Mama's Special Kisses
Ok, it s my birthday and Freddie has taken some stupid tech geek job up in Everett. I m pissed. The boy is gonna be hurtin, soon.
He did get me a nice ring with a gravy colored stone, but then he announced that we, as in WE, both of us, had to go to this thing in Everett. I mean, c'mon, nearly an hour on the bus.
Then we get there.
Oh!
A huge banner says:
NORTHWEST BAR B QUE COMPETITION
& CHILI COOK OFF
-MEAT O MANIA-
Freddie s grinning so big, I thought his face would crack. I m in shock. Then he hands me this plastic badge thing to wear around my neck.
"Ok Sam, I'll be right here in this building for the next four hours. With that badge I gave you, you can eat as much as you want for free at any of the contestant s stands. There are over three hundred contestants entered in the competition, so go have fun."
Then he hands me some money to buy drinks with. I m still awestruck.
"Freddie, for getting me here you just earned yourself one of Mama's Special Kisses ."
I didn t have any idea what a Mama's Special Kiss was, since I'd just made it up. But I thought it must be something special. I grabbed the hair on the back of Freddie's head and pulled him in. When I finished I had steam shooting out of my ears. Freddie could hardly stand. I sat him down on a bench near the building he was meant to be in, and reminded him not to be late for work. He did have a bit of drool on the corner of his mouth, so I touched him up with a napkin.
Now, it was time for mama! I can hear MEAT O MANIA callin my name.