Game Over

Chapter 2. Hi, high.

I woke up to the noise of my stomach grumbling, and I forgot I hadn't eaten all day. I fell asleep while everyone else had dinner and I guess the girls didn't wanna wake me up. So I snuck downstairs, not knowing if this was forbidden or not but I'm assuming it is. I tip toed to the cabinet slowly opening it to make sure I didn't wake anyone else up. As I was grabbing a brownie, I heard other people. It sounded like... what did it sound like? I got closer to the source of the sound and I realized it was two people kissing. I didn't have my contacts in so I couldn't exactly make out who it was, (hahah no pun intended) and all I could do was squint. Still nothing. It's probably Grayson and Raven, but seriously at 3am In the morning? Do you really need to be doing that? I slowly went to return to my room when I made a loud creak on the stairs. Oh shit. A door swiftly opened, and all I could think of doing was quickly running down the stairs and hiding. I didn't make it in time, but hey, atleast I tried. Someone whispered yelled at me and asked what I was doing.

I had half a brownie in my mouth, and tried to say "look I got hungry" but it turned out to sound like "loooook I gohat hungwrary" I looked up at who it was. It was Grayson. Thank god. But wait- if that's Grayson, then who's downstairs? Is raven cheating?

"Uhhh... Charlie where'd you get those brownies from."

"I got em from the cabinet." I started chewing faster and swallowing more of the brownie chunks.

"Charlie, those aren't normal brownies."

My eyes went wide. Oh no, does he mean-

"They're pot brownies, we had this stoner guy and he use to stash them in the cabinet before he got kicked out for other reasons."

"That'd be nice to know before I just ate half of it. Oh well.. I'm going back to bed anyways it won't matter."

"I don't think that's a good idea Charlie, he use to go on some crazy trips..."

Of course the brownies I get are laced. I can't just have a simple day here.

"But if I go to bed now while I'm feeling fine, then it won't matter."

"He use to do the same thing, but he slept walked. Once he almost got hit by a car because of that. I had to chase him down the road."

I looked at Grayson, and he looked very concerned. "No need to worry." I smiled. I'll be fine, I've been high plenty of times. I went to go up the stairs but the stairs disappeared and became a climbing wall. Oh no, these were the death of 8 year old me. I sucked at this. I looked over to Grayson and he was decked out in climbing gear. What the fuck? I looked down below and saw that this climbing wall was unusually and dangerously high. Hahaha, like me. Dangerously high. Grayson surpassed me in climbing and I couldn't make a move because I was petrified. "Grayson come back!" I cried. He looked down at me and fell off. I went to go scream but no sound would come out. I had just watched him die. I blinked a tear away and suddenly I was balancing on a tight rope above shark infested water. Grayson was behind me on the tight rope, and pushed me off and I began falling but I was in a swarm of colors, and I saw people I've never seen before and places I've never known to exist. Is this what it feels like to be god? Does he get flashes of light like this and create it? Am I god? When I finally hit the ground, I opened my eyes and bursted out crying. I was now in graysons lap, staring up at his face. "Are you real?" I poked his cheek. "Yes I'm real. You've been here the whole time with me for about an hour."

"An hour? But- it felt like a few minutes..."

"It should be wearing off soon."

"I'm scared, Gray. I'm scared."

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I woke up, and I was in my bed. Oh my god, it was just a dream... it didn't all happen. I was relieved, because I'd be so embarrassed if Grayson watched me be high and cry. That's just embarrassing if anyone saw that.