Before we start, some details. At the time of this story, both of us were only 14 years old. Not even old enough for a learner’s permit in my state, much less a driver’s license. The timeframe of this was not much more than an hour, and it occurred at roughly midnight. Let me also describe my mother’s vehicle to you. My mom drives a 1995 Ford Explorer Sport. This monstrosity is painted a garish purple and has the response time of a sloth on painkillers.
Late on one summer night about two years ago, my good friend H. J. Eisele and I were bored about my house. After persuading my mother to let us drive her car about the neighborhood (as in, we asked her and she said yes), we went speeding off.
Jacob took the wheel first, and he had his five minutes of fun zipping about my neighborhood, scaring the residents and whatnot. We returned to my house and switched seats. It was my turn to drive. I set off about the road, and when we reached the main road, I turned the vehicle to turn around and head back. However, I attempted to do this on a fairly steep hill, and as I mentioned before, this car has about as much power as a sleeping fat kid. As I turned the car, I eased off the gas to try and make the turn. However, I forgot this thing doesn’t move, and we ended up stuck perpendicular to the flow of traffic, blocking both lanes. I gently brought my foot down onto the accelerator to try and gingerly right the vehicle. Apparently, the car did not like being told what to do, and with a triumphant roar, it careened off the road and into the grass. In this grass was a pile of landscaping rocks. When the car finally slid to a stop, we were mere inches from beaching this beast on the rocks like a floundering whale. After much coaxing, wrangling, and cursing, we freed the car from it’s precarious situation and returned it to the driveway, miraculously unscathed.
However, the story does not end here.
See, after two years, Jacob has managed to procure a driver’s license from the government. After a night of zipping about in his less-garish Nissan, we were returning to my house. On the opposite hill from the one where the Rocks occurred, there is an intersection, with a house next to it. This house has some decorative rocks similar to the ones in the previous story. As we tried to determine where to go next, Jacob slammed his vehicle into reverse and blindly backed up.
Into the yard, and onto the rocks.
Luckily, only the underside of his rear fender was scratched, but still, revenge is oh so sweet.
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Sorry about the filler and the lack of posts. I know this story sucks but I actually have real-life things happening now. That plus I suck at consistent updates.
PS. I am currently working on a layout, so maybe this site won't look like dog shit any longer.