Where I Belong |luke hemmings|

Chapter 22

This has drug use in it, pre-warning you. I do not condone drug use nor do I influence it, its just for the story.

Kayla's POV

I kept running, I ran for a few minutes until I came to a dead end, I looked around, nothing.

I heard a noise and m head shot round to where it came from, "Silly little girl Kayla" Kieran's voice rang out, "All I wanted from you was to see if you wanted to be friends" he said, I gulped, "You see, my guess is that you were running from someone or some people, friends? Family? Boyfriend? Whatever, you were running from them due to whatever reason, isn't that right?" he said, "Maybe" I said, "What happened Kayla? I can help you" he said coming out from the shadows, it was still light outside so I could finally see him, he was a handsome guy, his hair was light brown and short-ish, and his face was tanned, but it wasn't dark, just had a light brown glow to it.

"Nothing" I said, "You're lying. All I want to do is be your friend" he said, "You do?" I asked, he looked so sincere, so helpful, as though he really wanted to be my friend, "Fine. My boyfriend kissed multiple girls last night, my step brother told me I fucked my life up, m other two best friends told me the same thing, and I haven't spoke to my two childhood best friends in months 'cause we had an argument and to top it off, I had the chance to pursue my dream of becoming a singer and I fucked it up" I said, "Wow, sounds complicated" Kieran said, "How about we go get a coffee to take your mind off things" he offered, "Yeah I'd like that" I said smiling a bit.

We headed towards a small coffee shop and sat inside, Kieran ordered us a small coffee each, and we sat there drinking them.

"So have you ever took drugs?" Kieran asked, "No, have you?" I asked, he sighed, "Yeah, I still do" he said, I gulped, "What do you take?" I asked, "Heroin" he said after a few seconds, "Oh" I said, everything my mother ever did came into my head, all the time I found her needles for injecting himself, all the time I saw her bruises from the injections, and then when I saw her collapse in front of me, the day she died.

"Would you like some to take your mind off thing? It really works wonders" he asked, I thought about it, what have I really got to lose?

"Yeah I might as well" I said, "Let's go to my place then" he said as we left the coffee shop and headed towards his house.

We walked towards a small rugged looking apartment block, it had boarded up windows and looked as though it was about to fall down, we walked towards the door, Kieran opened it and we walked in, instantly I was covered with a disgusting scent, it was a smell of dirt, smoke, alcohol and cigars and other stuff.

"I don't actually live here, I just get stuff from here, I have an actual house, with my mum and sister" he said laughing, I nodded as we walked up to a man, "Hey man, can I have two?" Kieran asked, "I suppose, you got my money yet?" the guy asked, "Not yet, I'm working on it" Kieran said, "Here, this will be the last 'til you get me my money boy!" he said before walking away, I suddenly realised that I really shouldn't be here, "Here you go" Kieran said hanging me the syringe full of heroin, I fought with myself before stabbing the needle into my leg and letting it take over my body.

(Sorry I dunno what effects drugs have on you or how it actually works haha)

What have I just done?

I've just made myself believe that I'm turning into my mother even more than I did before.

I don't belong here.

I'm not the kind to take drugs.

Why did I even do it?

Oh yeah, 'cause I'm a fuck up.

I gotta get out of here.

"Kieran, Im sorry but I gotta get out of here, I don't belong here, I don't fit in, this isn't my scene" I said, "You can make it your scene" Kieran said, "Im sorry Kieran, I can't make this mistake again, I can't fuck my life up even more, I can't" I said repeatedly shaking my head, "Okay, Okay, tell me where you live and i'll take you home" he said, "Its fine, i'll call my dad" I said smiling, "Thank you Kieran, for um, the heroin" I said awkwardly, "Bye" I said, "Bye Kayla" he said, walking me to the door and watching me leave.

I walked as far as I could before I needed to sit down, I couldn't call Anne, or anyone for that matter, because I left my phone in the house, I had no money, and I didn't know where I was, also I was under the influence of heroin so I couldn't go to the police, I didn't know what to do.

It was starting to get dark and I had been walking for a while and still had no recollection of where I was, there was tears all over my face, my make up was probably smeared, and I was really shitting myself in case someone kidnapped me or something, I might be a bit intimidating but I was still only a skinny little 17 year old girl, what was I gonna do if someone tried to attack me?

I stumbled around for a little while until I saw a car in the distance, the first car I have saw in miles, I walked towards it, I had to, it was my only help.

Why didn't I just let Kieran drive me home?