It's not that I didn't date, but I hadn't been with anyone who looked remotely like her since I stopped playing in bands, years before. Being in clubs...always gave me mixed feelings; being so close to so much beauty and passion, but still not a part of it. I did sometimes flirt with women in the crowd, but since my job revolved around making the band sound good and keeping everything running, there was rarely time. It would look really bad if there was a problem and the sound guy was gone,. There is a sound of several heavy boots trundling through the underbrush and noises of something being fasten to the box you are in! With a sudden jerk the whole contraption is lifted up and you are rolling around in the box as the men carry it to God knows where, there is an acrid smell and something that feels like straw in the box, the hood has come a little bit undone so you can catch glimpes, mostly of trees, your hands are tied behind your back and if you try to straighten up too much. Mom and I left after chores and breakfast, slowly going north in the heavy rain with snow flakes mixed in. We kept waiting for the roads to ice up, but no problem so far. We arrived at seven forty-five for the eight o'clock start time, and there was only one other pickup. A tent was over the auctioneer's platform that was outside the stock pens. The plan was to run the stock through the pens for bidding.Mom and I were under the tent at eight, along with another guy holding a clipboard, and the. It’s just my Dad’s he’s..he just..” I spoke nervously and could feel my face turning red before she interrupted my excuse. “He just leaves his porn out in the living room for everyone to see? Yeah right!” She laughed and started to flip through the pages. The smile on her face was so wide you would have thought it was Christmas and her birthday at the same time. I snatched the magazine out of her hands and put it behind my back. “Seriously, you were NOT meant to see that. I’m sorry if…”.