“You’re inviting your friend to go on a road trip today after school?” My mother asked me before I get on the school bus.

“Yes mother, I won’t be back for dinner tonight” I reassured her in case she forgot and made an extra meal as she did in the past.

“Enjoy the road trip with your friends today” my mother blessed me, I went on the bus right away before my mother could continue yapping.

I arri...

my life is a seemingly endless

road trip.

one that seems to always need

to take the most difficult

and long route to reach

its destination.

but what even is that destination?

death?

no, it couldn’t be.

there has to be more of a

meaning to my life

than barely surviving.

but i suppose that if death

is my final destination,

maybe i should be grateful

that my roads are twisted

and go through dark ...

When my cousin Shane invited me out to his property for a week and said I could bring my friends and that their significant others were welcome to come along I eagerly accepted the invitation. I always had gotten along with my cousin, I have fond memories of us playing in the backyard of my grandmothers house and of going on hikes and adventures in the woods on his property. I always enjoyed spend...

Our weekend was finally here!

the third weekend in July…

It was time for the “TRIO’S” (as we called ourselves), annual Girls Trip!

We hastily packed our luggage, snacks, cooler and various other personal items, into the back of my Honda Pilot SUV… We were ready to hit the open road!

“After we were all in, I started up the car and settled behind the wheel.

“Can anyone say Girrrrls Trip!” I s...

“Fuck you and fuck your shit! I don’t give a damn about your feelings. This wasn’t a secret! It was something I wanted to keep private. For my fucking safety! And now look what you’ve done. Everybody knows and there’s no telling what the hell they will do to me next.”

“I just wanted to be in on it.”

“In on it!” I exclaim with disbelief! “There was nothing to be in on I told you that.”

“I know.”...

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(Sexual Themes, Drug Use, Violence)

Nessa (Venessa Jones) 19

Lilly (Lana Jones) 18

Cole (Collin Smith) 21

Zaz (Zavier Roberts ) 20

Nicky (Nicole Peterson) 21

Max (Markus Salomon) 23

“Get the fuck out of my house!!” Nessa had tears running down her face, right cheek burning from her mother’s swift slap. “You have no right to bring that shit around your sister…...

I thought this road trip was off to a pretty good start. With all my previous experience, I thought I had most of the kinks figured out. But then again, I was alone when all of these other trips occurred. If something went wrong, it was pretty easy to pivot and adjust. But with a group including three other individuals, with their own perspectives and ways to solve a problem, it’s only natural tha...

I was asleep when the car jerked to a halt. It woke me up instantly. I yelled at our driver, which woke my other friends up.

Seb who was sitting in the front next to Peter looked over to him and screamed. We all leaned over to take a look, only to see he’d died. I knew he’d had too much to drink the night before but I didn’t know he was that bad.

We were stranded in the middle of the Nevada des...

“Betts, Unit 12, this is Unit 12 we have a 10-57 Victor on Clark Ave. Repeat we have a 10-57 Victor on Clark Ave. vehicle a John Deere lawn mower green and yellow suspect Rusty—“

“10-9, 10-9 Frank, quit playing on the radio.”

“Unit 12, we have a 10-57 Victor turning off Clark Ave. on to Pablo Bianca Circle vehicle is a John Deere lawn mower green and yellow silver duct tape on left fender suspect ...

“Maybe it’s like… a sign?” Sarah said. Maybe it was. But I didn’t really believe in signs like Sarah did. “It’s just a wrong turn.” Blake sighed, rolling their eyes. Apparently- they weren’t on board with the signs thing either.

“It’s not just the wrong turn though. There hasn’t been service this entire trip. There was that weird radio station playing an hour long segment from the 1970s. I swear...