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I sat in the car seat, softly sobbing and letting tears stream down my face. That moment had
been tragic for not only myself, but for Ben, Riley, and the passengers in the other car as well.
And it was all of my decision. Face it. It was me altogether. I could've told Ben last night
about my urging feeling. But I didn't. I could've even told him this morning about ten minutes
ago when it got to be so unbearable. But, I failed to do so. Now, all this had happened.
Then, I felt a strong grip on my shoulder. "Abigail...? It's okay now. It's all over. Everything's
going to be alright, Abigail. Trust me," I heard Ben say, trying to get back at my normal level.
However, no matter how hard he tried, or I tried to stay calm, I just couldn't.
My now bright red eyes looked up at him. "Ben, everything's not okay! I mean, we've just hit
someone who's probably going to sue us, and we're in a wreck scene! Plus, we don't even
know who caused us to have this wreck! And you say that everything's going to be okay! But
it's not! Okay?" I now saw Ben in a mood I hated him for him to be in. My mind blamed me
for everything now, and I was getting that horrible guilty feeling you get when you know
you've done something wrong.
I let out a long, huge sigh. "Look. Ben. I didn't intend to yell at you. B-But, I'm just so mad
and so...angry at what happened. And then I realized...I could've...prevented this."
Wonderful. Now he's going to think I'm a freak now.
He raised a brow. "You?" I nodded. "Abigail, there's nothing you could've done to...Abigail,
are you okay?"
I shook my head. "N-N-No, Ben. I'm not." My mind was still in shock from everything that's
happened the last few days. So it was difficult for me to talk, especially to him. I opened my
mouth to say something, but I saw the passengers in the other car get out.
"Here. I've got to work out something with them and see if they're okay. You can say what
you want to say to me later." Ben got out from the badly damaged door and walked over to
the other, innocent passengers who should be where they were headed to. Wonderful. Everything was a total mess. "Why did destiny set this right now?" I asked quietly. "Why us?
Why now?"
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After about thirty minutes, we finally had gotten things settled to a fair agreement as we and
the people in the other car were waiting for our temporary cars. But it seemed like only seconds than half an hour as I waited in shock. My legs shook, making it difficult for me to
stand, as I tried to support myself the best I could. Ben glanced over at me, but then turned all
of his attention from what he was doing, which was trying to calm Riley's shock.
"Abigail, everything's going to be fine. Stop shaking."
However, my legs continued to shake with shock filling them, not obeying Ben's request. But I didn't seem to care. All I wanted to do was do everything I could to get my shock out of me for good. Then, a really bad thought came to me.
"Ben? What if the person...who make us have this wreck was..."
"Was who?"
"Was...you know who! Was..." I actually was about to have the guts to say the name out loud when the keys for our cars finally came out.
"Thanks." Ben retrieved one of the set of keys out of the man's hand and the three of us
walked out of the building to a small, silver Grand Marquis parked in a nearby parking
space. The eerie silence followed us into the car, making everything at the time feel awkward. It was broken a few moments later, however, but the start up of the engine. Ben
maneuvered back onto the roads of Virginia, getting back on our way to Mount Vernon,
when he asked, "Abigail, what exactly were you going to tell me back in the car?"
I froze. My mind had gotten off the subject, thankfully, for a little while, but now it was
back. "I-I-I was going to tell you that...I-I had a f-feeling." I stuttered terribly in my statement, by at least I got the point across.
"Continue."
I gulped. "T-This f-feeling was trying to...tell me... something. W-When the accident happened...I realized this was the thing that it was trying to w-warn me about." Ben looked
at me a little funny, but still serious about it at the same time. Riley, on the other hand, had
a look on his face like if I was crazy at the time (which he's crazy too).
"And...I think I-I might know w-who caused us to w-wreck." My hand covered my mouth
suddenly, making me think about what I had just said. This was great. Just great.
"...Abigail, are you talking about who I think you're talking about?"
"Probably."
"You mean, Ian?" I nodded as my eyes widened slightly. "Look, I think it was him, too, but
we don't have any proof he did this. Who knows how many small, black cars could be in
the area."
"True, but Ben...who else would've wanted us to get killed in an accident?"
"I don't know," he replied firmly. "But we can't just blame whoever we choose, no offense."
"Listen," Riley said, joining in on our conversation. "Can't we just forget about who made us
have the wreck? I mean, Ben was the one control of the car, wasn't he?" He opened his mouth to say something else, but when he saw the glare Ben had on his face, he suddenly
stopped short at his comment, not saying word about his theory of Ben wrecking the car.
Instead, he just said, "Let's just talk about something pleasant for the next few minutes, ok?"
Then, Ben opened his mouth to probably lecture Riley on another historical event, but was
cut barely when Riley commented, "Oh, and no lecturing about what you know about history
that I haven't even heard of. That goes for Abi, too." He leaned back in his seat as he muttered, "I hate when they torture me like that."
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing."
"Oh, and by the way, don't call me Abi."
"Not if Ben says I can't."
"Don't get your hopes up Riley." Ben responded, defending me. "I'm not going to let you
harass poor Abi." He winked, now letting me know he was only joking to him. "She's already been through enough. Haven't you, Abi?"
"Ben!"
He chuckled at my reaction as Riley questioned, "So, who wants to get started on our little
chat? Abi?"
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Okay! This wasn't a good chapter, yes I know. Sue me 4 all of the boredom I 've put n it. I was originally supposed 2 make this chapter about Mount Vernon. But I have
3 good reasons why I didn't:
1. Because I've got to know more about Mount Vernon.
2. I decided to make a chapter while I was doing this where Ben and Abi (ha-ha, Abigail!) get things straightened out.
3. So I could torture Abigail like nuts! (Okay, so the third reason isn't that great,
but WHO CARES? At least u get the point!)
I promise the next chapter will b longer AND better! I cross my heart and hope
2 die if I don't. And I will try 2 make sure I update sooner! GRRRR, Algebra!
I DREAD Algebra!