Page 19 of Till The Cows Come Home
My expectation was that he would get up and go milk now that our promised update was exchanged, but he didn’t move, so when I was done, I did the only logical thing I could think of which was sit to finish my coffee.
“I didn’t really think this through. Not much changes day to day, weekly updates make more sense.”
“Agreed.” I sighed, but he still didn’t move.
After a couple moments he turned to me.
“What’s your worst fear?”
“Twenty questions? Really?”
“Humor me in the name of being more social.”
“Uhhhh.” I paused. “Probably living a life with no meaning.”
“Oof. Who determines if it has meaning?” he questioned.
“Me, I guess.”
“Well that’s one tough critic, don’t you think?”
“Isn’t that the point? To hold yourself to high standards?”
“Are you asking me if the point of life is to critique yourself to death in the name of productivity?”
“I guess I never thought of it that way.”
“The power of perspective.” He smiled.
“What about you, what’s your worst fear?”
“Snakes,” he answered, and I swore a shiver went up his spine.
“Seriously? Snakes? I want a new question.”
“They’re disgusting murder worms, but go ahead. I’m counting it as your second question, though.”
“Whatever, you big baby.”
I couldn't think of anything profound, so after a moment I settled on prying. “Have you ever been arrested?”
“I have.”
“For what?” I yelled.
It was hard for me to believe he had a single bad boy bone in his body.
“You know you’re really bad at this game.” He laughed.
“I don’t care, answer.”
“I was a freshman in highschool and hadn’t gotten my license yet, but I had my permit, and I wasreallycraving fresh McDonald's fries. Like being a pain in the ass and asking for no salt, fresh. So I took my mom’s car without telling her. It was only a few miles up the road, but she realized it was gone from the driveway and didn’t know it was me, so she reported it stolen. Cops pulled me over and took me to the station. My mom was so pissed when she realized what happened. Luckilyshe dropped the charges and it didn’t go on my record, but she did make me sit there for a few hours.”
Tears were streaming down my face, I was laughing so hard.
“I cannot believe you got arrested over french fries.”
“I didn’t even get to eat them. They took them with all my other stuff when we got to the station. By the time I got them back they were soggy and cold.”
