The only thing I remember is the screaming;those horrible blood curdling screams that burned your ears and shook you to your core.
I remember everything as if it had happened yesterday, mum and dad in the front seats, talking in loud whispers about Aunt Sue's husband Tony, who they thought was cheating and me and Charlie in the back. I had my headphones in but the song was paused, I listened to my parents talking and watched Charlie as he slept. Then my parents stop talking and the rest is just a blur, it's as if everything is in slow motion, the truck coming towards us losing control, mum yelling and dad swerving the car out of the way, Charlie waking up, my headphones falling out of my ears, then everything speeding up. Fast forward three hours later and I'm lying in a hospital bed looking up at a pasty white ceiling. I try rolling onto my side but feel a pair of hands gently push me back down. "Don't try moving to much sweetie, you're still very tender", says a female voice. I look at the elderly woman's face that is etched with sympathy, she is dresses in a nurses uniform and is bustling around my bed, straightening the sheets and adjusting my pillows. I try and speak but my mouth is dry and the only noise that comes out is a croak. "Here, drink some water", she puts her hand behind my head and gently lifts me up, raising a glass of water to my lips. I drink gratefully, not realising how thirsty I am, but after only a few gulps she puts the glass down. "That's enough for now, we don't want to burst you're stitches", she says, seeing the look on my face.
I wake up in darkness, the only noise the beeping of the heart monitor beside my bed. I remember the crash, our car swerving of the road and the screams. Dimly I hear the heart monitor start beeping faster, but all I can hear is the thudding of my heart in my ears and my strangled breathing. Where's mum and dad? Where's s Charlie? Why aren't they here?. I tug at the needles in my arms, then pull myself out of bed. Already I'm feeling dizzy and disorientated, but I need to find mum, dad and Charlie.
