Chapter 21: All Your Fault Pt.1

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MAJOR TW! DRUG ABUSE/DRUG USE

MAJOR TW! DRUG ABUSE/DRUG USE

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•EIGHT YEARS AGO•
AGE EIGHT

"C'mon!" One of my brother's friends shoves the weird box in my face, I laugh, shoving them away.

"Where'd you even get those?" My brother, Darian asks from next to me.

"Dude, are you special? Pharmacies sell motion sickness pills everywhere!" He drawls out, clearly, high.

"You can get high off motion sickness pills? Like the things you get in car rides and stuff?" My brother nudges, warning me to shut up. He usually doesn't let me come around his room when his friends are around, but this time was special and I didn't want to ruin it.

"Darian don't be a dick, Ares you wanna try some? They make you feel good." I stare down at the yellow CVS package, Darian's friends took them, and they're fine, why wouldn't I be? I don't see a problem with them, they make you feel good, I don't know why my mom is always yelling at my brother about them.

"If he freaks out, that's on you guys," Darian says, getting up and leaving me with a bunch of random teenagers.

Hard Knock Life by JAY-Z blasts from Darian's stereo, I don't like his music very much but he always gets mad when I say something about it.

I take the small white pill that his friends offering me, popping it in my mouth and dry swallowing. "Holy shit!" One of them laughs. "He's a pro, wonder where he got the genes from."

"Yeah those Dad jokes are getting old, now stop trying to get my brother to look like an idiot and shut the fuck up." Darian walks back in, a stressed look on his face.

"You good?" Maxxy asks, she's the only one of his female friends. I don't think that's her real name, but everyone calls her that and I pretty much always do what everyone else does.

My brother nods, taking the same pill I took and swallowing it down with a brown liquid.

Twenty minutes later I started to feel dizzy, and multiple versions of his friends started clouding my vision. "Dar, I don't feel good," I complain, tugging on his jesery.

His friends start giggling and shit, making me glare at them. I'm not some baby, I can handle it. Darian looks over at me lazily. "What'd you expect? You took shit, just enjoy it and don't waste it."

Just to prove myself to his stupid little friends I grab two more pills, swallowing it down with Darian's weird drink. My brother looks over at me, with a blank look face. "Better stop now kid," He says dryly. "Gonna end up like me."

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