something was wrong... the girl could feel her car reducing in speed... second by second, the speedometer dropped. "new years day" blaired from the cd player and the girl quickly turned it down to listen to the engine. all she could hear was reving noises... Mmmm... Mmmm... MMMMmmm... 50 MPH, 40 MPH, 30 MPH... she pulled off to the side of the road and let it drop the rest of the way down untill the car did not move at all.
she turned off the engine and sat there. for a minute or two, absolutly nothing ran through her head. then, thoughts slowly began arising... im in the car, she thought... the car just stopped, i have no idea whats going on... i have no way of getting ahold of anyone... she looked around her, observing the situation... cars speed by her quickly as she estimated how far it would be to walk somewhere to give someone a call. she imagined herself walking along the busy freeway by herself... it would be at least a mile before she could get to a phone and a mile on a busy freeway might as well have been 10 miles. the odds are pretty much against me, she thought. in her head she asked for Jesus' protection.
the girl got out of her car and pulled the little nob to pop the hood. she opened tyhe hood of her car and checked the engine oil and trasmission fluid. all seemed well. she signed and got back in her car. for a while she watched traffic zooming by. oddly enough, thoughts about her day at school, all the home work that she needed to get done and past written e-mails ran through her head rather than thoughts about getting out of the precarious situation she was currently in. she felt her stomach churn and could hear it rumbling and she remembered that she haddnt eaten at all today and it was not afternoon time. she drank down about 16 ounces of hot water that had probably been sitting in her car for days now. great, she thought... now im stuck out here by myself, im hungry and im going to have to go pee.
she reached into her backpack and pulled out the book that she had been reading, The Joy Luck Club, and began to read. looking up everyonce and while, the girl read for about an hour. sounds of cars were all around her and the sun was hot, but she managed to read her book quite peacefully.
suddenly, she heard a car pulling up from behind. she looked up as a truck passed alongside of her and came to a stop just a few feet ahead. she watched as a young man climbed out of the truck. he had dark hair and eyes, wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt. the girls heart skipped a beat. he was very handsom. is this for real? the girl thought to herself, this only happens in movies! but sure enough, it was real. the young man slowly walked up to her car. the girl got out and stood at the door of her broke down car. "hello" the guy said. "hi." the girl smiled at him politely. "are you having some car trouble?" the guy asked her. "yeah..." the girl glanced down at her car and noticed how covered with dust it was... she noticed all the little parts where the paint was chipped off of the body, "i dont know what happened... i was driving and then the speed began to drop suddenly. i pulled off and have been here for about an hour." the young man raised his eye brows and widened his eyes a bit "an hour? wow..." he reached up and sratched the back of his neck and looked around at the traffic driving by. "well..." he looked back at the girl, "mind if i take a look under the hood?" , "no, i already did, but you are welcomed to also..." the girl popped the hood and the guy lifted it and looked under at the mess of wires and computer parts and engine parts entagled together. he siged as he pulled the dipsticks out for the engine oil and tranny fluid and saw that they were fine. he wiped his hands on a rag and looked up at the girl, his eyes squinting from the brightness of the sun. "well, would you like a lift somewhere?" then he smiled at her. the girl didnt know weither to accept or not... she hesitated... the young man slammed the hood down and his face lit up, "hey! actually dont worry about it! i have a cell phone! you can call someone..." he laughed a little bit, "sorry, i didnt even remember i had that phone... my mom asked me to get it in case something happened. i never use it... " he jogged back to his truck and reached in and pulled out an old looking cell phone. he took a minute looking at it and finally found the on button. the phone beeped on and he handed it to the girl. "here ya go..." he smiled at her again. she took the phone and called someone to come and get her. clicking the phone off, she handed it back to him and smiled, "thank you." she said. "no problem... is someone coming to pick you up?", "yeah, my mom will be here in a while... we live about 15 minutes from here... she should be here soon." "well, hey... why dont i wait here with you untill she gets here? " he seemed a little nervouse, sort of twiddling with his cell phone and looking down at the ground. "alright. thats awesome." said the girl. the young mans face perked up and he grinned.
the guy popped the tailgate to his truck open and they sat there and talked untill the girls mother arived to rescue. "well um... thank you so much..." the girl said. the boy reached up to rub the back of his neck again and looked down to the ground "yeah, no problem..." he looked up quickly at the girl. "umm... well... see ya around sometime?" the girl said. "yeah, sure... hey, drive safe..." the boy waved a bit at the girls mom and turned around and began walking back to his truck. the girl slowly sat down in the passenger seat of her moms car and looked up at the young man climbing up into his truck. suddenly she jumped up from her seat and quickly walked over to the truck. "hey, wait..." the boy looked at her, his face lit up, "maybe you could follow us home and join us for dinner? if your not doing anything else..." the young man smiled brightly at her and said, "yeah... yeah... that would be awesome..."
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thats a true stroy. i thought i might as well have an adventure as long as everyone else seems to be having adventures. it was all true. all right up untill the good looking young man drove up to the rescue in his pick-up truck. that part i only wished happened. i even prayed to God that something like that would happen... i mean, shoot... as long as im stuck out on the side of the free-way i might as well pray for something... i really did also pray for safety though. really, i did. God answered one of my prayers at least, becuase i was kept safe.
dad says (after he drove it home for me at about 10-5 miles per hour ) that something is wrong with the computer and its messing with the transmission. idiot car.
oh well... God is still good... i have a job interview on wednesday or thursday, so whatever happens, happens. i still havnt eaten today and i have loads of homework...
peace...
she turned off the engine and sat there. for a minute or two, absolutly nothing ran through her head. then, thoughts slowly began arising... im in the car, she thought... the car just stopped, i have no idea whats going on... i have no way of getting ahold of anyone... she looked around her, observing the situation... cars speed by her quickly as she estimated how far it would be to walk somewhere to give someone a call. she imagined herself walking along the busy freeway by herself... it would be at least a mile before she could get to a phone and a mile on a busy freeway might as well have been 10 miles. the odds are pretty much against me, she thought. in her head she asked for Jesus' protection.
the girl got out of her car and pulled the little nob to pop the hood. she opened tyhe hood of her car and checked the engine oil and trasmission fluid. all seemed well. she signed and got back in her car. for a while she watched traffic zooming by. oddly enough, thoughts about her day at school, all the home work that she needed to get done and past written e-mails ran through her head rather than thoughts about getting out of the precarious situation she was currently in. she felt her stomach churn and could hear it rumbling and she remembered that she haddnt eaten at all today and it was not afternoon time. she drank down about 16 ounces of hot water that had probably been sitting in her car for days now. great, she thought... now im stuck out here by myself, im hungry and im going to have to go pee.
she reached into her backpack and pulled out the book that she had been reading, The Joy Luck Club, and began to read. looking up everyonce and while, the girl read for about an hour. sounds of cars were all around her and the sun was hot, but she managed to read her book quite peacefully.
suddenly, she heard a car pulling up from behind. she looked up as a truck passed alongside of her and came to a stop just a few feet ahead. she watched as a young man climbed out of the truck. he had dark hair and eyes, wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt. the girls heart skipped a beat. he was very handsom. is this for real? the girl thought to herself, this only happens in movies! but sure enough, it was real. the young man slowly walked up to her car. the girl got out and stood at the door of her broke down car. "hello" the guy said. "hi." the girl smiled at him politely. "are you having some car trouble?" the guy asked her. "yeah..." the girl glanced down at her car and noticed how covered with dust it was... she noticed all the little parts where the paint was chipped off of the body, "i dont know what happened... i was driving and then the speed began to drop suddenly. i pulled off and have been here for about an hour." the young man raised his eye brows and widened his eyes a bit "an hour? wow..." he reached up and sratched the back of his neck and looked around at the traffic driving by. "well..." he looked back at the girl, "mind if i take a look under the hood?" , "no, i already did, but you are welcomed to also..." the girl popped the hood and the guy lifted it and looked under at the mess of wires and computer parts and engine parts entagled together. he siged as he pulled the dipsticks out for the engine oil and tranny fluid and saw that they were fine. he wiped his hands on a rag and looked up at the girl, his eyes squinting from the brightness of the sun. "well, would you like a lift somewhere?" then he smiled at her. the girl didnt know weither to accept or not... she hesitated... the young man slammed the hood down and his face lit up, "hey! actually dont worry about it! i have a cell phone! you can call someone..." he laughed a little bit, "sorry, i didnt even remember i had that phone... my mom asked me to get it in case something happened. i never use it... " he jogged back to his truck and reached in and pulled out an old looking cell phone. he took a minute looking at it and finally found the on button. the phone beeped on and he handed it to the girl. "here ya go..." he smiled at her again. she took the phone and called someone to come and get her. clicking the phone off, she handed it back to him and smiled, "thank you." she said. "no problem... is someone coming to pick you up?", "yeah, my mom will be here in a while... we live about 15 minutes from here... she should be here soon." "well, hey... why dont i wait here with you untill she gets here? " he seemed a little nervouse, sort of twiddling with his cell phone and looking down at the ground. "alright. thats awesome." said the girl. the young mans face perked up and he grinned.
the guy popped the tailgate to his truck open and they sat there and talked untill the girls mother arived to rescue. "well um... thank you so much..." the girl said. the boy reached up to rub the back of his neck again and looked down to the ground "yeah, no problem..." he looked up quickly at the girl. "umm... well... see ya around sometime?" the girl said. "yeah, sure... hey, drive safe..." the boy waved a bit at the girls mom and turned around and began walking back to his truck. the girl slowly sat down in the passenger seat of her moms car and looked up at the young man climbing up into his truck. suddenly she jumped up from her seat and quickly walked over to the truck. "hey, wait..." the boy looked at her, his face lit up, "maybe you could follow us home and join us for dinner? if your not doing anything else..." the young man smiled brightly at her and said, "yeah... yeah... that would be awesome..."
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thats a true stroy. i thought i might as well have an adventure as long as everyone else seems to be having adventures. it was all true. all right up untill the good looking young man drove up to the rescue in his pick-up truck. that part i only wished happened. i even prayed to God that something like that would happen... i mean, shoot... as long as im stuck out on the side of the free-way i might as well pray for something... i really did also pray for safety though. really, i did. God answered one of my prayers at least, becuase i was kept safe.
dad says (after he drove it home for me at about 10-5 miles per hour ) that something is wrong with the computer and its messing with the transmission. idiot car.
oh well... God is still good... i have a job interview on wednesday or thursday, so whatever happens, happens. i still havnt eaten today and i have loads of homework...
peace...
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That's a great story. Waiting for more. » » »
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