42nd Country Road

You'll Go Mad!

The flashing lights with the memories again this time I was falling. I hit the ground hard. I was surrounded in black. It was Mark this time. He was sitting with his back facing me.

"Hey, Mark," I said. I soon saw the pill bottle next to him. I walked over and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Mark?" I asked. He whipped around, grabbing my arm. His eyes dark with rage

"Where have you been?" he said his voice was deep and darker than ever.

"I've been at home with Jack," I said scared

"Oh Ev, I'll catch on, you love him don't you? DON'T YOU?" he screamed at me

I woke back up with a jolt. I was breathing hard and I was sweating.

"Hey, hey, hey" Jack said to me, "It's okay," He said pulling me to his chest and stroking my hair.

"What time is it?" I asked getting up to grab my phone.

"It's like three in the afternoon, what's wrong?" He asked me.

"If I told you, you'd think I'm crazy," I said

"No, tell me," He said

"It's Mark, the new job, the pills, everything. Don't take the pills," I was in sheer terror. My eyes were wide my heart was racing and I had to call Mark. I reached for my phone and another call came in also from an unknown number.

"Hello?" I said biting my nails.

"Hi, it's me Mark again," He said

"Mark we can't do the tests," I said

"What, why?" He asked

"We just can't," I said

"Well, It's kinda too late because I already got you signed up and stuff."

"Mark..." The call ended as quickly as it started. I looked at Jack. He noticed my fear.

"I have an idea, get your bathing suit on," He said

A few moments later I was standing in the living room with a sky blue bathing suit. Jack came down with patterned swim trunks and towels.

"Ready?" He said. He grabbed my hand and we ran out back. We walked a little ways and in the middle of the wheat fields there was a small pond that looked calm and restless at the same time. There were dragonflies everywhere and the scene was somewhat peaceful. Jack waded into the water.

"You coming in?" He asked me

"Ya, ya," I put my foot in and then Jack grabbed my arm and yanked me in. I came back up smiling.

"What the hell?!" I yelled at him laughing

"Gotcha!" He said I splashed him. We stayed there until the sun set.

When we went inside I got a call from Mark. I picked it up immediately.

"Hey," I said.

"Hi I'm just pulling in," He said

"Okay, see you soon," I replied

After that I saw the cars headlights pull into the driveway. Mark got out with a new bag. It was large and had a hazard symbol on it. I knew it was bad and horrible. He walked into the doors.

"Hey guys," Mark said looking at me smiling.

"Hi, whatcha got there?" I said

" The painkillers," He replied "I already had one," He said, my eyes widened.

"How long ago?" I asked him.

" Like five minutes ago,"

" No, you need to throw it up," I said to him

" What, why?"

"You'll go mad," I said. I was in a frantic mood. I was terrified.