The Sound Of Madness

Part One

Zach's POV

It all started like this, very quickly. And maybe if I would have...said something? Maybe he would be better? Maybe he wouldn't be so...damaged. If I would have told him it was a bad idea, he'd be okay. But instead, I let him do it. I let him ruin his life.
So...here's how the story goes.

~Five years ago~
-3rd person-
Brent and Zach were invited to a party. And being so young, that's what they lived for. They loved simply going to someone's house, getting drunk, and trashing the place all for free.
And I wish I could say that the only thing done there, was just that. But it wasn't.
Everyone's mother always said, "Once you get older, drugs will be everywhere. And you need to say no." And maybe Brent's mother didn't say it enough? Or maybe he just didn't care?
Either way, drugs took over Brent. And it all started at a party. A god damn simple party.

"Hey man, quit it. My parents are gonna come home and if they find out I had a party, they'll freak. Especially if you break that." Brian glared at Brent, who was holding a large, empty vase in his hands. A smirk crept across Brent's face as he lightly tossed it in the air and caught it when it came down.
"What? You don't trust me?" Brent grinned wide, eyeing the vase. Then he tossed it at Brian, who panicked as he jumped for it. Everyone laughed and Brian sighed, standing up and going to put the vase in his parents room.
"What a wuss." Brent chuckled, making sure Brian couldn't hear him.
When he came back, Nick, the oldest of the bunch, pulled out four plastic bags from his coat pocket. They were full of some sort of powder. Brent and Zach eyed it carefully and then looked up at Nick curiously.
The only people left at Brian's house was Brent, Zach, and Nick. And Brian's parents weren't supposed to be home for a few days, for they were on a business trip. The party was pretty lame to be honest, and the only reason Brent and Zach stayed, was because they had nothing better to do that night.
Neither of them liked Brian very much, but he had booze and that's all that mattered to them.
"Is that..?" Zach started and Nick smirked and nodded. He began to open up the bag and he poured some onto the coffee table.

Brent stared at it in awe, he had never seen it in person before. It was always something you only saw on television or ads in a magazine telling teenagers to not do drugs.

It was no surprise to Nick, that Brent was the one to cave first. Brent was always the one to pose as a badass, and he'd do anything to keep that reputation afloat.
Brent scooted closer to the coffee table and Zach immediately grabbed his shoulder aggressively.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing?" Zach looked at Brent like he was insane.
"I'm gonna do this, aren't you? What? Are you scared?" Brent mocked his best friend jokingly.
Zach nodded, "Hell yeah I am man...you're not doing this.." He kept ahold on Brent and eventually Brent yanked away.

"Fine...be a pussy if you want. But I'm a man, and I'm doing it." Brent scoffed and turned to Nick who had been listening to the two bicker, he seemed very amused.
"Alright so...these two bags are just regular cocaine, and those two bags are cocaine mixed with OxyContin. Which is like a hardcore pain killer, and blah blah blah. That doesn't really matter though." Nick talked to calmly about it, as if they were doing something normal.
Brent reached for one of the bags that had OxyContin in it. He had the mindset of "go big or go home".
Zach watched, not sure what exactly to do. He was scared to death, and he didn't want his friend to get hurt.
Brent poured the mixture onto the table and formed it into a line.

"Oh, I see you already know the procedure." Nick smirked, doing the same with his coke.
Brent smiled and leaned down, beginning to inhale the drug into his system.
Zach got up and stormed out the door, he couldn't take watching this.
Brent got up after him, and ran out onto the lawn. He could already feel the drugs effects kicking in and he became a bit loopy.
"Hey Zach! Where ya goin' buddy?!" Brent yelled after his friend, who was stomping towards the sidewalk.
Zach turned around when Brent got close, and socked him in the jaw as hard as he could, causing Brent to fall to the ground. He held his jaw in his hand and groaned.
Zach had tears rolling down his face. "How the fuck could you do this, Brent?! I thought you were better than this! You're supposed to be my role model! You're the older one! But instead you think you're some badass who has to do cocaine to be cool?!"
Brent eventually got to his feet, still holding his jaw.
"You know what?! You're just mad because...because..." And then Brent fell to the ground again, completely unconscious.
Zach freaked out and rushed to his side, slapping his friends face lightly.
"Brent?! Brent wake up!" He yelled, and after a few more attempts, he realized that something was seriously wrong.