Driving Miss Cally.
By Ariosto and Why… hope you enjoy…
Sarah Fisher
Sarah sighed and placed her lap top bag down, leaning it against her suit case; of course it didn’t want to do that and slowly toppled against her leg. She was hot and tired; aircraft were for her a mini hell, even flying club class she had been subjected to boredom on the grand scale.
“Must be your age,” her inner demon/fears chuckled
She wasn’t old, being born in the fifties doesn’t make you old, she thought. Ok, you are a forty something, not as good as a thirty something and no where near a twenty something. On second thoughts Sarah mused, wouldn’t like to be twenty something again, save in the body department. Being that young and knowing nothing is a bloody pain in the neck, being forty something and still not knowing everything is bad enough. And Sarah knew she didn’t know much about the good ole US of A.
All her travelling had been in Europe, Africa and even down under with the relations out in the bush. But the states were really off the map for her, sort of only seen it in the movies territory.
The young man behind the counter smiled one of those fixed Disney smiles as he filled in the form and swiped her card. He rattled off, dos and don’ts, which went completely over Sarah’s head and left her thinking, all I want is a car that works, please.
“You are well out of your depth woman,” her inner demon was really on the attack now. “Look all you have to do is go back into that place labelled JFK Airport, New York, New York, so good they named it twice,” Sarah winced, why did she have to have inner fears that actually burst into song. “As I was saying, turn round, get a flight straight to LA, bury yourself in a hotel for a few weeks, then go home where you belong. Why are you doing this?
Why was she? Sarah sighed again as the door behind her opened to allow another customer in, she didn’t take much notice save to note it was male. Yes I do still notice that, male, female, son, son’s girlfriend. That was one of the reasons; having a son in their twenties with a girlfriend who keep’s going on about her biological clock ticking. What did that make her’s? Fallen off the wall and lost its battery?
The young man placed the form in front of Sarah for her to sign. She picked up the pen and out of habit went to chew the end. The young man’s smile faded somewhat. Sarah for a moment wished Robert was here, he would nudge her and try to make her laugh at her own crazy habit. Even after five years she still half expected him to walk through the door. Bloody stupid really, she supposed this is also about letting him go as well. Cancer had no respect, it didn’t look at Robert and say, this chap is a good’un, got a fairly good life, a son and still batting at the same marriage after 20 years, leave him alone. Nope Cancer had no respect.
“Just need to check a few more things,” The young man turned the form and stared hard at Sarah’s signature.
“Huh?” Sarah replied and ran a hand through her short brown, grey-streaked hair. She was renting the car, not buying it and it seemed she was not the only one having trouble. The busty blonde serving the gentleman who had walked in, was using her chest like an armour plated battering ram, thrusting it forward to punctuate her words.
Sort of thing Cally would do, Sarah smiled widely at the thought The young man before her coughed and sort of shuffled back Oh God, did he think?
Well, you are one slightly grey, mid forties, five feet, five of a English woman, whose body is holding tight to a size 16, what’s that US a 14 as if it’s life depended on it, and with boobs pointing south. Another reason why you shouldn’t be here” Oh, the fears were really on a roll now and beginning to make her head hurt.
The young car rental man finished his checking with a flourish, not so his busty companion. she was getting her second wind and moving in for the kill by the look of it. Aggressive female, like Cally, correction Cally wasn’t that bad, Sarah thought.
She rounded on her inner demon, grabbing her fears by the scruff of the neck and pounding the fact into them that this trip was also about business. A few years ago a small film company had brought the rights to one of her more racer historical fictions, Sarah reminded the inner demon. The sum of money hadn’t been that large, but it had been useful. Now it had actually been made into a film and her agent told her the “buzz” about it was good. So she was expected to be “out” there for the premiere. Her agent has also told her that she could make use of it in another field she wrote in. Novels don’t really pay the bills, not everyone is a J. K, Rowling.
So since her son was little Sarah had pounded out a column for a magazine, not your home and gardens type, but your upmarket glossy men’s top shelf type. The sort that had air brushed pictures of sports cars in between the air brushed ones of young woman with legs up to their necks. The Adventures of Cally, which of late, her editor had commented had grown a little stale. So… travel across the US, see somethings she hadn’t seen before, write a few of Cally’s adventures and email them back, go to this premiere and see if the biological clock are really stopped.
“And here are your keys…” The young man finally said, knocking Sarah out of her inner mental argument.
“What make and colour was it again,” Sarah asked.
By Ariosto and Why… hope you enjoy…
Sarah Fisher
Sarah sighed and placed her lap top bag down, leaning it against her suit case; of course it didn’t want to do that and slowly toppled against her leg. She was hot and tired; aircraft were for her a mini hell, even flying club class she had been subjected to boredom on the grand scale.
“Must be your age,” her inner demon/fears chuckled
She wasn’t old, being born in the fifties doesn’t make you old, she thought. Ok, you are a forty something, not as good as a thirty something and no where near a twenty something. On second thoughts Sarah mused, wouldn’t like to be twenty something again, save in the body department. Being that young and knowing nothing is a bloody pain in the neck, being forty something and still not knowing everything is bad enough. And Sarah knew she didn’t know much about the good ole US of A.
All her travelling had been in Europe, Africa and even down under with the relations out in the bush. But the states were really off the map for her, sort of only seen it in the movies territory.
The young man behind the counter smiled one of those fixed Disney smiles as he filled in the form and swiped her card. He rattled off, dos and don’ts, which went completely over Sarah’s head and left her thinking, all I want is a car that works, please.
“You are well out of your depth woman,” her inner demon was really on the attack now. “Look all you have to do is go back into that place labelled JFK Airport, New York, New York, so good they named it twice,” Sarah winced, why did she have to have inner fears that actually burst into song. “As I was saying, turn round, get a flight straight to LA, bury yourself in a hotel for a few weeks, then go home where you belong. Why are you doing this?
Why was she? Sarah sighed again as the door behind her opened to allow another customer in, she didn’t take much notice save to note it was male. Yes I do still notice that, male, female, son, son’s girlfriend. That was one of the reasons; having a son in their twenties with a girlfriend who keep’s going on about her biological clock ticking. What did that make her’s? Fallen off the wall and lost its battery?
The young man placed the form in front of Sarah for her to sign. She picked up the pen and out of habit went to chew the end. The young man’s smile faded somewhat. Sarah for a moment wished Robert was here, he would nudge her and try to make her laugh at her own crazy habit. Even after five years she still half expected him to walk through the door. Bloody stupid really, she supposed this is also about letting him go as well. Cancer had no respect, it didn’t look at Robert and say, this chap is a good’un, got a fairly good life, a son and still batting at the same marriage after 20 years, leave him alone. Nope Cancer had no respect.
“Just need to check a few more things,” The young man turned the form and stared hard at Sarah’s signature.
“Huh?” Sarah replied and ran a hand through her short brown, grey-streaked hair. She was renting the car, not buying it and it seemed she was not the only one having trouble. The busty blonde serving the gentleman who had walked in, was using her chest like an armour plated battering ram, thrusting it forward to punctuate her words.
Sort of thing Cally would do, Sarah smiled widely at the thought The young man before her coughed and sort of shuffled back Oh God, did he think?
Well, you are one slightly grey, mid forties, five feet, five of a English woman, whose body is holding tight to a size 16, what’s that US a 14 as if it’s life depended on it, and with boobs pointing south. Another reason why you shouldn’t be here” Oh, the fears were really on a roll now and beginning to make her head hurt.
The young car rental man finished his checking with a flourish, not so his busty companion. she was getting her second wind and moving in for the kill by the look of it. Aggressive female, like Cally, correction Cally wasn’t that bad, Sarah thought.
She rounded on her inner demon, grabbing her fears by the scruff of the neck and pounding the fact into them that this trip was also about business. A few years ago a small film company had brought the rights to one of her more racer historical fictions, Sarah reminded the inner demon. The sum of money hadn’t been that large, but it had been useful. Now it had actually been made into a film and her agent told her the “buzz” about it was good. So she was expected to be “out” there for the premiere. Her agent has also told her that she could make use of it in another field she wrote in. Novels don’t really pay the bills, not everyone is a J. K, Rowling.
So since her son was little Sarah had pounded out a column for a magazine, not your home and gardens type, but your upmarket glossy men’s top shelf type. The sort that had air brushed pictures of sports cars in between the air brushed ones of young woman with legs up to their necks. The Adventures of Cally, which of late, her editor had commented had grown a little stale. So… travel across the US, see somethings she hadn’t seen before, write a few of Cally’s adventures and email them back, go to this premiere and see if the biological clock are really stopped.
“And here are your keys…” The young man finally said, knocking Sarah out of her inner mental argument.
“What make and colour was it again,” Sarah asked.
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