Original plot belongs to me. Any Glee characters belongs to Ryan Murphy, original characters are my creation.

Last day of the trial.

Standing in front of the court house, Finn knew his nerves were about to sky rocket and send him in to a full-blown panic. He could feel the beads of sweat starting to form on his head and slowly trickling down his face. He reached in to his suit pocket and pulled out a handkerchief and dabbing the sweat beads away. Today was the day that the defence plan to put him and Chelsea on the stand to give their accounts of what happened on that day. He knew Chelsea was being protected by the courts and being asked to give her testimony from behind a screen. He was so thankful that she was going to remain anonymous.

"Mr Hudsssssssssssssssssson!" yelled Chelsea as she approached the courthouse, making Finn turn around and smile at her. Once she had reached him, he bent down and gave her a massive squeeze.

"I'm scared Mr Hudson, I've never done anything like this before." Chelsea said meekly.

"Well Chelsea, truth be told, so am I and I've never done anything else like this before. But I will tell you this, be truthful, answer the questions as best and honestly as you can." Encouraged Finn

Chelsea offered a small smile and responded. "But I'm scared I will let you all down."

"No way on this earth could you ever let me down Chelsea. You have been amazing, and I am so proud that you want to do this. I know it's been a difficult few days, but hopefully after today, this trial is over with." Finn responded with a smile.

With that, Louise took Chelsea's hand and walked her in to the courthouse. Finn turned back around facing away from the courthouse and let out a sigh. With that, a small smile creeped on his face as he seen Rachel making her way up the steps towards him. Holding out his hand, Rachel took it and then embraced Finn.

Chelsea was amazing giving her testimony and Finn couldn't have been any prouder of her. He could feel his chest swell with pride when Louise told him how amazing she done. Obviously, she couldn't tell him what was said as he was waiting to give his evidence, but it was his time. His time to tell what he could remember of the accident, his time to face his would be killer. His time to look her in the eye and show that he had survived.

"Finn Hudson?" inquired the court worker, "You are required to take the stand now."

Finn nodded. Another deep breath out as he left the safe place of the waiting room and walked towards the court. The doors opened, and Finn stepped inside. As he took the stand and was sworn in, he looked out and found a focus on Rachel for a moment. She offered a small smile and a nod and mouthed "I love you" to Finn.

The prosecution started to ask Finn questions. He looked at the prosecutor and answered the questions directly and honestly. The defence seemed to have it in for Finn, making up various parts of what happened to him, but Finn remained as calm as possible and put them in their place with his answers. Once they were finished, the Judge asked Finn to read out his witness impact statement to the court room. Finn took a sip of water and cleared his throat. Looking at the defence table, he then started to read his statement.

"That day, not only did you set out to do me harm, I now believe that you wanted to cause me more than harm. You never seen the aftermath of what you did. You only seen my body fly over the car as the initial impact happened. You then decided not only to reverse and harm me more, but to potentially harm a young girl who had done absolutely nothing wrong. It felt like my body was broken, albeit only my leg was. I lost willpower to hold on, but I vaguely remember a young gentleman supporting me and wishing me to stay awake. I was in a coma for days. You didn't see the impact you had on my family. The hurt, the worry and the uncertainty. I nearly died. But you didn't care. You thought you done what you had to do.

You didn't see my night terrors or how I struggled with my broken leg. You impacted my relationship with my girlfriend as I became rude and snappy. You impacted my sleep. I had night terrors, lashing out and nearly hurting someone I love dearly. I sought support and went to a rehabilitation centre. I had to work on what was affecting me from my near-death experience. I then had to come out after that and I was still unable to return home, so I relocated to Los Angles to be with my girlfriend and fight for our relationship.

You haven't broken me. Your actions have made an impact on me, but it will not rule my life every single day. I hope someday that I can forgive you, but I, and others, will never forget what you done to me that day."

The judge then excused Finn and he left the court room.

Back in the witness room with Louise and Chelsea, the door opened, and Rachel entered. Hugging everyone and sitting next to Finn, holding his hand as he grasped hers tightly. They all sat in silence what felt like an eternity.

Later that afternoon

They had all went for a quick bite to eat when Finn got an alert on his cell. Verdict in. They returned to the courthouse and sat in the gallery. Louise and Chelsea stayed away due to Chelsea's age but asked Finn to update them with the verdict.

"Would the foreman of the jury please stand." Commanded the Judge. "Have you all reached the verdict that you have unanimously agreed on?"

"Yes, we have your honor." Replied the foreman.

"Can you please read out your verdict to the courtroom." Asked the Judge.

"We the jury, find Katie Booth, guilty of attempted murder."

Finn felt like the world had gone silent as he heard the result being read out. Rachel grasped his hand, his mom cuddled in to him. Burt placed a hand on his shoulder offering him reassurance.

"Thank you. Katie Booth, you have been found guilty of the attempted murder of Finn Hudson. I hereby sentence you to ten years in prison. Take her away." Boomed the judge.

Finn's heart sank a little as he heard Katie sob, but had to remind himself that she set out to do him harm.

Next chapter: The future