"So you wanna be my girlfriend Odett?" Piotrek asked me a few days after the Halloween party. I was really quite excited! Id been fantasizing about this moment since i got kicked off the main campus in High School and sent to the continuation school where id begun to see Piotrek as often as he attended. I remember us being in the same 3rd grade class together with Mr. Crenshaw. He was the chubby little white boy with freckles and reddish hair. Always picking on me, pushing me off the swings and monkey bars. Leading me to believe he was either a bully or he just did not like me! I remember seeing him up untill about 6th grade, before they sent him to a behavioral school-now Freshman year, i got myself into some trouble and landed my happy lil ass here- with him.
I really liked school for the most part. It came extremely easy to me, and i got to eat lunch everyday. I didn't care if i wasn't popular. I preferred to be the Teachers Pet. I found my teachers to hold more interesting conversation besides my peers anyway. The kids in town stayed away mostly because i was obviously poor and definitely did not have the same style of clothes. I wore second hand clothes. I enjoyed wearing thigh high mis-matching toe socks.Today one was tye dyed and the other was red-yellow-and green Rastafarian pot leafts. However the poor kids on the outside of town with me avoided me too because i was much smarter than them. I managed to become Student Body President of my 8th grade class. Maintained a solid 4.0. Valedictorian, and despite my family's economic status i still joined every thing i could! The Ranchetts-TheCadets-Gymnastics-TapDance-Jazz-Ballet-Choir-Band-Chess Club-Yearbook-Peer Councillor- and Cheerleading up untill this 4/20 when myself another cheerleader and two football players got caught smoking weed in the dougout. Thats what i get for trying to fit it.
Piotrek and I sat together on the corner of the North St and Solano on the dark Tuesday night. He looked so layed back in his jean shorts, white T and black ball cap. His nice white Adidas resting on the pedals of his 21" PK Ripper BMX bike. "Now that your my girlfriend, can i have a kiss?" He asked me hopefully while looking directly at me. Oh my! I was so caught off guard! He was blunt and up front! I really didn't expect that,however the fact that he asked and doesn't seem shy about it makes me heat up from my toes. My tan olive complexion became flush instantly. I hopped down off the white picket fence in my torn second hand jeans, plane white tennies, and simple gray hoodie, and went to get closer to him. He stayed on his bike and came a little closer to me. I was so nervous. Id never really kissed a boy before. Well when i was 7 the local boy Johnn Coffee kissed me while playing hide and seek one day, my mom used to call him stinky because apparently he had bad B.O. I never noticed.....I quickly pushed the thought of the body odor boy from my distant childhood from my thoughts and realized how close i was to Piotrek now. My palms were getting sweaty. The front bike tire was between my legs and my hands were on the handled bars. Piotrek closed his eyes and leaned forward, not really knowing what to do, so did I. It was simple and compassionate.As his thin top lip latched onto mine, my bottom lip fit perfectly in between his bottom and top lips it was like a little puzzle piece clicking together perfectly. It probably lasted only a few seconds; however, it felt like an eternity for me! I was in a whirlwind of emotions! My sweaty palms stayed glued to the handle bars and my heart pounded in my ears. Then right in the heat of the moment there was a loud POP! Suddenly all the streetlights went out! Just as Piotrek ended our first kiss he looked up at the absent street lights,and i was thinking of something to say as to why they all went out at once- such a strange occurrence that i knew full on without a doubt was my doing, we heard a loud shout!
"Peetie!? LIL PEETIE! YOU GET YOUR ASS IN THIS CAR RIGHT FUCKN NOW KID!!!" Out of nowhere, in the dark of the night a huge lifted black K5 Blazer pulled up on the corner across the street from us. Bellowing out for Lil Peetie (apparently what Piotreks family refers to him as) was Big Pete in the passenger seat. Confused and caught off guard, i looked at Piotrek questionably. Without giving me an opportunity to even speak, he immediately leaned in for another quick kiss and said as he pulled away, " Sorry Doll i gotta go-that's my aunt Glenda and my Pa." And just like that he sped off on his bike, the large truck hitting the row of LED lights on the front and top of the 6" lifted truck immediately illuminating the pitch black of the night. The large chrome brush guard and industrial sized whench on the grill of the Blazer looked like Lucifers evil grin as the monster truck slammed into gear- flying after him. Leaving me on the dark corner listening to the obscenities echo from the truck through the brisk fall air. Wow my first real kiss, i thought to myself while lightly licking my lips. Mmmm he tasted just like he smells-spicy with a hint of mint! Lil Peetie eh? As i walked back to my aunts house i thought to myself, i think ill start calling him Lil Peetie now. Hehe heh....Lost in my thoughts i barley realized it was still so dark outside. Right before i entered the front door i looked around, snapped my fingers, and walked inside. Just as i closed the door behind me- all the streetlights flickered back on.