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At the end of my first semester of college, my dad and two of my high school friends<\/a> drove from our hometown in Ashtabula, Ohio, to my school in Richmond, Indiana, to pick me up and drive me back home for winter break.<\/p>\n

When I saw Dad\u2019s car pull into the dorm\u2019s parking lot, I felt a flicker of fear. Don\u2019t worry about the dream<\/i>, I told myself. Dad will be driving for sure.<\/i> The car was Dad\u2019s pride and joy. It was the first new car he\u2019d ever bought and only three years old. I grabbed my bags and walked down to meet them. My friends jumped out and gave me big bear hugs, joking around and laughing. Dad was the last to greet me with a solid handshake and a tired smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy don\u2019t you drive?\u201d Dad said. \u201cI woke up early. You\u2019ll be fresher than me.\u201d<\/p>\n

I stared back at him dumbly.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething wrong?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019m fine,\u201d I assured him.<\/p>\n

But my hand trembled as he handed me the keys, the dream from the night before<\/a> still fresh in my mind. I\u2019d been driving this very car. Dad was in the passenger seat, and my two friends had been in the back. It was early evening, and I was on a two-lane road, not the interstate that I typically took home. Rising out of the darkness was a white sign with black lettering that read, \u201cPlain City.\u201d The road curved right onto a large steel bridge, and two cars passed by in the oncoming lane, preceding an approaching tractor-trailer truck.<\/p>\n

I steered the car into the turn, but with a sickly thud, the right front and back tires slipped off the road and onto a steep gravel berm. I panicked, turning the steering wheel hard to the left, jerking the car out of the berm and into oncoming traffic. The tractor-trailer was now veering toward me. I felt fear and impending doom. I waited for impact\u2014<\/p>\n

I woke with my heart pounding. It had felt so real. Was Plain City a real place? If it was, I\u2019d never heard of it. I calmed down a bit, relieved that it had all been a dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cReady?\u201d Dad said, bringing me back to the present. I nodded, started the car, and pulled out of the parking lot to begin the five-hour drive. I was determined to drive cautiously and responsibly behind the wheel of Dad\u2019s prized vehicle.<\/p>\n

We crossed the Ohio state line. We\u2019d been on Interstate 70 for about an hour when Dad said, \u201cTake this exit on the highway. That way, we\u2019ll bypass Columbus and rush hour traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay,\u201d I said. It was getting dark. I switched on the headlights and exited onto Route 42, a two-lane road. My friends and I shared old stories from our high school football days, and I was feeling more relaxed than I\u2019d been at the beginning of the trip. I drove for about another 20 minutes, miles from any city. The sky was pitch dark. Ahead, I saw that we were approaching a small town. My headlights illuminated<\/a> a road sign. It was white with black letters: Plain City.<\/i><\/p>\n

My stomach dropped as the road curved to the right over a steel bridge. Two cars rounded the bend, and I began to turn, then\u2014thud!<\/i> The right wheels of Dad\u2019s car veered off the road and onto a steep berm, spinning in the gravel.<\/p>\n

As if by muscle memory, I didn\u2019t try to correct the car. I knew what to do. I kept the wheel straight, driving partly onto the berm. A tractor-trailer rounded the bend and whizzed past.<\/p>\n

After it went by, I methodically steered the car back onto the road and continued over the bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow, it\u2019s good you didn\u2019t overcorrect,\u201d Dad said. \u201cYou might\u2019ve hit that truck.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, it all made sense. That dream. It wasn\u2019t just some sleep-addled craziness. It was a warning, meant just for me.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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