Chapter Seven: Take it Easy by The Eagles


We may lose, and we may win

But we will never be here again

So open I'm, I'm climbin' in

And take it easy.

The wind whips through his hair. He's been driving for a day and a half, now, and the road is so flat that it seems to stretch on straight into the horizon, with not another soul in sight. It feels like freedom.

The sun is warm that afternoon. He supposes he's in the midwest by now, with nothing but green and brown to see for endless miles. The radio is jamming, and the music makes him smile and his green eyes shine.

His phone vibrates in his pocket (probably his mother…agan.), but he ignores it. He's escaping. He's escaping, and not looking back, because he needs a break. And he feels good now, with the top down and the warm wind and the music. He feels intoxicated.

He revs his foot on the ignition. The spedometer pushes 95 mph, and the engine rumbles beneath him. The car is flying, eating up miles of road, leaving a whirl of dust in its wake. The speed in exhilirating; he could get high off the thrill of danger pulsating through his veins.

With one hand he cranks up the music, and sings along to the old Eagles hit.

"Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen my load

Got a world of trouble on my mind

Lokkin' for a lover who won't blow my cover,

She's so hard to find."


He thinks with a grin that he might very well go stand on a corner in Winslow, Arizona. Why not? He can drive anywhere he wants. He doesn't know where he's going, but he's heading for the west coast. California, his mind says instantaneously. He doesn't know why, but he decides to go with it.

After all, he's living off impulses now.

He can't wait to see the Pacific, glittering and cerulean. The feeling of recklessness, of rashness, is all he needs right now. He lets out a whoop of freedom, unheard by anyone, as the car speeds on through the infinate miles.

"Take it easy, take it easy

Don't let the sound of your own wheels

Make you crazy

Lighten up while you still can

Don't even try to understand

Just find a place to make your stand

And take it easy."


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--JR