Big Time Mistake

A girl jives her hips to the music on the night club. Her long blonde hair falls in curls swishes after every move she makes. Her dress glitters in the club's flashing lights. Grabbing the tie of a guy, she pulls him close as they sway to the beats. She winks over at her friend with another guy. The brunette takes a sexy dip into the guy's hips.

This little blonde lady is Hollywood's classic Miss Good Girl Gone Bad. Audrey Austin, born and raised in California. She got signed at the age of thirteen. In the first year, her songs hit platinum and her name was on every celebrities VIP list. She soon met her best friend, actress, Marcie Day, at the Academy Awards. Immediately, they were inseparable: parties, on sets of music videos, shopping.

After two years of hitting the top charts, Audrey bottomed out. She and Marcie got caught up into the party scene. Several warnings from the court systems for possession of alcohol and intoxication sent the tabloids going crazy for information. Now at age sixteen, Hollywood's favorite little girl was growing up in the wrong direction too fast. Ignoring protests and threats of her producer, she continued her lifestyle of parties and drinking.

Marcie takes Audrey's hand leading her into the bathroom. The music still pounds through the door loudly. Several people are leaning over the bathroom counter. Marcie smiles wickedly. Audrey leans to see what everyone is doing. A thin line of white powder is being sucked up into the nostrils of several celebrities.

"Is that cocaine?" Audrey asks with wide eyes. "Are you actually gonna do it this time?"

"Hey, Marcie," a brown eyed boy walks over to the girls. His eyes were already glazed over. "Is this your first time?"

"Yeah," Marcie says brushing his arm. "You're going to have to show us how."

He takes her hand and leads her over to the counter. Audrey watches as her best friend snorts cocaine not willing to dive into drugs just yet. Marcie's eyes water a little from the sting of the drug then she throws back her head in laughter.

"C'mon, Audrey," Marcie says inviting over space for her. "It's awesome."

"Nah," Audrey says brushing off the invite. "I'm driving, remember? So I'll do it next time."

"I'll take an extra shot for ya," Marcie laughs leaning over the counter again.

Audrey heads towards the door of the bathroom. "Come find me when you're done." She gives the partiers a deuces sign and sashays to the bar. She orders rum and coke then heads back to the dance floor with the drink in hand. She eyes the crowd for the guy with the tie. She spots him easily entertained by another blonde girl. Audrey rolls her eyes taking a sip of her rum and coke. She quickly tops off her drink and goes back for another.

Audrey takes a sit next to an empty seat but the bartender is quick to hand her a drink. The bartender points down the bar to a guy eyeing Audrey. She analyzes everything about him. With a nice build, dark hair and dark eyes, Audrey gives him a small smile taking a sip of the drink. It tasted fruity, a little mix of strawberry and raspberry. Shortly, Audrey and this guy are out on the floor dancing.

The clock strikes for the girls to head out. Marcie finds Audrey after taking several hits. Audrey is not in any better shape. Laughing and stumbling while dancing. The girls head out the front doors not waiting to pose for the paparazzi to snap their pictures. Audrey falls into the front seat of her Mercedes while Marcie climbs into the passengers. She fumbles with the keys trying to get them in the ignition.

"I swear they used to fit," Audrey laughs.

"Ahhh…" Marcie says leaning back. "I can drive!"

"You're high," Audrey laughs while pointing at Marcie. "No way."

"You're drunk," Marcie says climbing over Audrey and pushing her into the passenger's seat. Both of the girls laugh as they take off. Marcie messes with radio turning up their favorite club station. One of Audrey's song blasts their eardrums. They sing along slurring most of the words.

"See the sunlight, we ain't stopping. Keep on dancing till the world ends. If you feel it let it happen. Keep on dancing till the world ends!"

Red and blue lights flash in the rearview mirror. Marcie curses as Audrey throws her face into hands mumbling about how her producer is going to kill her. Marcie; however, is not slowing down.

"What are you doing?" Audrey asks.

"I think we can outrun them," Marcie explains and pushes down even harder on the accelerator putting the speed up to over one hundred on the interstate.

"Marcie, slow down," Audrey whines grabbing the door handle. "You're going to hit something."

"No," Marcie says gritting her teeth. "We can do this. We have a Mercedes."

"Knock it off," Audrey cries. "You're gonna kill us."

"Shut up, Audrey!" Marcie screams while swerving.

Tears of fear stream down Audrey's face as Marcie swerves in between cars missing them by mere inches. Audrey screams seeing the danger that Marcie is ignoring. In front of them is a concrete median. The car veers left hitting the concrete median. Audrey tries to hold the dash in front of her but is smashed with the airbag.

The car flips over the median as cars around them swerve to miss the rolling Mercedes. Both girls are propelled out of the car exposed on the highway. The car continues to roll off the interstate into a ditch. Marcie lay near the ditch while Audrey lies twisted by the median. Laying still on the concrete, Audrey sobs out of fear.

"Marcie!" Audrey cries. "Marcie!"

Headlights shine on the tangled mess that was Audrey. She continues to sob as a man outlined in the lights approaches her. He is on the phone calling the ambulance.

"She is hurt pretty bad," he says. "The car rolled over into the ditch. I think she has a friend. What do I do? Okay… Yeah… Help is on the way."

"It hurts," Audrey sobs. "Help me!"

"Help is on the way," he says patting her back, trying to comfort her. "What's your name?"

Audrey sobs a little more before answering him. "Audrey."

"Audrey Austin?"

"Yeah," Audrey continues crying out finally looking at the man. He was an older gentleman with a kind look in his eye. "Don't leave."

"I'm not going anywhere," he says.

"Where's Marcie?" Audrey begins to sob harder. "I didn't mean to! She wouldn't stop. I told her to slow down! It hurts. Help me! I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to."

"I know," he says gently, trying to calm her. "It's okay. Help is coming."

Red and blue lights flash and the siren screams over the sobs of Audrey. Unable to calm down, the paramedics gave her a shot with sedative. Shortly after, Audrey's sobs began to slow as the paramedics lifted her onto the stretcher into the ambulance. The ambulance doors slam leaving the gentleman praying for her safety and her future.

The lights flash red and blue into the night.