We Are Family

𝟚 ~ Lyra

I think my mom is trying to blow up my phone. She sends me a text, like, every 0.01 seconds.
"Ummmmm, Leia?"
"Yup?"
"We gotta go; because either Mom is eating wallets and needs us to leave or she 'kneed your cumber oil riffs bow.'"
"Wow, she ate all the wallets this time," my sister laughs.
Eating wallets is what we call it in our family when you're trying to say something, but are going too fast and type something completely different (sometimes autocorrect is involved, too).
After a lot of negotiating with the librarian, we leave the library with three book bags full of books and a gift card to Barnes and Noble.
Right outside the school, Mom is honking like a crazy person, yelling at us to get in the car.
"What are you freaking out about?" Leia asked as we get in the car.
"There's a family reunion. On your dad's side. It's also at the church and starts in 7 minutes."
Leia and I exchange a glance. Uh oh, she mouths to me.
You see, my Aunt Clara is the one who plans these things. And my Aunt Clara is very strict when it comes to being late. For her, very early is early, early is on time, on time is late, and late is your death sentence.
The church that my mom is talking about is 10 minutes away from my school, plus we have to stop at the high school, the elementary school, and the day care, which, put together, equals about 9 minutes.
We're all dead.
"Dad is already there; it's just us 3, Lacey, Leon, and Lance who are gonna be late."
Except Dad.
Once we arrive at the high school, Lance hops in the car and swings his backpack behind him, hitting me in the face.
"Lance!"
He turns around and I smack him in the face with his backpack.
"Ughhh! Go... walk off a cliff!"
"It was only payback for what you did to me."
"What I did was an accident!"
"Well-"
"Lance and Lyra!" Mom yells, slamming on the brake.
Right in the middle of a four-way stop.
The car coming from the other way doesn't stop. It keeps coming.
Closer and closer, faster and faster...

CRASH!!!!!

Everything.

Goes.

Black.