~ Awake ~
Prologue
It's almost funny-
Seeing your life slip away, just like that.
Imagine: one moment, you're in the car, yelling for your parents to stop arguing. Then, bang. A car collides with yours. You're seatbelt presses into your chest, choking you. You smash your head into the window, and the last thing you see is the world spinning through the windshield until your vision turns to black.
Just like that, you and your parents' existence are put in danger.
It's unbelievable how many things we take for granted on a normal basis. You just never know what could happen.
"You never know what you had until it's gone." That quote couldn't be truer. Whoever said that should get a metal.
I was only eleven when it happened to me, but I don't think I ever appreciated my parents, or what they did. I hate to say it, but it never occurred to me to ever respect them. I was a pretty rebellious kid. I never had a sense of gratitude. Not until now, of course. Maybe it is too late, but I am grateful. For everything.
When I was in a coma, I was confused out of my mind. The only sense that seemed to work was my hearing. Yeah, I heard it all: the doctors' yells and commands, the heart monitor, my brothers' speeches and prayers.
It all sounded like some foreign language and…I didn't understand. What did it all mean?
What happened? The suspense was killing me.
After a week, I woke up.
The day you'd think would be the day I had been waiting for, turned out to be horrible. Reality hit and hit hard. The car accident, my parents…
God, it was all too much. Why put that on an eleven year old?
Some sick feeling in my stomach kept telling me it was my fault. It was karma. This is what I get for disrespecting my mom and dad? I deserve this? It's an awful thing to think. But it wouldn't leave. I prayed to fall back into the everlasting slumber, but I never did.
I was awake.
It's almost funny – almost. With a snap of your fingers, something (or someone) you love could be gone. You'd probably be in denial; think it's only a dream. No, it's not. This is real.
A/N: Wow, that was so dramatic, lol. Trust me, it will get happier. Also, my chapters are usually pretty long. This is just a teaser
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Britt