One moment.

It's all it needs, just one moment. For a child of a man daily life to change. Sometimes is a good change, sometimes is a bad change, maybe not even slightest change at all or it would rock its world completely upside down.

What happened to me is the latter one.

My lives changed from a normal life with a normal family into a grey dull life.

That day is a normal one, no cloudy sky or a clap of thunder with a raging storm in the horizon just clear blue sky as my eyes can see. Few birds can be seen flying and the clouds paint the sky perfectly.

That day our family was going out to the beach, it is such a one of that rare time we don't usually have. My dad works as a civil worker, my mom works as a florist slash housewife. Dad mostly busy with his works and can't get free time, even sometimes he must spends the weekend at works. So we really looking forward to these kinds of outings where the whole family can gather together. Our house located in the commercial district and have a flower shop upfront that managed by us, mainly my mom. I have three siblings, two sisters and one brother. Me as the oldest.

Both of my sisters are a 4th and 5th grader. My brother is a 2nd grader. Myself is at the 2nd-year middle school.

It was such a nice day. That day mom cooks a lot of our favourites food, she know all of us siblings preferences on food.

I like sweet and sour things. My sister both love spicy and salty food. My brother that has sweet tooth just will become hyperactive when given sugar and I thought that will never going to stop moving at all when the sugar get into his system.

My dad is a coffee lover, a heavy one, he is an addict but because of health reason, he changes his drinks to white coffee lately.

My mom always loves honey, she always likes to add honey to her food and she always drinking coffee together with our father with honey mixed in it. They always spend their evening sitting on the couch and drinking coffee together in a comfortable silence.

Right now dad is checking the car outside that parked on the lawn. The car itself already as old as me but still packed some power and never failed to drive us anywhere.

We already took a seat in the car. My mom sits in front with my little brother, I sit in the back alone and both my sister claimed the middle seat. We have a great chat at the road, some father joke, some snide at each other, giggling sometimes and full-blown laughter at other times.

Such a great time. Such a nice time. Such a little happiness that our family can have.

But suddenly I felt a shock and then being embraced by darkness.

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I woke up from the pain, my whole body aches and burning. Over the pain, i could feel a blanket over my body and smell of disinfectant in the air.

Slowly I open my eyes but I shut it down immediately. The shine of light burning my eyes too strongly.

Then it comes to me slowly but surely, confuses and panic strikes me.

Why am I here? Where am I? How can my body hurt? What is happening here? If something did happen where is my family?

I try to speak but what is coming out is not my voice but a parched groan. Like a rustle of dry paper.

Again slowly but surely I tried to open my eyes and trying to adapt my eyes to light.

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The first things I saw is the white cellar and a lamp. Then I see an open window. Then a desk with vase flower with some flower in it. Then a nurse that checking an iv drops beside of me.

This is a hospital. I'm in the hospital.

The nurse eye then landed in me.

"Oh, it seems you wake up! I will fetch you a drink, your throat feel dry isn't it?"

looks like the nurse already used to this kind of situation, but i am not sure. The nurse goes to the desk and takes a glass of water that just by the vase. It seems my mind still foggy if I passed an object that clearly.

She helps me sit up on my bed. With some groaning on my part. Before helping me drinking the water.

"There, try to drink the water slowly. It will not help your dry throat if you drinking it fast."

True from her part, the water did help to ease my dry throat but the first and the second chug of water feel unpleasant for me.

She watches me drinking with a soft gaze. After I finished drinking I try to say something. But again what's coming out is just a groan.

"Easy there your throat is still parched. Take things slowly." She says concerned

But I just not letting up and still trying to speak and that worried her, but after a few groans and wheeze, I finally said what's has been bothering my mind.

"My.. fa.. mi.. ly... where are they..?"

Suddenly she fell silent and frozen up before her eyes started to soften, her eyes changing from concern to pity almost instantly.

"I'm sorry but your family does not make it..."

I fell silent for a few seconds until her words slowly sunk in into my fuzzy head but I denied it.

"W-what?"

I mean it can't be true right?

"What.. are... you talking about? Is.. it.. a stupid.. joke? We are.. going to the beach.. my father is a great driver and never have broken off any driving rule! My mother will scold him if he doing it!!! My brother there so my father will take extra cautions when driving!! So stop joking!!!"

I don't know why I start screaming but I did and really loud, I try to convince her to stop her joke. Because my father will not do some mistake when driving and he never goes up to gear 4th when driving. And it's too sudden.

But her tear still fell down and she looking at me with the sad eye.

"I'm sorry but it's the truth... your family does not make it up... you are the sole survivor..."

Slowly my mind going blank at what she said.

"It's not true..."

Dad still not yet let me drive that old car... he said it dangerous for me because I am still underaged and will let me drive it when I get my id card...

"You're lying..."

Mother is cooking our favourite food and she has prepared all of it with hard work...

"This is a not real..."

My sisters are really looking forward to this... they using their favourite dress... they're so happy...

"This is a bad dream..."

My brother is jumping around and even more active than any other day... I believe he will not stop moving at all... his smile is so dazzling...

"No..."

It is supposed to be our little happy moment...

"NO!"

It is supposed to be our dearest moment!!

"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

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