"What story?" Ace asked. Rachel looked at Santana.

"You should probably go first, San." she said softly. Santana nodded and started to speak when her phone rang.

Incoming Call

Quinn

"One sec." she said, answering her phone. "Hey Q."

"S, you sound calm. Is it safe for Keegan to come home?" Quinn asked.

"Rach and I are going to have a talk with Ace for a while." Santana said.

"He's still a minor, S. You'll get charged with child abuse." Quinn joked. Santana rolled her eyes.

"A legit talk, Q. We're going to tell him." Santana said.

"About..."

"Junior year." Santana said.

"Oh my god. Are you sure?" Quinn asked.

"Yea. I'm sure. I'll call you when we're done." she said, hanging up.

"What happened junior year?" Ace asked cautiously. Santana took a dep breath.

FLASHBACK

Seventeen year old Santana and Rachel were at Puck's birthday party at his house. "Rach, don't leave my side." Santana said. Rachel raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" she asked.

"You look hot. You ain't gettin' near anyone else." Santana said. Rachel laughed and grabbed her hand.

"Santana, we're good. You have nothing to worry about. I love you. I have since freshman year." she said. Santana grinned, pulled Rachel in front of her, and put her arms around the diva's shoulders.

"I know. I can't help it if I'm possessive." she said, resting her head on Rachel's. The front door swung open.

"Ladies!" Puck said, smiling.

"Pucky!" Santana said, grinning.

"Happy birthday, Noah." Rachel said, hugging him.

"Come in. Liquor's in the kitchen." Puck said. Santana laughed and led Rachel into the kitchen.

"San, remember your limit." Rachel warned. Santana rolled her eyes. "Santana, I'm serious."

"Okay, Rach. I got it." Santana said, grabbing a shot and drinking it. Rachel looked around and saw Kurt and Mercedes.

"Hey, I'm going to go talk to Kurt and Mercedes." she said. Santana nodded as Quinn and Brittany walked up. Santana completely forgot about her limit, taking shot after shot. After about an hour, Puck walked up.

"S! We're running low. Go on a liquor run with me?" he asked. She nodded and went to his car. They were about three minutes away when Santana's phone rang.

Incoming Call

Rachel

"Hey babe." Santana said.

"Santana are you in a car with Noah?" Rachel asked.

"Yea, why?"

"He was drunk when we got to the party!" Rachel yelled.

"Rachel, we're fine." Santana said, rolling her eyes.

"Santana I assure you that-" Rachel was cut off by the sound of her girlfriend screaming and a crash. "San? Santana!" Rachel yelled.

"Rachel... we need help. S doesn't look good." Puck said.

END FLASHBACK

"What happened next?" Ace asked. Santana shrugged.

"I don't really remember anything after that." she said, wiping a tear. He looked at Rachel.

FLASHBACK

Rachel walked into the kitchen. "Where'd Santana go?" she asked.

"She and Puck went on a liquor run." Brittany said.

"They're driving?" Rachel asked. Brittany nodded. "Oh no." Rachel pulled out her phone.

"Hey babe." Santana answered.

"Santana are you in a car with Noah?" Rachel asked.

"Yea why?"

"He was drunk when we got to the party!" Rachel yelled.

"Rach, we're fine." Rachel sighed.

"Santana, I assure you that-" Rachel was cut off by the sound of her girlfriend screaming and a crash. "San? Santana!" Rachel yelled.

"Rachel, we need help. S doesn't look good." Puck said.

"Oh god." Rachel breathed. She looked around. "Quinn, call 911. Noah, stay on the phone. Where are you?" she asked.

"Outside the mall. Like right next to it." Rachel told Quinn, who told the operator.

"Just make sure Santana's okay. We'll meet you at the hospital. The ambulance is on the way." Rachel said, running to her car and driving to the hospital. "I'm here for Santana Lopez." she said to the receptionist.

"Rach." Rachel turned around.

"Noah." she said, hugging the boy.

"S didn't look good, but she wasn't unconcious." Noah said. Rachel nodded, trying to stay strong. They waited for about an hour and a half before Santana was out of surgery and Rachel was allowed to see her.

"San." she whispered. Santana looked up weakly.

"Hey." she said.

"Oh my god. Are you okay?" Rachel asked, still in the door.

"I think so." Santana said. Rachel nodded. "Rach, you can come closer." Santana said. Rachel walked closer and pushed some hair out Santana's eyes. "I drank more than my limit." she whispered. Rachel nodded.

"I guessed as much, but I don't really care about that right now. I just want you to be okay, baby." Rachel said.

"I'm sorry." Santana said, tears falling.

"Shh... its okay. You're going to be okay." Rachel whispered, kissing her softly.

"I almost died."

"But you didn't. Just learn from this." Rachel said.

"I'm never drinking again." Santana said. Rachel smiled. "Never."

"Good, because I don't want to lose you." Rachel whispered.

"You won't. Everytime I want to drink, I'll think of you." Santana said. Rachel smiled. "What if I'd broken my leg? I'd never be able to cheer again." Santana said.

"You didn't. You'll be fine, baby. You're only going to be out for a few weeks. A month at the most." Rachel said. Santana nodded. "We'll be fine, baby."

END FLASHBACK

"Now you know why I reacted the way I did. I was the same age as you." Santana said. Ace looked down. "Ace we love you. We don't want anything to happen to you. I certainly don't want what happened to me to happen to you." she continued.

"I'm sorry... I didn't know."

"Ace, when we talked to you about drinking before you started high school, you promised us you wouldn't drink. You broke that promise." Rachel said. He nodded.

"I'm sorry..." he said.

"Ace... look at it from our point of view. I saw firsthand the consequences of drinking." Rachel said.

"I experienced it." Santana said.

"And we don't want to have to go through it again." Rachel said.

"I promise I won't drink again."

"We don't want you to promise us. Promise yourself. You already promised us and you broke that promise. Hopefully, a promise to yourself will mean more to you." Santana said. He nodded. "All right. Go think about that for a while." Santana said. He nodded and went to his room.

"You did good, baby." Rachel said when the door was closed. Santana nodded and fell back down.

"I just want to sleep this off." Santana said. Rachel smiled. "Change out of your work clothes and take a nap." she said, hugging Santana when she came back. "Here, you lay down. I'll go get Keegan from Quinn's." Santana nodded and kissed Rachel before lying down. Rachel pulled a blanket over Santana and kissed her forehead. "I love you." she whispered. Santana kissed her.

"I love you too." she said, falling asleep.