In One Moment

by xosairbearxo

In one moment, our lives can be changed forever. On this day, one moment is all it will take to bring everyone's world crashing down on them - they are all about to experience the same heartbreaking tragedy. How did YOUR favorite Glee character react when they first heard the news of Finn Hudson's death?

1. Preface: Author's Note

Hey everyone, I wanted to start off this story a little unconventionally and have the first chapter be an Author's Note. I felt this important, as there are a couple of ways I plan to handle this story that I wanted to make clear before actually delving into it.

First of all, I've been contemplating this story for a couple of weeks now; watching The Quarterback tribute solidified it for me. In the past couple of weeks, I've had snippets of different chapters come into my mind and help me develop what will become this story. Each chapter will be difficult to write – some, more than others.

Here is what you need to know:

1. Each chapter will focus on one character in particular, and revolve around their experience within the first 24 hours of discovering the news of Finn Hudson's death. The only exceptions to this will be the first chapter, and the chapter for Will and Emma. For the most part, each chapter will stand alone as its own individual story, although overlapping storylines will be woven through a lot of the chapters, as you will see.

2. I will not reveal my own cause of Finn Hudson's death until the very last chapter. This was the first thing that ever popped into my mind when I came up with the idea for this story. There will be hints along the way, but I basically knew how I planned for this story to end before I even started writing it. I encourage readers to review each chapter, or whatever chapters they wish, and give their suggestion as to how they think I'm going to deal with this subject matter.

3. At the end of each chapter, I will give a small piece of text from the FOLLOWING chapter, without revealing which character it's about. I want this story to involve reader interaction; before I post another chapter, ideally I'd like to see the readers guessing as to who the next chapter will revolve around. The first person to get it right, I will PM and that person will get to contribute some sort of plot-driven aspect they'd like to see incorporated into that chapter somehow.

I see this story as a therapeutic way of getting out some of my own personal sadness and grief over Cory's passing, and the passing of Finn Hudson. I know many of you fellow Gleeks share this feeling. It is my hope that this story will bond some of us, even though the circumstances are so unfortunate. Hence why I would love to have feedback and interaction from all of you between chapters.

Thank you so much. I hope you enjoy this story, as sad as it may be.

Sarah