#I am gonna write shepala fic to cope

[spookyvalentine]

small town hospitality / my drama below the cut

wow I went into town to get a haircut for my friends wedding on halloween (my first professional one in ten years I’ve just cut my own hair) and was gonna go check out a dessert cafe to use their internet and maybe have a brownie and answer some emails but my truck wouldn’t start after the haircut?

And I was like it can’t be the battery it’s only a year old, maybe it’s my key bc it got fucked up a bit ago n there’d been instances where it took a coupla tries to get the engine to turn over but it just wouldn’t!

So my hairdresser comes out and she has a portable jumper to try to help me and that’s not working so she has her boyfriend come bring jumper cables bc her car is next to mine and we try that and I say I think it’s maybe my key and since we’d been talkin while she gave me my cut I said I’m new in town and don’t have anyone really around so she gave me a ride to a key place and told me about all the fair deal mechanics in town n made sure I only had to pay six bucks for a new key battery

We get back and my car still won’t turn 😭😭😭 so she calls a tow for me and sends me to a mechanic after I say I tried calling other shops but they cant see me today, the tow guy is super nice and easy going and we get to the shop and the guy tells the tow man he can’t leave bc they can’t fix my truck, the problem is my truck isn’t recognizin the key, not the battery or starter like we’d thought

Here’s the thing tho is I drive an old mazda truck (considered an “antique” by the dmv lmao) that was discontinued in like, 04 or smth. But still “recent” enough that the key has a chip. Mazda made Ford rangers at the same time they were makin b series so the shop is like call Ford ill getchu the number n Ford tells me they can’t do it, I call the Mazda dealership n I say b3000 n they HANG UP ON ME

I’m like leaking tears in front of a room of men I don’t know bc my livelihood DEPENDS on this truck n the shop guys take pity on me and tells me to call an independent key place in town, so I call THEM n I’m like I was told yallre my only hope and the guy put me on hold to check n then said aight bring it over I caint promise you nuthin but I’ll take a looksee n maybe tell you tomorrow but I’m real busy rn n just in case he can’t fix the key I call the mazda in Jackson which is three ding dang hours away n THAT guy hears me boohooin n says hon one sec I needa talk to my tech guy

Five minutes later he says my tech is the only one in missippi that does it but even then there’s a chance he caint actually fix it

The tow truck guy took me to the key place the shop recommended n he didn’t even charge me 😭😭😭 he was like hunny you’ll be all right you’ll see I promise n he dropped me off

Then I called my “landlords” the people I lease from to farm/sort of live as a steward of their property and was like can you pick me up 😭😭 but if yallre busy I can take a taxi and he said naw Gwen’s headed your way rn

Gwen picks me up n is like what were you plannin for today? And I said well I was gonna get a brownie n send some emails but I’m kinda wrung out n I don’t want you goin outta your way morn you already did but Gwen went BROWNIE 👀 we’re going I want one and she got me a giant peanut butter brownie w sprinkles and we had a really lovely talk on the way back

Im still worried sick if I’ll be able to drive my truck or not but now I’m home eating a brownie in front of my space heater