Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:58:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Nail <wyogent67@yahoo.com>
Subject: My Mexican Beauty Chapter 2
I was outside my house strumming my guitar and singing
Margaritaville with Miguel sitting in the other chair and I was singing off
key but I didn't care I was feeling good.
I wasn't wearing a shirt and had cutoff shorts and had a deep
and turning into a permanent tan on my slender and fairly muscular frame I
am 5'8" and weigh 170 lbs and my hair has bleached so it is a real light
blonde. blue eyes.
As I was singing the last of the song of Margaritaville Maria
came walking up the steps and she was laughing.
She said," Look, at this John has been living here for a
short time and he thinks he should be a Mariachi singers you see at the
restaurants. So how are you this Monday evening?"
I laughed and said," Miguel, do you think I would do good as
a Mariachi singer? Oh never mind forget I asked that."
Maria surprised me she bent down and kissed me and asked."
So sweetheart how was your day?"
It took me a couple of minutes to answer.
I said," I got a good haul on the fish and made a fair
amount of money ferrying around the tourists and still had a chance a nice
lengthy siesta."
She laughed and said," You are adapting just a little too
well."
Than Miguel noticed my scar on my shoulder and asked," Hey
senor how did you get that scar."
I paused for a minute and said," I have been forgetting
about this I got shot in the shoulder during Desert Storm."
Maria said," You didn't tell me? You told me about being
in Desert Storm."
I said," If I was shirtless and you saw the scar I would
have told you if you saw it. I do forget about it. I was stupid that day
one guy and me were behind some sand bags and i happened to look over the
sand bags and got shot ."
Maria laughed and said," You can't be serious."
I laughed and said," If I was going to make it up I would
have said I got this from charging inside a building. It was a through and
through and all it took was quick clot on both sides and I was fighting
again."
I explained to her what quick clot was and how it worked.
I asked," So what are you doing here? We aren't supposed
to go out til Friday wasn't it?"
She said," You cooked that shrimp on the grill so well and
that wine was so delicious. I thought I would cook you up a enchilada."
She went into the house and I followed her in.
I asked," Do you know how to cook on a wood stove?"
She said," Go get some fire wood and get it fired up and go
back out on the deck and you will see."
I brought in a load of firewood and put it in the stove
and crumpled some papers and than lit it up and it started burning the
wood.
She said," Now go back out and I will cook your dinner."
I went back out and Miguel said," Senor she is such a
beautiful senorita and she is cooking you supper?"
I said," She says she knows how to cook on a wood stove
and if you must know it took me awhile to figure it out adjusting the
temperature and such."
He said," Well, you so lucky senor."
We chatted for a couple of hours and she said," Boys,
dinner is ready and John I hope you like it. The tortillas I have made
myself and got the vegetables at the market."
She brought out the platefuls of enchiladas and I tried
mine with the sour cream and it was delicious.
I went back in to make some drinks and 5 minutes later I
came out with margaritas on a tray I found.
Juan took a sip and said in Spanish," This is good."
I said," Yeah, I went to the market and bought some
Tequila"
Juan asked," What kind senor?"
I said," Jose Cuervo I love that brand."
He said," Good tequila you have .good taste."
Maria said," You make delicious margarita how did you
learn to do this?"
I said," I was a bartender at high end Mexican
restaurant//bar so I served some margaritas and I did that before going to
Iraq."
She laughed and said," Well, are you a man full of
surprises."
After dinner Maria and I cleaned up and sat back on the
deck.
I said," You know that painting on the wall in the house?
Well Juan here painted that."
Maria said," Juan that painting is absolutely beautiful
you should have your work in galleries.."
Juan asked," You think my painting is good enough?"
She said," Yes, I am going to take a picture of it and
show it to some agencies in New York."
Now it was my turned to be surprised.
She said," You think you are the only one who has
dual-citizenship?"
Juan said, " I don't want to sell the picture I gave
to Juan."
She said," I will tell them that pic is not for
sale."
Juan said," Thank you senorita and I have to go."
We walked down the beach and she grabbed my arm and
that surprised me.
She said," Now I have lived back here for 4 years
and I couldn't find out who did those beautiful paintings and you were here
what 4 months and he gives you one of his."
I said," Sweetheart , he is a commericail fisherman
and I met him when he was walking home. We became friends and he gave me
that painting as a symbol of our friendship."
We walked a little further and than she looked at her
watch.
She said," I have to go home I have to give the
students a test tommorrow."
I said," You never told me what you do."
She said," Did I forget to tell you, I teach 4th grade."
She started walking up the hill and I watched her until
she disappeared.
I walked home and walked up the steps and than went to
the bedroom and than I stripped to my underwear and climbed into bed.
I fell asleep thinking we are having a budding
relationship before we even went on our first date.