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He spent the days in the sun. enjoying the sea breezes that tossed his hair about. Never minding the hard labor that he put forth to make the ends meet. Day after day he would head out to the marinas, taking his ‘tools’. All day he would spend out there, on those toys, scrubbing, rinsing, polishing. Looking at what he had, he was happy. He had a home, he had a car, he even had a girl.
Chris wasn’t what you’d call a normal guy. Most people wanted to work to spend the money they made. He was happy with what he had. The summers he spent out on the docks were priceless to him. The money went towards the fall and spring semesters at the local college. He had moved two years ago, to get out of Houston. The city was killing him, crushing the free spirit. He spent his weekends away from that town. Road trips, anything to escape. That was the worst year of school he had ever faced. Away from his high school friends, he had trouble meeting new people. Then he met Kay, on a trip to LSU to see Pam.
Pam was an old friend from Clear Lake High School who had graduated a year before he had. She had gone off to LSU and invited Chris down for a weekend. Sean, the only friend from Lake who hadn’t ran off, came too. After they got to Pam’s apartment, the had sat around for a bit, then gone off to the bar to meet Jen, another Lake grad. Returning from the bar, they watched a movie, then Kay came in. In black slacks and a classy white blouse, Kay looked great from the very beginning. The four of the, sat and chatted for a while, then Pam went off to bed. That night, Sean and Chris joined Kay in her room, keeping her up until she had to leave in the morning. The rest of the weekend went by fairly uneventfully, but Chris had a growing attraction to Kay. He noticed that she wasn’t like most girls. She wasn’t worried about her appearance to others. She did what she wanted, and was ok with doing it alone. Later that week, while talking to Pam online, Chris told her how he felt about Kay. He didn’t know what it was about her, but there was something that drew him to her. Maybe it was her casual attitude, maybe it was her looks. He didn’t know what it was, but he was attracted nonetheless.
As the relationship flourished, he began planning his future. He knew that he wasn’t going to stay at UH forever. Eventually, he told himself that he was going to LSU. After applying, and getting accepted, the doubt began to set in. How would he pay for it? So that summer, he moved Baton Rouge. Staying in the apartment that Pam used during the year, he began to look for work.
(c) Chris N
He spent the days in the sun. enjoying the sea breezes that tossed his hair about. Never minding the hard labor that he put forth to make the ends meet. Day after day he would head out to the marinas, taking his ‘tools’. All day he would spend out there, on those toys, scrubbing, rinsing, polishing. Looking at what he had, he was happy. He had a home, he had a car, he even had a girl.
Chris wasn’t what you’d call a normal guy. Most people wanted to work to spend the money they made. He was happy with what he had. The summers he spent out on the docks were priceless to him. The money went towards the fall and spring semesters at the local college. He had moved two years ago, to get out of Houston. The city was killing him, crushing the free spirit. He spent his weekends away from that town. Road trips, anything to escape. That was the worst year of school he had ever faced. Away from his high school friends, he had trouble meeting new people. Then he met Kay, on a trip to LSU to see Pam.
Pam was an old friend from Clear Lake High School who had graduated a year before he had. She had gone off to LSU and invited Chris down for a weekend. Sean, the only friend from Lake who hadn’t ran off, came too. After they got to Pam’s apartment, the had sat around for a bit, then gone off to the bar to meet Jen, another Lake grad. Returning from the bar, they watched a movie, then Kay came in. In black slacks and a classy white blouse, Kay looked great from the very beginning. The four of the, sat and chatted for a while, then Pam went off to bed. That night, Sean and Chris joined Kay in her room, keeping her up until she had to leave in the morning. The rest of the weekend went by fairly uneventfully, but Chris had a growing attraction to Kay. He noticed that she wasn’t like most girls. She wasn’t worried about her appearance to others. She did what she wanted, and was ok with doing it alone. Later that week, while talking to Pam online, Chris told her how he felt about Kay. He didn’t know what it was about her, but there was something that drew him to her. Maybe it was her casual attitude, maybe it was her looks. He didn’t know what it was, but he was attracted nonetheless.
As the relationship flourished, he began planning his future. He knew that he wasn’t going to stay at UH forever. Eventually, he told himself that he was going to LSU. After applying, and getting accepted, the doubt began to set in. How would he pay for it? So that summer, he moved Baton Rouge. Staying in the apartment that Pam used during the year, he began to look for work.
(c) Chris N
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