A/N: This story takes place with Carly, Sam and Freddie as seniors in high school, so please read and review, it be greatly appreciated!

Bittersweet Symphony: ICarly: Idrink and drive

Theme Song: "Here With Me" ~ Dido

It was almost eleven-thirty at night, Spencer was pacing back and forth in the living room of the house and staring at his watch continuously. He hadn't heard from Carly all evening and he was worried, no worried was an understatement, he was freaked. She had gone to a party earlier that night, but was supposed to be home by ten, it was a Sunday night, so her curfew was earlier. He sighed as he looked out the window in the living room and looked out into the black night. Just then, Freddie burst into the house, looking frantic and as if he had been crying. Spencer turned and looked at him, frowned and walked over to him.

Spencer: Freddie, where's Carly?

Freddie looked at Spencer with tears filling her eyes.

Freddie: (tearful voice) Um, Spencer, she—she—(stopped and broke into light tears as he sat down on the sofa)

Spencer frowned and sat beside him and looked at him with absolute fear.

Spencer: Freddie, WHERE IS SHE? What happened?

Freddie: (through severe tears) She—she got in a car accident on the way home! Sam was drinking alcohol and-and Carly and I, we told Sam not to get behind the wheel, but Sam wouldn't listen and we got in the car with her anyway and-with Sam drunk, she—(stopped and continued crying)

Spencer sighed and stood up and his face went immediately pale. He felt lightheaded and expected to just faint any second.

Spencer covered his mouth with his hand as tears filled his eyes.

Spencer: (voice cracking) AND WHAT Freddie! Where is she! (tearful voice) Is she—is Carly dead?

Freddie shook her head no as he wiped tears away.

Freddie: (between crying) She's in the hospital—Oak Memorial, she's hurt pretty badly but Sam got off with a broken arm and two legs, several bruises, because—because she was thrown from the car, and—and—(before Freddie could finish, Spencer had already ran to the door, grabbed his jean jacket and keys and left the house)

Freddie quickly wiped his tears away and ran out the door after him.

Theme Song: "The Gift" ~ Christophe Beck

When Spencer arrived at the hospital, Freddie arrived minutes later. Spencer ran up to the information desk, where there were six nurses behind the desk, busy writing, typing, answering phones, reading files.

Spencer: Um—um, excuse what room is Carly Shay in?

A female nurse who looked a lot like actress Blake Lively, looked at him.

Nurse: Are you family, sir?

Spencer: Yeah, I'm her brother, Spencer Shay, and her guardian. Ple—(stops as tears cloud his eyes) Please tell me she's alright.

The nurse looked at him with sympathy and frowned.

Nurse: Follow me Mr. Shay.

The nurse walked from behind the desk, down the hall and Spencer followed her, with Freddie following behind. Spencer's heart was racing dramatically. He felt his stomach turning in knots, he felt weak in the knees. As the nurse walked with him in the room, Spencer saw Carly lying in the hospital bed, IV's hooked up to her everywhere, bandages on her forehead. She was hooked up to a life support machine. Spencer sighed and frowned as tears streamed, as he saw Carly.

Spencer: (tearful voice) Oh God, Carly. (looked away and scoffed as he tried hard to fight from breaking into tears)

Nurse: I'm so sorry, Mr. Shay, she came in with broken ribs, her legs and arm is broken and she had some internal bleeding. When she came in, her injuries were so severe that she couldn't breathe on her own, so we have her on life support.

Spencer looked down at the floor and exhaled loudly, wiping tears away.

Spencer: (low shaky voice) Will—will she make it?

Nurse: (looked down and sighed) I—we don't know. She IS on life support, the next couple of hours are very critical. All we can do now is wait, wait and hope and pray.

The nurse patted Spencer on the shoulder and walked out the room.

Spencer walked over to Carly's bed and pulled up a chair and sat down beside her bed. He took her hand in his as more tears clouded his eyes.

Spencer: (tearful voice) Carly, can you hear me? C—Carly?

Spencer looked away and broke into severe tears. He lied his head on the bed, beside her still body and cried. Freddie stood by the doorway nearby and watched as tears streamed. Freddie told Sam not to drink, but Sam wouldn't listen and because of Sam's actions, nothing would ever be the same again….

Freddie's mother, Marissa had arrived at the hospital and upon talking to Freddie on her cell phone, she was directed to go to the hospital room that Sam was in. In Sam's hospital room, Sam was in the bed with both her legs in leg casts, and her arm in a sling. Freddie was sitting in a chair beside Sam's bed. Sam was staring down at the sheets on the bed, in complete guilt. There were several cuts and bruises on Sam's face and her left side of her face was black and bruised. Spencer walked in Sam's room with a worried look, a VERY worried look, on his face.

Freddie and his mother looked at Sam.

Marissa: How is she? Any change?

Sam looked up at them and shook her head with a sad expression.

Marissa: (scoffed and frowned) Oh poor Carly.

Spencer looked at Sam and Freddie with an eyebrow raised.

Spencer: (low voice) Um—(stops and looks down and frowns) I—I'm sorry, who-who was drinking again?

Freddie: Not me and not Carly, we TOLD Sam not to drink, we told her not to drive.

Spencer looked up at Sam and frowned.

Spencer: You were drinking, YOU were drinking? Even after Carly and Freddie told you NOT to! After—after they told you NOT to drive?

Sam looked down and held an expression of guilt.

Sam: (low voice) Yeah. Spencer, I—(Spencer cut in)

Spencer: (coldly) Tell me! (stops and sighs and briefly closes his eyes) Tell me the entire story of what happened—NOW, Sam.

Sam's eyes filled with tears as she closed her eyes briefly.

Sam: Um, we were partying at the house with everyone and-

Voice trails off as we go into:

~Flashback~

House Party earlier That Night with Sam, Freddie and Carly:

Theme Song: "Damn it" ~ Blink 182

Carly, and Sam were dancing with two of the guys at the party, a party FILLED with people, inside and outside, front and back, the guys dancing with Carly and Sam were players of the high school football team, they were dancing to Damn it by Blink 182. After the song was over, The quarterback who was dancing with Carly, his name was Brad, took Carly's hand and lead her to the drink table.

Brad: (puts his arm around Carly) So, how about I fix the prettiest girl in the room here a drink? (laughs and hugs her warmly)

Carly: (smiles) Sure, I could use some punch right now.

Brad: (laughs) No, not punch, beer.

Carly: (frowns at him) Beer? Uh, no I'll pass.

Sam and her dancing partner came walking over to the punch table beside Carly and Brad.

Sam: I will gladly take another drink! Whoo! (laughs loudly and the two guys with Sam and Carly laugh as well)

Carly looked at Sam with a frown of surprise.

Carly: Sam! You've had beer?

Sam: (laughs as she's handed a cup full of beer by Brad) Yeah, of course, what's the big deal?

Freddie: (walks over to them) The big deal is both of you are underage. You shouldn't be drinking.

Brad and the other guy looks at Freddie with an angry look.

Brad: (coldly) And who even ASKED you dork, get lost before we both bash your face in.

The guy with Brad laughs as Brad pushes Freddie away hard.

Sam: (laughs loudly) Yeah, go away—FREDDIE! (Brad and the guy with him and Sam all laugh loudly)

Sam hands Carly her drink and smiles.

Sam: Come on Carls, chug a lug, chug a lug. (Brad and Sam laugh)

Carly looks at the drink with a deciding look.

Carly: I—I don't know about this, Sam, besides this smells like—icky cough medicine.

Sam: Oh come ON Carly! We're seniors, this is our SENIOR year in high school, lets make this last year fun. Besides, it tastes like kool-aid. (Brad and Sam laugh)

Freddie: Carly don't. You'll regret it.

Brad and the other guy looks back at Freddie with anger. Brad looks at the guy standing beside him.

Brad: Do me a favor, trash him for me.

The guy laughs and walks away towards Freddie, Freddie looks away and frowns with worry.

Freddie: Oh here we go, the joys of being unpopular in high school.

The guy grabs Freddie as Freddie starts running out of the house, and picks Freddie up and carries Freddie out the house.

Carly: Sam, where are they taking Freddie? (looks concerned at Freddie who's being carried away)

Sam: (turns Carly's head away) Never mind him, DRINK CARLY.

Carly looked at the drink with a frown.

Carly: NO Sam, I'm not touching that and you shouldn't either. Come on, be sensible.

Sam: Oh whatever, Carly.

Sam took the drink back from Carly and drunk it all in two gulps. And after she finishes it, Brad laughs and cheers happily.

Sam puts the cup on the table and scoffs and smiles.

Sam: See? Its not so bad. (laughs)

Carly scoffs, half smiles and shakes her head. Sam puts her arm around Carly and smiles. Sam was obviously drunk, Carly could smell the strong liquor on her breath.

Sam: See Carly. Everything here is ALL good. (Brad and Sam laugh loudly)

~Later~

Theme Song: "Blame It On The Alcohol" ~ Glee Cast

It had been two hours into the party, the house was still CROWDED with people everywhere—both inside and out of the house and as the alcohol was starting to wear off of Sam, Sam was developing a headache hangover and after Carly found Freddie dumped in a trash can on the side of the house, thanks to Brad's friend, neither Carly nor Freddie could find Sam anywhere.

Carly: Ok, where is she? Its getting late and I'm ready to leave—NOW.

Freddie: I was ready to leave three hours ago.

As they went out to the backyard of the house, they heard the loud music playing, the song "Blame It On The Alcohol" by the Glee cast, there was a crowd, a huge crowd gathered around the pool area, where there was a medium sized platform where the band of the house party was performing at earlier. Carly and Freddie looked at the crowd as they walked over to it.

Carly and Freddie walked closer to the crowd and walked into it and was standing in front of the platform and were surprised at what they saw. Sam was on top of the platform, dancing with Brad to the song, Blame It On the Alcohol, with a full cup of beer in her hand. Carly could tell Sam was apparently drunk—way drunk, with the provocative way Sam was dancing with Brad.

Freddie: Oh my God.

Carly: Good God, how much alcohol did Sam HAVE tonight?

As Carly and Freddie saw Sam dancing even more provocative with Brad as the crowd around them were cheering loudly for them and the music blasted on, Carly frowned.

Carly: Ok, now I say we need to get her down—before well—this turns to a porn party. (Freddie scoffs and shakes his head)

Carly climbs on the platform and grabs Sam's hand.

Carly: Sam, let's go. Its time to go home, c'mon.

Sam: (looks at Carly with her glazed eyes and smiles) Carly! (laughs loudly) NO! I'm dancing with Brad, we'll leave later!

Sam laughs and Carly frowns as she can smell STRONG liquor on Sam's breath. Sam takes sips of her beer and continues to dance with Brad. Carly sighs and takes Sam's arm and pulls her off the stage.

Carly: No Sam, we're going home now. You're drunk, I can tell because your breath smells of alcohol and cheetos.

Carly leads Sam away through the crowd as the crowd boo's loudly. Brad looks enraged and follows Sam, Freddie and Carly as they walk into the house. Brad grabs Sam's arm and spins her around.

Brad: Hey, where are you taking her?

Sam: YEAH Carly! (laughs)

Carly: I'm taking her home, she's drunk.

Freddie: Yeah and Spencer is going to kill all of us, if he finds out we've been to a party where there's alcohol.

Brad: (laughs) Wait, so what if she's been drinking, she's CAN'T leaving! We were just having fun!

Sam: Actually, I feel—sick. (looks down with a sick look and she laughs) Is the room spinning? (scoffs and smiles briefly before looking with a sick look again)

Freddie: Ok, Sam, you need air, let's go.

Carly: Yeah, bye Brad, sorry.

Sam and Brad and Carly walk away and Brad looks enraged.

Brad: Wait that's it! You all are gonna leave! Sam, you leaving, baby! (scoffs and shakes his head) damn losers. (laughs) Wait til everyone at school hears about how you three are asshole losers! (laughs and walks away back out to the backyard)

Theme Song: Boadicea ~ Enya

As Carly and Freddie and Sam walked outside, Sam walked to her car and leaned over the driver's side door.

Sam: I—I feel like—like—(stops and turns around and vomits on the ground near her car) Ugh, I—I need to go home. I don't feel so good.

Freddie: Sam, how many drinks did you HAVE?

Sam holds up seven fingers and laughs.

Sam: Seven. (laughs) Yeah. Ok, get in everyone, lets go home.

Freddie: Whoa, Sam, you can't drive, you've been drinking.

Sam: Yes I can, I'm fine.

Carly: Sam, Freddie's right, let's just walk home or something. You're way too wasted to drive. As a matter of fact, let me drive, alright?

Sam sighed and looked serious and wiped her face with her hands and smiled briefly.

Sam: I—I'll be fine, Carly and Freddie. I'M driving, its MY car. I'm not that drunk not to drive. Ok, trust me? (frowns and looks hurt) You guys do trust me, right?

Carly sighs and frowns, she knew Sam shouldn't be driving but she knew it would be a VERY LONG walk home, and it would be past the ten o'clock curfew for her, if they decided to walk home. Carly sighed.

Carly: Fine, we'll let you drive—(Freddie cut in)

Freddie: WHAT? Carly, NO!

Carly: No, its alright Freddie, we'll both be in the front seat, monitoring her, helping her dive. It will be fine.

Freddie: How will it be fine, Carly! She's drunk! I—(Carly cuts in)

Carly: FREDDIE! Stop, alright? We are NOT leaving her car here to walk, and you and I can't drive a stick shift, so what? If we walk, we'll be home by midnight—way past my curfew. And I just got out of trouble with Spencer for missing her curfew by three hours last weekend. PLEASE, it will be fine.

Sam: Yeah Freddie, besides I'm a great driver, you've seen me, seven little drinks isn't going to ruin that. (laughs) It will be fine, we'll be laughing about this tomorrow on Icarly, with—pizza.

Sam and Carly laugh.

Freddie sighed and frowned and nodded, with an unsure look.

Freddie: Al—alright guys, fine.

Sam, Freddie and Carly all got into Sam's car…..

~End of Flashback~

Theme Song: "Lightning Crashes" ~ Live

At The Hospital:

Sam: So, that's what happened. (stands up and looks at Spencer with tears in her eyes) Spencer I am so sor—(Spencer cuts in)

Spencer: (tearful voice) DON'T! (coldly) Don't you DARE tell me you're sorry! I—I don't even want to hear it! This—this is YOUR FAULT Sam!

Sam: (between tears) I know and I'm sorry!

Spencer: (between tears) Sorry! SORRY! Sorry, Sam, she could die! You ALL could have been killed? How—how could you do this!

Sam broke into tears.

Freddie: (tearful voice) This was all my fault. I should've done more.

Spencer: (tearful voice) No! No Freddie, this is NOT your fault! (looks at Sam as tears stream) Sam, I will never, EVER forgive you for this. She is in a hospital bed on life support because of you! YOU!

Sam: (between tears) Spencer, I—(Spencer cuts in)

Spencer: (between tears) No SHUT UP!

Spencer started pacing and closed his eyes shut tightly, he balled up his fist and could feel his anger raging, his emotions pulsating. He sat down in a chair across from Freddie and broke into tears again. The nurse walked in the room and looked at Spencer with a saddened look.

Nurse: Spencer Shay?

Spencer stood up and looked at the nurse with his wet, crying eyes.

Spencer: (tearful voice) What's wrong? Is she alright?

Nurse: Um, test results came back on her broken left leg, she-she may never walk again, due to the injuries from the crash.

Spencer looked away and sighed with a deep hurt expression.

Nurse: (frowns) I'm sorry, however, its still too early to confirm anything in stone. We'll keep informed ASAP of any changes..

The nurse walks away and Spencer leans up against a wall and looks down at the floor with his eyes clouded with tears and he sighs with a hurt expression. Marissa walks to him and looks at him with sympathetic look.

Marissa: Oh Spencer, I—(Spencer cuts in)

Spencer: (coldly with a tearful voice) leave me alone.

Spencer walks out if the room, angrily. Sam felt like her heart was about to beat out of her chest, not only was it her fault that Carly was in the hospital, but if Carly died, that would mean the end of her friendship with Spencer, and she would have lost Carly forever. Sam didn't know what to do—all she could do was hope, hope and pray that Carly lived so that what was already a devastating event, didn't turn into a horrific, sad, tragedy.

TO BE CONTINUED….