I feel thirsty and I wake up to drink some water. But, I wake up in a car. No. I wake in my car. Austin is driving and Dev is sitting beside him in the front seat. Kayla, Jerusha and I sit in the middle and Raj in the very back. I look out the window to see where we are. All I see around is an empty ground. The sky is clear and it would've been a fun place to hang out if I didn't know what the heck is happening. I look at my friends. Everyone are still. Too still. Like mannequins. What is happening? I ask Jerusha what's going on. She says we are going to Uada.
'what? What!'
That, is all I can think and say. I have too many questions in my head. How did I come into the car? Why are we going in MY car? Why am I still in my pyjamas? Maybe I wasn't waking up so they forcefully carried me into the car. I hope that's what it is. I try to calm down. But I can't! I panic. All I want right now are answers. I ask Kayla to tell me how I got here. She tells me to shut up. Why is she being so rude? What is this?
I don't know! I don't know! I want to know! Please!
Like the amount of panic I had wasn't enough already, suddenly I see a truck coming towards us. More like its aiming at us. In a blink, we get hit. I black out for like 5 seconds and wake up. There's blood everywhere. I can't think, I can't move, I can't do anything but scream. Our car is literally rolling away from us like it is being pulled by something. My friends lay around me lifelessly. I feel like all the feelings I've ever had are being pulled out of me. I can't even cry! I wish I could! Everyone looks DEAD. I scream. Scream till my throat hurts. I try to move. Something like a liquid rolls down my back. Blood.
I touch the place where it started from. I feel a rough surface. But why do I not feel pain? I start freaking out. I try to wake my friends up, hoping they're alive. I look down and I see Austin. He is missing an arm, AN ARM! It looks awful. I want to look away, but I am too stunned. I look up and I see a truck coming towards us. Again. When it comes a little closer, I realise it is the truck, that killed all my friends. Oh god! why!? I try to move. More blood. The truck is coming too close. I give up. I just lay down with my friends. I wait for the truck to run over me. But I don't feel anything. I still lay down. I somehow fall asleep.
I wake with a gasp. I am in a room. I check the time. Its 12:30 in the morning. I somehow think that this is a hospital. But it is not. It is......... my room. "oh!" is all I can manage to say. I drink some water and tell myself it was just a dream. Just a dream. I try to sleep but every time I close my eyes, all I can see is Austin without a hand and the truck, an unpleasant combination of bright red and neon green, speeding right at me. "it was just dream!!!!" I almost scream. "A dream. A dream!" I finally convince myself and fall asleep at around 1 a.m.
***
I wake up to my alarm ringing. The first thing I remember is the dream. It doesn't affect me a lot, but I still feel uneasy. Just to be sure, I check my neck if there is any pain or blood. Nothing. Just plain skin. Thank god.
I must stop thinking the accident was real.
I quickly dress up and get ready for school and go down to get my breakfast. Today is the big day. Today, my best friends and I will go on a trip that we aren't allowed to even think of. I quietly eat my breakfast thinking about all the things I need to pack for the trip. Just as I am done eating, I hear a scream. It must be from the doorstep. It was very loud. My dad quickly opens the door as I wash my hands. When I go near the door, I see kayla sitting on one of the stairs, holding her ankle as my other friend laugh all around her. My dad is checking her ankle. I go out and ask raj what happened. "we all were having a race on who will get to ring the doorbell and kayla lost all the time. She was desperate about winning at least one and started running when we came near your house." He pauses to laugh and then continues, "her desperation shaded her sight and she missed the steps. Oh, my god! It was so ridiculous. You should have been there!"
I imagine kayla with a serious expression running towards my home. That. Is. Ridiculous. "aww! I missed the show" I say and start laughing too. My dad smiles at kayla, who is moaning sarcastically and says "your ankle is out of danger. Just try not to participate in anything else that includes running to ring doorbells." We all burst laughing, even kayla. We leave my dad behind and start off to school.
"so, you guys excited? Big day today." Says jerusha.
"there is no way in which we cannot be excited today. I mean, yay! We all are going to have a field trip to death, and for what? for fun!" says raj, mocking jerusha. suddenly, I remember when we all beat up a bunch of kids who stole my toy. We were in first grade. Even then, raj was so scared. He hid behind a wall crying, even if he wasn't doing anything.
"You were always a scared thing raj. Remember how you cried in 1st grade? But you can't escape now. Whatever we do, you have to do. So, stop complaining." I say. Everyone laughs and we talk about 1st grade all the way to school. Once we reach school, we all go to our classes and decide to meet during lunch.
