Part 3: Road Trip!!

Australia

Honk!! Honk!!

It was 8 o’clock already… I overslept!

“Get your fat ass out here Kay Kay!”, that was definitely Aya.

Since she thought the world settling on my name being Koala Kid was trash, she decided it would be more fun to call me Kay Kay, and to be honest I prefer it, so the name stuck.

Still feeling hazy, I lazily get out of bed, grab an apple for the road and my bag I left by the door. Brushing the crust out of my eyes as I lock the door, I hear a few more honks.

“Do you not understand the meaning of patience?!” I yell back at her.

“Hmm? Patience? If you mean by hurry the fuck up, then yes I do understand the meaning of it.” she cheekily remarked while tilting her head to the left as she glared at me.

I swear this woman is gonna be the death of me.

“First we need to get your balls back, so we’re headed to Manly Beach!” Aya announced triumphantly.

She turns up the radio as I pack my bags in the back and then hop in the front seat beside her.

“Alright, but I never lost my balls. They’re right here”

At that point I lean over and unleash a tidal wave of water from a super soaker gun I bought off Amazon a few weeks earlier. She screams at the top of her lungs trying to block it with her hands but by then it’s too late.

She’s drenched in vengeance.

“This is my Aya repellent” I confidently state with a giant grin on my face, proudly gleaming at my new favourite toy.

“Of course it is you ass” she smirks back while punching me in the shoulder.

We share a quick laugh and that’s when she starts the car engine and sets us off on our journey.

“Where did you get the car from?” I asked a little bit perplexed as to how she got one so quickly.

“I know a guy who owns a rental shop, he said he keeps this one for himself usually but was nice enough to let us borrow it until I bring it back.”

I nod in response, thinking how wide the spectrum was of how nice or…not so nice people can be to one another. It’s something I wanted to find out more about, as to why.

“Still got a lot on your mind Kay Kay?” almost as if on cue Aya sensed I was deep in thought.

“Yea, I’m thinking about going a little further after our road trip. I wanna explore as much as I can.”

A moment of silence reverberates as for some time you can only hear the sound of the car engine and tires moving over the gravel on the road.

“Where do you wanna start?” with a curious look, Aya enquires into the depths of my mind.

“I’m not sure yet, but I’ll start it from Perth. Luckily all these toy and commercial deals made me get rich off of royalties. Maybe it’s time to spend it.”

Aya looks straight ahead at the road for a moment, clearly her mind is ticking.

“You know what? I know exactly how I can help you.”

“How’s that?” I ask her, as I noticed we were pulling up to the beach.

Getting out of the car she explains that she knows a string of other teachers all across Asia who would be more than happy to host me and aid my explorations.

“So don’t worry about it so much, I’ll set you up and join you when the semesters done for summer.”

It was at that point that I thought, well damn… maybe she won’t be the death of me.

As we walk into the nearest bar, I’m processing everything from what I’m about to see and the bubbling feeling I have inside that is raging to get started. Suddenly I hear Aya in a cheery mood exclaim.

“But for now, we’re downing shots!”