Addiction

Chapter 1

~ Addiction ~

November 3rd

My brother, my brother, i'm embarrassed by my brother. I wrote on my arm with a sharpie. My brother, Lee..well he does drugs. It's his..addiction. Tomorrow i'll be starting school again since that.. 'thing' happened. The fact of the strong odor of cigarettes and alcohol doesn't help school being easier much. He would sit on the couch watching some horror show on tv, smoking and getting drunk with his slutty girlfriend Ashely. 3 hours, 4 hours, 5, i wait to be awoken from this nightmare...years! and still nothing. I walk into the kitchen to prepare dinner for myself, as always.

"Get that can ah, beer wont cha Richie?" Lee exclaimed drunkenly.

I ignore him. I went to my room, turn out the lights, and sleep..thinking this to be over.

November 4th

Lee isn't home... 'good' i thought. Finally going to school. Maybe i'll meet friends, not those old guys off the streets. Real ones. I got dressed in my ripped jeans and t-shirt getting ready for a lifetime of hatred. When I got on the bus everyone seemed to stare at me like I was nude, or the living dead. I sat next to a boy who scooted away from me as I sat. He was different looking than the others, tan, skinny, like..handsome. The bus stopped,

"could you move?" he said with tears in his eyes.

He reminded me of lee before he started using ecstasy.

"There are no seats left.." I said,frightened of what he would think of me.

"That's fine" he laughed "I'm Alex, Are you new?"

What he said surprised me, i thought he would yell at me or be disgusted with me. I wasn't that beautiful.

"I'm Richie, Richie Folton" i stuttered. "I went here before...but i dropped out cause."

i didn't finish my sentence, I just couldn't. The bus stopped at school, He quickly took out a purple sharpie and wrote a number on my hand, i read it, "215-4765-9901" it read.

November 6th

I hate first period. I hate everyone in it. Mostly Brea Jackson, the class pretty. I hate all my classes, just not English. It's the only class i have with Alex. We were in the middle of learning about Poems when the office called in from the loud speaker.

"Richie Folton, Please report to the office..Thank you."

Everyone stared at me as i walked to the office.

"Hello Miss. Folton" the lady at the office greeted me.

"I'd like to talk to you in private please, if you do not mind."

I followed her to her office.

"I saw you were talking to Alex Williams." she explained.

"Well yes. He's very.. nice" i replied.

"Stay away from him." Her friendly tone changed to very serious.

"He always causes trouble..Miss. Folton, Please understand." She pleaded. "Stay away from him. The last girl he was seen with vanished...That is all i needed from you. Good bye."

I walked out of the room. Alex saw me in the hallway, smiled and waved. How could he possibly be so bad.

November 8th

Lee almost got arrested today. I hope he would. I'd love to have him out of this house. Alex called me this morning, i've never had a friend call me since the accident..actually, i've never had a friend to call me. The phone rang.