Wanchese – Trevor Davis is in a bit of a conundrum. Being a local is probably the coolest thing about him. It is the reason he gets up in the morning, and the first line he goes to when he’s talking to a girl at the bar. Unfortunately for him, showing off your localness has become fashionable, and every one is doing it.
“I got nothing wrong with someone saying they are a local,” Trever declared to his friends at the bar, “but if you reppin’ Local as it Gets, you better not be born in Virginia, Steve.”
“I think your missing the point Trevor, it’s more a lifestyle thing. You know if you are wearing Ralph Lauren, Polo, or Tommy Bahama, you don’t have to be Ralph Lauren, play polo, or be from the Bahamas,” said no one to his face, because they didn’t want to get into it.
Not deterred by his friends lack of interest in the conversation, he went on, “I mean if your last name isn’t one of the local ones, how can you say you are as local as it gets? It doesn’t say ‘I’m a local, but my family moved here in the seventies,’ Darrel, no it says local as it gets.”
“Don’t think about it so technically,” Sharron interrupted from down the bar, “I grew up down here, and got a job in Richmond. I like the brand and what it represents.”
“What the fuck!,” Trevor exclaimed, “If you don’t live here? How can you be a local? That don’t make any sense. Dumbass. I bet you even got a Local sticker on your car with Virgina tags, don’t you.”
“What I can’t say I’m local cause I don’t live here anymore?” she asked.
“If you don’t live here, you ain’t from around here,” he replied patronizingly, “Next thing you know we will have people from Currituck saying they are local!” at this point he started yelling to the bar, “Is that what you want? We got people like Jimmy over here, who’s parents are from New Jersey, calling himself as local as it gets. Nah dude, my grandpa’s grandpa was friends with Blackbeard. My great great uncle fought in the Civil War here. My grandpa has been fishing these waters since before your family bought a cottage here. My mom was in the first production of the Lost Colony. My cousin, Terry, punched the guy who made the OBX sticker How you gonna say you as local as it gets?”
“I’m sure they are all so proud of how you turned out,” someone said sarcastically.
At that point everyone felt bad for him, and decided to let him have his local pride since that is probably the only thing he has going for him.