Speak Up (TONI X OC) -The Wilds

Chapter 9

TW: addiction

Parker's POV

We eventually did move to Gold Cliff Beach. It was tiring to carry everything over but the ghost of Toni's lips on mine from the ocean earlier kept my spirits high. Well it was her lips and something else...

When I got my backpack back, I found something I had secretly been itching desperately for these past few days. A bottle of pills. Oxycodone. 

I had them prescribed to me when the accident happened and I went through them much faster than I should have. I enjoyed the high, it made the bad memories fade and gave me an escape. I know it's bad and I should stop, but I'm not dead yet, right? When the doctor stopped my prescription I found a dealer through a friend. Eventually just swallowing the pills wasn't enough. I started to snort them, that's when Leah found me passed out in my room with a bloody nose. I almost OD'd. 

Flashback, Leah's POV

I just got back from another date with Jeff, my heart was full and I danced around the house with my earbuds in. I was about to go work on some homework but thought to check in on Parker, she had been acting off lately. 

As I approached her room I could here her music blasting loudly. 

I take my earbuds out and knock on the door, "Hey, P! How you doing? Did you have enough to eat today? I could make you a sandwich if you want...mom got that good sourdough bread again." 

There was no response which was unsurprising as Parker hadn't been speaking, only to me occasionally. I open the door and begin to walk in but freeze in my tracks at the sight in front of me. 

Parker lay on her bedroom floor, a plastic bag with a few pills was right next to her. Blood ran from her nose and white powder dusted the tip of it. She was unconscious. I ran over and shook her shoulders. 

"Parker! Parker, wake up!" My voice shook as fear coursed through me. 

I let out a sigh of relief as she groggily opened her eyes. "L-Leah?"

"Yeah. Hey, eyes on me. What did you take and how much?"

Flashback over

After that happened I was sent to rehab. Of course I was still very traumatized and bad habits are hard to shake. After a run in with some jerk from high school that scared the shit out of me and led to another bad panic attack, I contacted my dealer again. That was only a few weeks before we were sent on this "retreat". Addiction's a bitch. 

The oxy makes me more drowsy but the high it gives my body is worth it. I could tell that my tolerance had definitely gone down from these past 15 days of not having it as I was feeling it pretty strong. 

"Yeah, well, it's not exactly the promised land, but it's as good as were gonna get" Dot announced when we got there. "And look, comes pre-furnished". 

Dot ended up resigning as group leader and gave the lighter to Rachel which I was honestly not too pleased about. 

"Wanna go collect some sticks for a shelter and maybe a fire?" Toni asked me. 

"Sure" I smiled. 

We walked into the woods. 

"I love the wilderness." I sighed happily. 

Toni gazed at me with a look of confusion, "yeah well I would love it a lot more if we weren't stuck here."

I felt my mind and body get higher and higher and tried to ignore the slight spinning of the forest and Toni around me.