I have not let my son out of my sight once, I have lost him once, I am not losing him again.
"Honey, you have to let him leave sometime." Narvel said to me.
I am making some breakfast while Narvel is sitting at the kitchen table.
"He is my son, I made him, I can make him stay if I want."
Narvel sighed in frustration. "It's not legal to keep him here against his will." I shot him a glare. He sighed, and walked over to me. "I know you're scared to lose him again, but he will be fine. He won't be gone forever."
I know he was right, I just was scared. It has been four days since Shelby came back home, and he wanted to go back to his home, and get back to his racing, but I was nervous.
"I know, you're right. I am just ecstatic to have him here, alive." I started to tear up.
Narvel brought me into a hug. "I know, I am too. We have our son back, he won't be going anywhere."
Shelby walked into the kitchen, yawning, when Narvel and I seperated.
"Good morning Shelby." I greeted him.
"Morning." he said to us as he sat down next to Narvel.
"I am making breakfast, you want some?"
"Sure, I'm starving."
"You're always hungry." said Narvel. Shelby stuck his tongue out at him, I laughed. I love having my family back.
I am very excited, Ronnie, Kix and I are hanging out today. We really don't have anything planned, we are just going to live in the moment.
I am waiting for them to pick me up right now. Kix called me about ten minutes ago and said Ronnie had just picked him up, so they should be here any second.
Fifteen minutes after I talked to Kix, I saw Ronnie's truck pull into my driveway. I gave Narvel a kiss goodbye, and got into Ronnie's truck.
We told Shelby over breakfast that we were ok with him moving back to his house, that's where he is now.
"How are you Red? How's Shelby and Narvel?" Asked Kix as we were driving.
"We are great. Shelby went back to his house today, he was excited to get back to his normal schedule."
"Uh-oh." Said Ronnie and Kix at the same time, sharing a look.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing, it's just we know how protecitve you have been of him, and we are sure you didn't let him go without a fight." Ronnie said.
I pouted making them both laugh. I was in the backseat in the middle seat, Ronnie driving, and Kix in the front passenger seat.
"I let him go just fine. It wasn't easy, but I knew I couldn't hold him there against his will."
"Are those your words or Narvel's?" Asked Kix. Ronnie laughed. I hate that these two know me so well.
"Oh shut up you two."
We were stopped at a stop light, waiting for the light to turn green.
"So, where are we going?" I asked.
Kix shook his head. "I don't know, Ron won't tell me."
"Because it's a surprise." Ronnie said.
"You know we both hate surprises." Said Kix.
The light turned green, and Ronnie went ahead. Ronnie opened his mouth to say something, but never had the opportunity to. Someone ran the red light and slammed full speed into the passenger side of Ronnie's truck.
The truck flipped over and over four times before finally stopping upside down. I was knocked out for a minute before I came to. I looked around not certain of what happened. There was blood everywhere. I heard people talking outside the car, but they sounded far away.
I didn't feel any pain or anything, I was in shock. I was trapped into the car. Ronnie and Kix were both unconscious. There was blood coming from Ronnie's head, but there was a lot more coming from Kix head.
Someone must have called for paramedics because the last thing I remembered before passing out again was someone calling out for us.
When I woke up again, I was being put into the back of the ambulance, I kept going in and out of consciousness. I heard someone say that "the passenger didn't have a pulse."
I may have been half conscious, but I heard it very vividly. One of my friends who I finally got back into my life, who we were supposed to have a lot of fun today, who I was supposed to be making amends with, doesn't have a pulse.