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Location: Somewhere in Michigan
Time: 04.05 a.m.


It's raining and we have been driving for hours, maybe for only some minutes. Ryan is our driver and he is drunk, like the rest of us, Logan, Sarah, Joan, Ben and Rachel.

"What's the problem Rachel?" Ben asks me and then he gives me a bottle. I drink without thinking what is that, I just know it has alcohol. "Someone wanted to stay at that party, since the company was so…fine…" says Sarah laughing and pointing at me. We all laugh, except Ryan.  "Are you jealous?" I ask and I give him a kiss at his neck. "Not at all" Ryan answers smiling. I empty the bottle. I think it contained champagne. Logan opens another bottle. He might have taken it from the party. We empty it in less than five minutes. Ben asks for another bottle. "JoJo! Give me the bottle of champagne" says Sarah to Joan.

Joan is near me. She is moaning about the music. "Louder!" She shouts in my ear and gives my empty bottle to Ben. I think she is so drunk that she can't understand anything. Logan turns off the music. "Why you turned it off!" Sarah shouts at him and tries to stand up.

"Sit down Sarah!" Ryan says. Something is wrong. Nobody pays attention to the road. A strong light hits us on the face. Joan and Sarah scream. Ryan tries to avoid the car, which is going to fall on us. I try to calm down the others. My head hurts. I can't see anything. Dark is everywhere. My friends? I can't hear them. What is going on? My body is moving and I feel something cold touching my skin. I can't breathe!

"Rachel!?" a voice in my head says my name again and again .I'm falling. No, I'm flying in the dark. I open my eyes. I'm in the car, alone. I turn my head around and I realize that I'm under the water. Our car must have fallen in a lake.

Suddenly, I see a girl with dark hair and black clothes. She smiles. "Don't worry! Just close your eyes and everything will be nice", her voice sounds very kind and honest. I want to do as she says. She hugs me.

A boy gets in the car. He is like an angel, with blond hair and white clothes. "It's high time you got out of here. Let me help you!" I want to follow him, but I can't move. "I'm tired! I need some sleep!" my voice doesn't sound. He smiles at the girl near me, but she seems angry. "I will help you." The boy promises. I look at him and I realize that we have the same age; we are both twenty years old. But why he wants to help me? I'm already dead. He doesn't have to stay with me risking his life.

"Rachel, why you don't want to live?" the boy ask me. Of course I want to live! What a silly question. I try to breath, but I can't! I panic. The girl near me smiles and I know that everything will be fine if I close my eyes for just some minutes. "Believe me, you haven't died yet." His voice sounds loud in my head.

He holds me hand and together we get out of the car. "Wait! The girl won't come with us?" I try to show him the black dressed girl, but she disappeared! He tells me not to worry about her.

I swim as fast I can. The unknown boy helps me, when I feel that I can't keep on swimming. I reach the surface of the lake and I breathe. I can see my friends talking to some policemen. They seem worried. Ryan and Joan are pointing at the lake.

Sarah sees me. "Rachel! You are alive!" she shouts and then helps me to get out of the water. All my friends hug me. Joan cries. The boy was right. I'm not dead. I smile, "You won't get rid of me easily". Everyone is laughing with my joke.

I almost faint and Ryan holds me before I fall. I open my eyes for one more time, to see the boy that saved me. Near him is a black dressed girl. "What are you looking at?" Sarah asks me. I try to explain her about the boy, but she doesn't believe me. "Nobody was with you." Joan says and Ben moves his head. I look at the boy again, but he is gone. The girl looks at me and then she disappears for one more time. My friends and I go to the hospital. We all are injured.

After years I'm thinking the accident and I realize that the girl was the Death and the boy was the Life.
With faith and hope I managed to stay alive. Now I know that even a breath is important.

I have change a lot, everyone agrees with me. I don't care only about myself any more. Life gave me a second chance and I will am using it to become better.

Description
Location: Somewhere in Michigan
Time: 04.05 a.m.


It's raining and we have been driving for hours, maybe for only some minutes. Ryan is our driver and he is drunk, like the rest of us, Logan, Sarah, Joan, Ben and Rachel.

"What's the problem Rachel?" Ben asks me and then he gives me a bottle. I drink without thinking what is that, I just know it has alcohol. "Someone wanted to stay at that party, since the company was so…fine…" says Sarah laughing and pointing at me. We all laugh, except Ryan.  "Are you jealous?" I ask and I give him a kiss at his neck. "Not at all" Ryan answers smiling. I empty the bottle. I think it contained champagne. Logan opens another bottle. He might have taken it from the party. We empty it in less than five minutes. Ben asks for another bottle. "JoJo! Give me the bottle of champagne" says Sarah to Joan.

Joan is near me. She is moaning about the music. "Louder!" She shouts in my ear and gives my empty bottle to Ben. I think she is so drunk that she can't understand anything. Logan turns off the music. "Why you turned it off!" Sarah shouts at him and tries to stand up.

"Sit down Sarah!" Ryan says. Something is wrong. Nobody pays attention to the road. A strong light hits us on the face. Joan and Sarah scream. Ryan tries to avoid the car, which is going to fall on us. I try to calm down the others. My head hurts. I can't see anything. Dark is everywhere. My friends? I can't hear them. What is going on? My body is moving and I feel something cold touching my skin. I can't breathe!

"Rachel!?" a voice in my head says my name again and again .I'm falling. No, I'm flying in the dark. I open my eyes. I'm in the car, alone. I turn my head around and I realize that I'm under the water. Our car must have fallen in a lake.

Suddenly, I see a girl with dark hair and black clothes. She smiles. "Don't worry! Just close your eyes and everything will be nice", her voice sounds very kind and honest. I want to do as she says. She hugs me.

A boy gets in the car. He is like an angel, with blond hair and white clothes. "It's high time you got out of here. Let me help you!" I want to follow him, but I can't move. "I'm tired! I need some sleep!" my voice doesn't sound. He smiles at the girl near me, but she seems angry. "I will help you." The boy promises. I look at him and I realize that we have the same age; we are both twenty years old. But why he wants to help me? I'm already dead. He doesn't have to stay with me risking his life.

"Rachel, why you don't want to live?" the boy ask me. Of course I want to live! What a silly question. I try to breath, but I can't! I panic. The girl near me smiles and I know that everything will be fine if I close my eyes for just some minutes. "Believe me, you haven't died yet." His voice sounds loud in my head.

He holds me hand and together we get out of the car. "Wait! The girl won't come with us?" I try to show him the black dressed girl, but she disappeared! He tells me not to worry about her.

I swim as fast I can. The unknown boy helps me, when I feel that I can't keep on swimming. I reach the surface of the lake and I breathe. I can see my friends talking to some policemen. They seem worried. Ryan and Joan are pointing at the lake.

Sarah sees me. "Rachel! You are alive!" she shouts and then helps me to get out of the water. All my friends hug me. Joan cries. The boy was right. I'm not dead. I smile, "You won't get rid of me easily". Everyone is laughing with my joke.

I almost faint and Ryan holds me before I fall. I open my eyes for one more time, to see the boy that saved me. Near him is a black dressed girl. "What are you looking at?" Sarah asks me. I try to explain her about the boy, but she doesn't believe me. "Nobody was with you." Joan says and Ben moves his head. I look at the boy again, but he is gone. The girl looks at me and then she disappears for one more time. My friends and I go to the hospital. We all are injured.

After years I'm thinking the accident and I realize that the girl was the Death and the boy was the Life.
With faith and hope I managed to stay alive. Now I know that even a breath is important.

I have change a lot, everyone agrees with me. I don't care only about myself any more. Life gave me a second chance and I will am using it to become better.