Stories tagged “road trip”
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Pick Up!
I pulled my iPod out of the computer and stuck the cord in my suitcase. “Maddy!” My mom called from downstairs. “Are you packed?” “Yes Mom!” I yelled back, smiling. I was ecstatic that my mom had let me go on the road trip with Amber, Thoma...
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Mad D. Lynn
“Thriller! Thriller niiiiiighhhhhht!!” I sing out as we drive down the highway, top down on the car and the smell of rain in the air. “You’re entirely insane.” Sam laughed. “You thought any different?” I asked,...
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Based on True Events
“Has anybody ever told you the story-” I’m yelling even though he’s in the passenger seat next to me. We have the windows down, the sunroof open- I’d be fighting against the ipod but I had turned that down in anticipation ...
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On The Road Once More
Finally we get underway, after saying goodbye to Thomas’ family, we’re on the road once more. I’m singing again but this time Amber and Thomas are cringing because they know the meaning for them behind the song. “Billie Jean is ...
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Double Six Diner
“So here’s my vote on where we eat,” Sam started, once we pulled out from the gas station. “The cashier told us the best Diner in town is just up the street.” “I second the motion for the Diner.” I piped up. &#...
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Riding with a Ghost
I drove. He talked. That’s the way I remember it. I’d picked him up by the side of a long, straight, dusty road in the back end of beyond. Everything he owned lived a small, green knapsack that he slung over one shoulder, except for a batte...
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Falling Rocks
Officer Stern arrived at the scene promptly. As the cop in a town with a population of 102, he didn’t usually have much to do but sit around and eat donuts at Manny’s Diner. But today was different: today, he had received a call from a newc...
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Road Trip
“Get ready, we’re going to church in an hour!” My mother yells from downstairs. I place the pillow over my head to try and drown out the sound the Christian music my dad already has playing. I don’t have a problem with God, oh n...
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And We're Off
I’m surprised my parents bought my lie. I rush Kylie to drive before they change their minds. I can’t risk them asking anymore questions. “What did you even say to your parents?” Kylie asks, her lips glossy. Kylie is a lucky gir...
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Runaway
“They want me to come straight home ’cause they found out I was lying. There is no Matt at church. Ha,” I say in a tone that Kylie is used to. This isn’t the first time my parents have caught me in a lie. “I’m sorry,...
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Commence Operation BB
Disaster struck on Highway 80, through the hot flat part part of northern Nevada. The air conditioner on the bus marked ‘Summer School USA’ started to wheeze, choked twice and died. All thirty-three of the kids felt the summer heat start to...