It was the night of the full moon, and being such, my roommate and I were in quite a giddy mood. Unfortunately, in the small city of Killeen, Texas, there was not much for two young women to do when in such a mood. So we sat with our boyfriends, David and Martin, and watched television until it became unbearable.1
“God,” I exclaimed, jumping up from the recliner. “I’m bored and I don’t feel like being home.”2
Rhyssa, my roommate, looked up at me with an expression of restlessness on her heart shaped face.3
“Neither do I,” she said, wrinkling her small nose. “It’s boring, and we’re too young to buy alcohol.”4
Both of our boyfriends shrugged, and we sighed. There was really nothing to do. Suddenly Rhyssa jumped up, a conspiratorial glimmer in her light green eyes.5
“I have an idea,” she said. “Where’s the penny jar?”6
“The penny jar?” I asked. “It’s on top of the refrigerator. Why?”7
She ran as fast as she could into the kitchen, red hair flying. She came back into the living room with the penny jar, sat cross-legged, and dumped all of the pennies onto the floor. David, Martin and I sat down with her, puzzled expressions on our faces.8
“Help me count the pennies,” she said. “I have a full tank of gas in my truck. Why don’t we hit all of the all-night gas stations and buy one sucker at each one using the pennies.”9
“We’ll fit better in my car,” offered Martin. “Why don’t we take that?” Boredom having made us somewhat delirious, we all agreed that would be fun. At least, we decided, it would get us out of the house. 10
After counting the pennies, we discovered that we had about six hundred of them. That was plenty for suckers. We poured them back into the jar they had come from and all went outside, piling into Martin’s car.11
Leaving the house, we drove from Route One back towards Killeen, stopping at the first gas station we saw, a Chevron on Stan Schlueter Loop. Rhyssa and I went into the gas station while the boys waited in the car. We each had fifteen pennies in our hands and each bought a pink lemonade blow pop. When we paid for them the tired cashier simply gave us a look. I’m sure she must have thought we were on drugs.12
And so it went for about two hours. We drove around Killeen, stopping at every gas station we could find, and buying one sucker at each one. We received several odd stares and a few laughs. 13
“Are we out of gas stations finally?” asked David finally. “I think we’ve been to every one in town.”14
“I know of one more,” said Martin, who was driving. Rhyssa and I cheered. We still had more pennies! Martin drove for a while, finally stopping at a Mickey’s convenience store on Post. Rhyssa and I got out of the car and made our way inside, buying a sucker. On the way back out of the store, we passed a greasy biker-type guy with stringy long hair wearing a leather jacket. He looked very pissed off and was heading in the direction of my boyfriends car. Martin and David already had our doors open and were yelling at us to hurry up and get in the car. Not knowing what was happening, Rhyssa and I ran for the car and jumped inside.15
“What happened?” Rhyssa and I exclaimed at the same time, as Martin threw the car into reverse and backed out of the parking space as fast as he could. Mr. Greasy swore loudly and jumped into his car, determined to follow.16
“Holy shit!” said David, turning around in the back seat to look behind us. “Martin, floor it! That guy’s out of his mind, he’s chasing us!”17
Martin pressed the accelerator as far as it would go, and still, the man followed us. We swerved through the streets of Killeen, driving as fast as we could, until finally we lost them. Martin began driving the speed limit again and we all breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, I turned to Martin, wondering what the hell had just happened. Martin looked sheepish, and David began to explain to us what had happened to incur the man’s wrath.18
“Well, that guy pulled up beside us while you girls were in getting your suckers,” he said, laughing. “We noticed that the guy’s pants were falling down. . .”19
“Falling off, more like it,” said Martin.20
“Yeah,” said David, still laughing. “And Martin leaned out the door and yelled, ‘Hey man, crack kills!”
Author notes
This is a true story. Certain names have been changed to protect the innocent. Other names have not been changed to incriminate the guilty.
A contest entry
- Spark My Muse for a Hundred Points by beezy92.
290 points, ended December 20, 2007, 19 entries
Honorable mention
• next story in this contest, remove from contest
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omg!!
That's hilarious. Hehe I really enjoyed this. Did you really do this?? I guess gas (and suckers) are cheaper where you are. Thanks for sharing
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Yep it's all true! This was back in December of 1997. I don't remember the price of gas per gallon (but it was a lot cheaper than it is now!), and the suckers were $.15 each. Holy crap I can't believe this happened ten years ago! *crawls back into her cave of old age*
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ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! that is AMAZING!!! hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you guys must have been so bored!!! lol, *shakes head* crazy!
polly xxx -
LOLOLOL! good one!
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I live in Texas and a small town at that..i know where Kileen is and have been through there once or twice...another thing..My sister and i have done things just as crazy as this many times before...The ending is priceless...keep up the great writes and thanks for entering my conest :-)
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I am never bored, so I can't imagine having to resort to this sort of thing. I think the kid who yelled at the guy had nerve, and it is rather funny. Anyway, this was worth reading.
Jim Dunlap -
That is a very lame insult, but not in this story. It almost flows perfectly. I never saw it coming! Awesome job! Good luck in the contest
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So funny!!!!
LOL!!!!!! That is so funny! You know that sucker idea is cool, heck we have enough gas stations in this small town to keep us in suckers for years! *I'm not kidding!*
Anyway, this is so good. I'll tell you what, never joke at a biker. They don't have the best humor at times.
Good Luck in the contest!
~Achika~ -
well, that sounds like fun, to bad you didnt get that last sucker, how many did you end up with?
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OMG! that is great, boredom should come with a warning label! i've had a few nights like that but, i never thought of the penny thing, great story!! i loved it
~Codie -
Boredom is a dangerous thing... I'm actually surprised by how many people have responded to this saying it's something similar to what they have done in the past
BEWARE THE BOREDOM!!!
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HAHAHHAH why does this sound like something Jessica and I would have tried to do when we were still up in Big Bore??? HAHHAH
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lol, this was great, sounds like something my friends and i would do...but anywho very funny and great desciptions, Keep it up!
~Dylan~ -
this reminds me of the time when me and my cousins snuk out of the houde to by ice cream! lol this was realy cute and even sounds like fun!
Beanie
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*snickers* Ahh...the good old days. Man I miss those.
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lol.......ahhh... now i know what my teen does when i leave her alone!!!!!!! she tell me she's bored-- i tell her write a book....!!!!!this was a sweet whimsical read!! enjoyed it very much--- thanks too for the comment you left on my piece
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yay so funny!
rolling on floor laughing oh my laughs lol that was great. "get back here you damn kids' i bet thats what he was thinking hehe and then the title is great lol very funny. Great job! -
Sweetcha x3!!
*Blinks* Hahahaha!! I've done the sucker bit before! Only, when I did it we bought candy bars, cokes, condoms....just random stuff. And when I'd go to pay for it I'd count the pennies out one by one. *Shakes head* I pissed off many a cashier that night. Hehe...anynot, this was an awesomely hilarious story. I love how you describe everything in such vivid detail. I always have problems with that in my writing. That's probably why I admire it so much in yours! Crack kills has got to be one of the oldes insults...but it's so funny when used in this story. I mean, I can just imagine your boyfriend yelling that out the window. Teehee...good times good times. Great job with this!
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good
Loved the story line. Lol. Great job.
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hah! crack kills, a comment i heard an awful lot in high school...think i like your horrors better though.
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Oh to be young again..lol. I liked this story because it had just the right amount of excitement mixed with just a bit of humor.
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Leo Long -
That's funny.. and it's something my friends and I would do.. Awesome write
*~Rosey~*
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LOL! Great story.. reminds me of all the stupid stuff I have done with my friends for entertainment... never tried the sucker thing though but good idea. Nice twist at the end of the story even though it was true. I was expecting that to be what they said. Wow nice write. lol Thanks for sharing and keep writting
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This sounds like something i would do. Anything for entertainment Great story. Im glad the biker didn't catch you.
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My dear I had to come back to read more of your work. I was thinking of other things that was going to happen. But then you throw me the rope and I get the picture. Great work. Keep me wondering and waiting for the pin to fall and jump out and bite me in the butt. Laughing..... This is really good. I am going to be trying my luck at a story instead of series. I have to finish up gigolo. I just finished boy toy. I like you author comment. Cute. Overall this is a wonderful story. It kept my attention. So how many suckers in all did you get???? lmao
shelly -
Good stuff!!!
*laughing*
Keep up the good work!
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