The accident

Chapter 4

"Racer number 14 please make you're way to the gate I repeat number 14"

The announcer continues to count upwards. I am number 16 and the pressure is building, I need to get a solid run if I want a chance of winning. As 15 enters the start gate and I get ready to go I hear Colten yelling my name. I turn around to see him running up to me.

"Oso you are going to do great I will be at the bottom waiting for you okay"

He hugs me and then turns around and leaves me to stand at the gate and collect my thoughts.

"Number 16 are you ready" the starter asks me

"Of course I'm not DAMIT." I think to myself.

"racer ready 3,2,1 ......GO!"

I use all my strength to pull my body out of the start gate and then I'm off. As I do each turn I flinch because every time I hit a gate it makes a loud crack and hits the snow just like Jacqueline. I start to ski even faster because all I want Is for the cracking to stop. Every one was screaming my name over and over and over. In my head those screams of joy turned into the scream of Jacqueline calling my name begging me to help her. I started to loose focus I couldn't see where I was going anymore. My heart started racing ,the screams got louder and louder until I couldn't hear any thing else other than them and the CRACK, CRACK, CRACK of the gates.before I knew what was happening I skied of the course but I wasn't planning to stop anytime soon. I skied as fast as I could I didn't know where I was going but I sure as hell wasn't going to stop. As I skied past the finish line I heard my friends yelling at me to stop but I didn't care I kept going. Before I knew what was happening the race was a dot far off in the distance, I turned to the side and headed into a clump of trees. Once I was positive that no one would find me I stopped, I fell to the ground and just lated there. Tears fell down my cheeks like a river, my heart would not stop thumping I thought it was going to explode. My eyes could only see Jacqueline'a trembling body as the man who took her life stood there smiling at me. Before I knew what was happening my breathing got heavier and heavier until it stopped. Everything went black, I felt,heard and saw nothing.

Suddenly my eyes shoot open. My eye sight was still blurry but it cleared up quickly I sit up my head it throbbing and my body was weak.Im in the same spot as before but the sky is much darker and there is barley any light left making it hard to see around me. I hear the sound of soft foot steps across the snow, as I turn around to see who it is my breath catches in my lungs. There walking across the snow is Jacqueline, her blond hair catching the last glimpse of light left, her blue eyes glimmering with the joy that she always possessed. I thought I had run out of tears but apparently I hadn't because I cried even harder. As I watch her approach I stood up and hugged her as hard as possible. After about three minutes she pulls away, she looks into my eyes and I can tell she understands my pain.

"Jacqueline is it really you?"

"Of course it's me Oso"

"But how you were killed I was there, I couldn't save you so you died it was all my fault" I let out another batch of soft sobs.

"Oso it wasn't you're fault, there was nothing you could do. You couldn't have done anything else and I need you to understand that."

I look into her eyes and I know she believes everything she is saying but I cant. I just can't believe that there was never anything I could have done.

"Oso I can't stay here long, I just needed to tell you that you did every thing you could have and that I kneed you to stay strong for you and everyone else."

"How can I do that when all I feel is guilt"

"Oso you have to let go, please listen to me, a man is here and he wants to hurt you."

"w,w,w,what?" I stammer

"Oso his name is..........."

I'm suddenly shoo-ken awake

"Oso, Oso please wake up, Oso I need you to wake up please" Colten is shaking me desperation radiating from his voice.

"W,w,w,what happened? Where's Jacqueline?"

"Oh my go Oso you're okay."

"WHERE IS JACQUELINE" I scream

"Oso what are you talking about" worry creeping into his voice.

" I was just talking to her, she was right there."

I point to the patch of snow beside me, but there was no indent or anything.

"Oso you skied away, no one could find you what happened"

"what time is it"

"it's four thirty why"

"what happened to me"

"I don't know I just found you here past out, I thought you were dead."

As I sit there I look around and I can't see Jacqueline any where. Colten asked me what happened and I tell him everything, everything except her warning. As Colten and I sit there wondering what happened to me I start to think about the warning, I start thinking about what she meant by someone wanting to hurt me. Why would someone want to hurt me? Little did I know that this somebody wanted to hurt me more than I could ever imagine.

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Thank you for reading my book I hope you enjoy it. I need help deciding on what my cover should look like so if you have any ideas please comment them thank you. I decided to re do my new chapter so if you read it pretend you never did thank you.