A short story

“Surprise Surprise"

I’d been driving for an hour before I noticed the sound of breathing coming from the backs seat. I was really scared but I remembered I had a pepper spray in my purse.

I had gone to work as everyday. In the afternoon when I finished working I went to the parking lot to take my car and come back home. I pulled over in a market because I needed some onions for dinner. I was there for an hour or so because there was an endless queue. When I paid for it I got back to my car and drove home.

I had been driving around an hour when a car passed next to me turning on and turning off lights. It was as if the driver was trying to tell me something. But I didn’t heed the warning and kept driving. After a couple of minutes, I felt a light breeze on my neck. I was scared to look in the mirror so, I speeded up. I though it was a robber. So I planned how to escape so I decided to stop, take my purse and run away.

When I got out from the car I turned to see. I took my pepper spray and got ready to attack this robber. But he named me, in that moment I realized this was not a robber, this person was my boyfriend. He had gotten into the car while I was in the market, because I had forgotten to close the door, and he wanted to give me a “surprise”.