The Car accident

Tears fell down Maggie’s face as she saw her mother’s body wrapped and taken away by the police. She couldn’t believe what they told her, her mother was involved in a car crash on the bridge.

She wanted so badly to wake up from this horrible dream but no matter how many times she pinched herself, it was real.

The only person that cared about her was gone and she couldn’t help but blame herself for it.

She had just moved to Italy with her mother to start a new life so to see it all crumble at once was heart breaking.

Few hours before the accident she had a fight with her mother.She wanted to go to the most anticipated senior year party but her mother refused to let her out of the house.

Mrs Wilson was a very strict woman with a lot of principles and morals so going out to a late night party was definitely not going to happen under her roof.

“Gosh you can be so impossible!! Can you just let me live my life for once?” Maggie yelled at her mom whose mind was made up concerning the party.

“You know this is why everyone leaves you.This is why no one can stand being around you . You are so uptight,it’s frustrating”

It was the very first time that her mother’s overprotectiveness was ruining her chance with the boy she had been crushing on since third grade. It was also the very first time that Josh invited her to a party and she wasn’t going to let anything mess things up.

Mrs Wilson couldn’t believe that her daughter could say such vile things.“You aren’t going anywhere and that is final” she said. She felt terrible as she slowly turned her head away from Maggie.

Maggie left the parlour very upset and frustrated slamming her room door just to spite her mother. She couldn’t understand why her mother wouldn’t let her be a normal teenager.

She had always obeyed her mother’s rules but she was really bent on hanging out with Josh that night.She quickly threw on a black dress that was just below her bum,wore a bright red lipstick and tied her hair in a messy yet beautiful bun.

She placed the pillows under her duvet so as to seem like she had fallen asleep.Then she gently raised the windows and snuck out of the house. The Party was to start at seven and it was already past nine but she really hoped she could still spend some quality time with Josh.

Loud music was blasting as she got closer to the venue. She spotted a few of her classmates but the majority of the people there were seniors so there were a lot of unfamiliar faces.

“I didn’t think you’d make it” Josh’s voice echoed from a distance.

“You look… so different” he said, giving her a warm kiss on her cheeks. Maggie would always wear baggy clothes to conceal her insecurities but this time she came to impress to show Josh other sides of who he thought she was.

Maggie’s face flushed with excitement, Josh had actually complimented her with a kiss, it was a huge deal for her. Thank God her time and effort spent trying to pick out the perfect outfit didn’t go to waste.

He grabbed her hand and led her to where his friends were sitting. “Hey guys,this is Maggie.She’s the girl I have been telling you all about” three jocks and a pretty blonde girl welcomed her amicably except one of the boys called Mason was really cold.

He gave Maggie a quick glance that was very condescending and left the couch they were all seated on. Mason was the only heir to the Hanjin Group,a Korean billionaire company.

It was honestly not surprising that Mason lacked interest in interacting with people but he would occasionally hang out with Josh.

Despite his rude character , he was a charming young man and almost every girl in Marymount high school was obsessed with him . His face was even more perfect than his body and his hazel colored eyes could make any girl fall in love.

“What’s up with him?” Josh said to his blonde haired friend Charlotte.

“I don’t know, hormones maybe” Charlotte replied laughing at her own response.

“Don’t let his bad vibes ruin our time tonight okay?” Maggie felt confused but she gave a quick nod in agreement with Josh.She also didn’t want anything to ruin her moment. “

I brought some booze” Maggie said, trying to dissipate the awkwardness.

“Ah, perfect!! Just what we need” Josh said as he brought out some red cups from the drawer.He could notice that Maggie was quite nervous around him.

He filled the cups with booze for them to drink and they chugged it down to the point they all started getting drunk except Maggie was a lightweight so she made sure she was careful not to drink too much. Josh sat beside her slowly closing the distance between them.

“Do you wanna kiss me?” he whispered into her right ear.

“Huh..” she gulped in response feeling very surprised and embarrassed at the same time.She thought to herself , was it so obvious she had a crush on him?

“Do you wanna go somewhere else?”he asked further, breaking her train of thoughts.

She stood from the couch without hesitation,she couldn’t believe what was happening.

She had been fantasizing about kissing him last night but she wondered if her palm practice was going to be enough because she had never actually kissed anyone before.

Excitement turned into anxiety when Josh led into a private room in the house.The room had dim blue lights with a bed that looked like someone had just laid on it not too long ago. Everything was moving quite fast but Maggie could care less as it was going to be the best night of her life.He cornered her by the wall and slowly leaned in for a kiss.

“Wow,” she exclaimed . Her heart was racing as he took his shirt off . He started kissing her neck and unzipping her dress .It got really intense really fast then he stopped to whisper in her ear again .

“I win”.

Maggie was very confused “ what? I don’t understand” she said.

He smirked “ I told my friends I could get any girl I wanted .They didn’t believe my ability so I made a bet with them that I would get the most unexpected girl to fall for me”.

Maggie became very furious “Wait what? What the hell? I am just a bet?”. Tears were in her eyes “ That’s so messed up ,You are a fucking psycho!”.

She tried to quickly put on her clothes that she had taken off earlier on,when the room door opened and his friends came in clapping.

“You are really the man! You really can get anyone you want without a doubt” one of his friends sniggered.

“ Don’t take it to heart sis, it was just a silly bet” Charlotte said trying to pacify Maggie.

“ I should never have come here.You are all a bunch of jerks” Maggie said, spinning around to face Josh.

“You are full of shit!” she muttered leaving the room ricking of embarrassment.

She tried to erase the memory of what had happened but she felt really broken because she had genuine feelings for him . He didn’t have to go to such lengths if he didn’t like her.The thought of her being a pawn in his games was even more irritating.

She tried to order an Uber to take her home but the network connection on her phone was lost.

“fuck! God damn it! Why isn’t there any server on this stupid phone” she raged.

“Ugh!! Could this night get any worse?” she said, releasing a long sigh but she knew she had to keep moving on foot if she wanted to get home before her mother found out she snuck out of the house.

After what seemed to be an unending journey, she could finally spot her house from a distance.It seemed like something was going on in their building because she could hear police alarms and distorted crowd noises.

She was a bit worried , their building is usually quiet and nothing eventful ever happened.She hastened her steps so she could find out what exactly was going on.

“Excuse me officer!” she called out when she finally reached the building. “What’s going on sir?” she asked.

“ Are you Mrs Wilson’s daughter ?”

“Yes I am.what’s going on?” she asked with fear evident in her voice.

“ Mrs Wilson ..Your …Your mum was involved in a fatal car accident”

“No..no..tha..that’s not possible. It…it can’t be”Maggie gasped for air.

“I am so sorry for your loss .We tried to save her but it was already too late. She had lost a lot of blood when we found her” one of the other officers stated.

“No pls..this can’t be happening .Tell me it’s not true please!” she wailed in pain.

Maggie was in denial , how was she going to survive without her mother especially since she had no idea where her father was or who he even was.

“Where is she?” she screamed. “ Where is my mum?” she frantically began to search for her mother in hope that the police was wrong. It was not too long when reality dawned on her when she couldn’t find her mother anywhere.

“She’s gone! She really is gone! Fuck!” she sobbed on the porch. The head officer tried to console her but it was of no use. She had lost everything,the only family in her life was no more.

Her body turned cold when she saw her mother’s lifeless body wrapped and taken away.

She broke down in tears. Never in her life would she have known she would lose her mother so quickly . It was scary to see how quickly she had turned to an orphan.