Angel In Training

Chapter 7 Dreams To Nightmares

She had fallen into a deep sleep. She started dreaming just like every creature did when it slept. She was waiting for her parents to hurry up so she could go to school. It was her first day back and she couldn't wait to see her friends and tell them all about her summer. How she traveled all around with her parents. Her mom came down the stairs with her purse and keys in hand. She smiled at her daughter. "Come on. We're going to be late." Lexine ran over to her mother and grabbed her hand tugging her out the door.

They got to the car and started it waiting for her father to come out. He finally came after a few minutes. He got in the passengers side and her mother pulled out of the driveway. When they got to school Lexine was out of the car before her parents had a chance to unbuckle themselves. She waited patiently. Her mother picked her up and walked her to the front of the school, her father close behind. When they reached the front door Lexine kissed her mothers cheek. "Bye mommy. Bye daddy." She set Lexine down. Her father bent down and kissed her cheek. "Bye sweetie see you after school. Have fun and don't get into trouble." "I won't." Lexine smiled happily and opened the door running into school.

The day had passed and she couldn't wait until her parents picked her up. She waited outside by the swings. Thirty minutes went by and they hadn't soon up. She was starting to get worried they forgot her. She waited longer. Another thirty minutes passed. A teacher had joined her to make sure nothing happened to her when she waited. A car pulled up. Lexine shot her eyes to the car looking happy again thinking they had to borrow her mom's friend's car again.

Her mom's friend came out of the car. Her face was completely devastated. She slowly made her way over to Lexine. Looking deep in thought. The teacher got up and met her half way. They talked while Lexine watched. The teacher began to look shaken up as the friend went on. The friend then walked over to Lexine bending down to her level. "Hey Lex." "Where are mommy and daddy?" Lexine asked curiously. The friend looked to the ground for a minute then toke a deep breath. "Hunny, your mommy and daddy got into a accident." Lexine eyes showed how her heart felt, torn apart, broken, and crushed. "What do you mean? Did mom fall and hurt her knee again?" The friend shook her head. "Your mommy and daddy were going to pick you up when they were hit by an on coming car." "But their okay right?" Lexine began to lightly shake. "I'm sorry hunny. They didn't make it." Tears began to stain her cheeks. She was embraced in a hug. "It's going to be okay. Don't' worry I'll take care of you."

Lexine was two years older, now six. She was in denial about her parents. She waited by the swings everyday. Expecting their car to pull up and them to come out. Her mom crying, happy to see her little girl again. It never happened. Jessica her mom's friend always came to pick her up. Other kids that didn't know her and saw her everyday waiting on the swings asked her what she was waiting for. She always replied my mommy and daddy. Her eyes always holding sadness in them.

She grew older and was thrown into foster care and adopted by a nice couple. They treated her nicely, gave her nice things but could never get her to talk. The older she got the more distance she got. The more she learned that her parents weren't coming back ever. When she got older she went to college then moved out of her foster families house.

She was thirty-three. She had an apartment, a car, and a nice boyfriend who made her happy, who made her smile for the first time in years. She was stopped at a red light. The light flick to green and she went forward. Just as she was going forward another car was speeding past to make it before anybody else went threw. She stepped on the breaks but it was to late. Her car and the other car collide.

She heard everything happening but couldn't respond when the paramedics called to her. They pulled her out of the rubble carefully placing her on a stretcher. She fought to stay alive. Try to think of everything she wanted to live for but she still felt everything slipping. She couldn't do it anymore. She just wanted it to end. She relaxed her mind and felt her body growing cold. Soon she didn't feel anything.

Her eyes snapped open. She was drenched in sweat. Laying on her stomach. She slowed her breathing. Tears forming in her eyes as she remembered her life as a human. She lost her life the same way her parents lost theirs. Hers lost to a kid trying to impress his friends by going fast and her parents by a drunk driver. She stayed awake for the rest of the night. Going outside and sitting by the meadow. Staring at the flowers silently. Trying to forget what she didn't want to remember.