Spell Song: An Enchanting Urban Fantasy by J.F. Forrest

Author:J.F. Forrest [Forrest, J.F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-16T22:00:00+00:00

14

Going Plaid

Samantha Dawn Proctor was suddenly exhausted. Her eyelids were bouncing up and down, threatening to close like those of a tenth grader in homeroom class. She knew that the spells she’d used had taken a heavy toll on her and was afraid if she kept driving she would have an accident.

“Mikki, sweetie,” she heard her own speech slurring, “we need to stop for a min—”

Her head slumped down on the steering wheel and the car swerved hard to the left. The red Volkswagen bug rumbled over the median and into the oncoming traffic lane on the opposite side of the highway. Mikki screeched and jumped on top of Sami’s head. She grasped Sami’s hands and tugged as hard as she could to the right, hoping to swerve the car back into the proper lane. Try as she might, she couldn’t get the wheel to budge. Ahead of them, a horn started blaring in the distance. Mikki looked up to see a very large vehicle heading their way. Of course, a doublewide trailer was barreling toward them, its light flashing over a sign that announced it was a wide load. Wide load indeed, it stretched from shoulder to shoulder, blocking any open road. Mikki screamed at Sami. Sami’s head lolled to the left and the car began to swerve in that direction. A thought occurred to Mikki and she grabbed the top of Sami’s ears. She tugged as hard as she could on Sami’s right ear and her hand came off the wheel and brushed sleepily at the side of her head. The car swerved to the right and the rushing air of the trailer pushed them into the median as it scraped by them. The driver’s side mirror shattered and flew off, clipped by the truck.

Mikki squealed as the car jumped back onto their side of the road, but it didn’t slow down. It flew across the pavement and rumbled over the shoulder into the grass and was threatening to slam into a road sign announcing a Love’s Truck Stop at the next exit. Mikki tugged hard on Sami’s left ear and the car clipped the sign sending the passenger’s side mirror flying off as well. Mikki realized what was happening and corrected the steer as all four wheels hit the road. The car straightened and headed down the interstate roughly in between the lines.

Mikki couldn’t help but grin as she realized she was driving Sami’s car. The next exit was coming fast and she thought it might be good to hit the truck stop for a few candy bars and sodas. She was sure Sami wouldn’t mind. They hit the ramp going too fast and the wheels squelched as they jumped a pothole and Mikki realized with a jolt she had no idea how she was going to stop the car.

They swerved through the stop sign without stopping and Mikki turned them into the Love’s parking lot and began to circle around the gas pumps. Her arms were getting tired and she wasn’t sure how to slow down.

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