𝗫𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆// 𝗘.𝗗.

Part 1

I woke up to the sun peaking through my curtains. I grab my phone from night stand, 6:47. I have about an hour till school starts.

God my first day back.
I can't wait to dive right back into the social hell that is high school.

I hope you can hear the sarcasm dripping from my lips.

I get up and head down stairs, I see my brother eating cereal at the table with my mom, I ruffle Lukas's hair as I head to the kitchen to grab a bowl and fruity pebbles and prepare to make myself a bowl.

"Remember Karter you are to come straight home right after school and you are going to group counseling at four" my mother shouts to me from the table. I roll my eyes and continue eating my cereal.

Time skip to school
I'm currently sitting in my car debating on going in right now. God my hearts racing right now.
Come on karter you can do this, I mentally try to tell myself it.

Fuck it let's do it.

I push the heavy metal doors open of Maxwell high aka hell.

As soon as I walk in I can already hear the gasps and whispering
"Oh my god I thought she was dead"

"Casper?"

"I heard she was locked in a mental institution"

And my personal favorite

"I thought she was in jail"

Yep that's high school.
I keep head down I walk over to my friends Cassie and Alexa.

"Oh my god you guys have no idea oh much I missed you" I tell them as I walk up to them.
"Karter!" Cassie screams at me as she comes up and squeezes the life out of me.
"Bitch you have so much to catch up on" Alexa informs as we walk to first period
Time skip to end of school
On my way home I make a stop by my friend Max.

Max is my dealer. But he's more an older brother, I've been going to him since I was 15 which was two years ago.

I pound on door of his apartment door, pulling my jacket up.

"Karter?" Max says opening the door
"Max thank god you answered I thought you weren't home for a second" I say walking into his place and taking a seat on his sofa.
"How you feelin?" He says taking hit of the blunt he's holding and sitting besides me. I know he was referring to my time in rehab.
"Well ever since I gave my life over to our lord and savior Jesus Christ things are amazing" I reply emphasizing amazing.
"Damn really?" He says with surprising look on his face.
"I'm fucking with you max" I say laughing.
"Shit man you really got me" he says putting his hand up to his chest.
"Well I have to be back home soon but I came by to see if you had anything, I was thinking some xans" I say taking the blunt out of his hand and taking a bit from it.
"Are you for real" he replies
"What? You thought just because I went to rehab I would stay clean" I say blowing the smoke out of my mouth.
"Well that's the point isn't it" he says taking the blunt back.
"Look Max I have to be back soon or my mom is going to lose her shit so can you just tell me if you have some" I say getting annoyed.
"On the dining table" he says looking not even looking at me.
"Thanks Max I owe you" I say grabbing the pills and putting them in my pocket.
"You said that the last time and the time before and time before that" he's says in joking way.
"Yeah Yeah I got to go bye max" I say leaving.

As I walked in the door I see my mother sitting on the couch, I can tell she's been waiting for me.
"School ended almost an hour ago Karter I told you to come straight home after school" she says sternly.
"I was just catching up with Cass and Lex I haven't been able to talk them in three months mom" I reply.

"Bullshit Karter you've been doing drugs" she says in a yelling tone.

"Oh my god no I haven't" I say walking away from to my room, I hear her closely following behind me.

"I'm going to drug test you after group counseling come out in fifteen for dinner than I'll drop you off" she yells from the other side of my bedroom door.

I know she's making me drive with her to make sure I go.
I groan falling onto my bed.
What the hell is even group counseling. And why do I have to go to ten hours of it.  I say to myself looking at the hour sheet I have to have the instructor/counselor sign.
This is going to suck.
There's nothing I hate more than opening up to people.
I hate making myself vulnerable to people.

Time skip to car ride to group counseling

I would be lying if I said the car ride with my mom wasn't awkward.
Cause it was awkward
As hell.
Things just haven't been the same since my dad dying.
"Hey I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier you know it's just because I worry and love you know?" She's says with a caring
look on her face.
"I know mom I love you too" I reply.
"Ok I'll pick you up at 9 ok?"
I nod my head and walk into the building.

When I walk into the room I see a bunch of middle aged people sitting in a circle.

I take a random seat my legs hitting the cold metal of the folding chair.

"Alright I think everyone's here it's time to begin" a guy says with huge smile that is dressed in tie and is dressed up way more than the rest of us are.
I assume he's our "counselor" or whatever.
"We have two new friends tonight Ethan and Karter."
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