The moment that changed my life.

We arrived at the dance and exited my car. I got out because I had to use the bathroom. After that, I got back in my car and was ready to leave when my friends came back and said they were not allowed to enter the dance. They needed a ride home. It was hard to say no because we lived in the same complex. They got back in my car but this time my friend with the gun was sitting in the back seat right behind me. I could not see what was going on but from the conversation it appeared he was playing with the gun. The other friends told him to put it away.

A minute or so later, I heard a loud bang! I was instantly thrown against the steering wheel. The back of my neck felt like it was on fire! I didn’t know what had happened. Everything was happening so fast. I heard people screaming. Some were swearing. I began to inhale fast; then it became faster. I could not exhale! I felt like I was drowning. The voices went from loud to silence. I started seeing flashbacks not of my life but of the moment my friend showed me the gun earlier that night. I thought I was going to die. I was afraid and did not want to die. I remembered saying, “God please don’t let me die here”. The next time I opened my eyes’ I was in the hospital.