SALLY
The car was spinning. The little one was screaming. The two big hands were sweating around the steering wheel. The seat belt was pulling me back in the seat and the turning made me want to puke. I was so scared. I could’ve peed in my pants. If not pooped. My mind was running from Charlotte to Frank. My life was slowly replaying, and the good memories with the two of them were playing longer than the other memories.
Charlotte screamed louder and Frank got more aggressive on the steering wheel. His eyes were bigger than I’ve ever seen his eyes be. And that was weird, with his big, beautiful eyes. “SHUT YOUR MOUTH CHARLIE” he screamed in the direction of his daughter. She just screamed louder. She was probably even more scared than me. “SHE’S JUST A KID!” I shouted back to him to protect the little hysteric one. “I NEED TO CONCENTRATE, BITCH!” he shout again, and my mouth got shut. Bitch, huh?
Suddenly everything started show in slow-motion. The blue monster that was on his way against us got closer and closer. His yellow eyes blinded me and in the same second a big bang hit my head and everything went black.
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“KIDS AND WOMEN FIRST, KIDS AND WOMEN FIRST!” someone screamed. It was noises all over. Screaming people, and some known noises. A police-car-noise was the known one. Was someone in our house? Did someone steal from us? Did the police catch them? Slowly I opened my eyes and faced something that looked like crashed walls in a box. “ARE YOU AWAKE?” the same person shouted again. He got no answer. I tried to move but I was stuck. Totally stuck. My legs were locked and my arm was twisted behind my back. Some light suddenly broke into the car and a big man appeared in the opening. “We’ll get you out, just relax” he said, pretty calm. More calm than the other dude at least. “Your man and kid is already out, it’s just you left. Relax and we’ll get you out” he continued to talk. Out? Did they go for dinner? Without me? I tried to look around and the crashed seat beside me told me I was in the car. Was I so distant I hadn’t noticed? I had no clue at all, but slowly as the people tried to get me out, everything fell to its place.
“What’s your name?” she said. “How old are you?” she asked. “Your closest family?” she added as well. All those questions, all this people. Faster than a blink, they got me into the hospital and started check over me.
“You only broke an arm and hurt your ribs a little,” the new man said. I had already had 14 hands over my body within just some minutes, and I was really feeling uncomfortable. “You were lucky” he said with a smile. “The other car was totally smashed, and the..” he started but I cut him off. “How’s Charlotte? And Frank?” I said almost desperately. “ANSWER ME” I suddenly shouted, now desperate.
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I stood there staring at my baby, full of scars. She had the cover over her body and she finally fell asleep. I had been watching her for a while, without a word. She was too scared and tired to say anything. She hadn’t been in the hospital since the day she was born, so this was something new for the little girl. Her eyes were finally shut and she was sleeping peacefully. “What about..” I started, whispering. “This way” the doctor interrupted me and leaded me out of the room. Tears were streaming down my cheeks and my hands were shivering. The doctor opened the big grey door and showed me in. The body was just lying there. Without moving. He was just lying there. My tears were still streaming down my cheeks. I didn’t even care that I was crying in front of people. It was about my family. My own little kid was lying there with a lot of cuts and scars all over, and probably something more I didn’t know yet. My boyfriend, the most perfect guy in the whole wide world, was lying there without moving a finger. How could I not cry? I would’ve been a human with out a heart, if not an alien.
“Will he make it?” I cried to the doctor while holding Frank’s hand. “I.. I don’t know” he said calm. “How can you not know!?” I whispered angrily. “He turned the car so his side was hit.. We believe he did it to save you and Charlotte, but we don’t know.. Anyway, he is the person that got hit hardest” he said.
The white clothed man went out of the room. I sat beside the bed and stared at the man in the bed. It was cables all over him, and he wasn’t moving at all. I still held his hand, but I didn’t dare to move anything else. I was afraid my little move would make it worse. “I love you,” I whispered. “I believe in you,” I kept whispering. My tears streamed down my cheeks and neck. “You’ll make this!” I said, but my voice was nothing more than a hint. I cried more properly now. I sobbed and wiped away my tears, but the face was full of them again within a second. “Come on, Frank” .. .. “You’ll make this” I sobbed.
