Adventures with Kelly

Well, on the good side there was never a dull moment. Kelly pulled into town last night on her way to Fernie, or at least that was the plan. Unfortunately she decided to drink en-route (I think you know where this one is going). She called me around 9 and I went down to the bus depot to meet her, and low and behold she is hammered out of her tree. Stumbling, the whole bit. But I shrug it off, thinking oh well she is going skiing no harm no foul. So we head off from the bus depot to try and get a cup of coffee. The conversation quickly turns downhill, as I realize that Kelly is on her way to meet people she possibly does not even know. We talk a bit more, and she also reveals that she told her mother and father that the people she is going to stay with are friends of mine. The only problems is I dont know these people. So I am like "why did you get me involved in this whole thing?" For which she just laughs and gives me her drunkn SHHH SHHH. Which juat made matters worse. The next thing I know, I have dropped her off at the bus depot and wished her farewell. Back in the van my conscience gets the best of me and I find myself on the phone with Nelson (Kelly's father). When he learns that she has been drinking, and that I do not know the people she is going to visit red flags go up and a plan is set in motion to stop her on her journey. Now this was not an easy task. Argueing with a drunk is hard at the best of time, but this is Kelly we are talking about. Luckily her behaviour deteriorated, and security asked her to leave the bus depot. I say Luckily, because up to this point she actually believed I was going to let her continue on in the state she was in. The Security guard and I got her out to the van, and loaded her stuff, and off we went to Red Deer, where Nelson would meet us. Now the drive was funny, because every 15 minutes Kelly would forget where we were going and would start a fight as to why she could not see her parents, and tried to convince me why I should just drop her off at a hotel, or let he come over to my place. But then she would calm down, fall asleep and the process would begain, 15 minutes later. It was trying on my patience, but I managed to get through it. Did not get home till around 1:30 so I did not get much sleep and am a little sluggish today. I think I will try to call her in a bit, hope she is not too mad at me, but hey, you gotta look out for your friends, even if it is a little embarrassing having your father drive to Red Deer to pick you up.