The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life, chapter 1
She was having trouble speaking, she wasn't crying then, but it looked like she had run out of tears. She was trying to explain what happened, but my mind had shut down, my world had no sound, and everything seemed to be in slow motion. All I could see was pain, my mother breaking down, her eyes, bloodshot and puffy from crying, my Uncle, looking solemn and out of place, trying to comfort her. He led her out of my bedroom with his arm around his sister's shoulders.
I looked up at my brother with hope in my eyes. He shook his head, something was crushed in side of me, like his head movements controlled the outcome of my life. I looked down at my shaking hands and started whispering "no. no no no," as though, if I said it enough times, everything would rewind. It would all go away. "No no no no no." My brother sat down next to me, and began to explain. He knew I didn't hear when mum told us. As he spoke, images began to flash through my mind:
The rain pounds against the windscreen as the driver sings along to the radio, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel, as he turns the corner, the car skids due to the rain, his mood immediately changes as he knows he's lost control, his fingers tighten around the wheel and terror flashes in his eyes as the car slams into the tree.
I flinch as I see this, and my head droops even further as tears dwell In my eyes, threatening to fall, My brother places his hand lightly on my shoulder but I push it off and rub out of my bedroom slamming the door in my wake, I stop for a moment as I see my mother sobbing into her hands, with her elbows on the table. My Uncle looked helpless and awkward; he looked up at me with sympathy.
I stood, rooted to the spot for a split second, then turned on my heel and wrenched the front door open and ran full pelt out the front door and was soaked, instantly, to the bone, from the rain that caused the accident. I ran out onto the road and looked up at the sky "WHY" I screamed "HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?" I yelled, at no one in particular, tears were streaming freely down my face now blending with the rain. I sank to my knees and yelled with pain and cried, un controllably into my hands, "no dad," I moaned, "no no no." Gravel was digging into my knees but I was already numb with so much pain I didn't notice. I looked directly into the sky, rain pouring into my already, stinging eyes and cascading down my face. "How could you Dad" I whispered "HOW COULD YOU!" I could barely hear my own half-angry half-desperate voice due to the pounding of the rain against the sodden ground but I somehow managed to hear the softer, more broken voice of my mother ,mutter, in my ear, "come inside Jakob honey.'
I looked up at my brother with hope in my eyes. He shook his head, something was crushed in side of me, like his head movements controlled the outcome of my life. I looked down at my shaking hands and started whispering "no. no no no," as though, if I said it enough times, everything would rewind. It would all go away. "No no no no no." My brother sat down next to me, and began to explain. He knew I didn't hear when mum told us. As he spoke, images began to flash through my mind:
The rain pounds against the windscreen as the driver sings along to the radio, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel, as he turns the corner, the car skids due to the rain, his mood immediately changes as he knows he's lost control, his fingers tighten around the wheel and terror flashes in his eyes as the car slams into the tree.
I flinch as I see this, and my head droops even further as tears dwell In my eyes, threatening to fall, My brother places his hand lightly on my shoulder but I push it off and rub out of my bedroom slamming the door in my wake, I stop for a moment as I see my mother sobbing into her hands, with her elbows on the table. My Uncle looked helpless and awkward; he looked up at me with sympathy.
I stood, rooted to the spot for a split second, then turned on my heel and wrenched the front door open and ran full pelt out the front door and was soaked, instantly, to the bone, from the rain that caused the accident. I ran out onto the road and looked up at the sky "WHY" I screamed "HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?" I yelled, at no one in particular, tears were streaming freely down my face now blending with the rain. I sank to my knees and yelled with pain and cried, un controllably into my hands, "no dad," I moaned, "no no no." Gravel was digging into my knees but I was already numb with so much pain I didn't notice. I looked directly into the sky, rain pouring into my already, stinging eyes and cascading down my face. "How could you Dad" I whispered "HOW COULD YOU!" I could barely hear my own half-angry half-desperate voice due to the pounding of the rain against the sodden ground but I somehow managed to hear the softer, more broken voice of my mother ,mutter, in my ear, "come inside Jakob honey.'
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