Before you start to read, I just wanted to apologize, I've never been high, or around somebody who was. So I am incredibly sorry if that part sucks. haha. Also, I hope it wasn't too OOC.

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Derek walked up the steps to an old, ugly house.

He knocked on the big wooden door. A few seconds later, he could hear a small child running around and laughing.

It made him smile. The door opened and a young girl was standing there with an even younger girl attached to her leg.

"Hey, Sadie." Derek smiled and looked down at the smaller girl. "Jamieeeee." He sang and she jumped into his arms.

"Daddy!" She laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck as he spun her around.

She smiled, making Derek's heart melt. He swore she would be the only girl in his world for the rest of his life.

He set her down and looked at her. Her strawberry blond was in two pigtails on either side of her head. She had on a purple shirt with a pink heart on it, and denim overalls.

Sadie was 14. Jamie was 5. Jamie was Sadie's niece.

Sadie had a sister, her name was Lina, but she died 3 years ago. She was addicted to drugs, and one night, she took a lot more then her body could handle.

Lina and Derek were going out for a while until they had a daughter. They were both under so much stress, they couldnt be together. Derek paid child support, 100 dollars every week, and came to see her every now and then.

Sadie's mother was a dead beat. And still is. She lives with them, but barely ever takes care of them. Sadie is pretty much Jamie's mother these days.

"I'm gonna take her to the park." Derek said as she ran behind him.

Sadie put her hands on her hips and looked him square in the eyes.

"Derek, I dont think..." She started.

"Sadie!!" Jamie cried.

"Come on, It will be fine." Derek reassured her.

"Jamie, sweetheart, go back in the house really quick." Sadie said, folding her arms.

Jamie ran back in the house and Sadie shut the front door, and stood in front of Derek. She looked concerned and worried. Maybe just flat out scared.

"Derek, Your 22 years old, with no job, no house, not even a stable place." Sadie sighed. "I'm 14 years old talking to you about this. How stupid do you feel right now?"

"Pretty stupid." Derek said, looking down at his shoes.

"Get your life together, then maybe you can take her to the park." Sadie rolled her eyes and walked into the house, slamming the door on him.

He was shocked. Sadie was always extremely nice to him.

He sighed and walked back down the street. To the corner. To the dealer.

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Casey laid on her couch, watching TV, flipping through the channels and wishing she didn't drive everybody away so much.

She whiped another tear away. She had been crying since he left, which was over 3 hours ago.

There was a loud knock on the door, It scared the hell out of her.

She quickly jumped up and ran over to it. She had no clue who it would be.

As she swung it open, she gasped. Derek was slung over the railing, looking half alive.

"Derek?" She whispered, walking over to him.

"Mmmmmmhmmmm." He made a light smile with his closed.

"Oh my God. Your high!?" She whispered. She looked around, across the street. All of her neighbors who she just started to finally get along with were staring and whispering.

She reached out and pulled him into the small apartment. "How could you do this!?" She yelled, pushing him down on the couch.

"Sadie..." He slurred, falling back on the couch. She helped him back up and stared into his eyes. It was obvious he was high.

"Whos Sadie? And what about her?" Casey asked, walking into the kitchen and poured a glass of water.

She had no clue how to deal with a high person. She never really talked to anybody like that.

"Jamie's aunt. Lina's sister." Derek called out. "And why is your house spinning?"

Casey rolled her eyes and chuckled as she walked in with the glass.

"Its not. And who's Lina and Jamie? God, you lost me." She handed him the glass and stood back up.

She tried so hard to keep her cool. She didn't want him to leave again. She was so mad at the fact that he went and got high. But she tried as hard as she could to be OK with it.

Even though it was tearing her her apart.

'Ughh.' Derek groaned as he tried to take a sip of the water.

"I don't know." He started to laugh. But Casey found no humor in it.

He was really high and she couldn't stand it. Her cool was running down faster and faster, she was going to burst.

"Your so nice. Why are you so nice?" Derek asked her, scratching his head.

Casey shook her head and studied his every move. It was just so diffrent from how she remembered him.

"I'm not. I'm not nice at all. That's why everybody hates me so much." She threw her hands in the air and tears came to her eyes.

"No. no no no no no no no no no. Nobody hates you!?" Derek yelled, his eyes closed.

"Yes they do." Casey said through her tears. She was so caught up in her own drama-filled world that she almost forgot Derek was still high.

She sniffed as he opened his eyes. The tears started to fall.

"No, Don't cry." He smiled and wrapped his arms around her.

She looked around the room as held on to her, tighter and tighter. She slowly lifted her arms and gently wrapped them around him. She was so confused.

"Thank, You?" She said slowly, arching her eyebrows.

"Anytimeeee." Derek said, pulling away.

They sat there for a moment. Just staring at each other. Casey didn't know what she was feeling. It was an emotion was was all new to. One she never felt before.

She looked into his eyes. But saw nothing but drugs and immaturity.

He slowly started to lean into her.

She didn't move. She couldn't grip reality. This couldn't be happening.

As his lips touched hers, it became real. Her heart started to beat faster and she slowly closed her eyes.

Somebody actually wanted her. Somebody didn't want to leave. And that somebody was Derek?

She quickly pulled away and looked at him. There was hurt in her eyes and confusion.

"What?" He chuckled.

She shook her head as tears came back to her eyes.

She quickly got up and started to walk away. "Where are you going!?" Derek yelled back. He tried to stand, but it seemed almost impossible.

"It cant deal with this. Talk to me when your not high." Casey shook her head and grabbed her purse from the small table next to the door.

"You leaving me here, alone?" Derek asked.

"Yea, whatever." She slammed the door without thinking, and walked down the front steps.

Nothing was going to be the same.