I played a gig at Damians party, a bunch of Sublime covers sloppily put together and rehearsed by me, Hill, and a drummer whose name I can't remember. We closed the night after Damian and Penas band and another one in which Kleiver sung some Reggaeton, It wasnt the best but went down well, my thrashy grungy solo's were particularly noted by the crowd. I meet 'Colgate', a shaggy haired kid who likes to smoke weed and wears braces, he reminds me of Stixx, we go to the river and smoke, I also meet Boody, a funny kid who likes to hang out and skate, we make plans to go to the water springs the next day.

The hottest girl at the party, 'Itzul', asks Hill for my name, I overhear that and smile. But I never see or speak to her again.

I pass out. The next morning Damian's grandmother offers me breakfast.

"Coffee, Beer, Pepsi?".

Damian tells me his cousin is passing through Ixtepec to Tuxtla and I can get a free ride. We sit at the front and drink Caguamas (like longnecks but fatter). Damians cousin shows up, he has a white van with a killer sound system. He's going to get it washed, we go with him.

The crew hops on the back and we drive down the main street with the music pumping, everyone waves and smiles, girls laugh and wink and stare, they're all gorgeous, I stare back at them all, I feel like i'm in a movie.