At about 3p.m the atmosphere in the hospital changed. The air changed from being sterile and thin to dense and metallic, people started bustling around, yelling at each other. …show more content…
Joshua just laughed as Ryan shook his head vigorously. “That’s easy for you to say, you aced it”. “Ry, it wasn’t as bad as you think!” Joshua exclaimed, annoyed his friend was over dramatizing the event. The teens had just left their trial for the school track team, despite the months of hard work and training Ryan believed he had just ruined his chances by not winning his competition. “They only look at the best. I wasn’t the best.” His friends had done fine, smashing their competition out of the park. “It’s called a team isn’t it?” Katheryn tried to lighten the mood. “They need more than one person to compete. Anyways, let’s hurry up and get to the car, snow’s starting to set …show more content…
Joshua was stilling stuffing his face so Ryan drove. Katheryn got in the back. “Can you please turn the radio up?” Katheryn inquired, the silence between them becoming deafening. Ryan turned the radio up as they stopped at a set of traffic lights. As they waited Joshua brought up Ryan’s race again. “Ry, you know if you went out a lil’ harder around the last bend you might have had them.” ”I don’t want to talk about it” Ryan said as his hands clenched. Josh’s temper flared up. “God Ryan, I’m just trying to give you a tip for your next race” Ryan started to speed a little bit as he flicked on the wipers. Katheryn looked up from her phone as the tension in car overwhelmed the radio. If there even is another game” Ryan retorted. He took a corner a little too tight. “Please be careful Ryan.” Katheryn exclaimed, looking out the window at the snow. “Why? You don’t think I can handle the car?” “Ryan that’s not what I said” “Ryan! What is with you man!” Joshua had snapped. Ryan was now speeding through the streets. “Ryan, please, calm down and let me out” the turns were losing control, the snow was being flung in all directions, and Katheryn was scared. “You don’t deserve it!” Ryan shouted. “Why should you two do well and not me huh? This is all I have going for me, and no, of course I don’t get it.” Katheryn was holding onto the seat in front of her clutching it while Joshua had one arm on the door handle, one