The sunny environment of the Gold Coast warms me underneath my canvas like fabric, yet the familiarity of the cloth brings a sense of comfort; Gray is still with me. I know it. Pulling some rolling paper and a couple tree leaves from my back pocket, I blow through the joint in the moments before the bell.
Refusing to take thesunglasses from my eyes, I walk through the emptying halls, slamming the doorof my classroom shut after a lesson has already begun. Silence falls across theclass as my presence is acknowledged. Sitting down carelessly in my seat at theback of the class, a few heads turn to glance at the girl who's life has fallenapart 'oh-so-quickly'. I'm the girl who lost everything. "Larkin!" Jennawhispers desperately. Her need for contact with me goes unrequited as I can'thelp but hear her words echo through my ears soundlessly, and the four Zoloft pills from an hour ago take intoeffect, making my slightly euphoric high turn numb.
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Chasing Rainbows
Teen FictionLarkin Katherine Walker has lived a long, tragic life. At the age of twenty, the past five years have slipped by without her living them at all. So what is she going to do about it? After all, going after happiness is like chasing a fucking rainbow...
