ClunkingBuckets
Halfway through my trip, I smiled, happy to finally be out of my hometown and on my way to my apartment in New York. Being twenty-three and being able to afford an apartment by myself in New York was very satisfying.
I turned up the radio and began singing along, not caring if I knew the words or not. I was out of that little town and on my way to the big city! Just as I got to the chorus, my car shuddered.
Dingdingding. Engine light.
I coasted over to the side of the highway as my car turned off. On my own for the first time. Damn it.