kingofnopants

So I ride my bicycle into Halliburton on a Thursday, about noon. I hadn't spoken to anyone at home yet, so at the first payphone I decide it would be a good time to touch base with father or something. Unknowingly to me, there were these two girls sitting on a bench across the street watching me. Having a blue mohawk at the time and all that gear, it was pretty clear that I wasn't from around there. As I'm finishing on the phone, the two girls come say hello. They're on their way to go swimming, I'm welcome to join them if I'd like. Then they just start walking away. Quickly I repack my gear and get on my way. I caught up with the ladies, we left my bicycle and everything else at their place, and then we went for a walk into the woods. There's a stream that goes through here, it's an absolutely beautiful spot. I wish I had my camera with me. Kathleen brought a couple beers; the three of us enjoy the beer and swim all afternoon. It was great. As afternoon turned into evening, I decided to stick around in town for the night. We picked up a few beers, drank them on the porch and had some good conversation. She's done a lot of travelling too, mostly hitchhiking and train hopping. She shared some stories, gave me the phone numbers of a couple of her friends in various places in case I really need somewhere to stay. She told me about a lot of places I should check out. Just talking about it got her back in the travelling mood; she kinda wanted to come with me. Out of beer, and with the beer store closed, we need to find somewhere to go to keep on drinking. Starting at the Family Restaurant, talked to a few locals, drank some more beer. A friend of hers invited us over to another friend's place where they thought if would be fun to make fun of me for wearing pink shoes. It didn't bother me, but apparently Kathleen took offence to it. She got us out of there and we went to another bar called McEck's. The other girl that went swimming with us, Missy, works there. We got mighty drunk that night. I ended up spending the night in Kathleen's bed with her, we were all cuddly and shit, it was cute. She had to wake up in the morning to go to work. I told her she shouldn't go to work, not anymore. She should come out with me and go travelling again. I'd leave the bicycle there (I actually decided fuck the bike later that day and thumbed the rest of my adventure) and we could hitch or she could teach me more about hopping trains. I put up a pretty good argument, she REALLY wanted to come, but her mother got her the job she was working and she didn't want to hurt her. She gave me her email address, we promised to keep in touch. She also gave me a washer (she collects them) that I sewed to my shorts later. When she left for work she told me I could stay and sleep some more, or do whatever around the house, but I was gone probably ten minutes after her. And till now that was the last time I'd seen her, one of the most incredible and beautiful people I'd ever met.