Rainbow Valley Road Temecula C.A 8:57pm July 29th 2010.
”fantastic four”
father god you truly are amazing for the miracles you place on us. you truly are amazing…thank you god.. we love you…
let’s start off with this. have you ever said the phrase, “that can’t happen to me.” ??? well let’s just say that phrase holds grudges. It was a normal summer day , hot, sunny, and everything was going swell. perhaps to swell. i drove with ease everywhere i went; picking up andre, jared then charese. i always thought i’m unstoppable as i drive, soon enough i would be taken to school…speaking about school, this same day, charese scored a 100 on her permit test, coincidently enough, she not only taken a written test, she took a physically life threaten test as well. As well as jared andre and i. How so you ask…? lemme tell you this, no matter where you go at night, the darkness with deceive you, it’ll consume your perception and burn your thoughts into a blackhole. Placed in my honda ek9, we wanted to do something in temecula, so we drove our way through to rainbow valley road near the outskirts of pechanga parkway. Rainbow valley road is known for it’s wide and sharp turns, it may trick you by the blindspots it has. So it was 8:57 pm and i was driving down the road, little that i knew i was over the speed limit…a sharp blind spot occurred drifting right, as i tried slowing down, i didn’t expect the turn to be that sharp…as i tried to jerk the car around i spun out of control trying to turn right turn left then right….but it never works out that way…that moment, my life flashed before me, me..as an 18 year old having your bestfriends in the car and hitting a sand wall straight on makes you ponder. is this happening…im a big brother to these people, i need to look out for them…instantaneously, the car smashed against the sand wall…metaphorically speaking…it did a wall run and did a 360 spin..no lie its better than me at tricking. adding on…at that moment, i cried to myself…i said “is this really happening!?” as the car came to a stop..it was upside down..my car was totaled..i quickly yelled…”GET OUT OF THE CAR” with tears and sweat and blood running down my face, I DIDN’T CARE ABOUT ME! i cared about my bestfriends! i cared about there lives! i cared about there parents! i cared about everything about them! i got out of the car first screaming and yelling…i crawled out…bits of pieces of glass punctured my palms…as the the irresistible smell of airbag dust and heat burned through my eyes and arms. as i got out..i ran around the car…noticing andre got out as well…but my glasses were gone so most of it was a blur…i made a second trip around my car..i yelled out! WHERES CHARESE!? as jared got out of the car as well…that moment..i saw legs coming out of the back window of my car…flats that seemed familiar…i quickly helped her out of the mess and walked away as quickly as possible away from the car…my ek9..my first car…wrecked due to my stupidity…as we walk..good samiratans happened to come across us…god bless them for calling 911…the paramedics came…and everything was just so shocking..i glanced at my car..before they placed me on the strecther…the wheels were coming off.it was crushed…it was dismantled.. and all that i thought was. “HOW THE HECK DID WE GET OUT OF THAT?! in the ambulance i just cant help but think…we got out…i reached across my body to grab charese’s hand and say…”im sorry” in a tearful scared petrified way, andre and jared were in the other ambulance behind us..the paramedics we’re keeping us calm, and truthfully, i thought the ride was gunna be bump, but nawh the driver has skills anyways…we reached the hospital..and we stayed there for 4 and a half hours…i constantly was asking about the other 3 if they’re alright….i didn’t care for myself…i just didn’t…the eerie smell of the airbags haunts me even till now, burns, neck pains, back pains, lacerations, and cuts are all minor issues compared to if i have lost a good friend…my life, all the people i love, would’ve been gone..i cried so many times, there isn’t that many words in the dictionary to apologize to there parents…all i could do is cry… lemme tell you this though. there is a god out there and i am blessed to believe him. i thank you father god, i love you and i have faith in you. not only that..wear your seatbelts people, it really works. i held my golden cross my grandma gave to me 4 years ago..even though its snapped and twisted..its still the cross i wear no matter what…love you charese, andre and jared…you guys are strong..r.i.p grandma..i don’t know what my family would do if death taken us both yesterday..im sorry..
Don’t worry about it Niko… It could’ve been worse. It’s good you’re all okay.
God is good.
