Ashlyn
"Storms movin in fast." Kent said. I rolled my eyes and buckled my seatbelt. Mom sat down into the passenger's seat of our old green car; I didn't know what kind it was. It ran; that's all I cared about. Kent looked at me in the rear view mirror and smiled. His teeth were a brown-yellowish color from all the cigarettes and coffee he drank. I curled my lip and looked out the window.
"Ashlyn dear, what are your plans for the summer? Are you going to be visiting Jeffery?" I took a deep breath and tried to keep from shouting.
"Mom, Jeff died five years ago. Remember?" she was getting worse. The doctor said the tumor was pressing down on something in her brain that made her memory fuzzy.
The look on her face killed me. She looked so lost and confused. I leaned forward and out my hand on her shoulder and squeezed lightly. She turned her head and looked at me, more puzzled than before. I was never one for physical contact. I barely ever hugged my parents. Maybe that was because they never acted like the parenting type.
"Yeah Mom, I'm thinking about it." I glanced over at my dad and saw tears welling up in his eyes. I choked back the lump in my throat that grew bigger and bigger. He wiped his eyes and tried to pretend like it didn't happen. He started the car as I sat back in my seat.
We'd been driving for almost two hours; I didn't even know where we were going. We could've just been going for a drive; a really long drive. The doctor said the reoccurring events were good for her memory. Me and Kent both knew it wasn't happening though; she was fading fast, we were loosing her.
Rain pounded on the windows. Lightening struck and thunder rumbled through my chest like it was a steam roller driving past us. I could feel my lungs getting tight; I hated driving in the rain.
"Dad where are we?" we were on some back road in the woods. The rain started coming down harder and wind pushed the car around. "Dad, I think we should pull over until the rain dies down some." He ignored me and kept driving. I looked at Mom, she just starred straight ahead and didn't say a word. No little comment like "Ashlyn don't backseat drive," or "Ashlyn just enjoy the ride." She just sat there with a blank look on her face.
"It's alright sweetheart, just sit back and put your seatbelt on." That scared the shit out of me. I sat back in my seat and pulled the belt as tight as I could possibly get it.
"Please Dad, you're scaring me. Please just, just pull over." He ignored me again. "Mom tell him to pull over please!" I looked over at her and still she had her blank stare. She was gone. I licked my lips and looked threw the windshield. Lightning lit up the sky and we went off the beat up road. We all jerked forward, my parents remained silent as our car tumbled over the hill. I screamed and grabbed the seat in front of me. Then I closed my eyes and waited for it to be over. I would be dead soon and it would all be over.