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I don&039;t reive every person who asksand everybody asks You would think people would stop asking after awhile, but they haven&039;t You would think that people would try to avoid talking about such a horrid crash, but they don&039;t You would think people would have enough respect of so it up around them, but they do When people have the nerve to actually talk to s they ask

Because I&039;m the one that survived

Yes, I tell everyone who asks that I re The squeal of the tires as I lost control of the car, the blistering screech of uard rail on that too sharp corner, the screairlfriend&039;s throat as ent over the e

It was nearly suh a dry spell here in Oregon when a sudden downpour hit the county hard Within seconds, an inch of water was on the roadway But my friends and I didn&039;t care about that, we didn&039;t even think about it We were seventeen, ere invincible Death happened to peoplecould even touch us

My best friend Darren took the back seat with his girlfriend Sa since our freshman year of school They were head over heels in love with each other, which resulted in endless ribbing from me "You&039;re so whipped!" I&039;d always tell hi out with her "Lucas, one day you&039;ll get it," he&039;d always respond

And in a way, I did Sammy was perfect for him: smart, funny, adventurous, and most importantly - patient Tall and athletic, she was the captain of the woames That suited ht That was also how I irlfriend, Lillian She was new to the school last year, and Saroup after she had tried out and made the team She was blonde and blue eyed, petite and triht areas; practically a Barbie doll, as I often teased her She was outgoing and vivacious and a total flirt It hadn&039;t taken her long to wrap her arms around ht kiss on the lips, proclaim me as hers

It took even less time for irl in a way that made me suddenly understand why Darren ditchedhi on him e had plans to ride dirt bikes with his brother and ditching hi by the riverall to hang out with her Darren and I had been friends since Kindergarten though, and he wasn&039;t intimidated by the coh and say, "Seeyou get it now, right?"

And I was starting to I loved Lil, and had been dying to tell her that when she slipped into the front seat of the car besideover ways to say it as I&039;d driven the four of us home from the party we&039;d been to, forty minutes away from Willamette Valley, our home

The answer to the second question everyone always eventually asks ht now, is noI was not drinking that night Darren, Sa it up at the party however Lil even offeredand I stuck to soda for the night

When Darren tried to throw a punch at soe, frat boy wannabe (who&039;d crashed the beach bonfire we&039;d gone to) for grabbing Sah for the evening, and swiped his car keys He&039;d fought me for all of two seconds and then realized that that was pointless For one, he was shorter and scrawnier thannowhere nearmatches that we&039;d had before (over all too iot the coht&039;), I&039;d alon And secondly, he couldn&039;t stand straight any to cuss

Eventually though, I think it was Sa all the things they could do in the back seat while I drove thereat idea She&039;d winked atwith life in the firelight, much like herself Sammy could always find a way to pacify hot-headed Darren

So, no, I wasn&039;t drinking and I wasn&039;t on drugs There was nothing physically or ardless of what the s a car that I wasn&039;t entirely used to driving (and even worse, it was a stick shift, which wasn&039;t one ofa road that I didn&039;t know very well, Darren having driven us to the party And lastly, I was driving h, I would have been fine

I&039;d been doing fine before the crash, laughing and joking with my friends while the three of thehed over Darren&039;s feeble atteht up until the point when I wasn&039;t The night was pitch-black when the sudden downpour hit and obscured my vision even more I was even fine with that, until I hit an inch of freestanding water a few yards fro iut instinct was to stop - to stop the car I&039;d sla to spin I&039;d had no control over the car e&039;d entered the bend in the road, and we sla a weak spot and pluht over the side

Here is where I forcefully stop mypast the car Glass breaking People screah hit fro knocked out ofinto a boulder at the botto into the , shattering it, and her skull Her screa over Sah the inferior metal of Darren&039;s cheap "starter" car Both of theht out the open car door My body jerking againstback to s black

Yes, every person I talked to was told the same response: I don&039;t rele detail, even though I prayed I could forget It hauntedcoht, when I relived the event in my dreams My screams often woke me, and led to remember that I&039;d survived and I was safe in my bed

Hoish the same could be said for my best friend, the love of his lifeand the love of mine