Heights

"What are you the most afraid of? Write a fictional story (or maybe a true one) about you that would explain to a stranger where your fear came from."

I am afraid of heights. I haven't always been afraid of heights. I'm only afraid of heights in certain situations. I'm not afraid to jump off of a bridge into a lake, but maybe im not because I actually worked up the courage to do it before. The type of height that scares me the most are hills and slopes, especially near roads. I have lived on a bunch of dirt roads in my life. Many of the dirt roads would have large slopes and hills right next to the dirtroad. These always freaked me out. I always felt as if we would get too close to the edge of the road and the car would fall down the hill. That fear also comes from almost driving off of a huge cliff when I was younger. My mom was driving me, my younger brother, and our friend Katrina home one night. We came to a corner on the edge of a cliff, and the wheels locked up and the brakes apparently were not working properly. We got about a foot from the enbankment and we were all freaking out. My mom finnaly was able to pull the car away from the edge. It was a very scary moment. My mom says the wheels locked up and she couldnt turn. I also think she might have fallen asleep behind the wheel. She has a bad history of that.