She stood on the pavement outside her apartment in both shock and horror. The tears tracked down her face but you couldn’t tell as it was also pouring down with rain.

Her normally wild, blonde hair was flat to her head as the water dripped down her body freezing her. It couldn’t freeze her heart though, there was already an ice age that centered in her chest and nothing would come close to thawing it. Not after tonight.

She didn’t really know what to do or where to go; after all she had just run out of her own apartment. That’s what got her the most, the fact that the betrayal happened in her own apartment, her own bed. Was she hated that much? Did they have that little respect or feelings for her? It was a tale as old as time, her best friend and her boyfriend, in her own bed.

She didn’t hear the car as the driver lost control, she was sure she heard something but before she had a chance to do anything she was consumed by light, then nothing, only pain, as her soaked body was flipped over the car and smashed onto the pavement.

The paramedics on the scene looked at the broken, bleeding mass and their hearts sank, fearing the worst they rushed to the young woman’s side. As they got closer they could see the faint movement of a very labored and painful breath filling the blonde’s body.

“She’s alive!” They bustled about her, more hopeful then they had been a few moments ago. The medic looked in her pockets and found her purse, complete with ID.

“I’ve got a name here.” He bent over the young woman so he was close to her ear as he gently called to her.

“Miss Pieszecki?… Alice? I don’t know if you can hear me but we’re gonna take you to the hospital. Don’t worry, you’re in good hands.”

Alice’s breathing started to sound more like gasps and the paramedic looked at his partner.

“We have to get her out of here.” With that Alice was loaded into the ambulance, lights flashed and sirens wailed as she was sped off into the night.