INTEL and the present

10 YEARS LATER

EL B swallowed the bitter taste in his mouth, he was surprised that what happened 10 years ago still had an effect on his emotions today. He was past all of that, or at least he thought he was. When the Beans were caught he had gotten away, not that Barbacoa had any proof they were plotting anything substantial. He had hid for a while, licked his wounds and emerged a man who wanted change, but wanted it the right way.

And the Chipotle campaign had been born, El B did extensive research on Chipotle (which included eating a lot of their burritos of course) and found a small following of people that were just as determined as he was to make sure everyone in Burrito Nation would have a chance to eat the marvelous food that Chipotle provided. He found farmers that made only the best ingredients and when he was ready presented his plan to Chipotle’s Board of Flavor. It helped that his family had provided only the best ingredients to them over the years, they were impressed with his vision and wanted him to immediately spread the good word.

Shortly after he began his journey he met La Guac, she was witty and fun and ready to take on the challenge of helping him with Chipotle. They worked tirelessly, side by side, never once getting romantic. It’s not that La Guac wasn’t good looking, with all that green he’s surprised he could control himself but completing their goal meant romance had to take a back seat and they were both okay with that. Plus remembering his crush on RawBean didn’t make him eager to “fall in love” anytime soon. So together they spread the word about Chipotle and the joy it brought so many people.

Thinking of RawBean made him think of his old friend Barbacoa, he had heard through the grapevine that they married and had two children of their own Jumping Bean and Barbicoa. And little Babycoa on the way! His old friend had done well for himself and El B surprised himself when he realized he was truly happy for his friend. He really wished there was some way for them to reconnect.

El B’s latest scandal with QDoba had landed him on the front page of every newspaper across the Nation. He’d built such a large following with Chipotle, he wanted the people to know his side of the story but would they listen?? Then an idea occurred to him. Barbacoa’s political career was going well, with someone like Barbacoa on his side, the people would listen to what he had to say. The one problem: they were no longer friends, he had screwed that up years ago….he sighed….but the people of Burrito Nation deserved to know the truth. Since Barbacoa was running for president, he wouldn’t want to align himself with a scandal like Qdoba but El B would risk it, it was worth it, Chipotle was worth it.

He picked up his phone to ring his assistant “Yeah Con Queso, get me the number for Senator Barbacoa….”