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Shit. I'm worried about two people pretty bad. The first I won't talk about because I'm not supposed to know anything yet, but it's the person I care about the most in the world and it isn't good. The second is the kid who works for me, Paul. He's been out this week healing up a sprained knee that was badly swollen. Doesn't know how he did it. It's just a hunch, but I think he's a bit like me in the drink department. I've talked to him late at night before and he's not remembered in in the morning. No biggie to me, he shows up and never smells like booze and is very trustworthy. He's not the best at learning the mechanical stuff or remembering details but overall a good guy. So I'm doing his work for him this week. We share a yard with a local towing company & I go there to grab some parts this morning & I see Paul's motorcycle banged up in the yard with the rest of the wrecks and impounds. I go see what I can find out from the Tow company guys. All they can tell is that he was arrested and it was around 12:30 am. I'm out at Echo bay all day with no cell service, when I get back I leave a message on Paul's voice mail. I knock on his door, his mom's truck is there but no answer. I go to the police department & all they can tell me is that there is nothing on the report about him being transported to the hospital. They say they can't tell me if he was arrested. (didn't want to get the tow company in trouble so I just asked if he was arrested or anything...) I saw him earlier in the evening in his usual shorts and short sleeves. Only this time he had his girlfriend on the back in a lovely sun dress of all things. Fucking retard. When he got the bike I offered to pay for him to take the MSF safety course, but he didn't need it because he was so awesome on a bike and had been riding for six months already and had ridden bikes before. I offered him a decent padded mesh jacket with a liner that he could use summer or winter, but it was a little snug. He sees me always get on a bike with pants and a leather jacket (ok, unless I'm running errands here in Boulder where there's no roads over 35mph.) After I saw him I thought "alright, I gotta tell him how asinine it is to put someone else's skin at risk." But I wasn't going to make an issue in front of his girl, figured I'd talk to him later.

But fuck, I'm way more worried about the other person... It's probably going to be Monday before some doctors know more.


Edit: just got off the phone with Paul. He was drinking and had his girlfriend on the back idiot. I bet he'd never even had a passenger on a bike until her. idiot I assume she was still in the lovely sundress. Idiot. Neither are seriously injured, but yeah, of course. she's worse off than him. idiot he has no license until September 9. there goes the rest of my summer. Actually, I really really like doing the dock work. I'd pick it over pushing papers and playing salesman any day of the week. But I can't really do both. fucking idiot. glad they are reasonably ok though. no broken bones, just rash & bruises.