• I was sitting in the car with my twin sister by my side. She looked just like me. Her hair was a curly blond and her eyes that perfect ocean blue color.
    "What are you going to do when we get to camp?" she asked me. My father looked back and smiled at us.
    "Your going to have fun, kids. I know it." It was the first time i was with a father and a mother. My sister and I had just recently been adopted by an american family. I looked over his shoulder, unable to find the steering wheel when i realized it was on my side of the car. I looked at my sister.
    "You know. I'm not really sure. I'm trying to decide between being in the room or swimming." i told her. She looked at me.
    "Alicia, you need to do something other than swimming or beign lazy." she told me. I was obsessed with swimming, unable to quit. I was the best in my school, and had seven gold medals from Europe and two from here.
    "I can't help it. It's my hobby and I love it, Allyson." i told her. I looked over at her sad expression. "fine. whatever you have in mind." i told her. Her face lit up.
    What had i gotten myself into? i aksed myself. We were just about to turn right when my father couldn't stop the car.
    "father! Stop the car!" i yelled.
    "I'm trying! something is wrong." he said. I kept yelling as my sister began screaming. We were running downhill, and the lake was just at the bottom.
    The car was picking up speed at we came to the bottom going straight. ten seconds left before crash. I tried to open the door and jump out, tuck and roll but the door was locked, and i couldn't get it open.
    My body was shaking, I knew we were going to die. My body was full of adrenaline. I tried to crawl over the back seat to get out through the trunk.
    Then i heard a crash as the car flew over the side and we began to sink.
    " Take a breath right before we go under." he told us. He unbuckled his seat and opened the door once we reached the bottom of the lake.
    My door was stuck, I couldn't get out. I was running out of air, and quickly. I could hold my breath for 5 minutes but that was it. My sister was dying and i held her. I could tell i wanted to cry. before she opened her mouth to take a breath, i covered her mouth with mine. i breathed out and gave her more oxygen. I had 1 minute to live. I broke the window with my elbow and helped her out. My belt was locked, i couldn't get it undone. I screamed through the water.
    My fathers hand came through frantically trying to get me out. I grabbed it, unable to hold on.i cut my leg on the glass and couldnt get up and out of the car. I screamed in pain. I ran out of air and began pounding on the ceiling, wanting to breathe. I felt my lungs shrinking with every second i went without a breath. then My body went limp and the world around me as i knew it, went black.