It was a great day. I got to spend time with my brother that I only got to see about 4 times a year, if I was lucky. It was the same deal with my grandparents before they moved up here. I had spent all day just hanging out and occasionally leaving to go to the mall or something. Back then, it was the epitome of a good day. That was until about 5 or 6 when we had to embark on about a 5-hour drive home. With me being a lot younger than I am now, those goodbyes were always rough knowing that I didn’t know when I would see them next.
It was all a normal drive home, stopping at the occasional rest stop for breaks and snacks. Driving quickly and passing cars farms and fields in the dark of night. We had to come home from Ottumwa, which isn’t exactly a quick drive, but good thing I had plenty of things to keep me occupied. One of those things was seasons 1 and 2 of The Big Bang Theory and a portable DVD player. I had watched a lot of it coming home that day and then I figured I would take a nap. I closed it and as soon as I looked up I saw headlights coming directly for us. I …show more content…
She tried to call emergency services but her phone had no service, so she told me to give her mine. I did as she said and then looked down and a big piece of rigid white plastic was sitting next to me. If I can remember correctly, I looked over and Dylan as either sleeping still, or he had gotten knocked unconscious. It was a pretty chilly night so I had covered up with the blanket. My mom couldn’t open the door to get out so we all just stayed in the car. We were sitting and waiting for emergency services to show up and during that time, they guy who had just hit us came walking down the road. He walked up staggering and he was clearly drunk. My mom kept on shouting at him to get away and go back to his car, which was a way down the road because he kept on rolling after the
It was all a normal drive home, stopping at the occasional rest stop for breaks and snacks. Driving quickly and passing cars farms and fields in the dark of night. We had to come home from Ottumwa, which isn’t exactly a quick drive, but good thing I had plenty of things to keep me occupied. One of those things was seasons 1 and 2 of The Big Bang Theory and a portable DVD player. I had watched a lot of it coming home that day and then I figured I would take a nap. I closed it and as soon as I looked up I saw headlights coming directly for us. I …show more content…
She tried to call emergency services but her phone had no service, so she told me to give her mine. I did as she said and then looked down and a big piece of rigid white plastic was sitting next to me. If I can remember correctly, I looked over and Dylan as either sleeping still, or he had gotten knocked unconscious. It was a pretty chilly night so I had covered up with the blanket. My mom couldn’t open the door to get out so we all just stayed in the car. We were sitting and waiting for emergency services to show up and during that time, they guy who had just hit us came walking down the road. He walked up staggering and he was clearly drunk. My mom kept on shouting at him to get away and go back to his car, which was a way down the road because he kept on rolling after the