That One Guy…
Jack
It was starting to get dark out.
Cars just kept passing me by.
One right after another. Car
after car, after car, after car.
Not a single person seemed
to notice me, or they just
didn’t care enough to do a
single thing about it, even
stopping. It was starting to
get on my nerves just a bit.
Eventually, a fairly large
white truck was rolling down
the road. I watched as it
passed me first, but then it
slowed down and backed
up to me, stopping right beside
me. The passenger’s side
window rolled down, and a
guy probably only in his
early twenties was looking
at me. He had bluish-
green eyes and light brown
hair. He stared at me.
You need a ride? He asked.
I noticed his voice had a
bit of a twang to it, which was
kind of interesting. It was
different from what I was used
to hearing when I met
people from traveling around.
“Yeah. My car was
totaled back in Miami. I don’t
have a vehicle, and I
really need to get back to…”
Think of a southern
city, dumbass! “Austin so I
can get some help
from my parents. We’re a
really tight-knit
family. We just moved there
a bit ago.”
You said Austin, right?
I nodded.
I’m actually from Austin.
I can give you a
ride back in to the city.
"Really? That's
awesome. Thanks so
much!” I climbed
into the passenger’s side.
Sometimes, I
absolutely hated how I
took advantage
of people around me.
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Dwindling Light
Teen FictionAce and Jack Sterling, twins, lead very different lives. Ace stayed home with their mother and her terrible lovers; Jack ran away, finding himself a part of a drug chain just to have money to keep a modest subsistence. But Ace wants to get away and...
