Chapter Seven- The Aftermath, Rose

When I came to my vision was all blurry and there was a ringing in my ears. I was dazzled for a moment before I remembered what happened. Panic arose in me as I tried to move but felt the tight grip of the seatbelt secure me in place. I forced it off and soaked in my surroundings as I fell upside down. The car was flipped. I hit my head and blood started dripping down my face. I didn't care. I found my brother next to where I fell and grabbed him.

"Mark? MARK! Mark please oh god , please wake up! Mark please I'm so scared I don't know what to do. We have to find dad and get out of here!" I sobbed while holding onto him begging him to still be alive. I tried to drag his unconious body but to no avail. I went to what remained of the front seat and tried to wake dad up but he was all bloody upside down with his seatbelt on. I was afraid to release it, petrified that if I touched him and he got hurt that he might die if he already isn't dead. I tried to go back to my brother when I heard a soft groan come out of Marks mouth. I hurriedly crawled back to the backseat and held him in my arms as his eyes started to open. He looked to the side of him and then back to me.

"Mark! Thank goodness you are alive! We have to get you up so we can help dad and-"

He tried to shove me off with the remaining strength he had.

"Mark now is not the time to be upset! We have to do something, please Mark! I don't want to lose you two!" I said as I started crying again.

"Run Rosey! Don't-" he coughs up blood, "Don't worry about us. There is nothing you can do right now but save yourself!" He forced himself to shout at me. I could hear the strain in his voice, the fear, the pain. It was all too much to handle.

"Mark please I-"

I tried to reach for him again but this time he pushed me out of the broken window of the car. I rolled out into the grass near the damaged car. Before I could get back up he struggled to lift himself up and said,

"I wish you would stop being so stubborn all the time, Never forget that dad and I love you. This will never be your fault. Please survive so that are deaths won't be in vain. Tell Mom that we love her too."

"I WON'T LET YOU BOTH DIE LIKE THIS!" I screamed as I got up and tried to run to the car to save him.

I never got the chance.

The car exploded and I was shot back into the grass again from the sudden explosion. People had gathered by then to see what was happening and everything happened so fast after that. People started to grab me and try to hold me back as I screamed to be let go, that I had to save them. My uncontrollable screams as I cried that pierced peoples hearts that night. Ambulances and police cars that arrived shortly after and had me sent to the hospital to make sure I wasn't hurt. I barely had a scratch on me because Mark protected me. How dull my eyes were as people swarmed me with questions and my mother entering the hospital room crying and hugging me. I couldn't see anyone or hear anything anymore. Everything lost its color, its sound. I felt… lifeless.

I awoke to being in the arms of Parker. He was soothing me, rocking me back and forth telling me it was going to be okay. I didn't realize that I had been crying and woke him. I didn't remember anything other than my last memories of my family. I sat there letting everything come back to me and I buried my head into his chest as I wept. He sat there with me for hours making sure I wouldn't be alone.

"It's okay Rosey, everything is going to be okay.."