A Bad situation that
turned out for the best...
In class we gotten given a slip of paper with a premise of a story on it, we had to write something based on it as homework. Apology's for any spelling mistakes I'm tired.
Suddenly Patrick awoke in cold sweats, the headboard rattled against the wall as he fiercely shook. It took him awhile to return to reality, for a moment he thought his biggest fear had come true. ''Christ'' he wept, as he checked himself so see if he was still in one peace. ''It was just a dream,'' he thought to himself as he reached over toward his oakwood end table to flick his bed side lamp on. The light blinded him for a few seconds as his eyes adjusted to the sudden bright light. As his vision came back into focus he slowly sat up, and reached for his phone. Unwillingly he checked the day. Friday the 13th of November 2015, the day Patrick was set to start his new life in LA. He had just signed a new 3 year deal with LA Galaxy in America, this was his big break, finally a chance to get some first team action at a professional level. He was viewed by a good young prospect in football, but he couldn’t get his break in the premier league because of his lack of experience. The plan was for him to make his name in the states playing 'soccer' and hopefully catch the eye of a big premier league team and eventually come back to England and be a star. A reverse David Beckham. He exited the front door of his parents house at 7: 15 am only 3 hours until his flight. Patrick knew that he was running a little behind schedule but he didn’t live far from the airport and he had faith in his driving ability. His car, a BMW 4 SERIES, was a gift from his dad for passing his drivers test, he entered it alone to travel to the airport as he had said his goodbyes the night before. Then he began his drive.
Patrick slammed on the
breaks as the car infront of him went from 70 to 0 in no time at all.
Smash! Patrick went straight into the back of him, his face hitting
the steering wheel he came to a sudden halt. He bellowed profanity’s
as he questioned why the 'idiot' had just stopped with no warning in
the middle of the motor way. The accident was bad and both cars
blocked the road. They would have to call the police to clear the
road and get traffic moving again and both cars looked written off.
As Patrick swapped insurance details with the driver in front of him
he came to the realisation that he was still meant to be catching
that flight. ''No'' He shouted in frustration kicking the side of his
already totalled car.
''You don’t
understand im late for a flight'' he pleaded with the officers and
medical staff at the scene of the accident. ''Theres nothing we can
do about that sir, we have to question you its protocol'' said the
officers. ''But it wasn’t my fault he just stopped!?'' whined
Patrick.
''Please sir calm down,
isn’t there another flight you can get?'' asked the officer trying
to be sympathetic. Patrick explained that in order to make a good
impression with his new manager he wanted to arrive early, before the
start of next week to settle in and plus that was the last flight to
LAX until Sunday night. But the officers persisted that due to the
time the accident would take to clear and sorting everything out with
the insurance company’s that Patrick would most likely miss his
flight.
Later that afternoon
Patrick was sat in waiting room at his insurance company when he got
a phone call from the owner of his new club. ''Jesus Christ Patrick
are you okay?''
Patrick was confused
but the owner interrupted him before he spoke. '' On the News they
said there were no survivors, I nearly passed out when I heard the
news but I thought id call to make sure, thank god your okay, but
how?!''
''What?!'' Patrick
gasped horrified at the news. '' I missed the flight sir what
happened?''
''It went missing
Patrick, they think it crashed into the ocean!'' It took a few
moments to sink in but if it hadn't have been for his car accident,
then his biggest nightmare would have finally come true...
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