Trevor rode his motorcycle up Main
Street and not much had changed since high school. They still rolled up the
sidewalks at night. There was one grocery store, drug store, and the movie theater.
There was a drive-in outside of town. Debbie his girlfriend all through junior
and senior year worked at the concision stand. After she closed it down near
the end of the movie, she would come to the car with a box of popcorn for him
and all old maids for her. They would make out for a while, but that was all.
She was a fantastic kisser. He loved her lips and
He stopped at the café. It was still
just open mornings and for lunch. During senior year they would sneak out
during study hall and walk up from school and get hamburger and fries and put
money in the juke box. Study hall was designed so kids could get their homework
done and not have to do it home. Trevor was one of the weird kids who actually
liked doing homework and would do things for extra credit. It was an
opportunity to stay in his room and not deal with his father or step-mother. He
never thought the marriage would last, and it didn't just three years. He came
back for his father's funeral and left a forwarding address at the post office
which is how Debbie got in contact with him about the twenty-year class union.
At the only motel in town, he got a room.
After taking a shower, he was having second thoughts about the reunion. Debbie
and a couple of her friends were the only ones he used to hang out with but
found himself sending a text that he was staying at the motel and was looking
forward to seeing her tomorrow at the school.
He got on the bed and fell asleep.
It was three days of hard riding from Colorado where he was working on a big
construction project; an entire new subdivision of two hundred homes was being
put up. Since he was a jack of all trades having done, electrical, plumbing,
drywall and roofing, he got the job and after just a week was made foreman in
charge of twenty workers. Most jobs went in phases, and now the work was shut
down as they waited for more materials and permits. The construction company gave
him a week off.
It took a few moments before he
realized that someone was knocking at the door. He was in a deep sleep. On the
way here the only sleep he got was in a pup tent pitched in parks or rest areas
for a couple of hours when he was too tired to ride anymore. The clock said it
was nine. Without even thinking he opened the door with nothing but briefs on
and there stood Debbie. She was still pretty with blonde hair down to her
shoulders, green eyes, and a pair of full lips that he never wanted to stop
kissing.