The Grand Plan

We made a plan. Things had to end. We had to find a boiling point. Pete, Bryna, Monica and I would take the two busses and take off on the biggest road trip ever across the US. We made lists of supllies we'd need. We plotted our trip on maps. We would go on the road and we'd figure out who was what to whom.

This was a great plan, but I needed relief sooner. I needed to get away now. Monica was sleeping with a woman named Jean and I felt extremely threatened. Especially when Monica moved into Jean's place.

For my 21st birthday Bryna and Pete threw me a surprise party in the park. The pulled me into Pete's van as I walked home from work and handcuffed me and blindfolded me. Bryna than babysat me while Pete got the party ready. Bryna loved me up one side and down the other leaving the cuffs and blindfold in place all the while. She then walked me ten blocks through town. When we got to the park Pete found he'd lost the keys to the handcuffs. Monica showed up with Jean and was clearly Jean's girlfriend at this affair. I grew sullen. I threw some mashed potatoes at my firend Carrie and bitched about the handcuffs. I asked a family partying a couple of picnic benches over to help me out of my handcuffs and they popped them right off. Bryna walked me back home where I couldn't find my ID on the one day in my life that it was actually worth something. I pissed Bryna off with my moaning and complaining and finally went to sleep alone.

A few days later, Monica brought a couple of boys she'd just met by my apartment to watch movies. They worked as travelling promoters for Spike and Mike's Animation Festival. I saw my escape. I quit my two jobs and dedicated myself full time to getting Mike to hire me on. He finally agreed and I was ready to be free.

I told Monica I would work for Spike and Mike for one year, travelling the country. When I returned we'd take our road trip and figure out what we were to each other. She agreed and I left town for a life of adventure.

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