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Will's Corvette
It was 1987 and Will got his somewhat used corvette at a car lot
in the next town over. Bright yellow and red, his corvette was an
eyeful and when he revved that engine up he could feel the power
surge through him as he clenched the wheel. He went home in his
corvette, going the highway route that connected that town with
his own town. He went hard, gaining a feel for how the corvette
handled and he adapted very quick. She was a smooth drive. Will
couldn't feel any greater for a young man of his age. His hard
work payed off and he felt like he really made his parents proud
when he parked it in their driveway to show it off.
One day later he went and got his girlfriend Delilah for dinner
and a movie. It was Saturday night at the drive-in. She loved his
corvette. She loved it a lot. She would hug him tight when he put
pressure on the accelerator. She would give him a badgirl look
when he would use a few swervy maneuvers through traffic to get
ahead. They couldn't remember half of it if you asked them about it.
But through all their intimate bonding it was what happened on
their way home that would leave an ever bolder impression on their
memories of that night.
They lived in a medium size town of around 60,000 people. Their
only drive-in was on the east side of town while Delilah's house
was on the west side of town. The freeway went through the
southern part of town while not far north of it on was the
unsettled wooded area with some rough dirt roads cutting through
it. There were no houses there and no powerlines there for a good
ten miles. It was public land. A good area to hike through or go
out to and get a taste of nature.
Well, as Will exited the drive-in lot in his corvette with his
beautiful girlfriend Delilah in the passenger seat he decided to
change the plans for the trip home.
He said to her, "Hey Delilah, you want to go through the woods and
skip the freeway altogether? It'll only be an extra fifteen
minutes. You see?" Will looked up through the windshield with his
eyebrows raised, "It's nearly a full moon. You might think it's
romantic."
Delilah hesitated for a second then said, "Okay, let's go. You
should turn the radio on."
"Sure thing." Will said, smooching her on the cheek. The radio was
very clear and got great reception. Tuning in to a rock channel
playing a countdown of the days top hits, they both smiled when he
revved up the engine and the corvette roared.
"Are you ready, sketti?" Will asked Delilah.
"Yes!" She smiled and winked.
"Here we go!" He announced as he shifted into gear, skidding the
rear wheels through the gravel.
It wasn't but a few minutes when they reached the wooded road.
Will briefly paused at the end of the old dirt road to look
around. He hadn't been out this way for a long time. This time
though, he was at the wheel, and that made all the difference.
"It's been a while since I'd gone out there." Said Will, "How
about you?"
"Yeah, me too." Delilah replied.
"Hold on, it's gonna be a rough ride." Will said then hit the
accelerator hard.
A cloud of dirt snaked throught the air behind the corvette as
Will cut through the woods. Small pot-holes randomly scarred the
unkempt road, causing the corvette to dip here and there but not
bottom out. Small tree branches and small rocks were ejected
underneath the tires, some of them hitting the undercarriage and
making loud noises. The road wasn't that bad.
Will would skid around corners, the rear end of his corvette
swinging wide and out of control. It was a lot of fun. Until
"Will, watch out!" Delilah screamed in horror.
A pale figure in a torn bed sheet came into view, moving nearly
the speed of the corvette across the dirt road in front of them.
Will hit the brakes. The corvette went sliding without traction
and they watched the figure in bed sheets continue across the dirt
road backwards like a moon-walking maniac.
The car slid to a halt. Delilah was clinging onto Will's arm and
hyperventilating.
"Where did she go?!" Yelled Delilah. The corvette was enclosed in
a cloud of dirt and they couldn't see far enough clearly to get a
good view of the tree line on either side of the road.
"We didn't hit her!" Exclaimed Will, as shaken as Delilah. "There
was no, there wasn't any smack, it's like she vanished!"
They both looked around the car but couldn't see her. Will turned
the radio off. The song, "Rock And Roll Will Save Your Soul" was
playing. They sat silently far half a minute, waiting for the
figure to reappear.
"Okay, okay, let's go!" Said Will. He reached up to turn the
ignition key with Delilah continuing to cling to his arm like glue
when she abruptly screamed. Will shook with terror as the figure
appeared outside his window.
Her bottomless sockets swirled with grey tornados where her
eyeballs should be. She pushed her hands through the quarter-inch
crack in his window with a two-dimensional taffy-like
contortionism. She glowed with a dim whitish-green and it were as
though she muted out any background sounds as they felt a push on
their ear drums like they were yawning.
They were both now trembling with extreme terror. Will turned the
key and pushed the accelerator but the engine wouldn't turn over.
On his second try with the key the corvette rumbled into gear,
tearing into the gravel road. Off they went again, into the road
ahead and they never looked back.
Several minutes later they reached civilization where the end of
the dirt road meets a quaint neighborhood of small houses. Will
parked his corvette in the driveway at the house on the corner. He
held Delilah closely, rocking her in his arms, grateful they were
now alright.
The porch light of the house turned on and an elderly lady came
over to the car in a housecoat and slippers. Will let go of
Delilah to roll down his window. The elderly lady bowed enough to
see into the corvette and said, "Howdy, you two look like you've
seen a ghost!"
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Hmm, I sure wasn't expecting ghost story out of this. I guess the voice didn't sound like the stereotypical aching tension in your heart leading you to believe something scary is going to happen. You did a good job of catching my attention with the car and there was a sense of intrigue, like are they going to crash or something?
Personally, I like it. A cute story to tell around the campfire if you sprinkle in local road names or a back-story for the lady haunting them.
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