As the end of Friday quickly approached Tad sat at his desk watching and counting down the minutes till the end of class. Right as the clock struck 3:15 the bell rang and Tad jumped from his desk and made a mad dash to his truck where somehow Gus was already waiting for him.
" How did you get here first today?" Tad asked with a bit of concern in his voice.
" Well you see the thing is I told my teacher I was going to the restroom but needed to bring my bag with me and I waited till the bell rang or a minute before and made way here." Gus replied while smiling.
They finished the conversation on the way to Tad's house where Gus was supposedly staying tonight to change and get ready to head over to Cado's place. After they had finished getting ready and were walking out the door Tad got a call from Cado.
"Hey man what's up? Everything good?" Tad asked a little concerned.
" Yeah man just checking on where you guys are. Have you left your house yet?" Cado replied.
"Oh yeah we are backing out of the driveway now should be there in like five minutes." Tad said calmly.
"Cool some other people should be here close to the same time as you, so I'll see you in a bit."
Cado hangs up the phone and starts to set up a table for snacks and coolers for drinks.
Tad and Gus pull up to the house and park the truck.
" I thought you said more people would be here by now, what happened?" Tad asked Cado with a questioning look.
" Yeah same here, guess it's taking them a bit longer but who knows." Cado replied.
The three friends sit in waiting, but before long there was a knock at the door. Cado rushed to the door to see it was his cousin, the guy who was buying for the party.
" Here you go little cousin, remember man I was never here and I didn't supply you with this, we clear?" He said with a semi-serious tone.
" Also have fun you guys are young and please be careful, no driving I don't want to read that one of you three were killed because of some dumb decision got it" He said with a serious tone. The three boys looked at him and nodded in agreement.
"We understand thank you for looking out for us" Cado said.
After the cousin left the three friends took a shot together and amped each other up for an epic night.
A few hours later people started showing up in droves which shocked them.
" Hey man I thought I said just a few people Gus what the hell do call this?" Cado asked with worried tone.
" Hey man I told five people. What about you Tad? You just had tell Niki huh?" Gus said a little angry.
" Hey man you know me. Anyway look they brought something to share let's just take your cousins advice and have a good time if too many people show up we will turn them away. It's all good guys" Tad said with confidence.
about half way through the night Tad and his friends are feeling the effects from all the different beverages they have been consuming. Tad making his way through the house sees from the corner of his eye Niki, she was talking to the star football player, he stubbles toward her only to get close enough to see she isn't talking to him but making out with him in front of everyone. Heart broken Tad retreats back towards the drink station finds an unopened bottle of whiskey and proceeds to start chugging it. Gus walking by sees his friend and tries to rip the bottle fro his face and was successful but only to find it empty.
" What the hell are you doing man? Are you trying to hurt yourself?" Gus asked in a worried tone.
" Hey…man ummm I don't think so….but I just saw Niki making out with star football player…and I lost control, I ummm need to leave now, drive me….home?" Tad said while wobbling and hiccuping.
" Are you out of your mind your dad would have my ass if I brought home like this, and who cares you and Niki are not exclusive anyway fling sure, flirting a lot sure but no official." Gus exclaimed.
While Tad was listening he found his keys in his pocket and bolted to the door and into his truck before Gus could catch him. Truck started and in gear Tad takes off. Half way down the dirt road Tad starts swerving and then loses control of the truck and running right into a tree. He blacks out and loses consciousness to be brought to by the warm sensation of blood running down his face and side. He hears someone yelling faintly in the background, Gus had managed to catch up to him and called 9-1-1.
" Hang on man helps on the way just stay with me." Gus said loudly with tears rolling down his face. Tad put his hand up and whispered " I'm sorry."
Tad faded out again but could see red and blue lights behind his eyelids. Gus is yelling for them to come quickly and to save his friend. The paramedics load Tad up after getting him stable and rush to the hospital.