TWENTY MINUTES EARLIER
"Alright I'm off everyone!" Lori said cheerfully. Today she was so excited for she was about to see her boyfriend Bobby on a date downtown. He had promised her something truly romantic. Bobby was vague on the details but it was just because it was something truly special and he didn't want to spoil it.
To come and say goodbye, Leni hurriedly rushes down the stairs. "Whoa Leni slow down there!" Lori says in shock. "Sorry," Leni replies heavily breathing, "I j-ust w-wanted."
"Take a breath." Leni breathes in heavily inhales, then exhales.
"Are you alright now sis?"
"Yeah."
"Ok, so why did you come sprinting down so fast?"
"I saw you were looking really happy and wanted to see what for."
"Oh nothing, I was just going on a date with Bobby."
"When?"
"What do you mean when?"
"What day?" Lori couldn't help but laugh at the question.
"What?"
"He he he, you sometimes crack me up. A date is when two people go out to have a nice time Leni."
"Oh ok." Lori looks at the clock, '9:31'. "Well I have to go, the date starts at ten so I'll catch you later sis!"
"Bye Lori!" with that Lori walks off to the van that was left for the night. The sun was still glowing beyond the horizon, a strong orange glow illuminated the clouds above. The Moon also lit up some of the clouds with a slight white tint. The Moon was on its first quarter phase, half of the face was visible while the other half was lost to the darkness of space. Lori catches herself spacing out.
Lori enters the van she was all so familiar with, the controls practically ran through her arms and legs. With the turn of a key, the vehicle rumbles to life. Without much thought put into it, Lori pulls the van out of the driveway, and drives towards downtown. Lori had so much concentration on the road she barely notices the excess amounts of traffic on the road.
Without trouble Lori merges onto the highway for a quick route towards downtown, semi trucks and cargo vehicles littered the road, a disaster waiting to happen. It takes only five minutes for disaster to strike.