Brittany had just been waiting after school in her cheerios uniform in the snow. Santana was always her ride home from school but today Santana left school early for a dentist appointment.
Brittany had waited outside the school for about an hour when Santana's sparkly blue car pulled into the empty parking lot. Brittany scrambled to her feet and sprinted to the car, jumping into passenger seat..
Santana mumbled something that resembled a 'Hey' and Brittany exchanged pleasantries.
"What took you so long?" Brittany asked in her usual quite monotone. She wasn't angry at Santana for being late, she was just worried.
She caught Santana rolling her eye as she cranked her head in britt's direction.
"Hey, you're lucky I even picked you up. I should have just gone home" She snapped. She was in one of her moods.
This had hurt Brittany's feelings. Santana saw the hurt in Brittany's eyes and softened her voice. "The roads were really bad okay? She whispered, canning the attitude.
"Ok" she whispered.
Santana turned the radio up as she carefully pulled out of the schools parking lot, which was lathered with ice. She felt the car slide a few feet while turning and Santana held her breath.
The weather report had interrupted her favorite song on the radio, warning Lima and surrounding counties about a snow and ice advisory. This was tripping Santana out; she hated Lima for this reason. The winter months were the worst, driving was always a 'adventure'.
They pulled out onto the abandoned street. The smart ones were at home and away from the icy roads. Santana wishes she was home, that she didn't have to pick up felt immediately bad for about thinking of leaving Brittany at school, stranded. Santana always drove Brittany home, She couldn't think of a day she didn't.
"Do you want to go to my house?" Britt asked zipping up her blazer and pulling her hands in her pockets.
"NO" Santana snaps again. Her conscience tugged again as she tried to reign in the attitude "I just want to go home" giving a little growl.
"Fine, San. That's all you had to say. I just thought you wanted to hang out" Giving up on wooing her friend and Brittany turned her body away from her and stared out of the window. Brittany took in her surroundings and lost herself in the view. Everything was so white. She couldn't tell the roads from the sidewalk. or the lawns.. It was beautiful.
San opened her mouth to say something apologetic but suddenly caught sight or two large headlights barreling toward Brittany's window. Her breath hitched in the terrifying sight. Santana had just enough time to scream Brittany's name as the out of control truck smashes into the passenger side of Santana's Volvo.
She felt the violent jerk of the car and screaming before the darkness abruptly took her.
Santana briefly awoke when the police and ambulance were there. She was confused. She was hanging up side down, the seat belt cutting into her chest. She tried to take in her surroundings. The wind shield was shattered and the doors were non existent. She felt so much pain that it numbed her. Santana tried to speak but she couldn't scrape in enough air for it. She started to hyperventilate, asking herself what had just happened?
There was a man on his stomach, reaching into the car. His hand reached for her but she panicked and swatted it away. She wanted to yell at him to get away but she couldn't breath.
"It's okay. I'm Officer Saatan. You two have been in an accident."
He said as he put his hands near his head to show he didn't mean any harm. Santana stopped struggling and wheezed in another breath.
He slowly brought his hands back up to her seatbelt.
I need you to tell me what hurts". She started to focus on what was hurting when she realized what the officer said. 'You two have been in an accident.'
Two... Brittany, she remembered
Santana whipped her head around to Brittany's side as a paramedic cut her seatbelt, sending an unconscious Brittany toward the ground. The panic sent a jolt through Santana as she threw her hands over to Brittany but she was out of her grasp.
"NO" Santana croaked but officer Saatan grabbed ahold of Sanatana, securing both hands.
Santana eyes felt heavier. The images of the unconscious Brittany haunted her. gashes covered her body, blood staining her cheerios uniform. And she was..Still. She was so still.
The darkness consumed Santana once again…