Who: Xander and Kitty
When: 9:30pm
Where: Chicago
What: Xander is in need of foodXander let out a jaw cracking yawn as he drove towards the city lights in front of him. For a brief moment he took his eyes off the freeway so he could fumble around for the tape recorder he’d been using to document his little road trip. Finally locating the device he glanced up and quickly yanked on the steering wheel to prevent his rental car from drifting under the back tires of a semi trailer.
“What a road hog,” Xander complained to nobody in particular when he was sure his heart wasn’t about to explode out of his chest or that his bladder didn’t suddenly vacate. Which he really needed to stop thinking about while he located a bathroom. It was all the Big Gulp’s fault for be so big and gulpy. Putting that out of his thoughts he turned to something much more important, his road trip journal.
“Okay let’s see, day…Saturday I think. Time…uh night time,” Xander fumbled after clicking on the recorder. “So I’ve been on trip for a little while now, been doing some healing, a little soul searching and so far I’ve learned a few things. First, always bring extra socks, and two, adult diapers. ..not such a dumb idea after all. Well here I am on my way into Detroit,” he noted as he drove under a freeway sign indicating he was approaching Chicago, “the windy city? Okay it seems I’ve made a few wrong turns. Note to self, fire navigator.” Grabbing a map that was sitting on the passenger seat Xander crumpled it up in one hand then tossed it out of the window. “Done. Well since I’m here I might as well check out the sites. And I know just where to start.”
A short time later found Xander stopping his car in the parking lot of a Hooters. Hopping out he quickly locked the doors, he wasn’t sure why as all his worldly possessions amounted to a small bag of mostly dirty clothes, and strode towards the front door. Entering he stopped and took a deep breath as he surveyed the interior. “Ah the sweet smell of the cultural pinnacle of American, greasy food with the slight hint of vomit. Yummy.” Before he took a seat in one of the booths Xander took a quick side trip to the bathroom and pleasantly surprised that it was actually clean. With his bladder empty, oh such a wonderful sensation, Xander found himself a place to sit and tried not to look like some kind of pervert just there to ogle the attractive ladies in the tight t-shirts. No, he had much more class than that as he played it cool and casually waved to a waitress. Of course his rumpled plaid shirt, dirty jeans, unshaven face and eye patch made him look like a serial killer with a pirate fixation.