College is meant to be the best time of your life. It's meant to be the time you really find yourself and make those friends for life. For some college is heaven and for others it's hell. It depends on whether you love being in a strange town, crammed into a flat that's too small with a bunch of people you've never met, or people you want to forget. You're in this whole new place, left to fend for yourself and you've got to get through it, you have to survive, it isn't as easy at looks. This is all before you get to know your fellow students properly. The people you must live with for the next three years. The people you have to trust. The people who may have your life in their hands. These people may not be what they seem though; you never know the secrets they hide. Everyone's got a secret.
The car was going too fast, they all knew it was, but they couldn't stop, it was too late. They were slowing, they knew that much. They could all see the dial dropping down. 100mph, 90 mph, but it was still too fast. The car was just going too fast. They could try and swerve, but that had just as much danger. If they went left, there was about a 99 chance they were going to smash into a tree and probably die. 80mph. Right, across a lane of traffic and down an embankment onto a train track. Straight-ahead, 70mph, right into the giant lorry heading for them. They knew they only had a few seconds left before impact, yet time seemed to slow, as the giant lorry moved closer. They could see the driver signalling for them to move and they wanted to, but it was too dangerous, no matter what it would be dangerous. By now though, it would be too late to swerve, they'd still be hit. They were all strapped in, but hitting a lorry at that speed, a seatbelt wouldn't make much difference. They hadn't seen the lorry at first, they hadn't noticed the car swerving, straight into a lane of traffic going the other way. None of them had been had been paying attention, they were arguing. All of them glaring at each other. He'd just taken his eyes off the road for a couple of seconds that was it, that was all. Then he'd turned back and they all screamed. He'd slammed on the brakes and the tyres had let out a deafening screech, but they all knew it was too late. They were all screaming, terrified. None of them were ready to die. They saw the lorry was only 2 metres away, if that. Joe and Zoë would take the impact; they'd be lucky to survive. The others might make it, they hoped they would, but they all knew, Joe and Zoë included, that the two in the front would be lucky to see the light of day again. With that, the bright red ford escort smashed into the 100 tonne lorry. They heard Zoë scream and then it went black.
A/N: Hi, this is my first HO fic and I know it's not brilliant, but hopefully you'll like it. I know this chapters a bit short, but it was just a small prologue. I promise the rest will be longer. Drop me a review if you want, it would be greatly appreciated. Mucho Gracias.
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