Chapter 11 - Telling Mum (part 1)

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The next day.

I woke up at 10:30am. I stumbled out of bed, put my dressing gown on and walked downstairs. I saw Mum sat in the living room with a cup of tea and the laptop.

"Morning" I announced

"Morning" She mumbled.

"You OK Mum?" I asked her.

"Yeah marvellous" She replied sarcastically.

"OK" I answered, before walking off to the kitchen.

"Tula?" She called.

"Yeah?" I responded, emerging from the kitchen.

"I went to put your hair dryer in your drawer and I found this" She told me, shoving the cocaine in my hand.

"I was gonna tell you!" I protested.

"No you weren't, Tula! Not unless you were forced to" She snapped.

"I was, Mum, I swear!" I added.

"Don't lie to me! How long have you been doing this for?!" She demanded.

"Months" I admitted.

"Is that why you wouldn't go to school?" She asked me.

"Yeah. I had to tell the headteacher and I feared of being bullied" I admitted.

"You still should have come to me" She told me.

"I was scared Mum" I sniffed.

"Oh Tula" She cried.

"I was gonna tell you, honestly I was" I mumbled, in between small sobs.

A few hours later.

Me and Mum had sat and talked about things and she agreed to support me. I told her about the pregnancy and me getting rid of it. I didn't tell her about nicking Richard's phone though. He'd got it back so she didn't need to know about that one. I was out in the park and I saw the drug dealer I always used.

??: "Alright T, want some gear?" He asked me.

"Yeah go on then" I told him.

I shoved a tenner in his hand and he gave me some and walked off again. I know I'd said to people around me I was gonna try and stop but I just couldn't. I saw Danny in the park, with his girlfriend. He left her sat on a bench and wandered over to me. I quickly shoved the drugs in my pocket. He came and sat next to me.

"Alright T?" He smiled.

"Yeah you?" I replied.

"Yeah, you wanna come and sit with me and Ruby?" He asked me.

"Nah I'm good, I'm gonna get going anyway" I told him.

"Alright, well some other time maybe?" He suggested.

"Yeah maybe, look I need to go, I'll see you soon" I added.

Danny text me a few hours later, when I was back at home. I sighed and unlocked my phone.

From Danny:

Are you OK T? You seemed a bit out of it in the park? You've not been taking drugs again have you? x

To Danny:

Yeah I'm fine and no I haven't

From Danny:

OK well, if you want to talk, you know where I am. I need to go anyway cos I'm with Ruby now but if you need me, give me a shout yeah? x

To Danny:

Yeah I will do 

I locked my phone and pulled the twenty pound note out from under the bed. I was just about to take the drugs when I pushed them away. I realised that I have to stop. If I don't, I will die. Do I really want that at sixteen years old? I threw everything in the bin and went onto Facebook for a bit. I saw Richard online, as I'd forgotten to delete him.

"Rich?" I typed.

"Get lost you lying, thieving little druggie" He replied.

"Look please, I'm sorry"I typed back.

"I don't care Tula, I don't want to hear it" He answered, before logging off.

I sighed and turned the laptop off. I decided to try and go to sleep for a while, if I could even get to sleep, that is.

Half an hour later.

I couldn't sleep, so I sat up, went through my drawers and saw the cocaine in there from the other day that I hadn't taken when I didn't want it. This time I took it and boy did I feel amazing after it. I decided to go out for a walk and because I wasn't looking where I was going when I crossed the road, I went straight into the path of a speeding car, knocking me unconscious straight away....

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