"Yah! I'm here, you can come down now", I hang up the call and look at myself once more in the mirror. Messy bun, oversize tee, jeans and my untied laces. Nothing fancy but it should do... When I step in the car, I can already smell the strong scent of cigarettes and alcohol. Has she been smoking lately...or doing drugs? And she never fucking told me about it. How come I never noticed before? Anyways, I give her a small smile which she returns and starts driving away. I'm trying so hard not to be bothered by the smell but I can't fucking help it, it's getting me nauseous and I can't fucking handle it anymore. "Maya stop the car" "Huh, what do you mean?" "I said stop the goddamn car" She hits the brakes and looks at me concerned "You good?" "I should be the one asking you that" "Alex, I really don't know what you're talking about, I'm perfectly fine" "Then explain this fucking cigarette stench in your car" With that she averts her eyes and looks down. I sigh and roll down the side window to breath in the fresh cold evening air in. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you...I swear I've only tried one pack" If you're wondering why I care about what she does even though it's her life and she can do whatever she wants with it. Maya is my stepsister, and as her older sister, I can't help but be a little worried for her. Although I rarely talk to her or engage myself with anything involving her. But to me, this is the limit. "Are you even aware of how much danger your putting yourself into by doing this shit?" She doesn't reply and just stares down her lap. I sigh for the 999th time today and stare at her. "Listen, you want to smoke, do it, you wanna drink, choice is yours, but I'm worried for your health. You know if you end up in hospital for this we don't have enough fucking money to find a doctor to cure you." I can hear her silently crying in her seat but I keep my eyes fixed in front. "I'm s-sorry, I just w-wanted to f-fit in w-with the g-gang t-that's all", she manages to stutter while sobbing. Oh yeah I forgot to say...those girls do drugs and illegal shit on the side. I never was exposed to that stuff weirdly, I thought they kept that between them and didn't tell many people about it though.
