Lost In You

Chapter 39

Stephanie's POV

"Gabby what's wrong?" I asked looking over my best friend standing outside my room.

"I need help. I'm trying so hard but I don't know if I can do this." she said walking into my room. Her eyes were puffy and she was shifting side to side the way Kevin does when he was high.

"Oh shit. What are you so stressed about? You're hanging on by a thread." I said realizing she was craving drugs. Whenever Kevin got overwhelmed he would start twitching and itching until he could get high again. "Tell me what happened.'' She sat down and explained the situation and I didn't know what to tell her. She had her whole life in front of her and here she was stressing over somebody who's not even good for her.

"It's gonna be okay love." I hugged her and she pulled away. "No it isn't. I'm anxious Steph I don't know what to do and It feels like I can't breathe." she started sobbing and I offered to go out. When we got to the club I called Nico and he was just now walking in.

"What's got her frown upside down?" he said after hugging Gabby who was just sitting there.

"Girl problems." he nodded and ordered us a drink which turned into 4 and 5 shots for Gabby alone. She took each shot like she was trying to hide her cravings for what she really wanted and I just hoped it would work. "That girl can dance her ass off." I felt Nico sitting next to me. "Where is she?"

"bathroom " he answered and I relaxed. We sat there and got so lost in our conversation that we didn't realize that Gabby never came out the bathroom. I saw a girl stumble out the bathroom and I excused myself to go in there. I opened the door and didn't see anything but I could hear someone crying softly in the last stall. I went there and knocked but the door slightly opened.

"Hey are you okay?" I asked and got no answer. I poked my head in and I almost had a heart attack. She was slumped over the toilet seat with a strap wrapped around her upper arm. She was shaking and holding a needle on the other one. "Gabby where did you get that?"

"Some girl gave it to me, but I'm so anxious I can't stop shaking." she said irritatingly.

"Gabby that's not clean okay you don't know where she got it from and you worked so hard on getting clean. Please don't do this.'' The needle was so close to her skin that I didn't want to make any sudden move so it didn't jam into her. "I just need a little bit please." she begged and tried to poke herself again. I moved forward and grabbed her hand.

"Gabriella look at me, you're better than this." I said, making her look at me and she laughed. "I'm really not. I just want to feel better." she was breaking down and I didn't know what to do. Nico didn't need to know about any of this because it would raise too many questions. So I called Reagan. I called three times and got sent to voicemail. I grabbed Gabby's phone and dialed Kenna's number and she picked up on the first ring.

"Gabby?" she said, sounding like she just woke up "it's like 3 in the morning are you okay?"

"Hey sorry it's Stephanie, I'm her best friend. I called your sister and she didn't answer. I need help. I've been drinking and can't drive and Gabby, she's not in a good mental space right now and I don't know how to stop her from doing this. Can you please get here as fast as you can?" she asked for the address and said she was on her way. I looked at Gabby and tried to get the needle again and she started fighting me not wanting to let it go.