First Destination

After finishing my baseball game, I was given a set of car keys that I’d never seen before. I was very confused so I just left them sitting in my sweaty palm. Getting myself ready to finally leave the field, I looked down at the keys and asked myself “I wonder who these belong to?” I walked around trying to find my Mom to take me home so I could go to take a shower. Walking out of the fences and going towards the parking lot, I finally saw her by this older-looking truck, I approached with the keys still in my hand and a smile on my face. 

While walking over still grinning ear to ear, I act confused because I never know how to take gifts. Making eye contact with my Mom, I walk over in my red jersey with Bedford printed across the front with #8 on the back. While still wearing my white pants covered in grass stains and dirt. When I was almost there, I looked down at my feet with my brown-colored Birkenstocks while holding my two muddy cleats. I wiped the sweat off my face and fixed my hat. While still holding my cleats, I started swinging them with enjoyment and was very pumped because I had just played a good game with a sweet diving catch. 

My Mom was excited, telling me “You get to drive yourself home today!” I sat startled knowing I haven’t driven a lot recently. I didn’t know if I’d do alright driving a car I’d never driven before. With all the adrenaline I had from the game, I threw my bag into the bed of the truck and opened the door. When I opened the driver’s side door, I thought that I was about to walk into a barbershop. With dirt still in my eyes, I manage to see the red, white, and blue dangling air refresher and the wide-open seat. I sat down letting my sweat slowly drip down from my back into the seat. The beautiful after-baseball sweat smell kicks in and takes over the air refresher. You wouldn’t be able to tell this car was just cleaned, based on how bad my jersey and cleats smelt. 

With all car keys being odd and different shapes, if you try to compare it to something else you wouldn’t be able to find another just like it. When turning the rigid metal piece that fits only your car, you end up behind your own personal transportation. You sit back anxiously knowing, you’re the one in control, the only thing coming is the first destination you drive to. With your adrenaline kicking in when you start the car and put it in drive, you grip the wheel with immense power, while getting on the road for the first time. The adrenaline goes down a little once you make it to the longest red light in the world. You sit staring which makes your eyes burn, patiently waiting for the green light. Once you arrive, at the first place you’ve always wanted to be on your own, you’re proud. You put it in park and turn off the car knowing you did it all alone. The sigh of relief comes out knowing you made it without getting into a crash or even close to one. Confidently grabbing my baseball bag from the back and then putting on my cleats, I walk back into the fences to play ball.