Car Ride

A Story by aGcWriter

A woman goes for a car ride.

The middle-aged woman sat down in her car and closed the door behind her. Her golden hair cascaded onto her narrow shoulders and down her back. She didn't know where she was going, she just knew she was going. Her mind wandered to where she could go, to her parents whom she hadn't seen in years, her mind flashed to an old park where her and her friends spent countless afternoons just talking about boys and life. Her dainty hands grabbed the keys and found their way to the ignition, with a sigh of relief she turned the key and the engine roared to life. She relived the conversations she had with her friends and their dreams for the future, she felt almost guilty for not staying to the plan. In that car seat she relived so many events from her life, dancing with her friends all night long, falling in love, crying over lost loves, all the road trips with her friends, backpacking through Europe, she had lived, where was she now? Sitting in a car unsure of where she'd go. She continued to relive her youth, and all the ups and downs that came with it. Campfires, sneaking out of her parents house, she missed the excitement the spontaneity, She took one last breath and she left, her 8 year old son found her the next morning, sitting in the family's parked car in the garage, engine still running.