Just Another Saturday Night

By Shannen

Alcohol is the cause of 60% of teen deaths in car accidents.

Teenage boys who have a blood alcohol concentration of .05 are18 times more likely to suffer a single vehicle crash than a non drinking teenage boy.

Nationally in the United States, over 12% of all fatal crashes were alcohol related and 40% of those involved teenage drivers who were drinking.

Six of ten high school juniors and seniors admit to riding with an alcohol impaired teenage driver.

Maybe to you those four statistics don't mean all that much, but allow me to try turn those statistics into something that might mean something to you, that 60% of teen deaths are the deaths of real people with real families who may not see their child again, those six out of ten high school students could be people you know, and by them getting in that car they put their lives at risk. Those numbers and statistics are more than just that, they are peoples children, siblings, friends, and I don't want those numbers to be anybody else. Not many of you know this, in fact none of you probably know this but I am an avid, committed member of my schools SADD chapter, and for those of you who don't know what SADD is it stands for Students Against Drinking and Driving, and this is why I am here writing this story. The idea has been with me for weeks now and I thought I would use characters who people know well and have grown to love so I decided to make this a FanFiction with the Glee characters.

My goal from this, and yes I have a goal for once is for each review to have a pledge in it from each of my readers, because I really do want to make a difference with this, make the pledge that you will not drink and drive or get in a car with an impaired driver. All I ask is for you to make this pledge because I do not want any of you or your friends to end up being a number, nor do I want parents or spouses or whoever facing a police officer who has come with bad news. I do not want that for anyone, and if in the first chapter of this story you do not make the pledge, carry it through and make one at the end.

CHAPTER ONE: NORMAL AND ORDINARY

It was just another normal Saturday night party at Santana's, so of course that meant the booze was flowing, the music was pumping and the emotions were growing. The entire senior year class was there basking in what they were all calling the 'Pre-Grad Extravaganza', kids were mingling in groups and chatting away. It was after all just another normal, ordinary, Saturday night party. Cars were parked outside and cell phones were at the ready for when the party finally broke up.

In the corner chatting away and laughing sat Rachel Berry, Kurt Hummel and Finn Hudson, the three were having a good time away from the alcohol, Finn had only had one beer and he wasn't driving. Right now the three were enjoying the company and a glass of coke each. Rachel and Finn were back together and were celebrating six months together that week and of course Kurt tagged along in all this seen as he was now around the two more. That small groups spirits were high and nothing could bring that down.

Across the room was a totally different story for Noah Puckerman, he was winning at a game of beer pong while doing shots with some girl he didn't really know. Puck had his truck waiting outside and had every intention on driving it home, his keys were in his pocket and the tank was half full, he didn't mind getting in the truck after drinking all night. Nothing bad would happen.

The party broke up at one A.M and so everyone headed out and waited for their rides or found somewhere to sleep. Rachel, Finn and Kurt waited for Blaine to pull up while Puck staggered over to his truck, Quinn was yelling at him to give her the keys but he ignored her and started the engine. He pulled away soon after and sped down the road, just a moment before Blaine pulled up. Kurt got in the front beside Blaine while Rachel and Finn slid into the backseat and buckled up for the ride back to their houses. A few blocks away and they were all talking again, going over the different stories they had from that week, it had them laughing and joking about everything, Blaine was just informing the others of the movie he had seen that night when there was a screeching from behind them and a collision from the rear left corner of Blaine's car.

Blaine's car slid and spun down the street before crashing into a tree a few hundred yards down the street, the inside of the car was silent and everyone had their eyes closed tight. After a few moments later Kurt opened his eyes and took his seatbelt of to look around, what he saw was fine until he saw his step brother, Finn was sat exactly where the other vehicle had hit them, he was slouched in his seat, his head was bleeding and his head was cocked to the side.

"Oh my God, Finn! Finn can you hear me?" he said hurriedly while Blaine and Rachel noticed what was wrong, Blaine quickly cut the engine and jumped out of the car to call 911, Rachel tried to take off her seatbelt but her right shoulder wouldn't budge from pain, the only thing she could do was reach out for Finn's hand while she and Kurt called his name. They tried for five minutes and never once did they get a response, Blaine ran up the road to see if the other person in the second vehicle was okay and ran back moments later explaining something too rushed to understand.

"Puck, it's Noah in the other vehicle, it's on its side and he's unconscious. The ambulance is on its way." He finally got out, they finally understood and a surge of anger followed by worry flowed through both Rachel and Kurt. They soon went back to trying to get Finn to respond and it wasn't long until they heard the dull wail from the police and ambulance. Everything was rushed and blurred after that, Finn was loaded into the ambulance and rushed off before anyone else, a second ambulance took Puck with it. Rachel, Kurt and Blaine soon joined the flow of emergency vehicles and were taken to the hospital.

The three of them were all checked over and apart from a few bruises and one or two minor brakes they were declared fine and returned to the waiting room. It was all a rush, doctors ran back and forth from Finn's room while Rachel and Kurt used the phones to call their parents and tried to explain what happened. It wasn't long after that Carol and Burt burst into the waiting room and up to Kurt and Rachel tugging them into tight hugs while trying to ask questions. Carol tried to get answers from the doctors but they wouldn't tell her anything, only that Finn's condition was critical. Blaine took Rachel and Kurt outside for some fresh air where the three of them called the rest of the New Directions to tell them what was going on. Will Schuester was soon at the hospital and right away went up to Kurt and Rachel who were sat with their parents and with Puck's mother.

When the sun began rising the waiting room was filled with people, though all of them were there for the same reason, they were all from McKinley or had something to do with the teens involved in the collision. They had been informed that Puck was fine, just a broken leg which had been snapped on impact, they were all still awaiting news on Finn's condition. The only news they did have on Finn was that he was in surgery.

Later in the day some people left, unable to take the stress and emotional weight this whole situation contained. Other's fell asleep in the waiting room or wandered around the hospital. Puck's mom went and sat with her son, no one else really went to Puck's room. Most of them blamed him for Finn's condition.

By noon the Doctor came out to the waiting room and took Carol and Burt with him down the hallway where the rest couldn't hear, but they could see. After a minute they saw Carol fall to her knee's in grief and Burt kneel down beside her with his arms around her, his head directed towards the doctor. Burt nodded towards the waiting room and the doctor began walking towards where the remaining group sat.

"Mr. Hummel wishes me to come inform you of Mr. Hudson's condition." The doctor started. "First off the impact of the collision broke several vertebrates in Mr. Hudson's spine causing paralysation from mid-torso down. He is suffering from severe head trauma which we are keeping close watch on and could heal, on top of that he has five broken ribs and a broken collar bone, and a small brake in his neck which is luckily not a threat. He is in a medically induced coma right now and is still in critical condition. It is on Hospital recommendation that only his parents be in his room with him at the current time. I will keep you all updated on Mr. Hudson's condition as we learn more."

The doctor left the waiting room in silence, everyone in there was simply in shock. Rachel couldn't handle knowing this and left the room in tears, Kurt couldn't decide whether to follow her or not, Blaine had his hand rested on Kurt's back in support. Everyone else shuffled uncomfortably in their seats. They all understood, right now it was simply touch and go for Finn, one month away from graduation and they were struck with the knowledge that right now it wasn't set in stone that one of their close friends, a member of their family may not be there. Right now the group understood that these hours, these minutes were all so important, they defined so much.

It amazed the group how that usual, seemingly ordinary Saturday night had turned into this mess, into this disaster. Come Monday morning everyone at McKinley knew about what had happened, four students were missing and the students who were there tried to get into a routine again. Rachel was sat at home in her room most of the day, unable to leave her bed, Kurt was sat in the hallway outside Finn's room with his father, both of them incapable of speech, Puck was at home in his room sat up with a broken leg and worry on his mind, they wouldn't tell him of Finn's condition, as for Finn he lay motionless in his bed, tubes and wires attached to his body, a neck brace surrounded his neck, his chest bandaged up and supported either side, all his skin bruised and cut and his head wrapped in a white bandage.

Nothing was really normal now, not all that ordinary, the days drug on and nothing about this new normal changed, nothing progressed and nothing moved back, it was as if McKinley High was stuck in a standstill. That past Saturday had changed normal and ordinary into hell and pain and nothing showed any sign of moving on, all based around one decision. Puck's decision to drive home in his truck, while drunk.

So theres chapter one, and this is just the start, as I said in the little intro at the beginning please consider making a pledge to not drink and drive and to plan a safe ride home. Also if you make a pledge or decide to review let me know if you're in SADD or TADD group, maybe together we can make a change even if it is somethng small. So all of you who read this, whether you review or not, help make a change in this world and help save lives because to put it simply we all have to be th change we want to see in the world. If you think my words matter, or if you don't, it doesn't matter just think about everything that is assosiated with Drinking and Driving, because there are so many bad things, and simply no good things.

Also, if this story is too much for you, or too hard to read I apologize, and I do not mean it to hurt anyone, I just want to see if I can make an impact.

So please review, and in your review put : I, pledge to not drink and drive, nor to get into a car with an impaired driver.

I will plan a safe ride home or sleep over at a friends house. I also promise to tell my parents where I will be.

I see the risks and concequences to drinking and driving and do not want to become a number, my life and the lives of others are just too valuable.

I will be a part of a change, no matter how small.

I made my pledge when I was fourteen, next month I will be recieving my drivers license, I will be part of a change and I will help to save lives, please help me do so.