Tanya stole my car

by TPak

Published March 23, 2011

In Okay, I guess . . .

Beck

Tanya stole my car keys once again. I thought I was going to kill her. She knew I was suppose to drive Lindsey home and that Tanya was suppose to have a ride from one of her other little friends. But then again little sister’s live to ruin their siblings’ lives. Lindsey had to ride the bus when she explicitly told me she hated it. I started to feel like crap when Trevor came up to me.

“Where’s the car, Tanta?” he asked me. I shrugged and he let out a gruff laugh that told me what he was thinking. “I’ll start the car,” he said.

I nodded. That was the thing Trevor and I had where we kind of knew what was up. I was best friends with Trevor for a while and we knew each other well enough to just stop asking. He ran across the over congested parking lot to his small, beaten up car. He was just about to get in it when a girl-I liked to call her Goddess of Death and Lunatics, G-O-D-A-L for short- stomped up to him. I could hear her voice from where I was standing. She was basically screeching at him. Trevor gave me a nervous glance so I decided to step over there.

G was still screeching when I got up, “-You told me, I mean Nancy that you loved her! How can you just say it was a mistake! She told me to tell you she loved you!”

“What the hell are you talking about, freak?” Trevor snapped back. “Nancy died years ago and she didn’t even like you! How would you have a message from her?” he screamed red faced. Not the Nancy subject, anything but the Nancy subject.

“Let’s just say I know her better than you think,” she snapped back. I noticed her voice was a lot higher than usual or at least from the last time I heard it which was weeks ago. There was something off about her that was odder than her regular self. She was acting like Nancy.

“Well you can just-” Trevor started but never finished.

“Crap!” G shrieked. Her knees buckled and her face was scrunched in pain. She opened her eyes and I looked at them in awe. I knew G wore contacts but the pure black irises that I saw weren’t fake. In a blink of an eye her black irises turned a blinding white. She closed her eyes and fell back on to the pavement. I saw a couple of her friends look over and one of the guys rushed over.

“Jade!” he shouted with his gay lisp. “Who did this to you?” he whispered under his breath.

“I didn’t,” I said. The guy looked up and sneered.

“I wasn’t-never mind, can you guys help me get her to the nurses office?” he asked. Trevor huffed and looked up at the sky.

“Sure,” I told the guy. He smiled widely.

“Okay, help me get her up,” he demanded.

We carried G all the way into the office. As soon as the secretaries saw us they motioned towards the nurse’s office. We saw the nurse at her small desk. “Hello?” she asked. But when she looked to see who it was she sighed, “How did it happen this time?” I halted. This time? There has been more times where she randomly faints?

“I don’t know, ask him,” G’s friend motioned to me. The nurse’s gaze fell on me. I had no idea what to say so I just shrugged. She shook her head and left to get some ice.

“Okay, what the hell just happened to her?” I asked the guy. He turned to me.

“What do you mean?” he asked.

“I mean the weird thing with her eyes and the whole thing about Nancy,” I hissed. He gaped at me.

“You saw that?” he asked.

“Yeah, and it was freaky! What is this chick into, Wicca or something?” he almost laughed at that.

“I guess you’ll have to ask Jade when she gets up. She was scared this was going to happen one day,” and with that last comment he left me with the Goddess of Death and Lunatics. I was debating if I should leave or stay and wait till she wakes up. If I left than I wouldn’t have another opportunity to ask her what just happened, but if I stayed than I might be sucked into this weird life of hers. So I decided to leave. But as I was going through the door I saw her toss and turn.

Suddenly her eyes flew open and she mumbled, “Not again.”

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kaitlyn wrote a review Review · Dec 28, 2021

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world),

Hi! I'm here to leave a quick review!!

First Impression: Okayy...this was an intriguing read here. I think you've created a neat little first chapter here. The title there looks like it needs a bit of help, but otherwise this is looking fairly solid as far as a start is concerned, there is enough stuff going on to pull you in as a reader.

Anyway let's get right to it,

Tanya stole my car keys once again. I thought I was going to kill her. She knew I was suppose to drive Lindsey home and that Tanya was suppose to have a ride from one of her other little friends. But then again little sister’s live to ruin their siblings’ lives. Lindsey had to ride the bus when she explicitly told me she hated it. I started to feel like crap when Trevor came up to me.

“Where’s the car, Tanta?” he asked me. I shrugged and he let out a gruff laugh that told me what he was thinking. “I’ll start the car,” he said.

I nodded. That was the thing Trevor and I had where we kind of knew what was up. I was best friends with Trevor for a while and we knew each other well enough to just stop asking. He ran across the over congested parking lot to his small, beaten up car. He was just about to get in it when a girl-I liked to call her Goddess of Death and Lunatics, G-O-D-A-L for short- stomped up to him. I could hear her voice from where I was standing. She was basically screeching at him. Trevor gave me a nervous glance so I decided to step over there.

G was still screeching when I got up, “-You told me, I mean Nancy that you loved her! How can you just say it was a mistake! She told me to tell you she loved you!”


OKay well this is quite the action packed opening here. I wasn't expecting to run into quite so much at just the start, from what seems like a fairly typical and pretty realistic sibling situation to some sort of life and death related thing that seems to run a lot deeper than it appears at first glance. Well you've certainly gotten my attention pretty successfully here so that's quite nicely done.

“What the hell are you talking about, freak?” Trevor snapped back. “Nancy died years ago and she didn’t even like you! How would you have a message from her?” he screamed red faced. Not the Nancy subject, anything but the Nancy subject.

“Let’s just say I know her better than you think,” she snapped back. I noticed her voice was a lot higher than usual or at least from the last time I heard it which was weeks ago. There was something off about her that was odder than her regular self. She was acting like Nancy.

“Well you can just-” Trevor started but never finished.

“Crap!” G shrieked. Her knees buckled and her face was scrunched in pain. She opened her eyes and I looked at them in awe. I knew G wore contacts but the pure black irises that I saw weren’t fake. In a blink of an eye her black irises turned a blinding white. She closed her eyes and fell back on to the pavement. I saw a couple of her friends look over and one of the guys rushed over.


Oh this is quite something...well, well, I sense a lot of hidden backstory behind this particular scene here. There is definitely a lot of things to think about there and unpack. It seems this whole Nancy situation is not just a sensitive one but this girl and everything appears to be tied to a bit of a deeper supernatural subplot of some kind and so far I am loving this.

“Jade!” he shouted with his gay lisp. “Who did this to you?” he whispered under his breath.

“I didn’t,” I said. The guy looked up and sneered.

“I wasn’t-never mind, can you guys help me get her to the nurses office?” he asked. Trevor huffed and looked up at the sky.

“Sure,” I told the guy. He smiled widely.

“Okay, help me get her up,” he demanded.

We carried G all the way into the office. As soon as the secretaries saw us they motioned towards the nurse’s office. We saw the nurse at her small desk. “Hello?” she asked. But when she looked to see who it was she sighed, “How did it happen this time?” I halted. This time? There has been more times where she randomly faints?

“I don’t know, ask him,” G’s friend motioned to me. The nurse’s gaze fell on me. I had no idea what to say so I just shrugged. She shook her head and left to get some ice.


Okay...well that's quite something...it seems that this is something that happens to this girl quite often which means whatever caused our main character here to treat her quite that rudely isn't what they think it is. Things are just getting more interesting by the minute here and I am all for it.

“Okay, what the hell just happened to her?” I asked the guy. He turned to me.

“What do you mean?” he asked.

“I mean the weird thing with her eyes and the whole thing about Nancy,” I hissed. He gaped at me.

“You saw that?” he asked.

“Yeah, and it was freaky! What is this chick into, Wicca or something?” he almost laughed at that.

“I guess you’ll have to ask Jade when she gets up. She was scared this was going to happen one day,” and with that last comment he left me with the Goddess of Death and Lunatics. I was debating if I should leave or stay and wait till she wakes up. If I left than I wouldn’t have another opportunity to ask her what just happened, but if I stayed than I might be sucked into this weird life of hers. So I decided to leave. But as I was going through the door I saw her toss and turn.

Suddenly her eyes flew open and she mumbled, “Not again.”


Okayy...well that's a neat little cliffhanger here. I think it works very well in making us want to immediately turn the old page and find out what happens next. This is a pretty well chosen ending here. I think you've built up just enough information to make things interesting without spelling too much out and as readers we just find ourselves absolutely needing to find out what happens next.

Aaaaand that's it for this one.

Overall: Overall...this is pretty nicely done I think. The general premise seems very exciting and I think you can make quite something out of it...on top of that its a pretty solid opening and a good cliffhanger to end on as well I think.

As always remember to take what you think was helpful and forget the rest.

Stay Safe
Harry

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TPak commented Comment · Mar 25, 2011

Tanta is Beck's last name. Beck Tanta. Confusing I know.

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XxjustmeXx commented Comment · Mar 24, 2011

I really liked this, it was awesome. At the top instead of Tanya, it says Tanta though. Just thought I'd let you know. Other then it was great. :)

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CountrywriteR commented Comment · Mar 23, 2011

i honestly think that ur story was great i absolutely loved it hooked me and thats all i have to say.:)



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