Far Behind

Chapter 2: Mind Trip

A few hours had past and Dustin came stumbling back out of the all way. He placed his hands on the side of the building, to keep himself balance as he looked around. His eyes were squinted and he was breathing heavily. Everything was spinning and his vision was blurry. He looked down at the small puncture hole in his arm and bursted out laughing. He felt a strange rush flow through his body as he tried to walk. He gasped for air, as his body temperature rose. The feeling that he was experiencing was unexplainable. The feeling felt good to him, at the same time he could just pass out and not care. He stumbled a bit more fell to his knees, still looking around. The sun was beating on him, as people looked at him as he passed by.

"What is going on..dude.." He thought to himself.

He placed his hands on the ground and stared down at the cement. Explosions of the new and strange feeling kept hitting his nerves as he looked up to remind himself where he was again. He couldn't tell through his blurry vision, but a man in red was running towards him. It was Shane. He bent down and helped Dustin up, putting his arm around his neck.

"Dude, Dustin. What's the matter?" He asked quickly.

"Oh..oh man." Was all in Dustin's vocab as of now.

"Come on, I'm taking you back to the dorm."

Shane dragged his good friend across campus and towards his dorm. He kicked the door opened and brought him to the bed. Dustin laid there, starring up at the ceiling. The whole room was spinning, sweat was running down his face. Shane closed the door and grabbed a wet cloth and placed it over his head, thinking that Dustin had a fever.

"Dustin man, you in there? Say something!"

The brunette bursted out laughing, startling Shane. He took a step back as Dustin turned over and laid there. The skateboarder sighed and walked to the door, glancing at his friend. He then left, closing the door. Who knows how long it took before the effect of the drug had worn off but Dustin had fallen asleep. He had know idea that, that day he would become addictive and that his life would start to slowly spiral to the ground. The next day came and Dustin awoke, not remember anything last night. He groaned and turned to see if Shane was in the room. He must have slept all through the day and night. He moved off the bed and stood up, trying to recall last night. He had to admit, it was one awesome experience. He washed himself up and changed his clothes and begin pacing around the dorm. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go and find the kids to do it again. He looked at the clock and remembered that he had a few classes today and a few missing assignment. 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 over to the door to open it, but noticed the knob turning by itself. He took a step back and the door opened up and Shane came in.

"Hey." Dustin whispered.

Shane smiled, "Hey man, your up. You had me worried, I thought I had to call the Doctor or something."

Dustin nodded, sticking his hands in his pocket. Shane closed the door and moved past him, picking a few things up, hoping it would make the room a bit neater.

"So you doing okay? Tori and I were worried."

Dustin nodded, scratching his head. He was dying to get out of the room, but he didn't want to seam rude. Shane could tell that he was getting antsy. Dustin inched his way towards the door.

"Hey man, what's the rush?" Shane had to ask.

Dustin turned, "Nothing. I just have to go somewhere."

"Well, I thought you'd like to know that Cam e-mailed me saying that Hunter and Blake are coming down also. The three of them are taking one car. Do you know how long it has been since the 6 of us all hung out?"

Dustin forced a smile, he was stabbing himself mentally for not leaving the room yet.

"I'm going to go." Dustin responded, ignoring the news.

Shane nodded, "All right dude. Don't forget tomorrow is when is my new skateboarding demo session. You promised you'd be there."

Dustin gave him the thumbs up, "Don't worry man. I wouldn't miss if Lothor attacked us all over again."

Shane laughed as Dustin exited the room. He hobbled down the stairs as quickly as he can and past Tori and out the door. The blonde turned to see him leave, she gave a weird look before going out and chasing him.

"Waldo!" She screamed.

Dustin spun around and waved to her before crossing his arms. She ran up to him and smiled at him, playfully punching him in the shoulder.

"You're up. You don't know how scared I was yesterday."

Dustin chuckled, "Sorry Tor. I won't do it again."

She bit her lips and stuck her hands in her jean pockets, "Say, do you wanna go to dinner sometime?"

Dustin gave a bewildered look on his face, "You mean as a date?"

Tori took a step forward and shrugged, "I don't know. I was thinking about what you said yesterday. Of what was between us." She spun around, "I wanna know if there is anything. So what do you say?"

"Um sure." Dustin responded.

"Great. Well I got classes and I'm going out of town tonight. Hope to see you at Shane's skateboarding thing."

Dustin waved as the gorgeous blonde began to walk away. He checked his watch, noticing it was almost 9 O'clock. He rubbed his wrist before walking the opposite way of where Tori went and towards the same location the group of kids where. He looked around to make sure no one he knew was watching him and slipped back into the all way. As he predicted, the group of kids were there. He stuck around for a few seconds, grabbing what he needed. The kid handed him a bag of powder substance, a bunch of needles and a straw. Heroine can be taken be taken in two different ways. Through needles in the arm, or snorting it through the nose. This was just two options that Dustin could take. He stuff the materials in his pocket and left quickly, waving goodbye to them.

Shane came out of a building and saw him scurrying around the campus. He sighed as he watched him and headed towards his next class. It was Math, and he just so happened to have it Tori. Climbing the steps towards her, Shane plopped right next to her.

"Hey Tori."

She looked up at him, closing her text book, "Shane. What's going on?"

He breathed deeply and shrugged, "Nothing I guess."

"Is something the matter?" Tori guessed from the sigh.

Shane adjusted himself in the seat and looked at her. She raised an eyebrow, waiting for an answer as the former red ranger looked around for a bit.

"Has Dustin been acting a bit strange lately? I mean more then ususal?"

Tori thought for a sec, "Not sure. I mean besides yesterday, when you said he was freaking out."

"I don't know. He seamed like he wanted to leave this morning, he did not care at all that Hunter and Blake were coming down also." He explained further, "And I'm seeing him run around campus a lot."

"He seamed fine when I talked to him this morning." Tori pointed out.

Shane smirked, "That's cause he likes you."

Tori gave a light-hearted laugh, "Pu-lease."

"You've seen the way he acts around you. He obviously has had feelings for you. And you've probably have feelings for him too."

Tori looked up at him, "What? Don't be ridiculous."

Shane laughed, "Didn't you ask him to go to dinner sometime this week?"

"All I wanted to know was, could there be something between us. Not that there is. I don't know. Look, Math is starting. I need to pay attention so.."

"Whatever." Shane laughed.

The day had past and night began to fall upon the city. Shane had just got finished with his skateboard session and entered the building where his dorm room was located. He made it through the lobby and towards the stairs when a women called out to him. Shane spun around and the women who seamed to be in her mid-forties walked over to him. It was the Dean.

"Oh hey Mrs. Calvin. Did I uh, do something?"

"No, not that I know of." She responded, pulling out a envelope, "Have you seen Dustin around?"

He shook his head, "No. Not in the dorm?"

"Well, no one answered and this letter is for him. It's really important."

The Dean handed him the letter and walked away. Shane held it, staring at it, curious of what it was. He walked up the steps of the stairs and unlocked the door to the dorm room. He turned on the lights and noticed the room was messy but empty. Closing the door, he placed the letter on Dustin's dresser right before the door slammed open. Shane spun around and noticed Dustin stumbling in.

"Dustin." Shane was startled.

"Hey dude, what's going on?" He responded.

Shane walked over to him, "Where have you been all day."

Dustin shrugged, making his way to the bed. He jumped on it and turned and laid on his back. Shane closed the door again and turned to looked at his best friend.

"Man, you should of been there. It was so cool." Dustin had a huge smile on his face.

Shane raised an eyebrow, "What?"

Dustin bursted out laughing and ran his hands through his hair. Shane walked over to the dresser and grabbed the letter, throwing it on top of Dustin.

Dustin groaned, "What's this dude."

Shane ignored the funny way that he was talking. Didn't want to assume anything and just shrugged as he made his way to his own bed and leaned his back against the wall.

"The Dean gave it to me. Sounded important."

Dustin giggled a bit more and looked over the envelope before putting it back on the dresser. He then rolled back over and starred at the wall, talking to himself. Shane looked at him, not sure what to say.

"Dustin, are you okay?"He asked.

The brunette ignored him and drifted off to sleep. Shane sighed and turned off the light, throwing the covers over him. Dustin rolled over to see if Shane had fallen asleep and reached his hand out for the letter. He slowly ripped it open and read the letter by the moonlight. He sighed, laying on his back. He closed his eyes, his eyes begin to water. He crinkled the paper and threw it under his cover and turned over to go back to bed.

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