"I'm telling you, this is going to be the best weekend ever." Cookie, a young man about 5"9, long straight black hair, long face and skinny body, placed his arm around Ulisses.
They were standing behind a green Nissan Spark, where some backpacks had been loaded into the back of it. Cookie was wearing a purple T-shirt with very short sleeves and a white skull design in the middle. He had sunglasses with a neon green frame, black skinny jeans and white vans on. He had a big smile with perfect white teeth that turned into a laugh as he leaned away from Ulissses. Ulisses was a bit taller than Cookie, he had long dark brown wavy hair down to his ears, a thin built and it seemed he had just shaved a few days ago. He was wearing a dark green shirt, skinny jeans, black high top sneakers and black sunglasses. He shook his head with a smile as Cookie stepped forward to close the trunk of the car.
"I'm telling you Pikamon, Systema, after party with some friends, plenty of girls, we're going to come back looking like zombies." Cookie kept his smile on, looking like he was about to laugh in any moment.
Ulisses scratched the back of his head. "Well, at least we're going to be happy zombies." He chuckled. His friends called him Pikamon, since he like a certain rpg game. "I'm really hyped for the concert." He sighed and placed his hands in his pockets. "Isn't your girl coming? We're about to leave."
Cookie laughed out loud and slapped Ulisses on the shoulder. "Hell no! I'm looking to get laid over there, if it's outside the state, it doesn't count as cheating."
Ulisses laughed along with him, but felt sorry for Cookie's girlfriend, she was really pretty and a nice person also, like a lot of his former girlfriends, who don't last longer than a month with him. He walked over to the side of the car, where his friend Kary was standing, smoking a cigarette. Kary was the shortest of the group, which is why they usually called him 'Chaparro'. He had long brownish hair down to his waist, a long full grown beard so his face was hard to see, since he always wore sunglasses during the day. His glasses had a neon red frame, he wore a black T-shirt, white skinny jeans and black boots, he was the driver for the trip. In the passenger's seat was already Lalo. He was the chubby of the group, however he always worked out and looked intimidating. He was a hard working young man, but loved to party just like the rest of the group. Unlike the other three though, he had short black hair, ear expansions, clean shave, a blue shirt and normal jeans. Whenever there was a fight, Lalo was always the one to end it, making him valuable to the group.
The four of them had decided to take a road trip across the entire country of Mexico, from Chihuahua to capital, where they would arrive in time to see System of a Down and other famous rock bands in a national rock festival. Ulisses was going for the experience, being his first road trip and the youngest of the four, his parties were never out of the state. Cookie was going to see with how many girls he could get, despite being the least attractive one, he always managed to get with more girls than one could remember and they were always younger than he was. Kary was about to finish his career in graphic design and was the only one with a car. Therefore, without him, there was no going to parties and of course the occasional jail time for DUI. Lalo was the newest member of the group, they met him in a party and simply got along. Now the four of them always went everywhere together, from Thursday to Sunday.
Ulisses got into the back seat along with Kary who flicked away what was left of his cigarette. Lalo reached under his seat and pulled out two green cans of beer, gave one to Kary and tossed one to Ulisses. Both cans were popped open at the same time and the drinking began. Cookie took his sea in the back, oppostie of Ulisses and asked for a beer. As all for took a few drinks they looked around at the desert area. They had left their city a few hours ago and had taken a short stop so Cookie could pee. Now they were back in the car, the music began along with the car engine and once again they were on the road.
"Did you bring condoms stupid?" Cookie said as he slapped Pikamon on the shoulder.
"No." Ulisses replied and then took a quick drink from his beer. "You're going to let me borrow some if I need them?"
Cookie, Kary and Lalo laughed. "You gotta talk to a girl first dude!" Cookie said out loud. "Just walk up to them man, and be like, hey nice concert huh? And it's all downhill from there."
Ulisses nodded and pretended he was actually learning from Cookie's pick up lessons, but in reality, his advice never worked. The fact the skinny guy had gotten so many girlfriends was a mystery nobody bothered to solve. As they traveled down the country, the drinking and the music didn't stop. They talked about different bands, stories from former parties, opinions on politics, religion and reality. What was a sixteen hour drive soon, didn't seemed to have affected the four friends as they were enjoying their conversations and stops to buy food or so Cookie could go to the bathroom. Once they were arriving to the capital, Mexico city, they seemed to quiet down and finally began to feel sleepy and tired. The alcohol had finally began to wear out the consumers and the long drive had taken the rest of their energy.
"It's about time, damn midget you drive slower than Cookie taking a dump!" Lalo said with a loud sarcastic tone.
All four burst into laughter, since Cookie was famous for taking too long in the bathroom. They looked around as the city began to envelope them and welcomed the four foreign people. It was different than their hometown, despite being the same country, it seemed a completely different place. The amount of people was way bigger, there were more houses, some stacked on top of each other and the traffic was a nightmare. However, the night was settling and it made it easier to drive around. Once they reached their hotel, they unloaded their backpacks and beer as they settled in their room. To save money, they had gotten a two bed room, meaning two in each bed. It wasn't the first time they all shared a bed, it was common after parties they ended up in Kary's house and in his queen size bed. The hotel room was simple but enough for them.
The idea was to just use it as a place to keep the care and to sleep in case they ever got to. They all threw their backpacks into a corner, connected their phones to their chargers and turned the TV on. The kept drinking until they each fell asleep, one by one. Ulisses shared a bed with Lalo and Kary fell asleep next to Cookie. Each of them excited for the next day, a full rock music festival starting early Saturday and ending late Sunday. They had all saved money and got permissions from work to be able to take an entire week off just for that one event.
The following day all four had gotten up, changed clothes, smoke a cigarette, except for Ulisses who was the only one who didn't smoke, drank a can of beer and left the hotel room. They walked down the street until they reached a taco stand, each of them eating ten tacos each and laughing and talking with the cook. They always made small talk with strangers, they were charming that way. As the sun was still rising, people began to fill the streets, all of them wearing mostly black with a logo of their favorite band on their shirt. It was obvious the entire crowd was heading to the rock festival and the crowd was soon joined by Ulisses and his friends.
"So if the girl asks you to choke her, just get out of there man. That shit is dangerous as fuck." Cookie said as they stood in line to enter the festival. "This one time a girl asked me to and I was like okay..."
Ulisses stopped paying attention to Cookie as his attention was caught across the crowd. He saw a girl with a group of friends and to him, she was stunning. She had short straight black hair that went down to her ear lobes, she had seeing glasses with a thick black frame. She was a bit taller than usual girls, maybe a about Cookie's size, wearing a black shirt with a System of a Down logo on it, red jeans and black converse. She had a pretty smile and shiny brown eyes that were looking back at Ulisses. The young man tried to remember what Cookie had said before and he smiled back at her. She seemed to blush and turned away as one of her friends asked her a question. However Pikamon kept his sight on her, hoping to which direction she was going to go and maybe meet her once inside. The girl looked back at him, smiled and waved as she walked away towards the entrance of the event.
"You understood stupid? I'm trying to help you out here." Cookie said as he slapped Ulisses' shoulder.
Ulisses looked at Cookie quickly, nodded and looked back towards the direction he had seen the girl, but she was gone. He felt his heart sink in disappointment as they kept walking forward along with the crowd. While Cookie kept talking about all the girls he saw, Pikamon just kept trying to find that one that had smiled at him, but the deeper into the festival they went, the less hope he had. Finally they managed to get through, it was a giant area with three different stages set up, there were thousands of people walking around in between the beer and food stands spread about. The event was to start at 10 A.M and it would end at 9 P.M, so the group had came prepared to try and see all the bands, the same plan as everyone else in the event.
"Hey I just got a message from Ariel." Kary said as he puffed out a cloud of smoke. "He said he managed to get us the after party at the base of that one Azteca pyramid."
Ulisses smiled, he was going to get to visit an Aztec pyramid and party there. This was truly going to an amazing weekend. Just when he thought it couldn't get better though, he heard Lalo laugh and point away towards a beer stand. Cookie was there talking to a pretty blonde girl, the same blonde girl Ulisses had seen with the girl that had smiled at him. His heart skipped a beat as he looked around the area and his saw the girl with the glasses standing a few feet next to Cookie and the blonde. She was holding two red cups and looking impatient towards her friend. Knowing Cookie, he was inviting them to the after party and Ulisses was praying they would say yes. His heart began to beat with excitement as Cookie began to walk towards them, the two girls following him and Guerrilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine began to sound in the background.
They were standing behind a green Nissan Spark, where some backpacks had been loaded into the back of it. Cookie was wearing a purple T-shirt with very short sleeves and a white skull design in the middle. He had sunglasses with a neon green frame, black skinny jeans and white vans on. He had a big smile with perfect white teeth that turned into a laugh as he leaned away from Ulissses. Ulisses was a bit taller than Cookie, he had long dark brown wavy hair down to his ears, a thin built and it seemed he had just shaved a few days ago. He was wearing a dark green shirt, skinny jeans, black high top sneakers and black sunglasses. He shook his head with a smile as Cookie stepped forward to close the trunk of the car.
"I'm telling you Pikamon, Systema, after party with some friends, plenty of girls, we're going to come back looking like zombies." Cookie kept his smile on, looking like he was about to laugh in any moment.
Ulisses scratched the back of his head. "Well, at least we're going to be happy zombies." He chuckled. His friends called him Pikamon, since he like a certain rpg game. "I'm really hyped for the concert." He sighed and placed his hands in his pockets. "Isn't your girl coming? We're about to leave."
Cookie laughed out loud and slapped Ulisses on the shoulder. "Hell no! I'm looking to get laid over there, if it's outside the state, it doesn't count as cheating."
Ulisses laughed along with him, but felt sorry for Cookie's girlfriend, she was really pretty and a nice person also, like a lot of his former girlfriends, who don't last longer than a month with him. He walked over to the side of the car, where his friend Kary was standing, smoking a cigarette. Kary was the shortest of the group, which is why they usually called him 'Chaparro'. He had long brownish hair down to his waist, a long full grown beard so his face was hard to see, since he always wore sunglasses during the day. His glasses had a neon red frame, he wore a black T-shirt, white skinny jeans and black boots, he was the driver for the trip. In the passenger's seat was already Lalo. He was the chubby of the group, however he always worked out and looked intimidating. He was a hard working young man, but loved to party just like the rest of the group. Unlike the other three though, he had short black hair, ear expansions, clean shave, a blue shirt and normal jeans. Whenever there was a fight, Lalo was always the one to end it, making him valuable to the group.
The four of them had decided to take a road trip across the entire country of Mexico, from Chihuahua to capital, where they would arrive in time to see System of a Down and other famous rock bands in a national rock festival. Ulisses was going for the experience, being his first road trip and the youngest of the four, his parties were never out of the state. Cookie was going to see with how many girls he could get, despite being the least attractive one, he always managed to get with more girls than one could remember and they were always younger than he was. Kary was about to finish his career in graphic design and was the only one with a car. Therefore, without him, there was no going to parties and of course the occasional jail time for DUI. Lalo was the newest member of the group, they met him in a party and simply got along. Now the four of them always went everywhere together, from Thursday to Sunday.
Ulisses got into the back seat along with Kary who flicked away what was left of his cigarette. Lalo reached under his seat and pulled out two green cans of beer, gave one to Kary and tossed one to Ulisses. Both cans were popped open at the same time and the drinking began. Cookie took his sea in the back, oppostie of Ulisses and asked for a beer. As all for took a few drinks they looked around at the desert area. They had left their city a few hours ago and had taken a short stop so Cookie could pee. Now they were back in the car, the music began along with the car engine and once again they were on the road.
"Did you bring condoms stupid?" Cookie said as he slapped Pikamon on the shoulder.
"No." Ulisses replied and then took a quick drink from his beer. "You're going to let me borrow some if I need them?"
Cookie, Kary and Lalo laughed. "You gotta talk to a girl first dude!" Cookie said out loud. "Just walk up to them man, and be like, hey nice concert huh? And it's all downhill from there."
Ulisses nodded and pretended he was actually learning from Cookie's pick up lessons, but in reality, his advice never worked. The fact the skinny guy had gotten so many girlfriends was a mystery nobody bothered to solve. As they traveled down the country, the drinking and the music didn't stop. They talked about different bands, stories from former parties, opinions on politics, religion and reality. What was a sixteen hour drive soon, didn't seemed to have affected the four friends as they were enjoying their conversations and stops to buy food or so Cookie could go to the bathroom. Once they were arriving to the capital, Mexico city, they seemed to quiet down and finally began to feel sleepy and tired. The alcohol had finally began to wear out the consumers and the long drive had taken the rest of their energy.
"It's about time, damn midget you drive slower than Cookie taking a dump!" Lalo said with a loud sarcastic tone.
All four burst into laughter, since Cookie was famous for taking too long in the bathroom. They looked around as the city began to envelope them and welcomed the four foreign people. It was different than their hometown, despite being the same country, it seemed a completely different place. The amount of people was way bigger, there were more houses, some stacked on top of each other and the traffic was a nightmare. However, the night was settling and it made it easier to drive around. Once they reached their hotel, they unloaded their backpacks and beer as they settled in their room. To save money, they had gotten a two bed room, meaning two in each bed. It wasn't the first time they all shared a bed, it was common after parties they ended up in Kary's house and in his queen size bed. The hotel room was simple but enough for them.
The idea was to just use it as a place to keep the care and to sleep in case they ever got to. They all threw their backpacks into a corner, connected their phones to their chargers and turned the TV on. The kept drinking until they each fell asleep, one by one. Ulisses shared a bed with Lalo and Kary fell asleep next to Cookie. Each of them excited for the next day, a full rock music festival starting early Saturday and ending late Sunday. They had all saved money and got permissions from work to be able to take an entire week off just for that one event.
The following day all four had gotten up, changed clothes, smoke a cigarette, except for Ulisses who was the only one who didn't smoke, drank a can of beer and left the hotel room. They walked down the street until they reached a taco stand, each of them eating ten tacos each and laughing and talking with the cook. They always made small talk with strangers, they were charming that way. As the sun was still rising, people began to fill the streets, all of them wearing mostly black with a logo of their favorite band on their shirt. It was obvious the entire crowd was heading to the rock festival and the crowd was soon joined by Ulisses and his friends.
"So if the girl asks you to choke her, just get out of there man. That shit is dangerous as fuck." Cookie said as they stood in line to enter the festival. "This one time a girl asked me to and I was like okay..."
Ulisses stopped paying attention to Cookie as his attention was caught across the crowd. He saw a girl with a group of friends and to him, she was stunning. She had short straight black hair that went down to her ear lobes, she had seeing glasses with a thick black frame. She was a bit taller than usual girls, maybe a about Cookie's size, wearing a black shirt with a System of a Down logo on it, red jeans and black converse. She had a pretty smile and shiny brown eyes that were looking back at Ulisses. The young man tried to remember what Cookie had said before and he smiled back at her. She seemed to blush and turned away as one of her friends asked her a question. However Pikamon kept his sight on her, hoping to which direction she was going to go and maybe meet her once inside. The girl looked back at him, smiled and waved as she walked away towards the entrance of the event.
"You understood stupid? I'm trying to help you out here." Cookie said as he slapped Ulisses' shoulder.
Ulisses looked at Cookie quickly, nodded and looked back towards the direction he had seen the girl, but she was gone. He felt his heart sink in disappointment as they kept walking forward along with the crowd. While Cookie kept talking about all the girls he saw, Pikamon just kept trying to find that one that had smiled at him, but the deeper into the festival they went, the less hope he had. Finally they managed to get through, it was a giant area with three different stages set up, there were thousands of people walking around in between the beer and food stands spread about. The event was to start at 10 A.M and it would end at 9 P.M, so the group had came prepared to try and see all the bands, the same plan as everyone else in the event.
"Hey I just got a message from Ariel." Kary said as he puffed out a cloud of smoke. "He said he managed to get us the after party at the base of that one Azteca pyramid."
Ulisses smiled, he was going to get to visit an Aztec pyramid and party there. This was truly going to an amazing weekend. Just when he thought it couldn't get better though, he heard Lalo laugh and point away towards a beer stand. Cookie was there talking to a pretty blonde girl, the same blonde girl Ulisses had seen with the girl that had smiled at him. His heart skipped a beat as he looked around the area and his saw the girl with the glasses standing a few feet next to Cookie and the blonde. She was holding two red cups and looking impatient towards her friend. Knowing Cookie, he was inviting them to the after party and Ulisses was praying they would say yes. His heart began to beat with excitement as Cookie began to walk towards them, the two girls following him and Guerrilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine began to sound in the background.