A Collection of Glee Oneshots 3

Texting & Driving (Quicketh)

"I can't believe I got a ticket." Beth hissed as she led her siblings into the house. "Mom and Dad are gonna flip."

"Only if we tell them." Lucy grinned.

Beth looked at the six-year-old and shook her head as her two younger siblings went running off.

"Mom? Dad?" Beth called. "We're home."

"We're in the den!" Quinn called back.

Beth walked into the den and greeted her parents and little sister.

"How was school?" Puck asked.

"It's school." Beth shrugged.

"Yeah." Puck nodded.

"I have to talk to you guys about something." Beth blurted. "I kinda got a driving ticket today."

"For what?" Puck wondered.

"Texting." Beth confessed. "But don't worry, I'm gonna pay for it and I won't let it happen again."

"You were texting and driving?" Quinn questioned Beth.

"Yes." Beth admitted. "Well, no. I was only texting at the red lights. And stop signs."

"There's no excuse, B." Puck told Beth. "Especially when we're trusting you to drive your siblings around."

"I know." Beth nodded. "And I know you have rules about that and about drinking and driving, and I'm sorry."

"Thank you for telling us." Puck said, glancing at Quinn. "But I'm gonna take your car keys for two weeks."

"Two weeks?" Beth repeated. "What about school?"

"You can take the driver or we can take you." Puck suggested as he put his hand out for the keys.

"Isn't that a little extreme?" Beth wondered. "I said I'm sorry."

"Keys." Puck repeated.

"Mom?" Beth asked, looking at Quinn.

"You were young at the time so you probably don't remember, but when I was eighteen, I was in a really bad car accident." Quinn told Beth.

Beth furrowed her eyebrow.

"Luckily, you were with your father, but I was texting and driving and I got hit by a truck." Quinn explained. "I was paralyzed from the waist down."

"Mom." Beth frowned. "I had no idea. I'm sorry."

"You were afraid of me in the wheelchair." Quinn stated. "Thankfully with the help of your father and physical therapy, I recovered, but not everyone will be as lucky. And I don't want you ever experiencing that."

Beth nodded slowly as she handed Puck her car keys and wrapped her arms around Quinn.