Chapter Four
-Allie's POV-
Flashback
"Allie, dear, hurry up! We need to get going." My mother called out from our living room the floor below me.
I quickly grabbed my phone. "I'm coming!" I called back, running out of my room, leaving my door open, and ran down the stairs.
While running down the stairs, I felt my feet trip on one of the stairs and I prepared myself of the pain after the fall. Closing my eyes tight I prepared for the pain but it never came. Opening my eyes, being a little scared I might add, I was inches from the floor, only being held from hitting the floor by the pair of arms.
"There's a reason why you don't run down the stairs Allie Cat." The young man hold me said; we both laughed as he set me up.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I waved my hand. "But we both know I don't always follow rules." I gave a childish grin before our mother came around the corner.
"Allie-Oh there you are." My mother said. "Let's get going."
My brother and I nodded; following our mother eagerly to the car. "So; where we going, mom?" I asked as I got into backseat, near the window.
My brother laughed and shook his head. "It wouldn't be a 'birthday surprise' for you if we told you, now would it?" he said; turning around with an amused expression on his features.
I glared at him. "Now, now Chris. Be nice to your sister." My mother scolded lightly before addressing me; I stuck my tongue at him while he just rolled his eyes. "Alison; your brother is right."
My brother smiled and stuck his tongue at me. "You'll just have to be patient Allie." Chris said with sarcasm clear in his voice; I just stuck my tongue back at him again while he laughed.
We had already pulled out of the driveway and my mom and brother were talking away, ignoring me in the back seat. I watched as the scenery of our small town pass before our eyes. I noticed as the car starting to slow down.
I leaned forward towards my mother and brother in the front seats. "No way!" I nearly shouted; my brother chuckled at my reaction.
"Yes way!" my brother mocked me; I rolled my eyes at him as my mother pulled into the parking lot.
I smiled widely. "Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!" I coursed.
My mother stopped the car in a parking spot. "Happy Birthday, Allie dear." My mother said once both of us were out of car. I crashed into her hugging her. "You know I love you Alison. I'd go to any length to make you happy."
I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Make that two of us." My brother smiled.
Suddenly I heard a screech of tires and everything flashed before my eyes. My brother grabbed my shoulders and spun be around, throwing me to the ground in the process. All I saw from there were bright lights and two screams along with more screeching of the tires as the driver tried to get the car to stop.
I had my eyes closed from the scene, not knowing the extent of the damage. When there wasn't any more noise coming to my ears, I opened my eyes to a horrific scene.
In front of me, there was a black car in contact with my mother's car where my brother and mother were standing only minutes ago. I could barely see the driver of the black car but I could tell that he was frozen in shock.
The one thing I couldn't find was my mother and my brother. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I noticed to figures underneath the car. No, no, please, no! I begged in my head.
I slowly stood up despite the aching protest of my limbs and slowly made my way towards the two figures. The first figure I could make out looked like a middle aged woman with honey colored hair splattered with some blood while being sprawled everywhere. The other figure had darker honey colored hair and looked to be only two years older than myself.
My mind, being slow, suddenly placed the two figures as I heard loud sirens behind me. "M-Mom?" I stumbled. "C-Chr-Chris?" Neither of them answered my call so I knelled down beside my brother and gently shook him. "Chris," tears were already falling down my cheeks as the sirens were very loud behind me. "G-get up."
Suddenly my feet were lifted from where I was kneeling down at. "NO!" I screamed as someone, probably a police officer, pulled me away from the scene. "LET ME GO!"
"Miss. I'm sorry, but we can't let you near them." The man, as I discovered to be a police officer, sat me down on the edge of an ambulance so the paramedic could check me out. "They will do everything they possibly can to save your mother and brother." Tears continued to fall as I nodded.
The police officer knelt down next to me as the paramedic checked out my leg and my blood pressure. "I want you to describe what you saw before the crash. Any possible details." The man asked; I slowly nodded and whipped my tears from my cheeks.
"M-my mother and b-brother were taking me out to eat for my birthday a-and when I figured out w-where they were t-taking m-me I was t-thanking my mother non-stop. Once I got out, I gave my mother a hug as another thank-you and was about to give one to m-my b-brother when-" I started sobbing again.
"Shh, it's okay. Take your time." The man said as I stool a glance over his shoulder to see the paramedics swarmed around my mother and brother.
I nodded. "-m-my brother had grabbed my s-shoulders and swung me around, causing me to fall against m-my leg. He hadn't said a-anything for a w-warning b-because the next thing I knew, I saw lights and my mother and b-brother u-underneath the b-black c-c-car."
The police man nodded as he was writing all of this down. "Can you tell me anything about the man that crashed into your mother and brother?" he asked.
I nodded. "I don't think it was on purpose." I said, finally able to calm down a bit. "The ground was pretty slick as I exited the car myself and I heard the screeching from the car before he crashed."
"Did you recognize the man?" the police man asked; I shook my head. "Okay thank-you-"
"Allie; Alison Harbor." I answered his unasked question.
"-Allie." He said with a sad smile on his face. He turned towards the paramedic. "Is there any serious wounds on her?"
The paramedic, also a male, shook his head. "No; just a few scraps. Her brother saved her from major injuries if she were to be hit."
The police man nodded and turned back towards me. "Is there anyone that you can contact to come pick you up?" the police man asked me.
I shook my head for a moment. "I-I never knew who my father was and most of my mother was an only child so I have no aunts or uncles."
"Any grandparents?" the police man asked; I shook my head.
"Dead." I answered.
The police man nodded as a paramedic close to my mother and brother motioned for the man to come over towards him. "I'll be right back; stay right here, okay?" he motioned; I nodded and he quickly hurried towards the paramedic.
Since there was a huge gap, I could easily see my brother's face. His eyes were still closed but what worried me the most was the fact that I couldn't see his chest rising up or down. Hands, that I knew were not his, were on his chest, pumping up and down as if the person were trying to stimulate his heart.
The police man nodded to the paramedic to slowly walked towards my brother again. The police man came back towards me with a devastated expression.
"W-What's g-g-going on?" I asked, frantic. "A-Are they o-okay?"
The police man put a hand on my shoulder. "The paramedic informed me some difficult information Allie." The man said softly. "Your mother didn't make it Alison."
Tears flowed down my cheeks again. "C-Chris? M-my b-brother?" I asked doubtfully.
The police man sighed. "They aren't really sure, Alison. He's barely breathing so they're going to put a tube down his throat to help him but they aren't very positive that he'll make it through the night." He explained; another sob erupted from my throat.
The police man hugged me softly. "I'm going to talk to my wife and see if you can stay with us for a couple nights until I can find a place for you to stay." He said; I nodded as he pulled away. "They will try to everything they possibly can to save your brother."
"C-Can I s-see him? Please, just real quick?" I asked.
The police man nodded and helped me off of the ambulance and slowly led me towards my brother's body. He looked so vulnerable and pathetic that it started to scare me. The paramedics backed up a little so I could have some private time with my brother.
I held his hand as tears dripped onto it from my chin. "C-Chris; I-I don't know if you can hear m-me, but if you can, j-just listen." I took a deep breath. "P-Please be okay; I need you. W-We've already lost mom; I can't lose you too."