Chapter one
Bam gazed out the window and sighed. It had been months since he had faked his own death and months since he had even seen the outside world. He was forced to stay inside with no one but Phil and April to talk to. When ever someone called, who normally would have called to talk to him, he had to sit there and listen while Phil or April talked to his friends for him. He wanted to be able to just grab the phone from them and let his friends know what was going on, but he couldn't. Many times he wanted to grab the car keys and drive off somewhere, even if it was just down to the store for a few minutes, but he couldn't. Now all he could do was peer out the windows at the outside world, and hold onto memories of the life he once had. He pressed his hand against the window with a heavy sigh and closed his eyes.
The rain was coming down so rapidly that it was impossible for any driver to see properly. Bam turned the music up as high as it could go and then grabbed the nearest thing that he knew would be heavy enough to hold the gas pedal down and held it in his lap.
"It's now or never." He said softly
He slammed down on the gas pedal with his foot and swerved over into the next lane. He then unbuckled his seatbelt and allowed the thing he was going to use as a weight fall off of his lap, making sure it took the place of his foot on the gas pedal. Quickly opening the door he jumped out of the car and rolled into the surrounding wet grass. He ducked down and then looked up to watch his car get hit and then spin out to the other side of the road, landing on its side in the ditch. He cringed once he heard yet another car get hit; something he didn't anticipate on happening.
Bam took a deep breath and crawled through the grass towards the woods. When he knew that he would not be caught in any passing headlights, he got to his feet and starting running through the woods towards his parents' house.
When he got there he briefly explained to them what had happened. He also told them that if any one showed up asking about him, that they should say that they hadn't seen him. About an hour after he got back to the house, two police officers showed up and stood on the front porch. Bam, who had been sitting on the couch all cozy in a blanket, ducked down, getting as flat as he possibly could and pulled the blanket over him as soon as he knew that the cops were there. April and Phil stood by the door talking to the cops about Bam. And even though Bam was hiding the best that he could, they made sure to stand where they would be blocking the view of the couch from the police officers.
"There was a three-car accident not far from here, and unfortunately your son's car was involved." One of the officers said
Bam held his breath and listened to April's answer. He mentally sighed in relief when he heard her play along and very well at that.
"Is he… is he ok?"
'Nice work Ape.' Bam thought
"We're terribly sorry. We haven't been able to find his body but there is no way that any one could have survived this accident."
Bam heard April begin to cry and he smiled to himself. He knew that Phil and April would go along with him for the police at least, but he didn't realize that they would be such good actors. After the police left, Phil and April turned back and went into the living room where Bam was. Bam pulled the blanket off of him and sat up. He looked at his parents not knowing what to say to them first.
"I… I can't believe you went that far with it."
April sighed and nodded her head a little "Yeah me either. But you'd be surprised just what you'd do for your kids."
Bam, sighed again as he came out of his memory. Even though months had gone by since that night, he remembered it perfectly. It was as though he had just experienced it the night before. He turned away from the window and leaned against the wall, sliding down to the floor. He held his head down and the hair that he had let grow fell over his eyes.
"I gotta get out of this house…"