Reality

Road Trip

I wake up to the sound of Mariana singing ,

"Hey, sleep well?" Mariana whispers

Why is she whispering?

I just nod and look away,

My phone rings and as I reach to get it Mariana stops the car .

"Um hello?" I give Mariana a confused look as I speak into my phone.

It's Justin..

"Hey! What are you doing today?" He questions.

"Just going to- New York City with Mariana,

"Is that so? I'll text you I have to go to basketball practice," He hangs up.

"Why'd you stop the car?" I question Mariana.

"Look," She points to the back window of the car.

It's a sign that says "Now entering California"

The drive was almost to quick , how long did I sleep?

"Oh my gosh Mariana why didn't you wake me up! You must be so tired , let me drive."

We switch spots and I begin to drive.

"So how's you and Ryan?" I need to tell her.

"He seems distant now adays.." Mariana frowns.

"Mariana, before the - uh accident.. Ryan told me you two had broken up," I look at her and watch as her expression goes from natural to confused.

"I wonder why he said that...?" Mariana asks me in a way.

"He tried to make a move on me but-"

"WHAT? Tell me you didn't.." Mariana's face turns red.

"I did fall for it, I didn't know you two were together! And as soon as I found out I dumped him! I'm so sorry!"

"Karma's a bitch right?" Mariana calms down.

"What do you mean?" I look into the road.

"You go out with your bestfriends boyfriend and your parents die because of you." Tears stream down her face as her anger fumes.

I loose concentration on driving when she brings up the accident ,

It was all my fault.

Why didn't I just stay at her house in the first place!

My parents are dead because of me.

I'm alone because of my decisions.

"WATCH OUT!" Mariana screams pulling me out of my thoughts.

I drive into the opposite lane and there's a trunk driving straight at us.

It all happened so fast.

Within I could get in a breath I honesty hoped it would be my last.

-

My eyes flutter open, I'm in the hospital.

"What happened?" I can barely speak and I try to sit up,

"I wouldn't do that-" The docter says as I feel the sharp pain in my wrist.

"You fractured your wrist in the accident." The docter studies my face in worry.

"Mariana, is she okay?"

"Your friend is in the room next door.. She's in a more severe condition than you are. She has broken ribs and she teared a lung. She's bleeding severely from her stomach and choking up blood, We are doing everything we can." Memories flash before my eyes of what happened.

I feel dizzy.

"Can I ask you a few questions hun?" A nurse comes in.

I nod.

"You guys are on a road trip, correct?" The nurse scans me.

"Were. We were on a road trip." I look at the floor.

"Where were you going?"

"To meet my...... boyfriend."

"What's his name?"

"Why are you asking so many irrelevant questions?" I roll my eyes.

"Okay, Mariana's gonna have to stay here for the next few days, you can check out whenever you are ready in the next 3 days."

I have to go meet Justin..

"I'll check out tomorrow." I look around, "Am I aloud to see Mariana?" I say as the nurse nods and leads me to Mariana.

I walk into Mariana's room and look at her,

She looks like she's dying. It breaks my heart to know that the last thing we did was argue.

"She should be ok. She's going to need surgery though." Her nurse speaks.

"Her ribs will heal fine but it's the teared lung I'm worried about. If we don't get into surgery soon she could die." My nurse speaks.

"Alright..." I mumble.

"Do you have someone to pick you up tomorrow?" My nurse asks me.

I nod and ask "Can I see my phone?"

I call Justin.

"Hey Lex!" He speaks.

"Justin, I wanted to surprise you in Cali but I ran into..... trouble. Mariana and I got into a car accident entering California and I'm in the hospital.-" Before I can finish Justin interrupts.

"Witch hospital are you at?" His voice is shakey.

"The one just by the frozen yogurt place by the "Welcome to California" Sign.."

He hangs up the phone.

The room begins shaking, I can't see everything is spinning. I collapse and everything goes black.

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