[06]: Getting Clean

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PRESENT TIME

"Hey, I'm Zelena

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"Hey, I'm Zelena. I'm an addict." Zelena Lincoln stood in front of her NA group. Rue had just shared, but now it was her turn. Rue talked about how she met someone and how that someone had helped, and Zelena figured it was Jules. After what happened at Nate's party, she's been somewhat keeping her distance from Jules.

"Hi, Zelena." She heard the chorus of everyone speak.

"And I've been clean for 60 days." Zelena slightly lied. It's been 60 days since rehab, but she hasn't been clean the entire time. [i'm pretty sure euphoria has like big-time jumps we don't even notice bc 6 months went by between the first and last episode]

For the record, Zee and I weren't not... not telling the truth. We've both actually been doing very well. Because the morning after Zelena's date with Nate, she went to the hospital to check on Tyler, where he was still in a coma, and then she spent much more time with Nate. The other night, she and Nate threw a party at Nate's house; she got high and dozed off into a high sleep, which, when you fall asleep while high, it's a night of very, very deep sleep, and she basically disappeared for 16 hours, and Benjamin was not happy.

FLASHBACK

Nate Jacobs had just dropped Zelena Lincoln off at home after waking her up at around 5 am when he woke up to go to the bathroom. Zelena tried to make it back to her room quietly, but then the hall light came on, and Benjamin was standing in the hallway, and he was not happy.

"Where have you been?" He asked. Zelena stopped and turned around to face her brother.

"Sorry, my phone died." She lied.

"Bullshit. You're doing drugs." He said, and Zelena rolled her eyes. Whenever her brother accused her of doing drugs when in fact, she wasn't doing drugs, it made her want to do drugs to spite him.

"I'm not doing drugs." She responded calmly.

"Then where have you been? And why weren't you answering your phone? And why are you sneaking into the house." Benjamin asked, walking down the hallway towards his sister.

"A, I was with someone. B, I wasn't answering my phone because it died, as I said. And C, I was sneaking into the house, so I didn't wake you up. Can I go to bed now?" Zelena asked.

"Who were you with?" Benjamin asked.

"It does...-It doesn't matter, Benny," Zelena said.

"It matters, Zelena. It matters. You're doing drugs." Benjamin said, and then he took a deep breath, getting closer to Zelena until they were almost face to face. "I will not allow you to walk up into this house at 5:30 in the morning and lie to my face. So tell me the truth right now. Where were you?" Benjamin asked.

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