Chapter 1
The Fight
Date: November 1st, 2004
Location: Calm Springs, Alabama. United States
The stars on the scarlet sky glistened against the black background of the moonlit night. Not a cloud was in sight, and the air was but a gentle breeze. The birds in the trees flew back and forth, each time shaking loose more of nature's cold shoulder, as the leaves fell to the basin of the Earth. This night was perfect.
Upon a small hill sat a car. Gently it rocked back and forth, as the grinding of teenage bodies mingled back in forth, physically showing their love for one another. The girl, Katie, and the boy, Alex, merged together as one. The night had been pleasant for them both, as they had attended a movie, eaten dinner at a nice restaurant, and spent an hour gazing at the sky searching for meaning.
Slowly, the rocking stopped, and the car settled back down to the ground as calm as could be. The two bodies separated, and spoke.
"Wow... That was great... I'm exausted now. Thanks."
"No..." Katie replied. "Thank you."
They were both underage. Alex was 17, and Katie was a year younger. Alex was the average jock type, having absolutely no fat in his body, and no common sense when it came to relationships. He also lacked common sense when an important event that he deemed a high priority was about to happen, as it just had.
The couple separated from their concoction of sweet, adrenaline, and raging hormones. Katie looked down beneath the blanket that covered them, and screamed.
"OH MY GOD! YOU DIDN'T USE PROTECTION?" she screamed.
"Well, I umm.. I ummm... no. I guess I didn't think."
"Apparently not! I could get pregnant, did you think about that? NO! Now what the fuck am I suppose to do about this if that happens, my parents will kill me!" She continued.
"Now just what in the 'Sam Hell' do you want me to do about it? I apparently am the center of this argument since I turned the key to a fury of words straight from HELL!" he screamed back at her.
She did not even blink.
"Go! Go then you cocky bastard. Get the hell out of my face. I don't ever want to see you again."
Alex slowly slumped back in his seat, pulled a hat from his seat, which he then threw on backwards, then smiled. "This is my car. YOU get out." He said coolly.
Without saying a word, but using force, she gathered her things, clothes among other things, and exited the car. But before she shut the door, she turned about face, and slapped him square on the cheek, then retreated and slammed the door. Alex was so confused. He had never had this happen before. No one had ever slapped him before. He had always had them come back. Want him back. This time someone had stood up for themselves, and it made him mad. He punched the dashboard in front of him so hard that the airbag exploded outward, and punched him backward. Now not only had his girlfriend hit him, but his own vehicle had too.
Cussing using every term under the sun, he dressed himself, and drove the car away from it's precarious perch. He was doing about 90 in a 45, that led down several sharp turns down the hill. Why, he thought. Why, How would he get her back. He knew that this time in his mind this was serious, and he couldn't loose her. The fact that she had stood up for herself when no one else had made her more the woman she ever was, which only fueled his rage further. His speed increased. I love her. I know. I'll apologize, and step up. To think this meant throwing his jock status away. He didn't care. He loved her more than anything that belonged to him, including his status in any bar. A sharp turn approached. I'll just march on over there. No no, that won't do. I'll head her off. Catch her in the retreat, and make it ok. Or I'll at least try. It's the least I can...
The friction between his car's tires and the pavement became nonexistent as the car drifted beyond the lines of his lane, then beyond the guardrail. The car smashed through the guardrail and fell down a steep embankment, and exploded in flames.