lexie bishop ( ᴛᴇʟᴇᴋɪɴᴇᴛɪᴄ ) (lemonsqueezy) wrote in summerview, @ 2019-03-15 18:13:00 |
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Entry tags: | lexie bishop, ongoing, player: bee, zkanuna oliver |
whole new world
“Come on. Come on, baby.” As Lexie encouraged the beat-up car, she stroked the center of the steering wheel. In return, the engine rattled and sputtered as it struggled to keep moving. She’d been driving nonstop for the better part of the day, more than nine hours of straight driving. Ignoring her own stiffness was easy when all her concentration was on pushing her car to make it to her next destination. Not that she knew where that would be exactly. Foolishly, she’d blown through Atlantic City hoping to find a smaller, cheaper hotel outside the city limits.
The was a shutter throughout the car, then everything went completely dead. “No,” she protested with a whine in her voice. “You are not going to do this.” Lexie turned the key to start the car again, but it barely turned over before giving out. She tried twice, three more times, before bowing her head in defeat. This was not how she wanted her trip to end. Quite a sour start to her new beginning. The road she was stopped on wasn’t heavily trafficked, though a fair number of cars sped by, seemingly frustrated that she was in their way. Lexie wasn’t fair off from feeling the same. There wasn’t much she could do on her own. Actually, there was only one option she could think of and even then, it wasn’t the best. She slipped her car into neutral, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes to concentrate on the tires. Pushing things with her mind wasn’t an exact science. Proving as much, the car rocked back and forth before the backend lowered with a loud boom. She’d completely blown out the back tires. Now she had no choice but to hitchhike. |