A Day's Regret

Chapter 1

Darkness surrounded me, as I lay awake in my plush bed wrapped comfortably in my soft flannel bed sheets. I sat up curious as to what time in the night it was. The darkness was so thick I could hardly make out my own hand as I reached over to my nightstand table and grabbed my phone. The cool glass was slippery in my clammy hands. I clicked the lock button and squinted my eyes as the piercing bright light illuminated over my face.  When my vision finally returned I was able to make out the time on the phone “3:05”. “Five more hours” I thought as excitement filled my body.  I was finally going to pick up my driver’s license, which I had been waiting for my whole life.  I luckily passed my test due to having spent day after day forcing my mom to take me out to practice reversing, parallel parking and 3 point turns just for this very day. All kinds of different scenarios and thoughts raced through my mind of how getting this one tiny piece of plastic would change my life for the better. Eventually sleep won over my mind and I let myself slip away. 

“Elena it’s time to get up” I heard my mother call out in her sweet yet stern voice.

Groggily I obeyed. Slowly I extended my arms upward into a rejuvenating stretch feeling satisfied and relieved. I climbed out of my bed and proceeded to my bathroom and got into the shower. After I was cleaned head to toe I brushed my teeth and pulled out a pink V-neck shirt and a pair of washed out jeans from my dresser to wear.  I looked in the mirror and gently pulled my dark brown hair into high ponytail and applied light make up around my hazel eyes elongating my naturally short eyelashes.  During all the commotion cause by getting ready for my day I couldn’t help but feeling a twisting pit in my stomach about getting my license. I had heard numerous stories of car crashes and explosions on T.V and the whole thought of it made me feel nauseous. 

Deciding i was just worrying about nothing, i shook off the eerie feeling and raced down stairs. I found my mom and baby brother, Jacob, sitting at the table,  my brothers face partially hidden in a bowl of frosted flakes and my mother gazing at the daily paper wearing glasses that made her look like a compleate dork. 

"Goodmorning sweetie are you excited for today" my mom said with alittle too much enthusiasum. "Ofcourse i am i've been waiting for this for years" I happily replied with a smile on my face.                  "we had better get going then if we're going to drop off jacob at school and pick up your license at 8"  responded my mom as she grabed her jacket and brief case off of our granit counter top. 

I walked over to the table and helped my brother clean his bowl and put on his bright orange jacket that was so puffy it made him look like a little orange. He looked so cute, i leaned in to give him a peck on the forehead.

"gross girls have coooooties" teased my brother as he pulled away from my reach with a big fat toothy smile. I rolled my eyes and smiled to myself as I opened the heavy white door to the garage, letting my mom and jacob go first. As i was walking out of the door i couldnt help but feel the pit forming once again in my stomach. Ignoring it i buckled my brother into his car seat and got into the front passenger's seat of my mom's honda pilot. I was so blind to the life changing day i was about to have. Then again no one can tell the future, how was i supposed to know what would happen?