1am. She had her thumb out, and I nothing to lose, so I drove around the block and pulled over beside her.
"Are you looking for a taxi?" I asked.
"Will you give us a ride?" she asked back.
"Sure." She got as far as opening the door before her friend caught on and stopped her with the sort of tone a two year old is used to hearing.
"No. That's a stranger! Stranger!"
"He said he'd give us a ride."
"Stranger." A firm repetition of the scolding.
Her friend peered into the car. "Sorry. You seem very nice." She turned back to her friend.
"We don't take rides from strangers. C'mon."
It was good to see the buddy system in action.
OK... I'm totally confused here.
ReplyDeleteShe was hitchhiking, and she wouldn't get in the car cause you're a stranger? Was she expecting friends or family to drive by there at 1AM? Very Odd!
She was drunk, hitchhiking near a bar.
ReplyDeleteHer friend wasn't really paying attention at first to what she was trying to do.