I will be!”
“ You just need to slow down, and not
rush everything – ”
“ Dad, we only have a limited time on
this earth, and most of my time so far has been crap. It’s about
time I had some fun,” I declared. “I deserve it.”
Dad just sighed. “Sometimes I can’t tell if
you’re really, really wise, or just very stupid.”
“ Thanks, Dad.”
(he just grumbled)
I bought the car!!!
I love it so damn much. Been roaring around the
neighbourhood in it all afternoon.
I traded the Civic in for $200 off the price,
and halfway to the car yard, the Civic’s gear stick jammed, and
smoke started coming out of the engine, and I had to drive the rest
of the way there in second gear, praying the engine wasn’t about to
explode.
Gotta get ready. Got a (nother) date with Ever
tonight.
Hope we don’t end up in prison
again.
Sunday 21 May 2000
5.12pm
Had such a great night last night. Bit upset by
my stupid family, but whatever.
I rang to talk to Nat just then, and got Dad’s
girlfriend.
She was so fucking rude!!
Straight away, she was launching into me about
getting a loan while I still owe Dad money.
Seriously! After all I’ve been through. Why
can’t my family just cut me some slack?? I needed a car TO GET TO
WORK, to pay them back their precious money!
Then Dad gets on the phone and was all shitty
and snapping. By the time Nat got on the phone, I was in tears.
“Don’t worry about them,” Nat said.
“ They never stop, it’s always one
judgement or another. They MAKE SURE I feel worthless –
”
Anyway…
So Evvy and I met at Balmoral cinemas, and saw
the 6.40pm session of ‘Gladiator.’ When I spotted him in the foyer,
his face lit up
(I could get used to a guy’s face lighting up
like that when he spots me. Not in anger/hate etc. Been so long),
and he said, “Hey, Jailbird.”
I stopped before him. “I see your fly’s done up
for this date.”
He laughed. “Shut up and stop being so funny
all the time. I’m the funny one.”
“ Oh, I know. I’ve been laughing all
week about last weekend.”
The movie was good. Ever kept looking over at
me, then when I’d meet his eyes and whisper, “What?” he’d go,
“Nothing,” and turn back to the screen. He did it so often I
whacked him.
Then Tom and the boys rang Ever
(odd, he’s become an Ever to me, not Evvy, like
everyone calls him)
on his mobile, and asked us to meet them in the
city, and Ever was all, “Nah, I don’t feel like it – ”
And I started yelling, “YES! YES! Let’s meet
them in there!”
Evvy groaned into his phone. “Apparently
Jailbird here wants to try to get me arrested all over again
–”
So Ever followed me in his Commodore
(oh my God, he has a HOT Commodore, a black,
sleek, sparkling brand new HSV VR ClubSport, like seriously brand
new and glittering),
back to mine, and, oh dear, I found it
EXTREMELY HOT, being followed by him in his sexy car.
(Holden Commodores are just SO DAMN
SEXY)
Once we were at my place, since I was so
excited about having just purchased (loaned) my hotted up
VN
(oh God, I love her spoiler and fins, I’M SO IN
LOVE),
I offered to drive us into the city in my
car.
“ Since you’re not drinking, you
might not tackle any cops tonight and get us arrested –”
“ Ha ha, shut up you –”
I let it rip on the open road all of a sudden.
Oh my God, I’m so in love with her. This is just FUN.
Me and my car are going to have so much fun
together. That’s a love affair right there.
“ Holy fuck, woman.” Evvy righted
himself after I’d hooned around a corner. “AHHHH –”
He started screaming. I started
laughing.
“ Fuck, THIS IS FUN!!” I started
yelling around corners, with the car’s beautiful,
beautiful
(big manly BEAUTIFUL tyres)
screeching and holding SO WELL around corners.
I barely have to even slow down.
(when I used to do that in the Civic, it’d slam
into a wall sideways)
Ever hung on for dear