Chapter six
According to Sigmund Freud the human mind is made up of three layers, the Ego, the Id, and the Super Ego. Only the ego is visible or on the surface, while the id and the superego remain below, but each has its own effects on the personality, nonetheless. The Id is the source of two primal instincts: the pleasure principle, and Thanatos. The pleasure principle is exactly as it sounds, the want for anything that is pleasurable to the body. Thanatos or the "death instinct," is the violent urges that all humans get at one point or another in their lives. The one that buzzes in the back of their mind every time your irritated or angry.
So what did addiction have to do with these "primal instincts?" Nothing? Everything?
Huey sat in a chair in the dining room of his home. It wasn't fair. He was so close to that sweet numb that he hadn't felt in years, why did they have to take it from him? Because they loved him? Hah! If they loved him they wouldn't want him to be in the pain he was in. If they loved him they would let him do it, just that once. Just to end his misery, if only for a few minutes.
Riley and Caesar stood at the exits of the room blocking him if he decided to make a run for it. Granddad sat at the other end of the table, a scowl seemingly permanently tattooed into his features.
The room was silent, the tension threatening to choke those in the small kitchen.
Finally it was broken, but the slow angry words seemed to only ad to the tension, "Have you lost your mind?"
Huey didn't look up at his grandfathers words. His eyes remained glued to the floor tracing the dark swirls in the wooden planks. They swirled like the smoke would swaying gently in the breeze below his special tree. His hands twitched slightly, the urge to breathe in that sweet smoke again.
"Huey-" Something snapped. Huey jumped up out of his chair and made a mad sprint towards the door. Caesar caught him by his arms and dragged him back towards the chair paying no mind to how the boy kicked and screamed to be set free.
"Caesar, man, let me go please." The sudden whisper pulled at his friends heart strings but still he refused to let his friend go free.
"This is for your own good." A swift hit to the neck and Huey's world went black.
Sorry its so short guys but I have absolutely no time to do this with school and all. R&R please! I'll post the next chapter as soon as possible.