Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Chapter 29

"Could you come here? I need your guys' help."

"Sure, we'll be there in a few minutes."

Cody ends the call. I don't know what to do so I think it's better if my friends could help me.

"Where are you going?" Dan looks at me as I reach for the doorknob.

"Outside the hospital."

"Just be safe." Dan returns to sleeping.

I open the door and I go outside to this store. There are only a few people inside and it's not that clean but as long as I can buy what I want.

I know it's underaged drinking but I do love me some beer. I get 3 bottles and bring it to the counter, this is the time that I start to bargain with the employee.

The cashier is slow at everything and he just ignored that I'm bringing beer to the counter, I guess there's no need for bargaining then. I go back to the front of the hospital because drinking inside is not allowed. I started getting addicted when I was 13 when Stephen accidentally gave me a glass of beer instead of iced tea and I liked the taste of it so I asked Stephen to fill it up again, but he realized it was beer so he didn't give me another shot. Dan knows I'm drinking and he's fine as long as I don't get drunk because when I'm drunk I say random stuff and I hurt people sometimes.

I see a guy walking near me to smoke, I'm staying in the smoking area so it's no surprise if people come here with 2 packs of cigarettes. But this guy has 5 packs of cigarettes and he has a heavy beard and his skin is dark brown so I guess he's a heavy smoker. He also has a bandage on his right hand and his right foot also has bandages.

"Isn't that underaged drinking?" The guy asks me as he lights his first cigarette.

"Don't you think it's overkill when you smoke 5 packs of cigarettes all at once?"

"Woah, be cool. I was just asking you." The guy starts to smoke as he exhales with smoke coming out of his mouth. I'm not a fan of smoking but I have a feeling that when I start smoking I'll get addicted right away and I'll be sick like all smokers.

"Sorry, I think I got slightly drunk right there." I finish my first bottle and start drinking my second bottle. I want to finish it before my friends come back because I don't want them to know that I drink beer.

"How old are you anyways?"

"15. You?"

"31. You drink all the time?"

"Nah, I just drink once every week. Plus, I don't like to get drunk." I closely keep an eye on him just in case he's an agent from Lars.

"I don't drink but would you want to try to smoke?" He hands me a cigarette and a lighter. "First few times might be painful but it does get better if you keep on smoking."

"No thanks I think just breaking one rule is enough. Underaged drinking is just for me."

"Okay then." He puts the cigarette and lighter in his pocket. His right pocket has his cigarette boxes but his left pocket is suspiciously heavy, it looks like he has a gun, more specifically a pistol inside his pocket. "You have a brother?"

This guy is suspiciously asking private information from me and he looks like he's gonna point his gun at me at any second.

"Only one." I finish my second beer and I go for my third bottle. My head does start to become a painful and I'm starting to feel dizzy.

"Woah, drink slowly. Just advice, if you drink fast, the faster you become drunk."

"I'm fine, I'm like this everytime I drink."