Gabe Goodman was just getting home from a party. His dad had told him he couldn't go, so he had snuck out instead. The party had been to celebrate the win that landed them a spot in the playoffs, he had to go. He closed the front door softly, hoping that no one noticed that he was gone.

"And where have you been, young man?"

"Shit... Sorry mom."

Gabe turned around to face his mother with a sheepish look on his face.

"Mom, you know that I had to go! The party was for the football team. I'm the captain, I would have had to go even if I didn't want to."

His mother, Diana, sighed and got up off the sofa.

"I know sweetie. You're lucky I caught you, your father would've grounded you. Now go to bed. You have school tomorrow."

"Okay... Thanks mom."

"Love you, Gabe. Good night."

"Night Mom, love you too."

Gabe sighed as he trudged up the stairs to go to bed. Just as he was about to close his bedroom door, his sister peaked out of her room across the hall.

"Well, look who was out late. Shouldn't you be in bed or something?"

"Look whose talking. Don't you have a test tomorrow, Natalie?"

"For your information, I do. I'm studying for it."

"Whatever. Night Natalie."

"Goodnight Gabe, sleep well."

He closed his door and sighed. He stripped off his shirt and flopped onto the bed. He lay there for a hour before giving up on the idea of sleep. It was 4 am. It's not like he was going to get much sleep anyway.

. . .

Dan groaned as his alarm clock went off. Without getting up, he reached out and groped around for the snooze button. He lay there for a moment more before groaning again and getting up. He looked over at the bed beside him to discover that his wife was already up. Dan couldn't understand how she could wake up so early when he struggled to get out of bed at 6:30. He pulled himself out of bed and stumbled to the closest to get ready for the day. Diana, on the other hand, was already up and cooking breakfast. Gabe jogged downstairs as soon as he smelled food.

"Morning mom. Smells good." Diana just smiled and put a plate in front of Gabe. Natalie wasn't to far behind him. She came downstairs and sat down at the table with a yawn.

"Good morning, sweetie. Sleep well?" Natalie just grunted in response and began eating. Dan was the last one to make it downstairs. He grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down to read the paper. Everything was the same normal routine. Soon, everyone was off to school and work, and Diana was alone.

"Today's going to be a good one." She said to herself as she started on the dishes.

. . .

Diana was just starting dinner when Dan got home.

"Hi honey, how was work?"

"Boring, as usual. Where is everybody?"

"Gabe's still at practice and Natalie's probably still rehearsing for her Yale audition. They should be home soon though." Sure enough, about 15 minutes later Gabe and Natalie walked through the door. Natalie promptly headed up the stairs to her room.

"Hi mom, hi dad! I'm gonna go start on my homework."

"Okay, sweetie. Dinners in 10 minutes."

. . .

The Goodman family were just finishing up dinner when Gabe asked to be excused. Diana looked at him.

"Are you sure sweetie? You've barely touched your food."

"Yeah. I'm just not that hungry. I'm gonna go take a shower."

"Okay sweetie."

. . .

It was about a half an hour later when Diana headed upstairs. She was headed to her room when she realized that the shower was still on.

"Gabe? Sweetie? Are you still in there?" Gabe didn't reply. The only thing that she could hear was the sound of water droplets hitting the ground.

"Gabe?... Gabriel?..." Her heart started pounding. She kept calling his name, but he wouldn't answer. She pushed the door open to find Gabe lying in the tub surrounded by a pool of his own blood. The entire neighborhood could hear her scream.