Chapter Two: Monks, Good Chi, and Water
At the local Food Mart Fresh Peter Stared Intently at of what look like an ordinary bottle of water.
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Peter I said what do you want for dinner tonight? Are you listing to me? Why are you staring at that bottle of water?"
It was Peters girl friend Kaycee, They have been dating for a little over three months, and Peter was really starting to like her a lot.
"Errrr... Sorry Kaycs what was that?" Peter looked up at Kaycee, like a lost puppy.
"Why is it when ever you see that particular brand of water you have an out of body experience? I don't see how it's different then any other water." Kaycee was starting to lose her patience with Peter, this had to of been the third time this week that he wandered off to the bottled water section of the store.
"Well it's not really this particular brand for say.... it's just something my.... friend has been telling me." Peter Said in a very hesitant manor, as if he were embarrassed for his explanation.
" This isn't another one of those crazy things your friend Oliver told you is it? When do I get to meet this Oliver anyways, he sounds very... interesting..."
" Hey Oliver's a good kid he just has some interesting idea sometimes..."
"And what is his idea this time?"
"Uhhhhh......" Peters face was starting to turn red. Even though Oliver did have crazy ideas he stood up for him and Kaycee didn't seem to understand, that's why he was hesitant to let Kaycee meet him.
"Well, What Is It!?" Kaycee was starting to get upset. She didn't under stand how Peter could be so mature and put together, and yet his best friend seemed so childish. She didn't like the influence he had on him.
"OK I'll tell you" Peter said relentlessly, "But you have to promise to not judge him he's just paranoid and I know his theory is crazy but I just can't help myself to think about it because it's all he ever talks about. ...OK... He believes that the government is trying to control us through drinking water... I know it's crazy but the kid deals with a lot of stress, it can do things to you."
"Where does this kid come up with this stuff!" Kaycee couldn't help herself from laughing even though she promise she wouldn't. "I mean whats next? Cats are really just aliens trying to take over the world?" She snickered.
"Well actually he's not really into space stuff... It's always been the government that's been 'after him' Peter said in Oliver's defense.
"That's not my point at all! This kid is straight up loony and you treat him like he is some sort of genius." She still couldn't stop laughing her sides where starting to split and she was starting to struggle to breath because she was laughing so hard. It must of been the combination of Peter's doe eyes and Oliver's Crazy theory.
"He's like a little brother to me, and besides he actually got a lot of research to support his idea so he's not completely mad... give him a break." Peter just wanted her to understand, sometimes he thought that letting her meet him would of just made things easier. Oliver meant a lot to him and he wasn't willing to give him up for Kaycee.
"OK Peter I'll try to give the kid some respect, but can you please explain what is so special about that bottle of water?"
"Oh Well, It's from the high mountains in China, It's bottled by Monks who put there blessing on it, to give it good Chi.... It's one of the few company's that Oliver says is safe to drink." He explained as if he were the founder of the company. "But, I was just you know... checking it out." Peter laughed very awkwardly.
"That is the biggest load of garbage I have ever heard!" Kaycee laughed, she wasn't really seeming to take the whole crazy idea seriously at all. "Who pays an extra 50 cents per bottle for 'blessed' water? I can't believe the stuff people fall for these days!" Kaycee was a major skeptic she has a hard time believing a lot of the things she hears, which is one of they reasons she like Peter so much, he was so calm and put together and always use logic to explain things, that is unless Oliver is involved. Kaycee was so ready to settle down and have a family, she is 28 and all her sisters are married and have kids, she didn't want some crazy kid like Olive ruin her chance with Peter, who would be a perfect husband and father, but she decide to let it go for now.
"OK lets just go home already I'm tired of having this conversation, and I'm really tired, I had a long day of work today." Peter sighed.
"OK but you never answered my first question!"
"What do you mean that's all we have been talking about for the last 20 minutes?"
"It's the whole reason we came here in the first place! she laughed. "What do you want for dinner?"
"Oh yeah that's right! I totally forgot!" He said with a grin.
That night they went home and had a nice dinner and after a movie Peter walked Kaycee home, then went back to Food Marked Fresh to pick up a fifty-pack of "Good Chi Water". Which was not easy to lug home on his bike... He laughed the whole way home... he couldn't believe what he was doing.