two become one...

so the other day my friend KC came over to hang out. being that the moped had recently been back in business, as we laughed and joked about this and that, i quickly thought how much fun it would be to take her for a ride around the neighborhood....so i said, "hey, i have a surprise for you." i opened the garage door and we went outside. i had her close her eyes and i got on the bike and rolled it out to the driveway. i said "ok..you can open them now." she said, "pal, i've seen your moped before." and i said, "i know but today you're going for a ride."

after talking about the adventures we could have, she agreed, although she was scared and told me that 73 times. i told her she could her wear the helmet, since i had my protective bandana on my head. i started up the bike, it only took two trips down the driveway, and she hopped on the back. after awkwardly putting her hands a million different places, so as to appear cool and not afraid at all. i said, "just put them around my waist already!" so she latched on and off we flew.

now the thing to know is that when just one person is riding, the bike goes only about 35 mph, with two people, we were cruising at 25 mph down the busy streets of my neighborhood.
with every turn KC screamed like she was a 2-year-old watching "the shining" and with every bump she complained that her crotch was never going to be the same. we cut through the grocery store parking lot and headed up the road to the cemetary where we could ride care-free and where i knew no one there would complain about our snail's pace.

we did that for awhile and decided to head back to my house so KC could learn to walk again. as we cruised down the side roads, again people passing us looked at us as if we were walking down the street on our hands. who knew the moped with backseat rider was such an attraction?
we got home, KC got off and walked around the driveway like a post-rodeo cowboy as i whipped around a bit on my own.

we then went inside, split a diet pepsi and relived our little adventure on the moped and promised to do it again soon.

hours later, KC called me and complained that she could still feel the vibration of the bike in her crotch.

more to come...