"Well that does sound like fun, but I rather go out with my girlfriend."
"You are so whipped!"
"Screw you man, you're just jealous that I have a girlfriend while you're stuck with internet porn and your left hand."
"Dude! I use my right hand."
Laughter. They both enter a car that sits in an empty parking garage. 2:00 a.m. on a Thursday night, or Friday morning. The city sleeps, yet there are still creatures out there who rummage in the shadows.
"So you don't want to go to the bar?"
"Hmmm,"he rubs his chin "not tonight man, it's late and it's a weekday. Last time I came home drunk, Julie got all upset."
He turned on the car. "Yeah, it's cool man. I use to have a girlfriend, I know how it is."
He drove the car down the ramp of the towering parking structure. Tight turns in nearly pitch black conditions. "Hey you should turn on the head lights."
"I should. In fact I should do a lot of things in my life; get a better job, pay my bills on time, feed my dog, call my mother..."
"Yea, but you need to turn on your headlights to see"
"Actually I need not to do that." He turned to stare at his friend. "My battery is low, if I have the lights on it will die for sure."
"Better the battery dieing than us"
"That's debateable."
"Ok man, but do me a favor and take it easy."
A slick smile came out of the driver's face. "What's the fun in that?"
The tires screeched and the engine roared as he pushed the car to top speed. The passenger held on to his seat, as the car made horrible turns.
"You're such a fool."
"Yea maybe, but who's the bigger fool. The guy who's driving or the man who choose to sit in the passenger seat?"
There was a silence in the car, as the machine roared down the ramps. The dim lighting kept the driver aware of upcoming turns and the routine of going up and down this parking lot burned in his mind the position of every obstacle. Soon the car flew out in the street and out the lot.
"See nothing to worry about. This fool has everything under control."
"Yea."
"Now that the fun is over, we can turn on the lights."
He laughed as the man stared at him. "Last time I let you drive."
"Haha." He turned the lights on.
A man stood in the middle of the streets surrounded in the rays of the halogen lights. "WATCH OUT!!"
Thud.
Miguel Lopez
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