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What If
What if we could see into the future? What if all are questions were answered? There would be no surprises, no flutter of butterflies in stomachs when you first get kissed or when you get engaged. It’s all expected. That’s not how it is meant to be but I wish, just for this one thing that it was how it was meant to be.
I don’t understand. I don’t want to really. For the first time ever I wish I could’ve seen this coming, could’ve prepared myself. I didn’t have to go to class I could’ve stayed at my apartment home sick. But that’s not what happened and there was no way to go back. My heart pounded in my stomach, the darkness was so scary. They say that when you’re a coma there is no pain, no feeling or emotion. The truth is pain, feeling and emotion are overpowering when you’re in a coma. I tried to open my eyes I had always hated black and white movies but would appreciate the second color now. The sound of my heart pumping was so loud and elaborated, I was glad, at least it was pumping. I was trying not to go back to the memories but there was nothing else to do.
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“Hey I’m off to class!” I shouted to my roommates.
“Bye Ashley!” Brittany called after me.
I walked out the door. The warm spring breeze hit my face. My finger skimmed over my car key, I decided not to drive. As I walked down the side walk I slipped my hot pink earphones in my ear. Jack Johnson’s Breakdown came on; I was in the greatest mood. I got to the cross walk. My hand reached out to the crossing button but there was no need, there was a red light. I walked across and just as I got to the other side the red light flashed to green. The same thing happened at the next cross walk. I was on campus and close to my class. I got to the last cross walk and pushed the button. As soon as the red light flashed on I began to walk across the road. The lanes were pretty much empty. I looked down at my iPod; the son what if was playing. I looked up, bright car lights and then darkness and pain.
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I wanted so badly to cry. My heart slowed down and I struggled to breath. I wanted to go up to heaven and have all pain go away. I tried to hold on though I knew how my mom would feel and my fiancé and everyone else. My last heartbeat was the worst to endure and I couldn’t hold on.
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