Chapter Two

Bender and Allison walked into Allison's house and walked into her kitchen. She had offered to make him a sandwich and after much arguing and convincing bender agreed to a cereal and pixie stick sandwich. When they walked into the kitchen Allison went for the cereal, bread and pixie sticks. Bender sat down at the counter and picked up a thick envelope which had Allison's name on it.

When Allison spotted the envelope she sighed, 'they've gone again'. She walked to the fridge and pulled out two cans of coke. She made the sandwiches with bender watching intently. She could see the thought in his eyes; she had noticed that his eyes were easy to read when deep in thought. She placed a plate in front of him and watched him intently, noticing the way he came back to reality, and how the thought shrank away in his eyes; he took a bite and she watched his reactions.

His facial expression went from sceptical to enjoyment, 'told you, you would like it'; she said laughing and took a bite of her own sandwich.

'Where do you think they went?' he asked taking a sip from his can.

'I dunno, they probably went to Europe, I heard them talking about it a while ago'.

'And they just leave you here? By yourself?' he asked, the disbelief apparent in his voice.

'Yep. Boyfriends aren't really a problem with me, neither are parties, seeing as I only have 3 friends'.

'Whose the third one? Assuming Brian and I are the other two'.

'Katie, she's my friend from the lesbian bookshop'.

Bender looked at Allison with one of eyebrows raised, 'your bisexual?' he asked whilst looking her up and down.

'No, Katie is however. She works there and I was buying books there when I met her. She was hitting on me the first time we met', Allison said laughing.

Bender nodded, thinking over this new information. Allison was beginning to see just how intelligent Bender actually was. She opened the envelope. Her parents would be gone or three months. They left her $700 dollars. When bender seen the money he almost choked on his coke, 'what are you going to do with that?'

Allison fixed him with a stare, an idea forming in her mind, 'Why don't we go car shopping? It would make my life a lot easier if I had a car, and I assume you know a bit about cars so you can have a look at it for me, to see if it's worth the price'.

Bender nodded, I can see where you're coming from, and I can also teach you a bit as well.

'So it's a deal?' Allison held out her hand and Bender took it, 'it's a deal'.

'Well come on lets go', Allison said pulling on her coat.

'What? Now?' bender asked as he pulled on his coat and followed her out the door.

They looked at a few cars until they found one that Bender classified as "good to be seen in, in public" and that Allison liked. A sky blue 1950s ford mustang convertible, the engin9e was good as was all the other parts, registered and it even had a bit of gas in it, for the low price of $400 dollars, the owner really wanted to get rid of it. Bender and Allison drove to the gas station and filled up before heading out to Lake Michigan with some Chinese.

Bender and Allison watched the sun set and smoked cigarettes whilst laughing at the stories they were sharing and the people around them and listening to the radio, singing along to the songs they knew.

Bender got funny about dropping him off home but he let her anyways, swearing under his breath when he seen that his father was home. He slammed the door and walked inside without saying goodbye, she didn't mind, she was used to Bender moods, as she started calling them.