The broken ones

Not that addicted

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When Friday came, Jenny and Edna could not wait for after school. So when classes were over, they quickly head to the hidden room when the campus was empty.

" So first we clean..." Jenny says as they walk down the stairs after she locked the trap door.

" and then we decorate..." Edna says. They stop for a minute and faced each other.

" How do we decorate ? " They both said in sync. They had a lot of ideas in mind but couldn't think of how they will get all the materials they need.

" We need to go shopping.. " Jenny tells her and Edna nods her head in agreement. " but first let's start cleaning..."

Edna went back upstairs to the art room to get some cleaning materials and brought everything down stairs. Jenny played some music on her phone, and started wiping the tables.

" Ew look.." She says with a disgusted look on her face and shows Edna the paper towel full of dirt and dust.

Kpop songs started to play on shuffle.
" You like Kpop Jen ? " Edna asked curiously.

" Yeah I do... " Jenny answers immediately.

" Really ?! Me too! " Edna gasped. Pentagon's 'shine' started to play and they both dance and sang throughout the whole song. Jenny climbs up the table and started dancing while Edna uses the tip of the broom as her microphone.

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Meanwhile, on the very streets of the plain ugly town. Neil strides his way through an alleyway, leading to an empty perilous garage. He walks up to a group of young teens who of course were rebellious rascals.

" Hey wassup Neil! " One of the them says as the guy grips his arms around Neil's shoulders.

Neil somewhat looked a bit timid and uncomfortable but none of them seemed to noticed.

" Came for another round ? " A girl tells him. By her appearance and self morale, she's the prominent one of the group. The one that brings them all together. No one knows her name, no one knows each other's name. But somehow they know Neil's. Everyone says that if ever she tells you her name, you won't be able to hear it again. Meaning, you'll die.

She hands a bottle of alcohol to Neil and he hesitates to accept it. " Take it..." The guy says.
Neil quickly takes it from the girl and takes a gulp.

All the other teens were in different cliques. Some smoking at the side, the others playing cards, the rest drinking and playing fight with one another. They were about 14 of them, that includes Neil.

None of them were wearing the same school uniform as him. They were all drop outs. Teens that lost hope and their dreams. They call themselves a gang, such notorious and atrocious gang of Norton town. But no one is aware of their existence.

" Neil. Since you're our new recruit. Take this too.. a reward. " The girl says, handing him a small bag of drugs. Neil looks at her, full of doubt and fear displayed on his face. He starts to regret coming here, he regrets joining this cult or gang or whatever the hell they call it. He steps back away from them, shaking his head side to side.

" Come on! Just a few is fine. " She tells him but Neil still refused.

After a few more denies, the girl gives up.
" Maybe next time... " She says.

Oh there is no next time. Neil says to himself. Just last month, he thought joining them would help him escape his wild thoughts. He thought he was able to escape his problems. But the fear and consequences of doing these things, bothered him more. He knew this isn't him, not at all.

The girl walks away with the others, leaving Neil behind.

Neil settles down on a pile of broken woods and boxes next to the group who were smoking. One of the guy turns to look at Neil and he quietly hands him a cigarette. But Neil refused that too.

" This is enough..." Neil tells him as he waves the bottle of alcohol in the air. He takes another gulp, its content burning his throat.

" You must be the new guy. " The dude says, blowing out smoke from his mouth. Neil holds his breath, trying so hard not to cough as the smoke lands onto his face.

" Why did you join ? " He asked. " I mean you don't want to smoke, you refused taking the drugs she's giving you..."

Neil thought about it for a second. " I just wanted to escape from things. " He tells the guy. Which was true, he did want to escape but not this way.

" Well this is not the place for you. If I were you, I'd quit now or she..." The guy points at the girl who tried to give Neil the drugs...
" Gets control of you..." He says, shoving the cigarette into his mouth again.

" Who is she anyways ? " Neil asked, hoping that the guy knows her name.

" No one knows... but we call her Angel. We just don't know her real name. You do know what will happen if we find out right ? " The guy raised his right eyebrow as he looks at Neil.

Neil stares back right at the guy's eyes and can't help but feel attracted by the way he looks. He looks just like Neil's age, just a bit ragged.

But Neil shrugged that thought away because he knows, he isn't able to show that part of him.

" You'll die.. " Neil answers and the guy nods.

" So you better get going and never come back..."

He was right. If Neil doesn't leave and decides to stay in this gang, his whole life will be dedicated to that girl. Angel. It's like writing a contract, signing his entire body into doing drugs throughout his entire life. He doesn't want that.

" I should go... " Neil finally says, throwing the bottle of alcohol aside. He gets up and brushed all the dirt off his pants.

" I'll tell Angel that you're quitting. She won't mind since you're new..." The guy smirks, sending Neil off to whole world of butterflies.

" By the way..." The guy drops his cigarette on the ground and steps on it to put it out. He looks right back up at Neil with that devilish smile of his. " Since you won't be coming back... what's your name ? " He asked.

Neil chuckles slightly but soon drops his smile as he realized what he was feeling. " Neil... call me Neil...yours ? "

If Neil really isn't coming back, then might as well get the guy's name. He wanted to know and remember it.

" Rj.. "