Get A Life

I wake up to see my room is still dark; I turn to my right side to see my alarm clock read 3:00 a.m.  I woke up early again, for the fourth time this week.  I got myself out of bed, and went to the kitchen.  I got a bowl, some milk, and corn flakes.  I pulled out the silver ware drawer, and mumbled to myself, “Great, no spoons.”  So, I grabbed a fork and struggled to eat my cereal.  I looked for the TV remote, nowhere to be found, already signs of a bad boring day.  Once I finished my cereal I quickly showered, letting the warm water hit my body.  Then, grabbed some sweats, a clean tank top and some slippers; walked into the kitchen and grabbed my keys. 

                I walked up to my car to see a brand new key mark all across the side of my 1990 Cadillac Deville.  In big letters, it read “Get a life”. I sighed, rubbing my fingers across the big letters.  I realized I needed a new car anyways, so I got in the car, and put the key in the ignition.  I then saw the big green letters on the clock read 5:06 a.m.  What was I thinking? No car dealership would be open this early.  I proceed to turn my now screwed up car, off and try to catch some more sleep. 

                I closed my eyes, opened them at 5:30.  Closed my eyes again, opened them at 5:52.  Closed my eyes for the third time, opened them at 6:15.  This time, I sat there and continuously starred at the ceiling.  I looked closely at the detail, trying to make out animals in the design. I had to stop after an hour, because my eyes were hurting from squinting. It was now 7:23; I decided to change my clothes, so I looked a little bit more suited to buy a car.  Inside my closet was one jacket, two more pairs of sweat pants, five colored t-shirts that looked two sizes too big for me, one pair of Levi’s, and three socks on the ground.  I grabbed my Levi’s and my gigantic green shirt. I slicked my hair in a pony tail, and hit the door.

                My engine roared as I turned the key. I fastened my seat belt and turned the radio on to drown out my thoughts;  “Talk show, fantastic”  But I had already pulled out of the drive way and just didn’t feel like looking down.  I drove passed happy families, kids walking their dogs, and couples holding hands; all things that reminded me of my used to be “Happily Ever After” home.  At the stop light I heard someone honk, I turned to my left to see a couple of guys motioning me to roll down my window.  I rolled it down hurriedly and yelled, “What!”  They all pointed and said, “Get a life!” while laughing hysterically.  I sighed, and ran the red light. 

                I turned to the nearest car dealership, Honda.  Once there, I parked looking for the first car I liked; not caring about the price just wanting to feel freedom with the car I chose.  I then saw the car I liked; I quickly grabbed a guy so I could claim my car.  The man got me my papers, while I got his money.  He then handed me my keys, I got in the driver’s seat of my used 2000 Green Honda Civic.  I noticed the car was recently used, and was almost out of gas.  So, I decided to find a close gas station to fill up my brand new baby. 

                I pulled my car into a Chevron, grabbed my credit card and got out to fill up my car.  I noticed the clock in my car was on, but yet the keys were out on the seat.  The clock was frozen on 3:00, the time grabbed my attention, this had been the time I had been waking up at for the last four days.  I opened the door to hear a fast clicking sound.  I backed away from the car slowly, and decided to go inside Chevron to buy a bag of chips, thinking it was just my imagination.  I got some Cheeto’s, and walked back gradually to my car.  I was less than half way there, when, “BOOM!”  My new car, busted out in flames.  Without hesitation, I ran in the other direction and slipped my Cheeto’s in my pocket.  I had no idea where to run, I just knew; that I was finally listening to someone’s advice, I was getting a life.

Author's Note

This was just an extra cedit paper I did for English, the goal was to include "3:00, Green Honda Civic, and Chevron." Enjoy. If there's any errors please inform me!

Reviews

[Athizzle!]

Yo! I loved this story! it was dope! keep up the writing! And the third paragraph last sentence. Change "money tail" to pony tail. But again great story!