Original Writing - Prose: A Winter's Tale.

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A Winter’s Tale

        I know that it has been a long time since the event but I still can’t believe what has happened. I’m still unable to separate the experience from my dreams and I still to this day cannot come to terms with it. I’ll never forget…………not ever.

        This entire experience started on a Christmas afternoon 1997. Karen, by best friend and I were sitting at the back of the car, with my mum in the driving seat. The weird thing was my mum actually reminded us to put out seat belts on. I was too intrigued by my new CD walkman. I was too interested to take any notice. None the less Karen put her seat belt on. I was too busy listening to the latest chart hit to bother. You’d expect nobody to commit a crime at this time of the year especially on this day but as we were driving toward Karen’s house to collect their video camera, a car with a gang of teenagers who were shouting whizzed past us at high speed. It caused my mum who was driving to turn and skid which created a screeching noise. At that exact moment, Karen looked down at my untied seat belt and gave me a worried look; I’d forget the look she gave me. I immediately stopped humming and I looked back but I should have done what Karen did. She reached over and tried to pull my seatbelt but at the moment the car hit a curve and crashed into a lamppost. It all happened in slow motion. My mum was still in the same position but Karen’s head had hit the window which then smashed and blood began to pour down her face, I however had my head bent downwards with cuts from the glass all over my arm.

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        It took me a long to come to terms with Karen’s death. She was my best friend since I was able to say my first words. Everywhere I went it reminded me of her, but nothing cared to the guilt I was feeling. It was weird entering my English class to find an empty seat beside me. I always expected her to be there, sitting down with her books open and warm smile and a wave as soon as I walked through the door. After the accident nobody was there. The seat was just empty. As my eyes wondered the ...

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