One March night the weekend after my birthday boyfriend wanted to take me out of a birthday dinner. I had no problem with that because I wanted to spend the day with him anyways, being that I barely get to seem him because of work. It was the best feeling I`ve had all month. Hunter came to my house to pick me up with a little red box in his hand. I was so excited because one I really was excited to spend my “birthday day” doing whatever he had planned. Also the fact he got me something without even asking me what I wanted made a bunch of questions flow through my mind. When the box was fully open I saw the necklace he got for me. The white pendant hung on a black cord and sparkled like a freshly polished gemstone. This was the most beautiful thing I had seen in my life. After having my burst of excitement because of the gift from him I hugged my mom and we were on our way to dinner. I-75 was packed because it was about rush hour, which meant traffic. We both hate awkward silence and being in confined spaces alone together for too long. In order to pass the time random conversations filled the air. We talked about how excited I was to be 16 and what I wanted to do. He knew his roads a lot better than I did so he got off at some exit and decided to take back roads instead of waiting in traffic.
  My favorite thing to do in the winter is drifting around turns and curves to give me a burning rush sensation . So the first stop on the way to dinner was to left me drift around on the back roads and to just have a good time. I took the chance because it would never happen again. Half an hour later I started getting hungry my stomach growled letting the lion inside of me come out. Being that I didn't have my license, I handed the keys back to him so we could go get food. Hunter wanted to keep the thrill going so he drifted even more and faster than I did. I was a little nervousness and alertness flowed through me because it was icy and when I was driving. He drives faster than I do though so I had a weird feeling something would happen but I ignored it. The truck was doing fine but I could tell something was going to happen. So we put it into four wheel drive to make me feel a little better. After this moment it didn't matter.
Going around a super tight curve and that's when it all happened. The truck began to slide more than it should of, the brakes locked up and the tires started to skid across the ice. The smell of brakes heating up filled my senses and the screeching of the slick ice benth us filled the silence in the air. The truck bed hit a tree and we finally stopped. I looked down to see my seat belt wasn't hooked and that hunter stuck his arm out to keep me from flying around the car. That feeling of distinct fear flowed through me. Never again I told myself as my heartbeat raced. I kept telling myself we were okay and everything was fine but I just couldn’t believe myself.
People don't realize that those seatbelts actually work and their job is to keep the worst things from happening to you. When you wear them your life isn`t being as chanced unlike when you don`t wear them. After checking his truck and seeing the dent we both agreed to just get off the roads for a little bit and relax with some food and make sure we were okay. Getting back onto a main road we found a little burger joint and decided to stop there to make sure that everything was going to be okay and to see what we were going to tell our parents. Both of us knew that if my mom found out this happened I wouldn't be able to drive with him ever again so we just kept it between us. There wasn't anything we could do at this point to fix the moment so we just called his mom and let her know what happened and that we were going to be a bit longer than expected. After we ate there was that feeling of if we should get in the car and go home or just relax a little bit more and let the tension of driving go away. The car ride home seemed to be as slow as death creeping up on us.
On the drive home Hunter kept saying
“Sydney I am so sorry! I didn't mean to do that it was an accident! I, I don't know what happened.”
Looking back at that moment I told him it was okay and I'm more worried if he was okay rather than myself. The car ride home was slow and a little tense because nothing else needed to happen. He dropped me off at home and I went inside, told my mom the day was great and that we were going to finish off the day in a couple days.  She said that was fine and she was glad I had fun.
The friday of the next week, Hunter picked me up from school to go hangout and watch some movies. It just snowed the day before so the roads were slushy and gross but he just got brand new winter tires unlike the ones he had before which had barely any tread. Later I figured out that's why we slid as bad as we did. It was as if Jack Frost touched me and instant chills set in. I wanted a sweatshirt which was somewhere in the backseat of his truck. He told me to hold the wheel because he would get it. Dixie Highway was packed so it wasn't a good idea but I did it anyways. As I looked back up I saw that every car was stopped ahead of us. I yelled his name and he swerved the car. He hit the car in front of us ripping off his fender flare. In the matter of seconds I saw my life flash before my eyes but it felt like I wasn't inside of it. We didn't know what to do so we stayed and waited for the cops. Luckily the person in front of us said it was okay the same situation happened to them and not to worry about it.
      Driving past those two spots I always get chills and the feeling of each impact makes my body rattle.  and think thank god we were both okay and they were only small accidents. Most people would go through this and be very worried to drive because of these accidents. But the main thing you need to realize is how you drive could or can affect another's life in the car with you. Being the driver you're not only responsible for your life but everyone else's in the car as well.