Lawd, have mercy! I'm rootin' for Andre, too, so hoping this girl is his feisty sister. Good grief!
Lawd, have mercy! I'm rootin' for Andre, too, so hoping this girl is his feisty sister. Good grief!
Last edited by Maryann; 10-19-2011 at 05:53 AM.
Glad to here the Wild Onion is reopened, it had been closed for a while last time I was in T.B.
DAY 5 PART 3
Knock, knock. Knock “hello?”
”Ahh Coming!”
I open the door and she looks at me as if I’m supposed to be there.
“Miss Margaret would like you guys to give her a call”
”Hmm I’m sorry come again?”
”Miss Margaret the landlord she wants you and Andre to give her a call when you can because she wanted to ask you something”
This girl thinks I live here lol God I could really start getting use to this.
“Oh thank you I’ll let Andre know.”
Andre returns okay so I figured I can be a bit sneaky. “So Andre, a girl came to your door when you were gone.”
Pause......
And I’m searching his face for any sort of panic. He looks confused. And I’m satisfied.
”A girl? Who was it?”
”Oh just a girl that said Miss Margaret wants to talk to you, the landlord.”
”Ohh okay cool. Thanks babes.”
We head back up to Jacko’s because Jacko said I had to come back to see a sunset so we head up there and it’s so nice out
Kadesha and Chrissy come out and we hang out by the car and listening to music.
“Babes can you take my hair out for me?”
So I’m picking out Andre’s braids. When I dated Andre when we were teenagers he never had hair he always had his head shaved so
when I finally get his braids out before I comb it out I have to take a picture of it. Even Jacko is laughing at Andre and Kadesha puts
plaits in his hair.The sun is starting to set and it almost feels like I can reach out and touch it. I’m standing there dumb founded and
I feel small, small in comparison to this vast horizon in front of me and I feel big at the same time big enough to grab the sun. I’m standing
there on my own and I feel someone come up behind me and Andre wraps his arms around my waist I lean back and lay my head against his
shoulder and he leans his head against mine.
”You really like the view eh?”
”It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before, it’s beautiful.
”I’m really happy you’re here truss me”
”Me too Andre, me too.”
And we stood there silent watching day become night in the most intense colors from the most amazing place. The colors are so intense
that I can close my eyes and still see it in front of me and the smell of Andre’s cologne dances across my nose while his arms wrapped around
my waist radiate this intense feeling of safe, warm comfort and I have another one of my handful of perfect moments.
It was great just hanging with Jacko’s family and his daughter is incredibly cute. Every word she says she draws it out.
”Did you have fun at school today Chrissy?”
“Yaaaaaaaasssssss”
”Did Daddy try and eat your KFC?”
”Noooooooooooo”
It’s getting pretty dark by the time we leave and we go by the Barber Shop our normal pre party night routine and Andre
gets some food and I kick my feet up on the dash board and throw in my CD, crack a Red Stripe and I’m good to go.
Andre eats his food and now he’s super quiet.
”What’s wrong?”
”Why you always ask me what’s wrong when I’m quiet?"
”Because you’re always talking so what’s on your mind?”
I realize Andre hasn’t smoked in a while and he just ate. The shop is actually pretty busy tonight lots of guys getting their
hair done and Andre knows most of them so he grabs something to smoke from them, enough for one.
”Andre that isn’t going to do you for the whole night and you’re grumpy when you don’t smoke.”
”No I’m not.”
”Yes you are. So go find out where you can get some and we’ll go I don’t care this time I’ll pay for it if I have to.”
So we find out where to go and this is a lane I haven’t been on yet and I don’t think Andre has either. This car is definitely not made
for this road. Jacko and Barber have to walk the rest of the way in because there is no way we are getting past the huge boulder in
the middle of the lane. Jacko comes back with this bag of weed and I have to take a picture because I just can’t believe that this is
like less than 5 dollars worth. I go to give Andre the money and he tells me no that he doesn’t want me paying for it. Fine by me.
So I’ve got my rum he’s got his smoke we’ve got plastic cups where to?
”So I thought I’d take you out to a few bars tonight maybe move around? But it’s a bit early it’s only just about
9 so would you mind going back to Wild Onion we could play a few more games of pool the four of us before we move on to somewhere else?”
Of course I want to play pool and Jacko has improved so much that he’s up for it. So we’re off to Treasure Beach again.
Please please please tell me you took pictures of that sunset
I sure didOriginally Posted by Marie
I'll post them tonight as my pictures are at home.
praise and thanks for taking the time to continue the story--it really does add something to my morning cup of coffee. I hope that you do drag it out so that it never ends. I would like the stories (this is for all of you boardies!) and pictures to keep coming till I can finally make it to Negril and create my own stories!
Manda your story is like a good book that you just don`t want to see it end!
Thank you so much! I'm feeling the same way only because then I'll probably be itching for the next trip lol 3 more days left of the report
We all need to start a Manda returns to JA fund once this story ends -- JA Part II awaits!
I agree with Keesha - I don't want the trip to end - I'm enjoying it so much!
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