The cracks were getting deeper

I was so excited even from the thought of traveling.  As there is a german saying , " Wir sind besessen von dingen, die wir nicht besitzen ". Which means we are obsessed with things we don't have.  Same the case was with me because I never actually traveled.  So, I was obsessed with traveling and it was the first time that I would see a beach for real . The packing was all done . Me , my mother and father were all ready . My sibling was not able to come because he had a party with his friends and he wouldn't miss it at any costs no matter how much we tried to persuade him , afterall he was now a college boy . So , we three decided to go . We left early in the morning to reach by evening . In the car , the backseat was full beside me with all sort of snacks , the music was playing on the car radio and I was enjoying the scenes outside the car. I was too busy daydreaming that I didn't even realize when did the car stop . When I asked dad , he said that there was some problem with the tire so he  got off the car . It was a puncture and it took him around 15 minutes to fix that and there we go again, our car towards the beach.  We reached at about 6 in the evening and then we checked into our rooms . I had an individual room so I was pleased. We decided to freshen ourselves first and then we three would meet in the lobby at 8 to have dinner . I was tired , so I decided to have a little sleep also . I put an alarm of 7.45 pm . And I slept right away and that too in a deep sleep . I didn't realize when the alarm went off . When I opened my eyes , it was a sudden thud . I got up right away because the whole room was shaking and it was an earthquake. I ran to my parents room . But the scene outside my room was something else . The half building opposite to us was collapsing and the building at our side was about to collapse because the cracks were getting deeper . I ran to their room , the moment I opened it , I froze . My parents .....................