Safe Driving Narrative

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Ding! Ding! My phone buzzed and rang, waking me up from dozing off again. It was Hannah. She was finally home and said I could come over whenever now. I thought about waking Patrick up before leaving, but he looked so darn cute and peaceful while sleeping, so I just kissed him on the forehead and quickly whispered my goodbye. It was so dark and quiet outside that I even used my flashlight app on my phone to help me see a little bit better. I started my car and, despite the chilly October night air, turned on the air conditioning on full blast as an aide to keep me awake. While pulling out of Patrick’s driveway, I noticed the time on my radio screen read 12:30 am. I convinced myself that I would most definitely be fine. Besides, I had been …show more content…

My dad jumped out of his old Ford pick up truck and raced over to me. With his strong, concerned arms wrapped around me, he made sure I was not hurt in any way. I reassured him that the wreck did no harm to me, but he had me go sit in his truck to relax anyways. After examining the damage done to the Camaro, Dad’s frustration kicked in. I received a well deserved lecture about decision making and safe driving. I was then given a limit on what hours I am allowed to drive and was told I would not have a vehicle for a while since I was not yet 18 years old yet which meant I could not legally drive a rental car while the Camaro got put in the shop. My father explained to me how lucky I was that my car did not flip due to the short, stubby posts that I collided with. As we both expressed our thankfulness, Hannah pulled up to the scene. Dad was relieved to see her there to comfort me and allowed me to stay with Hannah overnight and encouraged me to try my best to get a decent amount of sleep. My dad exchanged my destroyed tire with my spare and somehow managed to force the car to be drivable enough to make it to my house about three miles away. Once he settled how he would make that possible and the chaos simmered down, Hannah and I went to her house and attempted to

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