Hunter woke up the next morning lying on the cold tile. He sat up and realized he had only a pair of jeans on and was shirtless. He squinted his eyes a few times to adjust to his surroundings. He saw he was lying in a bathroom beside the toilet. He felt something that felt like plastic in his right hand and as he opened his palm he saw a syringe that had been used. He looked at it confused and then at the stinging pain in his arm. He saw about 3 small puncture wounds in his elbow and he remembered the events of last night.
As he tried to stand up a sudden dizziness hit him. He tried to grab on to the towel rack, but the thing couldn't hold his weight as he fell back down. He immediately crawled over to the toilet and began to throw up.
Xxx
Meanwhile in school, Tori sat in her Biology class copying notes of the board. She couldn't stay at home and think about what had transpired at her house the night before. She still couldn't believe it. Hunter had feelings for her. Suddenly it all made since to her. She thought back before the incident, the way he was always there for her and protective of her.
Tori realized a sigh as she was still bothered by how Hunter had left. She was worried he was going to do something stupid. She knew he had a temper but the way he had said he didn't care anymore, also angered her. She was brought out of her thoughts by Shane's voice.
"Yo Tori!" Shane whispered from beside her. She looked up surprised at him.
"Any idea where Hunter is?" He asked as the teacher wrote some more notes on the board about how genotypes and phenotypes.
"Why would I know where Hunter is. It's not like I follow him around all the time." She said harshly as she turned her attention back to her notebook. Shane raised his eyebrows from the response by the blue clad girl. He decided it must be that time of the month and put it off as he turned around to talk to his friend Matt.
Xxx
Hunter walked out of the bathroom and into the living room of Reese's house and saw a couple of kids passed out on the floor with spilled drinks, empty cans of beer and saw a powered substance on the table with a few straws.
'What is going on dude...' He thought to himself as he rubbed his eyes and brushed his fingers through his hair.
He wasn't sure if he wanted to go and do it again. He looked at the clock and remembered that he had a few classes today. He shook his head; he had to get his hands on his own stuff. He didn't realize how much of a sudden urge he had.
He walked back into the bedroom and saw Sara wrapped in the bed sheets with her brown hair splayed across the pillow. She had her back towards him. He slowly crept towards the bed and laid down on his stomach with one of his legs off the bed. He crossed his arms and laid his head down on them. He felt the body next to him begin to move. She rolled over and faced him. She smiled as she scooted closer to him.
"Morning…" She murmured as kissed the back of his shoulder as she cuddled next to him. She rested her head on his muscular back and kissed his skin.
"Last night was amazing." She said as Hunter rolled over onto his back as he lay staring at the ceiling, his eyes filled with guilt. After a few moments of silence Sara shifted.
"What's wrong?" She asked as she propped her head up on her elbow as she looked into his blue eyes.
"I'm sorry." Hunter sighed. He regretted about what he had done to her. He had used her.
Realizing what he meant, Sara sat up wrapping the sheets around her.
"No. No you can't." Sara rambled as Hunter sighed deep as he started pulling his boxers on under the sheets before he stood up.
"I'm sorry Sara." He said as he put his jeans on.
"So what I was just some toy you thought you could play with?" Sara accused. She too began to put her clothes back on; denim jean shorts and a red tank top.
"Let's pretend that this didn't happen, okay?" Hunter pleaded as he was fully dressed. "We were drunk…" Hunter explained as Sara approached him.
"God, I can't believe you!" She huffed as she had tears in her eyes. Hunter looked into her eyes and mentally kicked himself. He swore he would never use girls and now here was a girl crying because of his lack of control.
Sara brushed his shoulder as she walked past him heading for the door. She paused as she held onto the door frame.
"It felt good didn't it…" Sara started as Hunter turned around to face her.
"The drug. Like you're on Cloud 9 and nothing can stop you. You feel invincible don't you…" Sara stated rather than questioned as she walked out the door, leaving Hunter to think about her words.
'Like nothing can stop you…' Hunter thought
Xxx
A couple of hours later and Tori was at the dress shop with Marah and Kapri trying on prom dresses.
"So what about this one? I mean does it make me look fat?" Kapri asked as she walked out in a light pink dress that had some rhinestones scattered over it.
"That looks perfect Kapri." Marah said as Kapri spun in a circle making the dress flare out.
"Definitely you look gorgeous!" Tori stated. She smiled as Kapri and Marah became engaged in conversation about how to fix her hair to make everything perfect.
Tori was deep in thought about upcoming prom. She smiled thinking about going with Blake. She was still unsure if she was going to tell her parents about him or not but it didn't matter because she was going to prom with Blake and she was ecstatic.
"Tori?" Marah asked as the blonde looked up and realized Marah had been speaking to her.
"Ready to try your dress on?" She asked as Tori nodded excitedly and followed Kapri into the changing rooms.
Xxx
It was about 5:30 in the evening as Hunter placed the needle on the bathroom sink and pulled out a few rubber bands. He wrapped it around his upper arm, slowing down the flow of the blood. His veins begin to stick out and he grabbed the needle and inserted. After a few seconds, he pulled it out and tossed the needle in the garbage. He looked at his arm; there were so many small puncture holes all around. It looked like he had chicken pox or something. All he knew was, people would notice the marks on his arms if he gave them a chance. Not something he was planning on doing, so he rolled the sleeves back down and adjusted his jacket. He took a deep breath, as he felt the drug taking effect. The good sensation that he has enjoyed and become addicted too.
Sara was right, the feeling that the high gave him was incredible and he needed more of it. He had managed to buy some more off of Reese and had gone back to his and Blake's apartment.
"Whoa…" Hunter mumbled as his sense of balance became worse. The room was starting to spin and he felt sick to his stomach. He reached for the sink in order to balance himself.
Xxx
Everyone had left from school departing their own ways. Blake and Shane had quickly driven towards Blake and Hunter's apartment. The warm air was a nice change from the cool weather that had been present earlier. Blake turned the knob and noticed the door was locked, keeping him from entering. He pulled out his key and unlocked the door. He entered the dark room and flicked the lights on. His eyes widen at what he saw in front of him. The whole living room was trashed. It was even messier then usual. A lamp had fallen over and shattered, clothes were all over the floor. Magazines were ripped to shreds and the whole place looked like a twister ripped through it.
"What the hell happened?" Blake roared. Shane stepped inside and looked all around, "Did you get robbed?"
"The door was locked. No one could get in. Goddamn it, Hunter." Blake grew irritated
Shane searched the room, through the mess for any clues. He refused to believe that Hunter would do this to his own room. He bent down and lifted up all the shredded motocross magazines. Blake sighed and picked up some of his stuff and threw it in a pile taking it to his room.
He slowly walked over to his dresser and noticed some of the drawers were opened. He opened the top one and began frantically searching around. Shane stood and turned to watch him. Curious of what he was doing. "Something the matter?"
"I had a stash of money in here." Blake responded, "It's gone. He fucking took it."
A huge crash came from the bathroom, startling the two of them. Blake closed the dresser drawer and jumped over the crap that was on the floor. He made his way towards the bathroom and opened the door quickly. Turning on the light, he found Hunter lying on the floor passed out.
"Hunter!" Shane screamed for him. Shane quickly ran over and looked over his friend's shoulder. The two of them quickly dashed over to Hunter and bent down. Shane turned him over and lifted his head up.
"Hunter. Wake up. Hunter. Hunter, please." His best friend shouted in his ear.
Blake shook him a little and slapped him in the face a bit. Nothing was working, he wouldn't wake up. Shane looked around the bathroom. The whole place was a mess. Pain killers were all sprawled out all over the floor. The red skater continued to search, and found 2 or 3 used needles. Hunter must have over dosed himself on not only pain killers, but heroin as well.
"Shane. Call the Hospital. Call 911!" He whispered, "Call someone!" He finally shouted.
Shane nodded and dashed out of the bathroom. Blake held his brother, trying to wake him up. Hunter's face was cold, his body was lifeless. The racer mumbled to himself, as he kept on trying to wake up.
"Please don't. Come on Hunter. Don't do this." He whispered as he began to tear up.
