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Spoilers: None
Rating: Rish for drug use
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"....yea...."
"Ok...but Jess....are you sure?"
"Yes, yes, I'm sure."
"Then here ya go," said Eli handing his sister a cigarette.
Jessie looked up at him a moment before taking the cigarette and putting it in her mouth. Then Eli flickered on his red lighter and put the flame underneath the end of the cigarette.
"Now take a drag," he said as he realized Jessie didn't know how to lit the cigarette.
Jessie nodded and sucked in the smoke. She immediately took out the now lit cigarette and coughed into her hand. Eli grinned and patted her on the back. After she finnished she looked from him to the cigarette then placed it in her mouth and took another, longer drag.
***
Sammler Household, 1/2 Hour Later
Knock! Knock!
Jessie quickly put out her almost finnished cigarette. Karen was at work so she and Eli were the only two home. Meaning one of them had to get the door. Without thinking about the fact that she smelled like smoke, Jessie walked out of Eli's room and walked to the door. She opened it to reveal a tall, strateuqse Katie with sad eyes.
"Katie....," said Jessie unable to think of another thing to say.
Then Katie smelled it, the distinct smell of smoke on her girlfriend, "Jessie have you been smoking?"
"What if I have? Not like it's any of your fucking buisness," snapped Jessie, she really wasn't in the mood to talk to the girl she'd thought loved her but had then went off and told everyone that she'd nailed the new freshman slut.
"What the fuck is wrong with you!" screeched Katie as she looked right into Jessie's fogged over eyes, then she looked down at the ground, and in a more soft, gentle tone she added, "it is my buisness....you're my buisness Jessie...I love you."
"Stop it! STOP IT! People who love one another don't tell everyone when they make love....but I guess it wasn't making love for you was it Katie? Hmm? It was just another fuck! That's what I am to you," screamed Jessie as tears fell down her cheeks, betraying her angry face.
"What? Jessie I never...."
"Never what? Everybody knows and I didn't say a word to anyone," said Jessie beginning to run out of steam.
"I never told anyone either Jess," said Katie honestly.
"Don't lie Katie. Just leave...please. Bye," said Jessie and before Katie had a chance to protest the door was slammed shut in her face.
***
Moments Later, Sammler Household
Jessie ran to her room and slammed the door behind her. She looked around her teeth gritted in anger but tears cascading down her face in sadness. She walked over to her bedside table and picked up the lamp there then threw it on the ground. Tears blurred her vision as the pieces scattered around the ground. She fell back on her bed, crying as she curled up into a ball.
***
Meanwhile, Katie's Car
Tears fell silently down Katie's face as she drove home. She quickly wiped them away as she pulled over. Sobbing, she rested her head on the steering wheel and let her body be wracked by the shocks and sobs she was feeling running through her body. She buried her face in her hands. What had just happened? Jessie had been smoking. What had she been talking about? Jessie had been smoking. How did everyone know? Jessie had been smoking....That was what was running on auto repeat through Katie's exhausted mind.
***
Saturday Night, 8:00
Sarah got in the car, immediately she felt something was wrong. Katie's eyes were a little red and she seemed slightly paler than usual. Sarah rationalized, it's only for a little while, she'll get over that little Sammler twit. Katie looked at her and managed a half-hearted, crooked, smile.
"Hey Kat..."
"Hey Sarah."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing...it's just that me and Jessie are having some relationship dilemas."
"Oh...I'm sure it'll all get better. After all you and Jessie really like each other. I'm sure the two of you will get over this problem."
"I'm not sure..."
"I am, there is no way Jessie could pass you up Kat. You two will work this out, I'm positive," said Sarah as she leaned over and hugged Katie.
Katie broke down and cried for a couple minutes, Sarah just let her knowing this would bring her and Katie closer, then Katie dried up her tears and pulled out of the hug looking into Sarah's eyes, "thank you sooo much Sarah."
"No problem...after all what are best friends for?"
"Best friends...I like that."
***
Week Later, Singer Household
Katie was crying into Sarah's shoulder yet again. The way Jessie had looked at her all week....It was purely hateful. Now Sarah was her only means of comfort. But even at that it was only a half-way comfort. She'd have given anything to at least be able to talk to Jessie. Anytime she started walking over Grace would come up and shoot her a venomous look and tell her to get away.
"S...Sarah," managed Katie finally.
"Yes Katie?"
"My family is going to the beach the week after school lets up, wanna come?"
"I'd love to, thanks for the invite, I'm sure my parentals won't mind," that sealed it, thought Sarah. Her plan was practically complete.
***
The Next Day, Grasser Household
Sarah ran a hand through her shoulder-length dark brown hair. She grinned evily and picked up the plastic portable phone from it's cradle on her bedside table. Then she pulled out a small black address book and flipped through it a moment before finding the number she wanted. Her fingers quickly punched in the digits and then she raised the phone to her ear.
"Speak," said an annoyed voice on the other end.
"Alexa since I know for a fact you've got the biggest mouth in the world I'd like to tell you something."
"I'm going to take that as a compliment, now spill."
"Katie Singer and I are going out."
"As in you two are an item?"
"Let me spell it out for you, K A T I E, that's Katie, and S A R A H, that's me, G O O U T," finnished Sarah before hanging up her grin back in place.
***
Monday, School
Grace leaned against a locker and watched Mr. Dimitri dreamily. Then she heard the locker beside the one she was on slam shut and she turned to see Jessie. Her eyes fell. She couldn't look Jessie in the eyes anymore. No one could. Her eyes were bloodshot from doing drugs and smoking, and she'd stopped eating. She refused to talk to anyone but Eli, though the only thing she said to him anymore was, "what's the drug for today?"
Then Grace's gaze turned and she saw Katie. Katie was pale too, almost flourescent but she still managed to look presentable. Katie glanced over at Jessie and Grace almost started crying at how sad Katie's eyes looked. But then she remembered, it was Katie's fault that Jessie was like this and she stepped in front of her step-sister, blocking her from Katie's view.
"Guess what I just heard," asked a jock.
"What," said another jock curiously.
"Sarah Grasser and Katie Singer are going out now."
"For real?"
"Damn straight."
"Wait who told you?"
"Uhhh....Katie...yea she told me."
"Cool man, well let's get to class."
Jessie had stopped walking. She looked down at her feet trying to fight back the mounting onslaught of tears forming in her eyes. Then she tried to swallow down the lump that had formed in her throat but she couldn't. She turned and ran out of the school building. It was the last day, then it would be summer and she wouldn't have to see Katie.
***
Beach, Three Days Later
Katie lay back on her towel wearing nothing but a very revealing navy blue bikini that complimented her figure. She looked great. Sarah was sitting on the towel beside her listenting to her headphones as she tanned. Thankfully Katie hadn't heard the rumors that the two were reunited, if she had Sarah wouldn't have been alive right then. Then Katie felt water splash her and she opened her eyes to see Sarah looking at her innocently with a buket of water.
Grinning Katie hopped up and chased Sarah down the beach. Sarah smiled happily. This was worth everything she'd done. This was worth ruining Jessie's life. She turned and splashed Katie again before darting off further down the beach. Katie had decided to at least act ok. She couldn't fight the sadness that overwhelmed her and so she hid it. She hid it well because everyone seemed to think she was ok.
***
Sammler Household
Jessie knocked on Eli's door before walking in. Eli looked up at her grinning. She smiled, what new drug had he landed them this time? Jessie had started doing drugs as a way to forget everything, especially Katie. Now though she couldn't stop. It was like she needed the rush of doing drugs just to keep going. Plus whenever she wasn't high or sleeping she had to think, and whenever she thought it was about Katie, then she'd start crying.
"Guess what," asked Eli stupidly.
"What?"
"I got cocaine..."
Spoilers: None
Rating: Rish for drug use
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***
"....yea...."
"Ok...but Jess....are you sure?"
"Yes, yes, I'm sure."
"Then here ya go," said Eli handing his sister a cigarette.
Jessie looked up at him a moment before taking the cigarette and putting it in her mouth. Then Eli flickered on his red lighter and put the flame underneath the end of the cigarette.
"Now take a drag," he said as he realized Jessie didn't know how to lit the cigarette.
Jessie nodded and sucked in the smoke. She immediately took out the now lit cigarette and coughed into her hand. Eli grinned and patted her on the back. After she finnished she looked from him to the cigarette then placed it in her mouth and took another, longer drag.
***
Sammler Household, 1/2 Hour Later
Knock! Knock!
Jessie quickly put out her almost finnished cigarette. Karen was at work so she and Eli were the only two home. Meaning one of them had to get the door. Without thinking about the fact that she smelled like smoke, Jessie walked out of Eli's room and walked to the door. She opened it to reveal a tall, strateuqse Katie with sad eyes.
"Katie....," said Jessie unable to think of another thing to say.
Then Katie smelled it, the distinct smell of smoke on her girlfriend, "Jessie have you been smoking?"
"What if I have? Not like it's any of your fucking buisness," snapped Jessie, she really wasn't in the mood to talk to the girl she'd thought loved her but had then went off and told everyone that she'd nailed the new freshman slut.
"What the fuck is wrong with you!" screeched Katie as she looked right into Jessie's fogged over eyes, then she looked down at the ground, and in a more soft, gentle tone she added, "it is my buisness....you're my buisness Jessie...I love you."
"Stop it! STOP IT! People who love one another don't tell everyone when they make love....but I guess it wasn't making love for you was it Katie? Hmm? It was just another fuck! That's what I am to you," screamed Jessie as tears fell down her cheeks, betraying her angry face.
"What? Jessie I never...."
"Never what? Everybody knows and I didn't say a word to anyone," said Jessie beginning to run out of steam.
"I never told anyone either Jess," said Katie honestly.
"Don't lie Katie. Just leave...please. Bye," said Jessie and before Katie had a chance to protest the door was slammed shut in her face.
***
Moments Later, Sammler Household
Jessie ran to her room and slammed the door behind her. She looked around her teeth gritted in anger but tears cascading down her face in sadness. She walked over to her bedside table and picked up the lamp there then threw it on the ground. Tears blurred her vision as the pieces scattered around the ground. She fell back on her bed, crying as she curled up into a ball.
***
Meanwhile, Katie's Car
Tears fell silently down Katie's face as she drove home. She quickly wiped them away as she pulled over. Sobbing, she rested her head on the steering wheel and let her body be wracked by the shocks and sobs she was feeling running through her body. She buried her face in her hands. What had just happened? Jessie had been smoking. What had she been talking about? Jessie had been smoking. How did everyone know? Jessie had been smoking....That was what was running on auto repeat through Katie's exhausted mind.
***
Saturday Night, 8:00
Sarah got in the car, immediately she felt something was wrong. Katie's eyes were a little red and she seemed slightly paler than usual. Sarah rationalized, it's only for a little while, she'll get over that little Sammler twit. Katie looked at her and managed a half-hearted, crooked, smile.
"Hey Kat..."
"Hey Sarah."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing...it's just that me and Jessie are having some relationship dilemas."
"Oh...I'm sure it'll all get better. After all you and Jessie really like each other. I'm sure the two of you will get over this problem."
"I'm not sure..."
"I am, there is no way Jessie could pass you up Kat. You two will work this out, I'm positive," said Sarah as she leaned over and hugged Katie.
Katie broke down and cried for a couple minutes, Sarah just let her knowing this would bring her and Katie closer, then Katie dried up her tears and pulled out of the hug looking into Sarah's eyes, "thank you sooo much Sarah."
"No problem...after all what are best friends for?"
"Best friends...I like that."
***
Week Later, Singer Household
Katie was crying into Sarah's shoulder yet again. The way Jessie had looked at her all week....It was purely hateful. Now Sarah was her only means of comfort. But even at that it was only a half-way comfort. She'd have given anything to at least be able to talk to Jessie. Anytime she started walking over Grace would come up and shoot her a venomous look and tell her to get away.
"S...Sarah," managed Katie finally.
"Yes Katie?"
"My family is going to the beach the week after school lets up, wanna come?"
"I'd love to, thanks for the invite, I'm sure my parentals won't mind," that sealed it, thought Sarah. Her plan was practically complete.
***
The Next Day, Grasser Household
Sarah ran a hand through her shoulder-length dark brown hair. She grinned evily and picked up the plastic portable phone from it's cradle on her bedside table. Then she pulled out a small black address book and flipped through it a moment before finding the number she wanted. Her fingers quickly punched in the digits and then she raised the phone to her ear.
"Speak," said an annoyed voice on the other end.
"Alexa since I know for a fact you've got the biggest mouth in the world I'd like to tell you something."
"I'm going to take that as a compliment, now spill."
"Katie Singer and I are going out."
"As in you two are an item?"
"Let me spell it out for you, K A T I E, that's Katie, and S A R A H, that's me, G O O U T," finnished Sarah before hanging up her grin back in place.
***
Monday, School
Grace leaned against a locker and watched Mr. Dimitri dreamily. Then she heard the locker beside the one she was on slam shut and she turned to see Jessie. Her eyes fell. She couldn't look Jessie in the eyes anymore. No one could. Her eyes were bloodshot from doing drugs and smoking, and she'd stopped eating. She refused to talk to anyone but Eli, though the only thing she said to him anymore was, "what's the drug for today?"
Then Grace's gaze turned and she saw Katie. Katie was pale too, almost flourescent but she still managed to look presentable. Katie glanced over at Jessie and Grace almost started crying at how sad Katie's eyes looked. But then she remembered, it was Katie's fault that Jessie was like this and she stepped in front of her step-sister, blocking her from Katie's view.
"Guess what I just heard," asked a jock.
"What," said another jock curiously.
"Sarah Grasser and Katie Singer are going out now."
"For real?"
"Damn straight."
"Wait who told you?"
"Uhhh....Katie...yea she told me."
"Cool man, well let's get to class."
Jessie had stopped walking. She looked down at her feet trying to fight back the mounting onslaught of tears forming in her eyes. Then she tried to swallow down the lump that had formed in her throat but she couldn't. She turned and ran out of the school building. It was the last day, then it would be summer and she wouldn't have to see Katie.
***
Beach, Three Days Later
Katie lay back on her towel wearing nothing but a very revealing navy blue bikini that complimented her figure. She looked great. Sarah was sitting on the towel beside her listenting to her headphones as she tanned. Thankfully Katie hadn't heard the rumors that the two were reunited, if she had Sarah wouldn't have been alive right then. Then Katie felt water splash her and she opened her eyes to see Sarah looking at her innocently with a buket of water.
Grinning Katie hopped up and chased Sarah down the beach. Sarah smiled happily. This was worth everything she'd done. This was worth ruining Jessie's life. She turned and splashed Katie again before darting off further down the beach. Katie had decided to at least act ok. She couldn't fight the sadness that overwhelmed her and so she hid it. She hid it well because everyone seemed to think she was ok.
***
Sammler Household
Jessie knocked on Eli's door before walking in. Eli looked up at her grinning. She smiled, what new drug had he landed them this time? Jessie had started doing drugs as a way to forget everything, especially Katie. Now though she couldn't stop. It was like she needed the rush of doing drugs just to keep going. Plus whenever she wasn't high or sleeping she had to think, and whenever she thought it was about Katie, then she'd start crying.
"Guess what," asked Eli stupidly.
"What?"
"I got cocaine..."
