Begin again

By Emily Holt

22/12/2012

Blurb

Ebony, Rose, Amelia and Morgan are best friends.

Ebony: What I wanted was always out of my reach. But I have grown.

Rose: I never imagined what it would be like to lose someone close and you feel as if it is your fault.

Amelia: I knew I'd found my soul mate. But did he love me too?

Morgan: I sprinted across the lawn absolutely petrified. I was sure to be killed!

Prologue

A warm breeze swept across the Calvert. It was a beautiful sunny day. It was the kind of day when you see everyone playing outside on the greens. Swallows soared in the cloudless, tranquil blue skies. The skies were so clear it seemed as if you could look straight into heaven. Primary school children ran down the pavements out from school. Ebony was slowly walking back from school with her three best friends. They had walked by this road many times before. They laughed and chatted unaware and almost carefree. 'Mini!' Amelia shouted to all the others. 'Mini' they all chorused back. Every time a Mini (car) drove past, they all shouted Mini as fast as they could. The last one to say it would lose.

'So….' Rose asked 'what's new?' Amelia turned around to answer. She didn't realise the Mini she'd spotted was heading towards her. The couple inside the car screamed frantically at her to move. They beeped their horn in warning and the driver smashed his foot down on the brake. But it was too late! Amelia turned around in horror just in time to see the jerking car make contact with her. Instantly she was knocked unconscious to the ground.

'Amelia!' Morgan shrieked. She shook her gently and touched her neck checking for a pulse. 'Is she okay?' Rose asked panic-stricken. She pulled out her Samsung to call 999. Ebony just stood there paralysed and numb. Morgan shakily tried to do CPR for minutes which seemed to drag out making it feel like hours. Finally she let Amelia drop and sink to the floor as if drowning by the lapping of her blood swallowing her.