Finally! Today we finally get to go back home. We have been at my cousin's house in Edmonton for at least 2 weeks. So there is 4 year old Tina, then 10 year old Georgina, and 12 year old Jason. I love them all I truly do, but they are all so annoying and they won't leave me alone. But now we are on our way home on our 6 hour drive back to Saskatoon.

We all say our goodbyes and head off to Tim Hortons for some breakfast. My parents order what they want then I order a chocolate chip muffin and an iced cappuccino, my favourite.

We have been driving for about 3 hours, my mom's asleep and my dad is listening to his iPod so I ask my dad trying to get his attention, how much longer till we are home. He doesn't respond so I ask him again. Nothing. So I rip out his headphone and he looks back at me and he swerve's big time but then get back to the right side of the road. It was weird how my mom was still asleep.

"What!" He yells at me.

"I was just wondering how much time till we are home." I said innocently.

"Three more hours, now let me drive!"

"Okay sorry."

We keep driving, but after a half an hour later I fell asleep.

*an hour later*

I wake up to the car horn blaring and my dad yelling as he swerved into a ditch. His air bag and my mom's airbag went off with a crash. When we fell into the ditch we hit a tree and a branch went straight through the windshield and into my dad's chest. All the broken glass cut my mom's arms and her face. I was perfectly unharmed. I got out of my seat and went up to the front to encourage my dad to stay alive.

"Daddy, please. Please stay awake! I love you! Don't go! Not now!" I whispered softly to my dad.

"Carly, honey. I can`t, this is my time." He paused taking a long breath. "I love you." After he said that his eyes closed ever so slowly.

At this time I was sobbing and I couldn't stop. "Daddy!" I yelled knowing he couldn't hear me. Maybe he was right, maybe this was his time. I turned over to my mom.

Her eyes were also closed. I looked down to her chest and saw a large piece of glass in the left side of her chest. "Mommy!" I screamed. "Don't go! Please!"

I was sobbing. I went back into the backseat curling up into a ball crying my eyes out not knowing what to do. It was still light out. I guessed it was about 11 am, so I walked out onto the highway to see if any cars were coming.

None were.

I then sat on the side of the road waiting. Waiting for someone to drive by. Someone to help me, in any way possible.

I was sitting on the side sobbing for a long time. I didn't know how long, I assumed a long time because it was starting to get dark out. I gave up all hope in someone helping me.

Just then, right when I gave up I saw lights becoming closer and closer. I stood up. My heart was racing. I started waving insanely at the vehicle that was coming closer. About 50 feet away it started slowing down. I noticed that it was an RV. Someone came out but I couldn't tell who with all the tears that have been in my eyes.

The stranger came up to me and I fell into their arms crying. "Hey! Hey! Shhh. It's okay, I'm here. Everything will be okay. Just tell me what happened."

"We – driving – crashed – ditch – dead!" I couldn't speak very well due to my sobbing.

"What?" the stranger said with worry in their voice. I noticed that the stranger was a boy due to the deepness of his voice.

I took his over to the ditch and pointed over to our car. "Oh my god! Here stay right here." He sat me down on the ground and ran back into the RV and got a woman that came and sat by my hugging me and trying to calm me down. Then the boy got another man to come out and look at the car in the ditch.

Everything was going so fast I couldn't tell what was happening. I heard sirens wailing then I looked up to see police and an ambulance surrounding the premises. The woman took me inside the bus and said, "Darling are you okay?"

Her arms still around me I said, "No, I am not okay. My parents are dead and here I am unharmed! I can't believe I didn't even get hurt! This is entirely my fault!" I said sobbing into her arms.

"Shh. Its okay, everything will be alright. Hang on a second." She said leaving me on the couch inside the bus curling myself into a ball. "Justin!" she yelled outside. "Come here!"

"Yeah mom?"

"Do you know this girl?" She asked him in a worried tone.

"I don't know. Hang on." He paused picking my head up placing me in a sitting position placing my head on his shoulder. "Hey baby, what's your name?"

"Carly." I said simply.

"Last name?"

"Smith."

He gasped. "Carly? This is Justin, I was in your gym class all through high school. Do you remember me?"

"Justin?" I said looking up at him crying. Once I recognized him I threw my arms around him.