The Incident

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Skylar If someone told me that all it took was a second, a second to have my world flipped for the worse, a second to lose the mother who raised me and the father that loved me. I honestly would have never believed them, I might have even laughed about it. I would have never believed that one second would change my life.  I'm currently at home alone until my older brother Will comes back in five days, he is apart of the military but after this incident, he's coming back for good. It was the worst day of my life, the night of my 17th birthday the only night I ever asked my parents and I to go out for dinner at my favourite restaurant (Marsico's) We go there every year for my birthday. I always order the Spaghetti Bolognese.  This night though, I asked if we could go the long way home, just because I never really go anywhere at night. My dad was driving, my mum was singing to all the music on the radio. I sat in the back just looking at the full moon, the night sky was so clear and the full moon was glowing bright orange, almost on the red side. Then I hear my mum scream, my dad hitting the brakes so hard that they squeal and everything went black. I woke up to beeping and nurses rushing in and out of my room. I heard a nurse whisper to the doctor beside me "her mother has just passed away, it looks bad for her father too" I could barely even open my eyes, my heart sank in my chest but I couldn't even cry. My mother, my lovely, beautiful, gorgeous mother gone. I couldn't believe it and my father, I might lose him too. I must have blacked out again, because when my eyes opened up I was alone, in my room. I had enough strength to pull myself up to sit on the bed looking at my arms I could see I had a broken arm, the pain in my arm also proved that for me. I had cuts and scratches all over me from my legs, to my stomach, chest and arms and I could feel some on my face too.  Two minutes later and a doctor walks in, highly surprised "Oh gosh! Your awake, that's great" I look the doctor up and down, he looks to be about 40 but I'm probably wrong. "I don't think it's great, my mother's gone. I heard the nurse earlier" "You were awake? I'm so sorry but yes she is gone, but you need to know that was 3 days ago" the doctors face slightly going pale something else is wrong and he hasn't told me. "What about my father? please tell me he is Okay" I beg at him wanting him to say yes your father is fine. But his lips tighten against each other, I start tearing up and turn my face so he won't see me cry. He left the room leaving my papers on the foot of my bed, I balled my eyes out that night.  The next morning I wake up and as I look over to the bedside table, there is a letter to me. It's from my brother, he is in the military I have no clue what country he is in at the moment though, but I'm guessing he knows what has happened. I open the letter up My dear Skylar, I will be home very soon 8 days to be exact, I am coming to live at home with you permanently. I'm so sorry I wasn't there with you to celebrate your birthday, and to help you get through this. I know it's going to be a long road ahead for the both of us. But I am so very glad to here that you are still here with me, I couldn't have lost you as well. I'll be home soon just hang on for me. I Love you Sky, Will xoxo His letter made me cry and I just couldn't stop reading it over and over again. 8 days that's all I have to get through on my own before we can get through this together. That was three days ago, I got sent home today from the hospital. It's hard being home alone, it's hard seeing all the pictures of my mother and father, but I have five days left and I won't be alone.
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