Salem yawns and looks straight ahead at the same road that seems to stretch further and further just when she begins to think she was closer to her destinationand the desert looks as if it constantly repeats itself like a movie with only one background.
She reassures herself that she would be there soon; she could hear her grandmother's cooking calling her name. (Gran, I hope you got your stove heated up)
Salem feels her foot putting a little more pressure on the gas pedal. "Pace yourself, Salem" she exhales and releases her footing a little. To keep her focus she turns on the radio and Skid Row plays. Salem mouths the words and drums her fingers on the steering wheel. For a brief moment she closes her eyes to enjoy the calm atmosphere without thinking nothing of it. Her eyes reopen and she lets out a loud screech when her car hits two bodies. The loud thuds and thumps made her heart skip a beat. Salem slams her foot on the break then makes an attempt to get out her car, but her seat belt yanks her back inside her seat. Her hands shake as she tries to unfasten it. ( All these years of driving I haven't had a single damn accident. WHY..WHY NOW?!) Pure silence hangs in the air as Salem stares at the two crumpled over bodies a couple feet behind her car. She can feel her heart swell up into her throat ( Please Lord, don't let them be dead) Salem runs down to the bodies and kneels by heap. A man holds the young woman close to his body and the young woman stares wide eyed into the night shaking, while the man remains unconscious. "D-Derek, come on we need to go." The young woman's voice cracks. Salem holds her hand over her mouth and goes over to where the young woman could see her. "Excuse me, I'm gonna get you guys to the hospital, okay. I'm so sorry." It seems like useless babble to the young woman, because Salem wasn't moving fast enough. The young woman manages to stand up and tries to support the man on her back, but her knees continuously wobble as if she were a new born doe learning to stand on its own. Before the young woman falls to her knees Salem catches her along with the young man. It is no surprise to Salem that she is strong enough to support two people, one of them clearly larger than her she just figured it was normal to have that amount of strength. There was a brief look of hesitation in the young woman's eyes yet she remained cooperative.
Salem lays the man in the back seat then she tries to assists the girl into the front seat, but she manage to get in herself. Salem walks around to the drivers side and climbs in. Skid Row is still blasting in the car and the young woman cuts the radio off. "There should be a hospital not to far ahead from here." Salem says while keeping her eyes straight ahead, She figures she's gotten in enough trouble with not paying attention to the road for even a split second. The young woman stares out the window and would periodically turn to look at her friend. "If you don't mind me asking what are your names?" Salem asks. "I don't think it's really important seeing as you couldn't bother to break when you saw me standing in the middle of road." She retorts. Salem sort of jumps at the sudden outburst of the young woman. After a moment of uncomfortable silence the young woman finally answers her,"I'm Cora, and the man that you plowed with your car is my brother, Derek." Salem frowns at the comment she made, (I didn't mean to.)"I'm Salem and don't worry I-I'll fix this I promise there's a hospital where we're going." Cora's eyes flickered at the highway sign that read *Beacon Hills - 3 miles ahead* ( She can't be going to-) Cora turns to Salem "You can just drop us off here, we don't want to keep you in this fun down town." She tries to convince the driver to stop. "Nonsense, I'm moving here so it's not much of of a big deal to me. Besides what kind of person would I be if I just dropped the people I caused harm to off the side of the road? It might as well have been a hit and run then." Salem says. Cora slowly began to lose her patience when a low growl settles in her chest. "Your brother needs medical attention right away, so it's best to get him to the E.R. right?" Salem adds, she senses Cora's impatience. Cora's expression softens when she mentions her brother. "I guess so..." (As soon as he heals we can just take her car and get back on track.) Cora looks at her motionless brother then looks at the upcoming lit up sigh *Welcome to Beacon Hills*