Tanith

I woke up cheery, so decided to be really nice for Liam and bring him to work. It’s very cold today so the car needed a special treatment this morning. I always start the car before I get the scrapper and ‘de-ice’ it; make the progress go a bit faster. So I got in to get car to get it going, she (Yes, my little car is a she, I named her Betty) looks fine, a bit cold but she is doing good.

I slowly brush my hand very gently over the steering wheel, she is very cold. I slowly slide the key in, give her another slight and gentle tap on the dashboard. She starts glowing, as she is an old, but very fine, diesel. I had faith, she is a very fine car, I turned the key and she coughed, stuttered while the key was still trying to get her going. I went white, ‘don’t let me down sweetie’ I mumbled, ‘I know its cold, but you can do it, your ok’. She stuttered a bit more and then completely went silent.

Her heart gave out; it was just to cold tonight. It is a dark day today; the sun disappeared behind a cloud and it feels even colder then it actually is. A dark day indeed.