A friend of mine wrote this story, and with her permission I have revised
it, and changed it, if you've read this before the first chapters will be
more or less the same but after that, I'm going to add more detail and
change the accident's results. F.Y.I. This takes place after Lucy and
Kevin's wedding but before the 7th Season Finale.
Chapter One
"Hello?" Annie asked, holding the phone between her cheek and shoulder as she washed spinach for that night's dinner.
"Hey mom, it's me," Mary's voice said through the phone.
"Mary? How are you?"
"I'm good, how's everybody there?"
"Everybody's fine, especially the newlyweds!"
Mary laughed slightly remembering Lucy and Kevin's wedding, "I have a week off, starting tomorrow, so I was thinking I'd come for a visit."
"That would be great! We'd love to see you again!" Annie replied cheerfully, wondering if something was up with her daughter.
"Okay, I'll be there sometime tomorrow afternoon."
"Great, it will be so good to see you again."
Just as Annie hung up the phone, Eric and Ruthie descended down the kitchen stairs.
"Who was that?" Ruthie asked, curiously.
"Mary. She's coming to visit for a week."
"Cool, maybe we can get Lucy away from Kevin long enough for us to have a girl's night out."
"That sounds fun," Annie replied, smiling.
The next day, Eric and Annie were fixing lunch when Mary stepped in the back door.
"Mary, Hi!" Annie exclaimed.
After a few seconds Ben appeared behind Mary.
"Ben?" Eric asked.
"Ben and I have been dating for a month and now we're engaged." Mary replied quickly to her parent's questioning stares.
Before Eric and Annie could say anything Lucy, Kevin, Simon, Ruthie, Sam, and David entered the room.
"Mary!" Lucy exclaimed, hugging her sister.
"Ben?" Kevin asked staring at his brother.
"Ben and I have been dating for a while and now we're engaged!" Mary explained for the second time.
" Wow! I'm so happy for you! You'll love being married!" Lucy cried happily, smiling at Kevin as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Ruthie rolled her eyes, then turned to Mary and Ben, "that's great."
"Congratulations," Simon replied, honestly happy for his older sister.
"We're so happy for you," Eric and Annie said as they hugged their daughter.
Later that night, Ruthie, Annie, Lucy, and Mary, decided to go out for dinner as Ruthie had suggested. After they left Kevin forced Ben to come to the pool hall with him, stating that they "needed to talk."
At the pool hall, Kevin and Ben sat down near the corner.
" Why didn't you tell me you and Mary were dating again?" Kevin asked after the waitress took their drink orders.
"We wanted to see if things worked out before we told anyone"
"Looks like they did."
Ben laughed "she's as crazy as Lucy, but I love her."
Kevin playfully slapped his brother, "my wife is not crazy!"
"Are you sure about that?"
Kevin laughed in response.
Lucy, Mary, Annie, and Ruthie decided to take Lucy's car, and Lucy was driving, "so where should we go?" she asked.
"How about we go to that little restaurant by the beach?" Annie suggested.
"I love that place!" Mary exclaimed.
Annie smiled at her daughter, "I know."
"That'd be great, but isn't it a little far away?" Ruthie asked.
"It's only about twenty minutes if we take I-35," Lucy answered as she turned the car around.
"Let's go," Mary exclaimed remembering the last time she had visited her favorite restaurant, nearly a year before.
A few minutes later they were driving down the highway, Lucy had just pulled into the far left lane to pass a truck passing another truck. Before Lucy could move the car a large semi-truck came speeding down her lane. The truck immediately crashed into her car, throwing it into a nearby ditch.
At the pool hall, Kevin and Ben were watching their favorite basketball team, the NY Knicks get creamed by the L.A. Lakers. Just as Justin Paoli was about to score the news broke in.
As the reporter spoke scenes of the accident were displayed on the screen, "there has been a major accident on I-35. From what witnesses are saying, a large SISCO semi-truck was driving eastbound on the westbound highway a few miles from The Four Winds Resort. Glenoak detective, John Michaels is on the seen, along with several other officers. What can you tell us about the accident?" The reporter asked as detective Michaels appeared on the screen.
"From what we know so far, that truck," he says pointing to the stopped SISCO truck that was covering most of the highway, "was speeding down the highway in the wrong direction, it is probable that he was intoxicated, and possibly under the influence of other drugs. This car," he says pointing to Lucy's upside down car, "was in 'his' lane, and was thrown into the ditch. Because the truck is blocking traffic several other accidents were caused." As Detective Michaels speaks scenes are shown of the crash.
"Do you know how many people were injured?"
"We do not have an official count, but around 20 people have been taken to the hospital, and 3 were killed instantly, including the truck driver."
"Do you know anything about the passengers of that car?" the reporter asked, motioning to Lucy's car.
"Rescue workers have not been able to free any of the four passengers, I do not know their condition or identity."
Kevin turned toward Ben, "do you know where they were going?"
"No." Ben answered, his voice showing just as much worry as Kevin's.
"Does Mary have a cell phone?"
"Yes."
"Call her," Kevin demanded handing Ben his cell phone.
Ben smiled, and dialed Mary's number. After several rings the answering machine cut in, "Hey, it's Mary, leave a message and I'll call you back."
Ben sighed, then pushed the off button on the phone.
"She didn't answer?"
Ben sighed and shook his head 'no.'
Roxanne walked amongst the damaged cars, the highway was closed so she didn't need to direct traffic, and there weren't any witnesses that hadn't been questioned. As she walked, Roxanne thought about how many lives were going to be changed forever, it was times like this that she hated her job.
Roxanne stood a few feet away from Lucy's upturned car, watching as the rescue workers carefully disassembled the car. After a few minutes they pulled Lucy's body from the car.
"Oh My God!" Roxanne screamed in horror, as she stared at her unconscious friend who was being placed on a stretcher.
As the paramedics swarmed around Lucy, Roxanne quickly pulled out her cell phone and dialed Kevin's number, she knew that he hadn't been with Lucy because they had invited her to attend their "girl's night out."
Just as Kevin was about to call Eric to ask if he knew anything about the crash, his cell phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked, still not believing that it could possibly be Lucy.
"Did you hear about the crash?" Roxanne asked, trying to stay composed.
"Yes." Kevin answered, from Roxanne's voice he could tell that the news to come was not good.
"It was Lucy." Roxanne stated.
Chapter One
"Hello?" Annie asked, holding the phone between her cheek and shoulder as she washed spinach for that night's dinner.
"Hey mom, it's me," Mary's voice said through the phone.
"Mary? How are you?"
"I'm good, how's everybody there?"
"Everybody's fine, especially the newlyweds!"
Mary laughed slightly remembering Lucy and Kevin's wedding, "I have a week off, starting tomorrow, so I was thinking I'd come for a visit."
"That would be great! We'd love to see you again!" Annie replied cheerfully, wondering if something was up with her daughter.
"Okay, I'll be there sometime tomorrow afternoon."
"Great, it will be so good to see you again."
Just as Annie hung up the phone, Eric and Ruthie descended down the kitchen stairs.
"Who was that?" Ruthie asked, curiously.
"Mary. She's coming to visit for a week."
"Cool, maybe we can get Lucy away from Kevin long enough for us to have a girl's night out."
"That sounds fun," Annie replied, smiling.
The next day, Eric and Annie were fixing lunch when Mary stepped in the back door.
"Mary, Hi!" Annie exclaimed.
After a few seconds Ben appeared behind Mary.
"Ben?" Eric asked.
"Ben and I have been dating for a month and now we're engaged." Mary replied quickly to her parent's questioning stares.
Before Eric and Annie could say anything Lucy, Kevin, Simon, Ruthie, Sam, and David entered the room.
"Mary!" Lucy exclaimed, hugging her sister.
"Ben?" Kevin asked staring at his brother.
"Ben and I have been dating for a while and now we're engaged!" Mary explained for the second time.
" Wow! I'm so happy for you! You'll love being married!" Lucy cried happily, smiling at Kevin as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Ruthie rolled her eyes, then turned to Mary and Ben, "that's great."
"Congratulations," Simon replied, honestly happy for his older sister.
"We're so happy for you," Eric and Annie said as they hugged their daughter.
Later that night, Ruthie, Annie, Lucy, and Mary, decided to go out for dinner as Ruthie had suggested. After they left Kevin forced Ben to come to the pool hall with him, stating that they "needed to talk."
At the pool hall, Kevin and Ben sat down near the corner.
" Why didn't you tell me you and Mary were dating again?" Kevin asked after the waitress took their drink orders.
"We wanted to see if things worked out before we told anyone"
"Looks like they did."
Ben laughed "she's as crazy as Lucy, but I love her."
Kevin playfully slapped his brother, "my wife is not crazy!"
"Are you sure about that?"
Kevin laughed in response.
Lucy, Mary, Annie, and Ruthie decided to take Lucy's car, and Lucy was driving, "so where should we go?" she asked.
"How about we go to that little restaurant by the beach?" Annie suggested.
"I love that place!" Mary exclaimed.
Annie smiled at her daughter, "I know."
"That'd be great, but isn't it a little far away?" Ruthie asked.
"It's only about twenty minutes if we take I-35," Lucy answered as she turned the car around.
"Let's go," Mary exclaimed remembering the last time she had visited her favorite restaurant, nearly a year before.
A few minutes later they were driving down the highway, Lucy had just pulled into the far left lane to pass a truck passing another truck. Before Lucy could move the car a large semi-truck came speeding down her lane. The truck immediately crashed into her car, throwing it into a nearby ditch.
At the pool hall, Kevin and Ben were watching their favorite basketball team, the NY Knicks get creamed by the L.A. Lakers. Just as Justin Paoli was about to score the news broke in.
As the reporter spoke scenes of the accident were displayed on the screen, "there has been a major accident on I-35. From what witnesses are saying, a large SISCO semi-truck was driving eastbound on the westbound highway a few miles from The Four Winds Resort. Glenoak detective, John Michaels is on the seen, along with several other officers. What can you tell us about the accident?" The reporter asked as detective Michaels appeared on the screen.
"From what we know so far, that truck," he says pointing to the stopped SISCO truck that was covering most of the highway, "was speeding down the highway in the wrong direction, it is probable that he was intoxicated, and possibly under the influence of other drugs. This car," he says pointing to Lucy's upside down car, "was in 'his' lane, and was thrown into the ditch. Because the truck is blocking traffic several other accidents were caused." As Detective Michaels speaks scenes are shown of the crash.
"Do you know how many people were injured?"
"We do not have an official count, but around 20 people have been taken to the hospital, and 3 were killed instantly, including the truck driver."
"Do you know anything about the passengers of that car?" the reporter asked, motioning to Lucy's car.
"Rescue workers have not been able to free any of the four passengers, I do not know their condition or identity."
Kevin turned toward Ben, "do you know where they were going?"
"No." Ben answered, his voice showing just as much worry as Kevin's.
"Does Mary have a cell phone?"
"Yes."
"Call her," Kevin demanded handing Ben his cell phone.
Ben smiled, and dialed Mary's number. After several rings the answering machine cut in, "Hey, it's Mary, leave a message and I'll call you back."
Ben sighed, then pushed the off button on the phone.
"She didn't answer?"
Ben sighed and shook his head 'no.'
Roxanne walked amongst the damaged cars, the highway was closed so she didn't need to direct traffic, and there weren't any witnesses that hadn't been questioned. As she walked, Roxanne thought about how many lives were going to be changed forever, it was times like this that she hated her job.
Roxanne stood a few feet away from Lucy's upturned car, watching as the rescue workers carefully disassembled the car. After a few minutes they pulled Lucy's body from the car.
"Oh My God!" Roxanne screamed in horror, as she stared at her unconscious friend who was being placed on a stretcher.
As the paramedics swarmed around Lucy, Roxanne quickly pulled out her cell phone and dialed Kevin's number, she knew that he hadn't been with Lucy because they had invited her to attend their "girl's night out."
Just as Kevin was about to call Eric to ask if he knew anything about the crash, his cell phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked, still not believing that it could possibly be Lucy.
"Did you hear about the crash?" Roxanne asked, trying to stay composed.
"Yes." Kevin answered, from Roxanne's voice he could tell that the news to come was not good.
"It was Lucy." Roxanne stated.