Chapter Twelve

The front door opened and Bam stepped out onto the porch. He put his sunglasses on, despite the fact that it was cloudy outside, and then pulled the hood on his sweatshirt up over his dark hair. He turned and looked back at April who was standing behind him in the doorway. He stepped closer to her and wrapped his arms around her.

"Thank you for helping me." He said softly

She patted his back "You don't have to thank me. I'm glad to be able to help you."

He let out a small sigh and pulled away from her. He then looked forward toward the driveway where his car was parked. This was the first time he even went outside since he got there. Everything felt so strange to him. He almost wanted to turn around and go back inside to hide from the world but he knew that he needed to leave right them. He looked at April again and nodded his head a little.

"I'll be back soon."

"Ok sweetie."

Bam took a deep breath and set foot off of the porch. He felt nervous just walking over to his car and putting the key in the door, but he knew that he had to go through with what he was going to do. He was going to face the outside world again, something he hadn't done in weeks. He opened the car door and got inside. Taking one last look at April, who was still standing in the doorway watching him, Bam then pulled out of the driveway. April watched him drive away and then went back into the house.

….

The rain seemed to be pouring down in bucket-sized drops. Windshield wipers were moving feverously trying to keep the falling water away from the view of the drivers. The roads were so slippery and so slick that cars had a hard time staying on their "tracks". Cars slid and skidded everywhere but all accidents could not be avoided.

Bam felt his adrenaline rushing through his veins as he drove. Sometimes he had to squint his eyes in order to make sense of things on the road in front of him. Lights from other cars looked blurred and it was hard to make out the rest of the cars that were surrounding him. A few times he nearly had to swerve or slam on the brakes, having missed an accident by a hair.

He stopped at a four-way stop and held his breath. Two cars went by before it was his turn to go. As he drove again he began muttering things to himself. He turned on his cd player and began to play the HIM cd that he had in the player as loud as he possibly could just to drown out every thought he had at the moment.

"It's now or never." He quietly said to himself before slamming on the gas pedal

He let his car go into the next lane. The car in that lane swerved to avoid him but with the wet road and poor visibility, the driver wound up hitting the side of Bam's car. Bam's car spun out and then flipped over into the near by ditch. The car that his him ran into another car that was close behind him. Other drivers near by, upon seeing the accident, slowed down to see what had happened. Cars stopped and people got out to try to get a closer look at the wrecked vehicles. Soon ambulances and police cars showed up at the accident scene, and people were told to stay away.

Two police officers stood on the front porch of Phil and April's house. Phil opened the door and looked out at them before calling for April to come to the door.

"Yes, officers, what seems to be the problem?" Phil asked, trying to stay calm

"Mr. and Mrs. Margera?" One of the officers asked

April nodded her head "Yes that's us." She said with a little bit of a worried tone

"We're sorry to inform you like this, but because of the heavy rain tonight, there have been some deadly accidents."

Phil put an arm around April ad focused on the two officers standing before them. April felt a lump forming in her throat and a pain in the pit of her stomach.

"There was a three-car accident not far from here, and unfortunately your son's car was involved."

April gasped "Is he… is he ok?"

"We're terribly sorry. We haven't been able to find his body but there is no way that anyone could have survived this accident."

April fell into Phil's arms and began to cry. Phil held her close and rubbed her back a little. He glanced at the two police officers and softly thanked them for letting them know what happened. The police left and Phil and April went back inside the house.