The Princess was dreaming about the ‘Jerk,’ and the ‘Drive-In adventure: my adopted Mother Clare finally let me go to the movies with the gang. Tony, my brother, was driving Robert’s car, he was going to meet us at the Drive-in, he had a spot saved for us.
Robert told me he had worked on our date for days. He had the car polished until you could see your face. A new stereo system was installed, it was so powerful it hypnotizes anyone who listened to it. Expense foods and various bottles of wine were stored (In coolers) in the car’s trunk. Robert found the darkest corner in the Drive-In. He had the maintenance people put broken signs on the speakers, so we were by ourselves.
It was just getting dark when we arrived. We park next to Billy’s car. Robert got out slowly stood straight up to his 7 feet height and looked around; he caught me with my mouth opened. I was sitting in the front with Gloria and Tony. He climbed into the back said, ‘Hello Alice.’
I said ‘Hello Robert ‘cute haircut.
“Thank you, Alice. Would you like to sit in the back with me”, he asked?
I didn’t say anything.
“So, Robert trying to keep the conversation going, which was a mistake. He said, Alice, I love your lipstick, what is its named?”
Alice answer with a smile as she said ‘Cherry.’
Gloria and Tony went into hysterics.
“Robert told me he would settle for just one kiss.” He said, “There is my offer there is a case of white wine, in the trunk, (It’s in a cooler) take out four bottles, two for us, two for Billy’s car.”
“You can tell the jerks in the other vehicle your ‘Cherry’ joke. When you get into the back with me, I will kiss you once, and then you can move as far away from me as you want.”
After a minute, she nodded her cute head,
“I told Tony to pop the trunk.”
Alice opened the car door, walked around to the trunk, got four bottles of wine out of the cooler, gave two to the other car and one to Gloria and Tony in the front seat. While Alice was climbing into the back seat, she leaned over and gave me a peck.
I pulled back and said hold on a minute if I’m to get only one kiss then let’s take a minute to at least have a glass of wine and some cheese and crackers.
“I said you don’t fool me, Robert, because you’re a P. I. G.”
“Ok, I will have one glass of wine” Alice said. Did you get Italian cheeses, Robert? Alice continued, Gloria we will give you some cheese and crackers if you both top staring at us. Let’s enjoy the movie.”
“Alice, you can pull the shade down on your window, I’m going pull the one on the back window and the one on my side down.”
“Robert,” Alice asked, “Is there something wrong with you?”
Do you want another glass of wine honey?
Alice said sure but drop the honey”. I never said you could call me that.”
“Alice this is Brooklyn,” Robert said, “and the law dictates that if a girl is sitting in the backseat of a car with her boyfriend and there both are drinking whiskey, he or she can call each other honey.”
“Robert everyone knows your slow,” Alice said, “but even you know we aren’t drinking whiskey.”
Would you like a Seven & Seven?
Alice said, “sure honey.”
At that statement, there was a horrible noise in the front seat. Tony and Gloria fell off the cars’ front seat and on to the floorboard. They got stuck under the steering wheel column.
I asked Robert are they having sex? It took them five minutes to untangle Tony, and Gloria and get them out of the car. As they were being dragged across the Drive-In, blabbing about the laws of Brooklyn.
I ended up on Robert’s lap laughing.