The last half hour was still a blur to Drake. He wasn't quite sure what had just transpired but knew it was amazing. They were driving to a Hell's Pizza back in her city and she was telling him everything he needed to know about what he was seeing. New Zealand had always been his life's number one vacation spot he wanted to visit since he was little and watched "Hercules: The Legandary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess." That desire to go grew even stronger when "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy came out. He knew it was going to be breath taking, be he had absolutely no idea how gorgeous it was really going to be. She was telling him names of all the different trees: the maidenhair, the smoke bush, the golden honey locust, the pin oak and dozens more. She linked the importance of the forest and nature to native Aotearoans, or Maori as they are actually called, such as herself. Many even say a prayer before cutting down any tree. It was all fascinating to him.
Then she started talking about the kiwi bird. He smiled, she finally mentioned something that he knew about and could chime in what he already knew. Then it was back to being oblvious about everything that was Aotearoa. He thought he knew a lot more about this place than he actually did, and now he was getting a crash course from an amazingly beautiful girl that actually lived there. The beginning of this trip couldn't have been any more perfect and would consider this a great trip even if the rest of it was a disaster.
"Alright we're here! Let's get out, I'm starving," and she bounced out of the car. Drake forgot that he had been hungry when he had gotten off the plane and his stomach gave him a solid, sudden reminder. He didn't feel ashamed though; afterall, who would have been concentrating on his stomach when he was balls deep in this girl's talented mouth? He hoisted himself out of the car and walked inside all the way staring at Alyssa's ass. It was so amazingly sexy to him and he toyed with the idea of walking behind her and wrapping his arms around her stomach and bringing her ass back against his crotch, which was at about half mast now.
He let his old fashioned nature get the best of him and decided to let her control the speed on the first day. By the time she stopped walking, they were all the way inside. Drake looked up and got a kick out of the entire atmosphere. Seven of the pizzas were named after the seven deadly sins, the drinks were listed under nectar, and the desserts under ambrosia. He saw small thin cardboard coffins sitting on the glass top near the cash register and figured them to be to-go boxes. Looking around the establishment he saw lava lamps, wicked looking chandeliers, chairs that looked like they were on fire, and ghoulish looking wallpaper. This place really went balls out to enhance it's atmosphere. When they got to the front of the line, Alyssa took charge and ordered a large Lust pizza, which Drake found ironic and fitting, with a single large Coke. She started to pull out some money but Drake was already handing the cash to the girl behind the register. Alyssa shot him a look and opened her mouth to speak but was cut off.
"No! Absolutely not. Chivalry is a big thing for me and I don't believe in girls paying for food, movies, going to the zoo, or any of that. That's something I'm not going to budge on so suck it up." She closed her mouth with kind of wide eyes and then curled the left side of her lips into a wicked smile.
"Well, I guess I am just going to have to pay my half in other ways then." She winked, grabbed the drink and two straws and strolled off to find a table. He was back to being rock solid and he looked at the girl behind the counter who was smiling knowingly at him. She opened her mouth a little and used her right index finger to push it back up and laughed. He immediately got the hint and shut his now gaping mouth and followed Alyssa to their table. He adjusted himself and sat down. "You know," she said before taking a long drink, "I'm still not entirely sure I understand how you were able to get out here. I mean I got the premise but I'm not positive I can believe a story like that."
"Listen it's hard for me to fathom as well. I told you, one of my buddies that I played high school basketball with made it to the NBA, as a reserve mind you. His team was playing the Nuggets in Denver, which is only 450 miles from me, and he offered me a couple tickets if I wanted to go. So I drove up, used my discount to stay in one of our hotels, and went to the game. The halftime promotion was 'Sink It To Win It.' Make a half court shot and win an all-expenses paid, minus souvenirs and fast food, trip to anywhere in the world. They had been having qualifying shots all season and 3 out of the 40 people had made it. Except, apparently one of the contestants didn't show up so they were looking for a replacement and called out a random seat number. The first one was a kid that was too young to participate, the second was a pregnant lady who declined, and the third one was me.
"So I went down to the court at halftime to get told the rules and what-not. I was going to shoot last, which was fine, and I really wasn't nervous because I was essentially playing with house money. Halftime came and the three of us were introduced to the crowd and everyone cheered; made me miss playing ball a lot actually. Anyways, the first two guys missed pretty terribly and it was my turn. I have a pretty good arm so I didn't even take a running start, I cocked my arm back and threw it... and it slipped out of my hand and landed at the free throw line, fifteen feet short. It was dead on, but short."
Alyssa laughed, "Damn! That sucks! Wait, if you missed, how did you win?"
"Well, as I was telling you before this was all fate to me. The odds of me getting selected to participate in a game that I was very good at, to go do something that I have always wanted to do, in the one game pro game I have attended in the last three years is so incredible huge that it just seemed like fate. So after the ball landed short, it took one bounce and landed in the hoop. There was a lot of commotion and the organizers of the event were discussing what happened and eventually ruled that since a bounce shot like that would count in the NBA that it would count for the contest. So even though I screwed up hardcore on the shot, fate made its message clear. So when they came to me and asked where I wanted to go, I immediately blurted out New Zealand. Truth be told I didn't even think of you at the time, well maybe subconsciously, but I've always wanted to come here since I was a little kid. It was like I was not going to be denied. Being here with you is just like the cream cheese icing on the cake, and everybody knows that the cream cheese icing is the best part of the cake."