1 Unfortunate Accident
In the early morning, a young man was sleeping on his bed. He was being annoyed by the constant ringing of his alarm. After he couldn't take it anymore he turned around and swung at the alarm pressing the snooze button. He was satisfied with the fact that he had hit it with minimal effort and best of all he didn't have to even open his eyes. He turned around once again wrapped himself into his warm bed sheets.
He didn't know how long had passed but suddenly he felt himself get hit in the arm and then in his leg. He could hear that someone was yelling at him but he was still sleepy that it all sounded distorted.
After whatever hit him found that it didn't bother him it left. He smiled and thought "finally some peace".
Not long after he had begun to snooze again, he felt something freezing under his shirt. He quickly jumped out of bed and stared at who it was that had done that, and more importantly what they did.
As he stood he felt his sleep drunkenness fade away and he finally realized that the person standing in front was his mother with ice in one hand and her flip flop on the other.
"Oh shit, not again", he thought as he saw his mother begin to swing the chancla (Mexican word for flip flop) around hitting him.
Now that he was nearly fully awake he began to feel the sting as the chancla made contact with his skin.
His mother looked at him angrily "Marcos how many times do I have to tell you to wake up on time. Mijo (son in Spanish) you gotta start doing things for yourself your already 15 a grown man and yet you still act like a child".
He looked at the clock and found that he had overslept for half an hour, he should've already been waiting for the bus at the bus stop. He smacked his forehead and nodded
"I'm sorry mama, I didn't realize that I had snoozed the alarm. I know that I'm always making your job harder, it won't happen again".
His mother looked at him with a look that he knew she didn't believe him "Well it better not remember that I'm going to Mexico today, your grandma has gotten worse and you can't go since I don't want you to miss any more classes. Now hurry up and get changed I'll give you a ride to school".
Marco quickly got changed and was soon in the car with his mother. He hated making life harder for his mother since it was hard enough already. When he was younger his father left them to begin a life with an Australian bimbo that he met.
His mother had to move out since they could no longer afford to live in the house they rented and now she worked two jobs.
When they arrived at school he gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks, mama, have a good time in Mexico".
She looked at Marco and gave him a sad smile "Thanks Hijo I wish I had enough for another ticket"
He smiled at her "don't worry mom this way I can improve my grades, tell grandma that I say hi"
She nodded and he got out of the car and went inside the high school. The rest of the day he spent it like all the others, blankly staring at the teachers and saying nothing.
He had never been much of a social person but now it seemed to have gotten worse, no one knew who he was, it was like he was invisible. After classes ended he went rode the bus home.
He was used to being alone at home since his mother was always busy working. He took a shower and did his homework. Marco made some scrambled eggs and ate while he watched TV. He ended up falling asleep in the living room with the TV on.
The next morning he woke up at 6:00 which was 2 hours earlier than he needed to. Marco cleaned around the house and ate some cereal. When he had an hour left he went to his room and began hearing music.
After a few minutes, he began to feel the ground shake.
"What the hell is going on," he said scared
He quickly went to a corner in his room and crouched with his hands covering his head. Suddenly the floor on top of his gave way feel on top of him. Marco's head was hit by something and he blacked out.
When he woke up he was confused but then he remembered the earthquake the had hit. He looked around and saw that he was trapped in the debris. He tried to move but he immediately regretted it, a sudden spike of pain in his chest nearly made him pass out again
After looking at his chest he found that he had been impaled by rebar that seemed to have gone through his lung. He started feeling dizzy and light-headed, the only thing in his mind was an image of his mother and the pain he was feeling but then eventually the pain started to disappear and everything became dark.
