Rainbow Leaves

Chapter 4

September 4th, 2016

     I walk up to my Jeep and skim my hand over the car's body, I can't believe it's mine, I know people don't really look forward to a car like a Jeep, but I love it. Most importantly is that it is mine. I feel invincible, I feel free, I can go on my own adventure. 

Mom: Do you want to give it a test drive?

Autumn: Oh heck yes! want to come with guys?

Daniel: YAY, I want to go to the toy store!

Autumn: Well, while I'm here, I can drive you there :P

    Everyone gets in the car and we are on our way through the town, I drive perfectly, my parents are proud of me, I am officially an adult.  Life couldn't be better.

                                    Until....

     A car drives onto the right side of the road and hits us, the entire car flips over down a hill, and my mind suddenly goes completely blank. The next thing I know I wake up in a hospital bed with a nurses in the room.

September 5th, 2016

Nurse: Good morning

Autumn: Good morning? What is going on?

Nurse: My dear, you got in a car crash yesterday, but do not worry, you are fine.

Autumn: Car crash... wait... OMG.... MY FAMILY! Are they ok?

Nurse: ...

Autumn: Whats with the silent treatment?!? I NEED TO KNOW IF MY FAMILY IS OK!

Nurse: I am very sorry... bu-

Before she can say anything else, I rip out my IV and run to her and hold her still by her shirt.

Autumn: YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! THEY HAVE TO BE ALIVE! DON'T YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO ME?!?!

Nurse: Calm down before I sedate you!

     I stand there for a second still holding her shirt, then I lower my hand away from her, I breath in and out slowly trying to calm down. Holding back tears, I say

Autumn: I need to see them, where are they now?

Nurse: Follow me, I will show you, and don't try to pull what you just did, I won't hesitate to sedate you next time.

     She takes me down the hall to the ER, she brings me into a room for life support. My family are in stretchers, blood all over them, with masks on. I'm guessing it's to help them breath. I look at their heart rate, it seems to be barely moving. Their faces are so pale, they remind me of ghosts. At this point I think they are. I feel empty and helpless. Falling to the floor, I start balling. This is what it feels like to fall off the path, the rainbow leaves failed to keep me happy. Why does it have to fail me at such meaningful time? I think life as I know it just ended, my family was my life.

                                              But life keeps going on...