things my mother has said to me, a learner driver, whilst i’m driving:
charlotte don’t try and converse with me i’m too frightened
this is the road that girl died on
now would you know what to do if you got stuck behind a combine harvester
turn around i want to go home
linda’s volvo fell down that ditch in march 2009
when i learnt to drive my instructor made me do an emergency stop whenever he saw a pretty lady
let’s go i actually have lots of things to do at home i’m not making excuses
sees an obstruction 100 metres away charlotte start braking
alright i’ll admit i have indeed made a few excuses
travels 22 mph in a 30 zone slow down right now you’re not doing the grand prix
my god this was a bad idea
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Charlotte Oakeby is a seventeen-year-old fiction and freelance writer from the United Kingdom. Her love for writing began after cancer stole her father when she was thirteen. Her work is published/forthcoming in the Cosumnes River Journal, the Gordon Square Review, The Daily Positive, LiveWriteThrive, The Haloscope Review and the upcoming LoveNotHate mag. She was awarded a GSR 2019 Editorial Mentorship and has been a reader for 805Lit.
She can be found on Instagram (@charli_oakebyxo), Twitter (@charlioakebyxo) or via her website, www.charlotteloakeby.com.
