Thursday, June 23

Freaky bike ride

OMG, I just had the freakiest bike ride ever! Jenny, Mom, and I went biking down Fairway, and I wanted to go up some of the side-streets. I went up Carnoustie to deliver CD's to Smurd and KK. Jenny and Mom came with me up Caddy Court but they didn't go down Wentworth Lane, they just turned around and went back down Caddy. So then I went up Capilano and Prestwick. It was fun. Those are my favorites. So I was cruising down Fairway, going up the little streets Thornhill and stuff, and then I see Jenny, Mom, Greg, his mom, and some old lady. I stop and say hi and I really didn't know that Greg had a dog. My legs were really shaky and stiff, like they expanded or something. I wanted to walk it off and then keep biking. But we had to chat and then some Mormons came and we left. Greg's mom was really rude to them. I wonder how KK's mom deals with them, since the Jehovah's Witnesses come to her house. Anyway, then we went to the end, and I went up St. Andrew's. I walked my bike up a lot of it. Very tiring. But it's so much fun to go down! When you let up on the break, it's like if you go over a bump in the road, you'll just take off flying. That's how Wentworth is too. And believe me, there are plenty of bumps on Wentworth. So then I go to catch up with Jenny and Mom, because they said they'd keep going on Fairway slowly. I get to about Wentworth, and I'm getting kind of worried, because I'm going over twenty miles an hour and I haven't seen them yet. And then there's this guy in the road and he's facing my direction and then we gets in this big red van. I stay behind him. Then he drives and pulls over again and sticks his hand out of the window, likes he's signaling or something. He's like waving and pointing to the ground and whatever, and I'm freaking out because I didn't know if he was signaling to me or to the workers across the street, and I didn't know what he was trying to say. I memorized his liscense plate, it's 5IOU802 incase you see it. I'm pretty sure it's an I, it might've been a J, but the liscense plate holder was in the way. So I pass him while he's pulled over, and then he passes me again too. I'm getting really scared, and I'm thinking to myself, "Ok, if he pulls over again, he might be trying to kidnap me. Can I hold him off until I get to Christina's, or should I try to go up Carnoustie to Madeleine's?" Luckily, he doesn't pull over, he just keeps going.

Now I'm relieved he's gone, but I'm really nervous about Jenny and Mom. Initially I thought the red van guy had kidnapped them and they were in his van. It seemed unlikely since I didn't spot anyone in the van but him. I continue all the way to the mailbox, swearing to myself because I haven't seen Jenny and Mom. So I'm at the mailbox, and I'm wondering what to do. Did they go to Safeway? Are they at home? Did I pass them and didn't see them? Were they really kidnapped? So I take a swig of water and turn around to go back up Fairway and ask Greg and his Mom if they had seen them while they were on a walk. Then I see Jenny and Mom coming down from Fairway and I yell, "Where the heck have you been?" I make a U and pull up beside Mom, and she explains that they were up at Piping Rock Road looking at something and they saw me go by and yelled but I didn't see them. I was happy I found them, mad that they didn't keep their word when they said they'd be on Fairway, and confused why they went up Piping Rock. Or it might've been Thornhill. One of those streets where there are no houses, just garages. So now I'm worried because Mom went to Safeway and it's been almost a half hour since we got back and she still isn't back. I'm really hungry, though. ttyl!

1 comment:

Dawnflower said...

I dunno. They were waiting. THey wouldn't know where I was, and I wasn't about to bike down Carnoustie to tell them and then go all the way back up. My legs were shaking. But I didn't have to walk my bike up. Call me!