Heroin Heroine

Chapter 5: Life

Three months had passed since Jey and I made our agreement. I had now been living with Jey for a month. Things were good for the most part. Jey had the occasional set back, I knew withdrawls were bad and that the cravings would get worse. I was never mad when Jey slipped up. I would help him get back on track. Summer even gave Jey a job at the store.

"Hey babe! I'm going to the store want to come?"

"Yeah let me throw on some shoes!" I rolled out of bed and pulled on my shoes before running downstairs.

I was trying to rush to the car but Jey grabbed me and spun me around before kissing me.

"I'm lucky to have you."

I laughed and pushed him a bit. "Come on weirdo. I want cookies." I pulled him out to his car.

"Ok ok. Cookies for Wren." We both got in and headed to Walmart.

At Walmart we wandered the aisles grabbing whatever sounded good. Soon a group of badly dressed girls came up to us.

"Hey Jey. We're having this totally killer party tonight. You should come."

Before he had the chance to answer I spoke up. "Actually tonight's movie night. With his girlfriend."

"Who the hell are you? Jey doesn't have girlfriends."

"Actually for the past three months I've had answer girlfriend." His arm tightened around my waist. "And I love her to death. Besides I'm clean now."

The girls laughed. "Yeah right." They walked off, I had no idea how they could possibly think having such little clothing looked good.

"I'm sorry. I'm still working on getting people to stop coming to me for that sort of thing."

"It's alright babe. I know you're working on it." I kissed his cheek and threw in some ice cream.

"Come on ham. Let's get going."

I wasn't sure why he called me ham...the best I could figure was that I loved the movie Ponyo. I could practically mimic her line, 'Ham! I want ham!'. We payed and made our way home.

Once home we unloaded the car. It was movie night.

"Babe can you work on the snacks I'll go to get the movie."

"Of course. Get two."

I nodded grabbing my keys and wallet. I kissed Jey before heading out the door.

I drove down to the Walgreens where they had a redbox. I flipped through the movies before deciding on the live action versions of the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. I went into the store to get some stuff I forgot at Walmart.

I grabbed both Jey and I new eyeliners and myself black hair dye. I also grabbed us new shampoo and conditioner along with a couple pregnancy tests. I had been getting sick in the mornings recently and I just wanted to check. I doubted I was though. I paid and went home.

I walked in and Jey had everything set up. I handed him the movies before going upstairs.

"Disney movies...really?"

"Oh hush. You picked both last time."

"Ok ok you're right."

I went to put the rest of the stuff away. While I was upstairs I changed and quickly took one of the tests. I hid the unused ones in my dresser and set the one I just took out of the way somewhere Jey wouldn't see it. I went down stairs and curled up on the couch with Jey.

He wrapped his arm around me and hit play.

"I made popcorn and mixed in m&m's and peanuts. Just like you like it." He kissed my forehead.