My mom and dad got a divorce and we have moved to Tupelo, Mississippi so she could be near her family. We have been here for about a month and one nice thing is mom agreed to bring my "project car" an unrestored 1967 Ford Fairlane. I knew I will just be entering my freshman year in high school and I was 15 and would have to wait another year before I could drive. I was in the backyard trying to finish tearing down the 390 and hopefully start rebuilding it.
Mom came out and yelled," Hey John, there is a cute girl here to meet you and I was wondering if you two wanted to drink your lemonade out on the back porch."
I said," Sure mom"
The girl came around and she was a knockout wearing a red-checkered shirt that was tied above her flat toned and tanned stomach.
I helped her with the chair as she sat down and I sat down across from her and mom brought out the lemonades.
Mom said," Where are your manners John you go wash up after working on the car."
I said," Ahhh mom I will do it."
I went in and cleaned up while mom and the girl were talking.
I came out and mom and the girl were smiling.
Mom said," I was just telling Alisha here what a nice young man I have raised."
I blushed at that remark and they laughed.
Alisha said," Your mom said that she is now recently divorced and moved here to be closer to the family."
I said," Yes and must I say you are beautiful you must have a boyfriend."
She said," No, I don't and I am flattered so are you going to let me take a closer look at your car?"
I said," That motor over there is the original 390 which I am trying to rebuild and here it is a 1967 Fairlane GT. Dad got this for me when I was 12 and this was the car he and I were going to restore together until he went for this 23 year old receptionist."
She said," Oh no"
I said," That is all right I learned enough working with him and all I have to do is keep working part-time and save up."
She looked inside and uh and ahhed as I showed the inside and outside of the car.
I asked," Would you like to go out Friday because well it is summer before school and I don't have to work Friday night."
She said," I would like that and I know a place where we could go and I think you would like it. Oh I have to help mom with the house cleaning but I will definitely look forward to going out with you"
Mom said," Well look at that you have only been here a couple of months and you already have a date."
I asked," What do you think of her mom?"
She said," Seems like a nice girl found out that she is the middle child of 4 children."
I said," Wow, you found all that out while I was washing?"
She laughed and said," Of course dear I am your mother."
I spent the rest of the day tearing down the motor and organizing all the parts in a bin.
I went in and washed up and we ate dinner.
We spent the rest of the evening watching t.v. and I went to bed early because I had to work the next morning.
While going to sleep I thought about the girl named Alisha whom I was going to go out with Friday night.