and a Church Service
Darren woke up to the smells of coffee wafting through the air.
Opening his eyes, he saw that he had fallen asleep on the sofa in the living room. During the night, Laura had covered him with a comforter and he had been using a cushion as a pillow. Stretching, he noticed how achy his muscles were and it took an effort to get up of the comfy sofa.
Darren waddled over to the kitchen where he saw Laura busy grating potatoes. She had her blonde hair in a ponytail, and was wearing a tank top with a pair of cotton shorts. The outfit didn’t nothing to hide the athletic shape of her body.
“A man could get used to this.”, he thought to himself, “A fresh spring morning, the smell of coffee brewing, and a gorgeous lady getting breakfast ready. Yep, a man could get used to this.”
“Morning.”, he said.
“Morning, handsome.”, replied Laura with a smile.
“What time is it?”, asked Darren.
“A little after seven. Coffee?”, asked Laura.
“Yes, please.”, came the reply.
“Ha. Not yet big boy. Your breath smells like stale pizza and beer. Go take care of the three S’s, and brush your teeth. Then you can help me with breakfast. Go on now.”, said Laura shooing Darren away.
Darren quickly took care of his person hygiene issue and was soon back downstairs in a t-shirt and track pants.
“Well that’s much better. Pour yourself a cup and cook up some of that bacon on the far side of the griddle. I’m going to use the front part for the hash browns.”, said Laura, as she squeezed the moisture out of the shredded potatoes.
Darren got himself a cup of coffee and laid out the bacon slices onto the griddle, bumping up against Laura’s body more than once. The feeling of her skin next to his caused him to tingle slightly. Logically, it shouldn’t have. After all, they had touched each other more than once during the time he had known her.
“Don’t let the bacon and hash browns burn, mister. I’ll get the eggs ready.”, said Laura as she bent down to grab a frying pan from one of the under counter cupboards.
Darren fiddled with the bacon and hash browns using a plastic spatula but his mind was somewhere else.
As Laura came back to the cooking island with fresh eggs, he took her hand and said, “Hey.”
Laura just looked at him as he pulled her close.
“Maybe it’s the smell of the bacon talking, but I’m in. Cassie Smith, I’ve known you as Laura for the past two years. You’ve been nothing if not gentle and friendly with me. Now, if what you say is true, things are about to change, big time. You picked me to save when you could have picked anybody. You set up this whole place and chose me. Well, I want to let you know that I choose you too. Laura Springfield, Cindy James, Cassie Smith, Spider, I don’t know how long we have but whatever time we do, I want to spend it with you. You’ve given me a new life and I don’t want to waste it being cautious and afraid. I want get to know you, the real you. So I’m asking you now, Mrs. Cassie Smith, will you be my wife for real and not just on paper?”, said Darren as the words flowed from him without stopping.
Laura put her head on his chest, squeezed him hard and say, “Darren?”
“Yeah?”, asked Darren, with his heart beating fast in his chest.
“The hash browns are burning.”
Darren quickly released Laura and, grabbing the spatula, turned over the hash browns, which had indeed begun to burn.
While he was doing that, Laura hugged him from behind, kissed his back, and softly said, “Yes, I will.”
With his left hand, Darren pulled Laura’s left hand to his lips and kiss it while flipping the bacon using a pair of tongs with his right.
The couple shared a breakfast of sunny side up eggs, crispy bacon, and burnt hash browns while smiling, and blushing.
After they had finished eating and were sitting with a fresh cup of coffee each, Darren asked, “So what happens now?”
Laura smiled and said, “Now, we do the dishes, silly.”
Darren let out a chuckle and said, “You know what I mean.”
Laura blushed and said, “Now that we’re a couple, we should probably think about moving your things into the master bedroom.”
Darren replied softly with, “I guess we should.”
Laura looked at the clock on the wall and said, “But first we need to get those dishes into the dishwasher and get dressed. We need to go.”
Darren had a surprised look on his face and said, “Go? Where are we going?”
Laura rose, picked up the dishes from the table and said, “It’s Sunday and on Sunday mornings we have a church service.”
“Really?”, asked Darren.
“Yes really. Just because we’re hiding out doesn’t mean that we’re not God-fearing people. Now come and help me.”, said Laura as she began to rinse off the dishes.
Darren walked up behind her and put his arms around her waist.
“We’re officially newlyweds now. I’m sure God would understand.”, he whispered in her ear.
Laura ground her heel into his toes, turned, and began to hit him with a kitchen towel.
“Chad Smith! You will help me clean this kitchen and we will go to the service.”, she said with a mockingly authoritative voice and followed it up with, “We can deal with the newlywed stuff after.”
After cleaning the kitchen, the pair got ready to go to the service.
Laura had picked out a white shirt, blue tie, and navy suit for Darren and a sundress with 3 inch heels for herself.
After getting ready in his bedroom, Darren walked over to the master bedroom where Laura was just putting on the finishing touches of her make up.
“Mrs. Smith, I must be the luckiest man this side of the Smokies.”, he said from the hallway.
Laura looked over, smiled, and said, “Hush you. Go and put on your dress shoes. I’m almost ready.”
Once they were both ready, they left the house and Darren started to walk towards the garage.
“Where are you going?”, asked Laura.
“I thought we were going to church. Don’t we have to drive there?”, asked Darren.
“It wouldn’t make sense to drive if the service is being held in the main hall, now would it?”, said Laura.
Hand in hand, the couple walked to the main hall where the great room had been set up with chairs facing a speaker’s podium. As they entered, Magnum was getting some papers together at the podium and the Wilsons were already seated. Rattler and his family were busy setting up snacks, drinks, and coffee at end of the room. Boomer was looking out the front door window. There was also another woman and a young child sitting at the front of the hall in front of the podium.
“Uncle Chad! Aunt Cassie!”, yelled Jessica as she ran from the snack table to Darren and Laura.
Giving them both big hugs, she held both their hands and began dragging them to the assembled chairs.
“Come on. You can sit with us.”, she said.
Laura and Darren sat with the Jackson family and soon the congregation was assembled. Magnum began his sermon which as a lecture on the redemptive nature of God’s love and His grace. He spoke for almost an hour, raising and lowering his voice to make the necessary impact on the assembled group. At the end, everyone rose and said the Lord’s prayer.
After the service, everyone headed towards the snack table to enjoy some of the freshly prepared offerings.
Darren walked up to Magnum and shaking his hand said, “That was a beautiful sermon, Magnum.”
“Thank you, Chad. I appreciate it.”, replied Magnum, and waving over unknown woman and child said, “I’d like to introduce you to my girlfriend, Missy Stapleton and her son Brian.”
Darren shook both of their hands and said, “Hi I’m Chad Smith.”
After the introduction, Brian said, “Mama, can I go play with Calvin?”
Missy responded by saying, “Yes, you may but try not to get too dirty.”
Brian ran off to find Calvin.
“it’s nice to finally meet you, Chad. Cassie and Steve said you were going to be coming around soon.”, said Missy.
“Yes, I’m glad I finally made it down here. Are you and Brian staying on the property as well?”, replied Darren.
“No, we have our own place in town, but we come up here to see Steve and he comes down to visit with us as well whenever he’s down here.”, said Missy.
“That must be nice for you.”, said Darren.
“It is, when he’s around of course.”, said Missy with a smile.
“Say Chad. If it’s not too much trouble, would you mind helping put some of the chairs away?”, asked Magnum.
“Not a problem. It was nice meeting you, Missy.”, said Darren as he headed back to where Rattler was already working on putting away the chairs.
Darren was stacking chairs when as he turned, he accidentally hit Boomer, causing him to spill a hot cup of coffee on himself.
‘Goddammit!”, said Boomer with rage in his eyes.
“If you’re not going to be useful here, the least you can do is not cause more problems!”, he bellowed, grabbing Darren by the collar and pushing him out the door of the main hall.
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 21, 2019 16:55:00 GMT -6
Okay folks, in order to stop everyone from being upset, I have changed the medium pizza to a large pizza. Incidentally, there are only two places in Townsend to get pizza, Pizza Hut, and Brianna's Italian Restaurant and Cuisine. They are both in the same strip plaza but on opposite ends. I chose Pizza Hut as it was closer to the IGA and that's the only reason. Also, yes Darren did exert a lot of energy and calories during his runs in forest. Have you every been so tired that you couldn't even muster up the strength to eat? I know I have. That's why he fell asleep during the movie. So there! And another thing! What the hell??? I bring up a classic vintage muscle car and there are no comments on that??? Where are my gearheads??? LOL A. I've shopped at that IGA ;-) There's also a little restaurant up the road (back behind other things) that does an interesting chicken salad sandwich. It's a slab of chicken covered with Waldorf salad and held together by two pieces of bread. Sound weird? Sound doesn't matter as it's very good. I appreciate the car, just wasn't commenting much last night. I get more tire squeal than I want when merging the truck in traffic.
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Post by sniper69 on Feb 21, 2019 18:23:37 GMT -6
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Post by 9idrr on Feb 21, 2019 21:16:02 GMT -6
Okay folks, in order to stop everyone from being upset, I have changed the medium pizza to a large pizza. Incidentally, there are only two places in Townsend to get pizza, Pizza Hut, and Brianna's Italian Restaurant and Cuisine. They are both in the same strip plaza but on opposite ends. I chose Pizza Hut as it was closer to the IGA and that's the only reason. Also, yes Darren did exert a lot of energy and calories during his runs in forest. Have you every been so tired that you couldn't even muster up the strength to eat? I know I have. That's why he fell asleep during the movie. So there! And another thing! What the hell??? I bring up a classic vintage muscle car and there are no comments on that??? Where are my gearheads??? LOL A. Yeah, but it's only a Chevy. My buddy Wade, with the CobraJet Ranchero used to laugh at 'em. And he really riled up the two guys on the freeway when he made fun of their Roadrunner by askin' why the car had a chicken on the door. The light rear end made it a bit squirrelly off the line, but when it was a rollin' start on the freeway, hard to keep up with him from 60 to 140. Anyway, I like the way this story's goin'.
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Post by texican on Feb 21, 2019 21:22:32 GMT -6
Okay folks, in order to stop everyone from being upset, I have changed the medium pizza to a large pizza. Incidentally, there are only two places in Townsend to get pizza, Pizza Hut, and Brianna's Italian Restaurant and Cuisine. They are both in the same strip plaza but on opposite ends. I chose Pizza Hut as it was closer to the IGA and that's the only reason. Also, yes Darren did exert a lot of energy and calories during his runs in forest. Have you every been so tired that you couldn't even muster up the strength to eat? I know I have. That's why he fell asleep during the movie. So there! And another thing! What the hell??? I bring up a classic vintage muscle car and there are no comments on that??? Where are my gearheads??? LOLA. A, Nice vehicles, but you had us waiting for the rest after eating pizza and watching the movie and then killed the anticipation with Chadd/Darren falling asleep in the middle of the movie so the rest just disappeared.... Texican....
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Post by texican on Feb 21, 2019 21:30:37 GMT -6
Okay folks, in order to stop everyone from being upset, I have changed the medium pizza to a large pizza. Incidentally, there are only two places in Townsend to get pizza, Pizza Hut, and Brianna's Italian Restaurant and Cuisine. They are both in the same strip plaza but on opposite ends. I chose Pizza Hut as it was closer to the IGA and that's the only reason. Also, yes Darren did exert a lot of energy and calories during his runs in forest. Have you every been so tired that you couldn't even muster up the strength to eat? I know I have. That's why he fell asleep during the movie. So there! And another thing! What the hell??? I bring up a classic vintage muscle car and there are no comments on that??? Where are my gearheads??? LOL A. I've shopped at that IGA ;-) There's also a little restaurant up the road (back behind other things) that does an interesting chicken salad sandwich. It's a slab of chicken covered with Waldorf salad and held together by two pieces of bread. Sound weird? Sound doesn't matter as it's very good. I appreciate the car, just wasn't commenting much last night. I get more tire squeal than I want when merging the truck in traffic.You do know PP2, if you would look before you pulled out into traffic to see if it was clear there would be a lot less tire squealing.... Just saying.... Texican....
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Post by texican on Feb 21, 2019 21:47:06 GMT -6
Chapter 10 You set up this whole place and chose me. Well, I want to let you know that I choose you too. Laura Springfield, Cindy James, Cassie Smith, Spider, I don’t know how long we have but whatever time we do, I want to spend it with you. You’ve given me a new life and I don’t want to waste it being cautious and afraid. I want get to know you, the real you. So I’m asking you now, Mrs. Cassie Smith, will you be my wife for real and not just on paper?”, said Darren as the words flowed from him without stopping.Laura put her head on his chest, squeezed him hard and say, “Darren?”
“Yeah?”, asked Darren, with his heart beating fast in his chest.
“The hash browns are burning.”Darren quickly released Laura and, grabbing the spatula, turned over the hash browns, which had indeed begun to burn.
While he was doing that, Laura hugged him from behind, kissed his back, and softly said, “Yes, I will.” After they had finished eating and were sitting with a fresh cup of coffee each, Darren asked, “So what happens now?”Laura smiled and said, “Now, we do the dishes, silly.” Darren let out a chuckle and said, “You know what I mean.”Laura rose, picked up the dishes from the table and said, “It’s Sunday and on Sunday mornings we have a church service.”
“Really?”, asked Darren.
“Yes really. Darren was stacking chairs when as he turned, he accidentally hit Boomer, causing him to spill a hot cup of coffee on himself.
‘Goddammit!”, said Boomer with rage in his eyes.
“If you’re not going to be useful here, the least you can do is not cause more problems!”, he bellowed, grabbing Darren by the collar and pushing him out the door of the main hall.
Fight/Fight ---- Well time for Chad/Darren to remedy the problem with Boomer....
Does Chad/Darren what it takes or will Cassie/Laura step in and kick both their butts?.?.?.?
My bet goes with Cassie/Laura....
Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 21, 2019 22:41:01 GMT -6
You do know PP2, if you would look before you pulled out into traffic to see if it was clear there would be a lot less tire squealing.... Just saying.... Texican.... When was the last time you drove in Atlanta traffic? You know, that place where the drivers think the red, white and blue shield-shaped signs are the speed limit. 75. 85. (<=these two are easy) 285. (<=occasionally have someone come close on this one) 575. (<=no one close yet on this one but I heard rumors about a couple of flyboys at Dobbins ARB and them racing some F-15's out there) That classic in the story might have to work hard in some of those places ;-) Not sure who's monitoring the forum but this stuff is getting redacted as I write...
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Post by freebirde on Feb 22, 2019 9:29:37 GMT -6
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Post by biggkidd on Feb 22, 2019 9:38:53 GMT -6
A muscle car fan would have picked nearly any other engine. 402s are almost unknown big heavy and short on power. My personal favorite after drag racing half my life was the chevy small block 400.
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Post by accountant on Feb 22, 2019 10:31:36 GMT -6
Hi all,
Thanks for all the responses on the Chevelle.
As a teenager in the mid-80's, I helped a friend of mine restored a 72 Chevelle. It was brown and heavy with a slippery back end, but it was fast. This from a guy who drove a 10-speed CCM. Putting it into the story was a tribute to all the fun we had going up and down the gravel back roads of the Ottawa Valley. That's why I picked it.
As to the Rancheros, I never trust a vehicle that can't decide if it's a pickup or a sedan. Pick a lane, for goodness sake!
Personally, I have an affinity for the 68 'stang fastback, even if it is a Ford.
Keep your comments and likes coming. That's how I get paid for my work here.
Thanks again, A.
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Post by arkansascob on Feb 22, 2019 10:31:59 GMT -6
A sundress ( my most favorite kind of dress ) and 3" heels ( just high enough to nicely shape the calves and butt ) and you want me to go sit thru a sermon. I'm pretty damn sure where my mind will be the whole time. To damn bad these stories don't come with pictures. COB
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Post by accountant on Feb 22, 2019 10:35:45 GMT -6
Okay folks, in order to stop everyone from being upset, I have changed the medium pizza to a large pizza. Incidentally, there are only two places in Townsend to get pizza, Pizza Hut, and Brianna's Italian Restaurant and Cuisine. They are both in the same strip plaza but on opposite ends. I chose Pizza Hut as it was closer to the IGA and that's the only reason. Also, yes Darren did exert a lot of energy and calories during his runs in forest. Have you every been so tired that you couldn't even muster up the strength to eat? I know I have. That's why he fell asleep during the movie. So there! And another thing! What the hell??? I bring up a classic vintage muscle car and there are no comments on that??? Where are my gearheads??? LOLA. A, Nice vehicles, but you had us waiting for the rest after eating pizza and watching the movie and then killed the anticipation with Chadd/Darren falling asleep in the middle of the movie so the rest just disappeared.... Texican.... Texican, did you really expect me to let them "rest", that easily? You'd think you know me better than that by now. A.
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Post by texican on Feb 22, 2019 11:26:25 GMT -6
A, Nice vehicles, but you had us waiting for the rest after eating pizza and watching the movie and then killed the anticipation with Chadd/Darren falling asleep in the middle of the movie so the rest just disappeared.... Texican.... Texican, did you really expect me to let them "rest", that easily?You'd think you know me better than that by now. A. A, Not necessarily.... But probably, Chad/Darren gets his butt kicked by Boomer and Cassie/Laura steps in and puts an end to Boomer, but probably not permanently.... So Chad/Darren is laid up with cracked ribs when Doc orders "no strenuous exercise" for at least two to three weeks.... Poor Chad will never get the rest.... And the Moar Hounds will keep on grumbling.... Texican....
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Post by accountant on Feb 22, 2019 13:08:24 GMT -6
Chapter 11
The Fight over Flower
Darren skidded to a stop on the grass, turned and said, “I’m sorry about the coffee. It was an accident.”
“It was an accident! It was an accident! You’re the accident! I never wanted you to come here! Spider’s going to have to spend her time keeping you safe like you’re some kind of precious flower! You’ve got no useful skills, and are a burden to the rest of us! You’re of no value here, flower!”, screamed Boomer.
“He has value to me!”, yelled Laura as she came out of the main hall followed by Magnum and Rattler.
“He has value to me and I won’t let you push him around like that!”, reiterated Laura.
Calming down a little, Boomer turned to Laura and said, “Look at him. Any one of us can pick him up by his scrawny little flower neck and toss him around. He’s nothing. Seriously, Spider, we need to get rid of him. You’ll get hurt or worst because of him!”
“No, he’s my choice and he’s staying. Now apologize or else!”, said Laura, defiantly.
“You sure you want to go there, Spider?”, asked Boomer, taking off his jacket and rolling up his sleeves.
“You know what I can do, now apologize.”, said Laura, calmly.
Darren said, “Wait, don’t do this. This is crazy. Stop!”, as he tried to intervene.
Rattler held Darren back and Magnum softly said, “Let ‘em be, Flower. They need this.”
Laura and Boomer began to circle each other like two lions looking for any sign of weakness in their opponent. A feint here and a touch there and still they circled. Suddenly, with a flash, Boomer reached out with a quick jab. Laura blocked the punch with her open left hand and slapped him across the face with her right. Then there was a flurry of punches, blocks, counter punches, and kicks. When Boomer couldn’t make contact, he used his bulk to try to push Laura around. She used his own momentum to keep him off-balance, adding a few punches and kicks along for good measure. She had a fire in her eyes like nothing Darren had ever seen before, and an evil smirk on her face.
Boomer plowed into Laura, getting inside her arms and giving her body blow after body blow. With her arms blocked, Laura used her knee to assault Boomer’s groin and her foot to take out his knee. As he began to wobble, Laura’s arms came free and she rained blow after blow on his neck.
Boomer pushed her away, and rose to his feet. Reaching behind him, he pulled out a knife from the waistband of his pants.
Laura wiped some blood off the side of her mouth and said, “Make sure you’ve got a good grip on that thing. I’m going to rip your arm off and stab you with it while it’s still in your hand.”
“Come and get it.”, said a smiling Boomer, as he swiped at the air around her head.
Time and again, Boomer lunged at Laura with the knife. Time and again, she either blocked it or moved herself out of the path of the deadly blade. Finally with a roar, Boomer came at her holding the knife overhead. As he brought it down on Laura, she grabbed onto his wrist with both hands and quickly climbed up his body using his knee, waist, and shoulders as steps before landing a crushing kick to his face and jumping off while twisting Boomer’s wrist at the same time.
The big man fell onto his back, releasing the knife as he went. Laura was on him in an instant. She sat on his chest, keeping her knees on the outside of his arms, and pounded away at his face.
She screamed as she raised her fist to land a blow that would have pushed his nose into his brain when she saw him smile and chuckle.
Laura stopped herself and said, “You bastard.”, as she huffed and puffed, trying to take air into her lungs.
She relaxed and Boomer was able to remove his arms from the vice-like grips of her legs. Reaching out and hugging her, he said, “There’s my girl.”, with a laugh.
She hugged him back, laughed, and said, “You’re an asshole, you know that?”
Laura rolled off of Boomer and they both lay on the grass panting.
“I had to make sure you still had it in you. Besides, it’s been forever since we sparred like this.”, said Boomer.
“Okay, you can go to her now.”, said Rattler to Darren as he released his grip, “I’ll go get Clarice.”
Darren went to Laura, put her head on his lap, and said, “Are you okay?”
Laura smiled up at him and said, “Never better.”
Looking at Boomer, she said, “Now I believe you have something to say, yeah?”
Boomer looked at Darren for a long time, and said, “I’m sorry about the way I handled things before. But, I was serious when I said that you don’t know enough to help protect us, Flower.”
“Then teach me, dammit. I want to learn. I need to learn.”, exclaimed Darren.
Boomer smiled and said, “I guess I better. I don’t need Spider putting me on my ass again.”
With that, both Laura and Boomer began to laugh and moan at the same time.
“If both of you are done having your fun, let’s get you inside so I can makes sure there isn’t any serious damage done.”, said Clarice as she stood over the two with her hands on her hips.
The pair slowly rose and stumbled back into the main hall.
“You made me wreck the straps on my shoe. I loved these shoes.”, said Laura to Boomer.
“Yeah, well look that blood and grass stains on my suits! What’s the dry cleaner going to say?”, replied Boomer, holding the door open for Laura.
“Are they going to be okay?”, asked Darren of Clarice.
“Don’t worry, hun. They’ve had worst scrapes. If they can get up and walk, they’ll be fine. It’s probably just some bumps and bruises, but I still want to check them out.”, replied Clarice as she walked away.
“I don’t get it. I know Boomer doesn’t like me. Does he have a thing for Cassie, or something?”, asked Darren to Magnum.
“You think Boomer’s got a thing for Spider?”, asked Magnum with a chuckle.
“Hey Rattler, Flower thinks Boomer has it hard for Spider.”, said Magnum, beginning to laugh hard.
Soon Rattler was laughing just as hard.
“I don’t get it. What’s so funny?”, asked Darren.
After finishing laughing and wiping the tears from his eye, Magnum said, “Boy, there’s a lot you don’t know. Come on back to my place with me and we’ll have a pop and I’ll explain everything. Rat, tell Missy and Brian I’ll see ‘em later.”
Rattler continued to laugh as he went back into the main building.
Darren stood and followed Magnum back to his house.
“I still don’t get it. Why were you laughing?”, asked Darren as they got up to the porch.
Magnum sad down on one of the chairs on the patio, motioned for Darren to sit, and pulled out two beers from a cooler between the chairs.
Darren sat down and took a beer from Magnum.
“Flower, Boomer’s gay!”, said Magnum with a chuckle.
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