Element Daughters

The Woods

   I felt like the eyes were searching through my mind, tearing through my memories as I looked into them. It felt as though a bucket of ice water was poured over my head. I tried as hard as I could to tear my eyes away from the pitch black ones. I finally did, and was able to look at the face that they belonged to.

   The eyes belonged to a girl. Her pale face was framed by blue black hair, so dark it reflected the sun.
The eyes looked away from my face and before I saw anything else, she was gone.

   I jumped out of my truck, adreanline coursing through my veins as sure as the blood that was there, and looked around for the girl. Gone.

   I scanned my driveway again, looking at the woods that surrounded it. My eyes were caught on the moss that was clinging the trunk of the tree, as their way of living.

   I loved the woods, especially when spring came and dew collected on blades of grass or low hanging leaves.

   I inhaled the morning air, and closing my eyes, got back in my truck.

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   "Pour me another one, make it a strong one we're gonna have some fun tonight!" I sang along to Castaway at a stoplight, I hear laughing and look outside of the window and see one of the jocks from my school laughing at me in a small silver sports car.

   Eww, tiny car.

   I turned to him. "What?"

   "Well, first of all, you look insane, second, you are such a small little girl for such a big truck. And third-"

  He never got to finish.

  You see, when people are rude, especially, ones who think they are so amazing, I give them a piece of my mind.

   This time, a piece of my mind just happened to be some of my soda.

 On his hair.

His very gelled hair.

The hair boys spend so much time on.

He looked at me coughing, and choking, and said "What was that for?"

"Ugh, you made me spill all of my soda!"

"I'm the one to blame for this?" He looked at me like I was insane, and then said it.

So I treated him to the rest of my soda. Great. Now I need a new one.

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   I looked around the parking lot for a free spot I could steal, tapping my palms against the steering wheel.

Who was that girl?

She must have been in my imagination, right?

"Spot!" I pulled into the empty space, trying not to hit the little freshman that was standing in the way.

Well, I kind of just drove and let him move.