Jessica wanted to go visit her parents for a while. She had been living down in Florida for a few years and she was getting home sick. Jessica has a one year old toddler that gets into everything. She wanted her parents to meet their grandchild soon. Her boyfriend, her daughter’s father was just activated for the islands. He is presently serving in the coast guard. He told her to move home so her parents can help her take care of their daughter and he would contact her there. It sounded like a great plan to Jessica, maybe with her parents help she could get a job and earn some additional money. Since they are not married, she is not entitled to any of his money for support while he is over seas, so she depends on her parents and herself for income. He promises to send her money from each check especially since he does not need it while on active duty. Jessica asked me and a friend of hers Christopher to escort her home. She does not feel comfortable driving it herself with a child. I agreed to drive her or at least ride. Christopher said that he would be glad to accompany her as well. I do not know Christopher at all, I have never met him, but he has been a close friend of her family’s for years. She never dated him, Jessica claims that he is just like a brother to her and dating him sound yucky. Under those words I would have to agree with her totally.
Before we get to far I need to pack clothes, but my clothes are at my house about 2 hours away. I am in town to visit my parents and Jessica when she sprang all this new information on me. Christopher lives in the house next door to the house Jessica and her boyfriend are renting. Christopher got her the house as soon as it went on the market. His parents bought it as a rental and let Jessica live in it for little or no rent. Especially after having the baby, Jessica’s parents were really glad that she was living near family friends.
I needed more clothes than what I brought from home, so we took a road trip to a nearby outlet mall to get clothes for me. My parents suggested that we ride with them on their errands then my mom would buy me some clothes. I cannot pass up a deal like that, go on some errands and mom buys me clothes. Perfect set up. Jessica and Christopher wanted to come along to pick up a few things, of course, Jessica brought the baby, Taylor. We all road in my parents van. Jessica and Christopher sat in the back and I sat next to Taylor in the middle, and of course my parents were driving. It seemed like forever, that we were driving around doing errands for my dad. First we stopped at the bank, then an attorneys office, then the post office and finally I sat forward and said, “Let say you drop us off at the mall and we can do our shopping and you can finish your errands?” Dad was not too pleased with that suggestion . I guess he wanted to be the escort all the way, who knows what parents think sometimes. Finally, we finished dads errands and arrived at the mall. I was the first out of the van because I had to go to the bathroom bad. Everyone else followed me slowly from the van. Mom and I started looking at the jeans and dresses and skirts. I prefer skirts because I am hot natured and they seem cooler than shorts and definitely cooler than jeans. ...