Creative Writing: Blog #4

This writing is about two characters named Leah and Laney. These two characters are bestfriends and for there 21st birthday they are going to Las Vegas. On there way they hit many different milestones. Over time they overcome these milestones and make there dream vacation one to remember. 

Laney and Leah Take on Las Vegas

The wind breezed through my hair as the country music blasted out of the brand new speakers of our jet black jeep.  After years of begging, my best friend and I got permission from our parents, also known as the bosses of us, to go to Las Vegas for one whole week. It was freedom at last. I threw my dirty blonde hair up in a messy bun trying to keep it from blinding my eyes, as I was responsible for getting us there safely. The desert surrounded us; it was behind us, in front of us, to the left and right of us. Bump after bump, our jeep was bouncing up and down as we cruised down the never-ending dirt road. Our jet black car quickly turned to brown as dust covered every part of it as possible. This was our week, no parents, no school, nothing; we were off to Las Vegas celebrating our 21^st birthday.

“We are F R E E!” I cheered at the top of my lungs, trying to keep the car steering in the right direction at the same time.

“BFFs take on Las Vegas!!” Leah screamed and flipped her bleach, blonde hair onto her sun-kissed skin. Excitement filled the jeep as we finally approached the last two hours of our trip.

Not a thing could go wrong, this was our dream vacation. We finally got enough money after working our butts off the past two summers, and let me tell you, that was not very fun. Every day available, I worked from sunrise to sundown at my grandpa’s farm doing all the dirty work.  The sight of Las Vegas was almost in reach and all that crossed my mind was finally being able to make this dream of mine and Leah’s a reality.

“One hour and thirty minutes until you reach your destination.” The girly monotone and very robotic voice of the Magellan gave us reminders every hour of how much time we had to go, as If we didn’t already know!

“Almost there,” Screeched Leah while twiddling her thumbs and playing with her long curly hair.

“So close!” I hollered so loud my hometown could probably hear me.

“Maybe if I speed up a little bit, we could get there faster,” I mumbled under my breath, really hoping Leah didn’t hear me because who knows what her response would be, considering she was the “perfect” little angel in everyone else’s eyes.

“Laney Elizabeth! Do not even think about speeding. That is against the law, do not do it!” Laney went on lecturing me and I listened knowing she just wanted the best for me and a speeding ticket was not in my interest.

We continued down the unpaved road as our car continued to bounce up and down as we hit every little bump. I looked over at Leah as she was gazing at the sight of pure brown because the desert was the only thing that lay ahead of us. One more hour was all that crossed my mind until I felt the car slowing down.

“Leah…. The car is slowing down?” I gasped in a panic mode, not knowing what was going on.

“Well, is your foot on the pedal?” Leah questioned me as she raised only one brow.

“Yes, Leah, look,” I slammed my foot on the petal and we did not move, not even one inch.

We both looked around until we realized one thing, probably the most important thing to do on a car trip. My eyes met hers and we screamed,  “WE FORGOT TO GET GAS! THE CAR IS ON EMPTY!”

“Leah, why didn’t you tell me?” I was quick to blame.

“You were the one driving,” Tears filled Leah’s ocean blue eyes.

Lucky us, sitting in a car with no gas, having both of our phones in hand that added no value. There was zero service in the desert. Tears dripped down Leah’s tan skin and I sat back in my chair in despair.

“Its’ going to be alright. I promise,” My arm was around her neck and I gave her a tight hug, trying to be supportive during a time it wasn’t very easy to be.

Only time could tell how we would get ourselves out of this situation.

            “Leah, wake up! Look, do you see what I see?” I murmured trying not to frighten Leah as she was catching up on her “Beauty sleep”.

            “It’s a truck. Hurry put your thumbs up. This is our chance!” Leah shouted into the distance, hoping the massive white truck would see us.

            Leaping up and down, left and right, we threw our thumbs in the air screaming and shouting. I stood on top of the black jeep and my high southern voice filled the desert atmosphere.

            “OVER HERE! HELP!”

            “He’s coming over here,” Leah’s eyes widened almost as big as bug eyes do.  

            “Hello, ladies.” Replied the truck driver as he grinned showing his missing two front teeth. His piercing blue eyes took my attention away from the fact that he was missing his two front teeth.

            “What do ya’ll need?” He questioned as I glanced at his t-shirt, which had a name tag that read “Hi, my name is Bob.”

            “Well long story short, we were on our way to Las Vegas when our car broke down, right here, in the middle of nowhere.”  I explained talking at 1000 words per minute, nervous for what his response would be.

            “Lucky you, because I am on my way there right now. Time is running low so grab your stuff and set it on your lap. This is going to be a tight truck ride, but I will do my best to get you there safely.” He turned and wobbled his large body into the distance, leaving Leah and I with not much assurance.

            Thank the Lord, was all I could think. I shot a glance at Leah who I could tell from her facial expressions was not too sure about this either. We hopped in the truck; first went Bob, Leah, and then me. The engine roared and we were once again on our way to Las Vegas!

            Occasionally, Leah and I would exchange awkward glances as we felt very uneasy in this truck with an absolute stranger, but we were willing to do whatever it took to get us there. I spent most of the truck ride gazing out the petite window, into the crystal blue sky.

            “You have arrived at your destination.” I woke up in a panic by a deep voice of an old man; it was Bob letting us know we could now exit the white truck. I sat my head up from Leah’s shoulder, leaving a small circle of slobber hoping she wouldn’t notice.

            “Thank you so much,” Leah and I hollered in unison as we walked towards the hotel that we were staying at, named The Mirage. The doors to enter the stunning hotel were made up of all glass and were around twice my height. We made our way in through the lobby in awe of how elegant the hotel was. We let out giggle after giggle, so excited to have finally reached the lucky city of Las Vegas.            

“How may I help you?” Questioned the tall, blonde headed lady working the one of the many check in desks.

            “Can we have a room for two please?” I quickly responded, out of breath.

            “Grab your luggage and the elevators are on your next left.” She handed us both our room keys and walked away helping the next person in line.

            “We are finnnnnallly here! Let’s go into the city and have some fun! “Leah giggled in a somewhat uncomfortable voice. She shot me a wink as she opened up the huge wooden door to our room, 808.

            “Um. Uh, Leah, Our, uh, luggage is with the, uh, truck driver.” I stuttered trying to get these words across before I broke down into tears after a long day of being in several different cars. The tears came and I broke down sobbing for what felt like forever. My makeup smeared all over my face, bright red from embarrassment. I twirled the curls of my dirty blonde hair and went straight to the bed filled with fluffy white sheets.  

            Trying not to look at Leah was difficult because when I did the sight of disappointment covered her face. I threw my phone down furiously. The clock struck only four o’clock, but not having any luggage made it difficult to do anything. 

            “You’re being dramatic” Leah exclaimed frustrated.

            “We have no luggage, we have no car, we have no drivers license with our id, we have absolutely nothing,” Tears filled my eyes as I laid my head on the pillow before I blinked my eyes shut.

            “Just look at this situation for the better. We are In Las Vegas. Lets go have some fun. That is why we are here.” Leah whispered into my ear hoping I was listening to her.

            I jumped up out of bed, opened the door, and off we went into the city light up by thousands of lights. Maybe we will find the truck with our luggage, or maybe we will win the lottery. Who knows, these are all maybes but nothing was stopping us from trying. This was our trip, our time to have fun, and we refused to let anything interfere.

I believe this represents characters very well. I think it does a good job of giving the reader a very vivid vision of what the characters would look like in real life. It also gives a good description of how they would act when they are around eachother and also around others. The use of dialogue helps give a sense of personality to the two characters. Overall the charcters were well devoloped by using a lot of detail.