Car Accident

Last night, Sebastian and I got all bundled up and went out to go Christmas shopping. It was dark and was still raining fairly hard. We ran out to Sebastian's "soccer mom" van and headed to Kinko's. We got there and sat in the car for awhile. We talked, made a list of where we were going, made a list of what we were getting, then started our journey. Obviously, there were a lot of cars on the road {it was December 21st} and since it was raining, it made things even worse. Our first stop was Lynnhaven Mall.

We got on the interstate and were already in bumper to bumper traffic. 4 days before Christmas, 5:30 at night, raining; lots of traffic. We passed an accident on the right and things started moving more swiftly. There was another accident on the other side of the road and another one a little bit further up ahead. Everything happened so fast.

"Wow, Sebastian. Look at all of these accidents."
Out of nowhere, the car in front of us stopped. We were going 50 mph already and even though we weren't right on top of the guy, Sebastian had to slam on breaks. We both thought we were going to hit him, so we were both braced for an accident; just not in the right way, I guess.
"Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby!"
{pause}
*BAM!*
I had stopped yelling because I knew we weren't going to hit him. Sebastian had looked in his rear-view mirror and he knew we were going to get hit. He locked his foot on the break and threw his right hand in front of me. Like I said, I had already locked both of my arms against the door and the seat and was pushing myself back {I never want to experience an airbag}. When the girl hit us, we both just jolted forward. She was going fast. She was going probably 50 or 55 mph and didn't have time to break once she saw that we had stopped. She was trying to swerve out of the way, but since there was already an accident on the right side, she had nowhere to go. The front left side of her car rammed into the back left side of ours.

His back door is bent in and it needs a new bumper and some other stuff, but it's still drive able. She was in a little car that got totaled. Her hood was half way bent up and her lights were gone. Her airbag did go off, but she wasn't hurt either. All three of us were just shook up.

It's not the best picture, but you get the idea. 

To make it all worse, the accident traffic guy was totally rude. I'll tell you how our conversation went.
Him: "Who are you talking to?"
Bash: "My dad."
Him: "Tell him not to come up here. We don't need anymore cars up here."
Me: "My dad is coming up."
Him: "No, we don't need him."
Me: "He's a Norfolk Police Officer and he is coming up here."
Him: "I don't care if he's the judge. He we don't need him to come. We have too many accidents already."
Me: "He's coming up here."
Him: "Well, whatever, I guess he knows how to drive." *walked away*
But then once my dad got there this guy pretended like they were best friends. My dad has that kind of affect on people. I guess he just didn't realize that my dad is a local celebrity. :P

One of the many crazy things about last night, it Sebastian's wallet. He never carries it around. It's always lost or in his pants pocket or on the dresser or in the truck; never with him. For some reason, he took his license out of his wallet and put it in his pocket. He didn't have his wallet, but he had his license. God Thing.

It was a scary experience. Thankfully, all we have is whiplash and nothing more serious. I'm going to the doctor today and I don't know about Sebastian {he hates the doctor :P}. God definitely had His hand on us last night. If He hadn't of moved the car in front of us when He did, we would have been smushed up like an accordion. Thankfully, we had God on our side. :)