Wordle by Wordle: Day 110
Friday, April 19, 2024
Wordle #1035 – RAISE
A noise came to me slowly. An incessant, insect-like clicking that I realized was the car’s turn signal.
My body felt submerged in Jell-O, but I managed to raise my arm enough to put the vehicle in park and then turn off the ignition, silencing the tsking turn signal.
This all suddenly struck me as very funny. Stuck in the mountains, in a busted car, in the middle of the night. Oh, and in the rain, too. I laughed. A hollow sound that sank dully against the car’s interior, now plunged into darkness.
Then, a light. The sweep of another car’s headlamps as it pulled onto the shoulder of the road behind me. A person jumped out of the driver’s side door but kept the car running, their figure silhouetted against the vehicle’s bright, golden eyes as they dashed toward me.
A knock on the window. Through the scree of raindrops across the glass, I could make out a smudge of blonde hair, a frowning face.
“Cece! Oh my god!” Bree’s muffled voice came through the door. She yanked it open then grabbed my shoulder, shaking me urgently. “Are you alright?”
“M’fine,” I slurred and chuckled a little at myself, but this only made Bree frown harder.
“Why didn’t you let me drive you? You idiot,” Bree scolded me with worried affection. She patted my hair, turned my chin toward her, squeezed my arm, looking for signs of injury. “I knew I should’ve taken your stupid keys. I should’ve tackled you or something…”
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