A/N: Yay! I'm so happy for your reviews! They made my day. Thanks you guys. Anyways, I hope this chapter is a little bit longer for you guys and I hope you like it. Cos I was really nervous when I wrote the first chapter and I thought no one was gonna like it, so I probably screwed up with that. But I feel I'm getting better. And let me tell you something about the story. It'll feel like it's going on and on for the next 2 chapters or so, but it'll settle down later. It'll be alright. Ok, here's chapter two!!

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The door slammed open and in popped Ace Merrill. "So this is what you were up to!" he said.

"What in God's name do you guys think you're doing. Are you out of your fucking minds?? This is crazy. I'm.... I'm outta here."

Alex bolted up from the toilet and got out of her cubicle, stumbling as she walked. By this time Ace was already out the door walking to his car outside. No one was left in the school because the bell had rung quite some time ago. Alex mumbled to herself as she steadily followed Ace outside.

"Stupid....Chris...not....locking....the dooor...passing.....out....stupid.....shit....chris.."

Ace was standing next to his car, looking up at the sky. When Alex saw him, she started running to him. She couldn't walk straight and when she got there she threw herself, or she fell straight at Ace. Ace caught her in his arms. She looked up at him.

"Alex, Alex, Alex...." he started shaking his head from side to side.

"Okay, y-you cannot t-tell anybbbody of this t-thing," she said. "It's just thiss thing. It's a thing. P-please. P-please d-don't."

"I think not. This is a serious thing you're doing. It's not fucking cigarettes. It's heroin, or did I see wrong through the crack in the door."

"Y-yes but it's just between me and Chris. Nobody can get intto thiss. I b-beg yyou. Don't tell. I'll do anything. J-just don't tell. Please."

"Leave Chris out of this. I don't wanna see you near him again. I know those types."

"No! Chris is my drug buddy. We have to be together, always."

"You know something, I kinda like you, you hit a soft spot. I wil help you with this. You will get off drugs. You understand? But you have to be with me all the time. Do you want me to help you, Alex? I'm gonna help you."

"I can't. I don't want to. This is the only pleasure I get from life. Please don't do this."

"I'll give you a lot more pleasures, don't you worry."

"NO!" Alex started to cry. "Please! You can't do this. I don't want to..."

Just then, Ace pressed his lips against hers. Alex didn't know what was going on. The coldness of her body turned into a great hot feeling. The rush that heroin gave her was fading away but Ace's kiss gave her a new rush. With this kiss she felt relaxed and comfortable, like she forgot all the things that were said just minutes ago. Ace backed away and Alex just stood there sighing and gasping for breath. Amasingly enough, she thought it felt just like heroin. "No way," she thought. "No fucking way. Impossible. What the fuck..? I've kissed before, what the hell is going on here? Nothing can come close to the pleasure of heroin. Nothing..."

Meanwhile Chris woke up in the bathroom and saw that Alex wasn't there. He gathered the junk and went outside to see Ace and Alex standing there. He ran up to them.

"Hey! Ace what do you think you're doing? Leave her alone!" he shouted. He took Alex by the arm and dragged her under a tree. They sat down under it and Alex fell asleep on Chris's arm. Ace looked at them, and got in his car and drove away. He thought about Alex while he was driving. He thought of how he looked like his little sister who died of a heroin overdose. He had told no one about this. He had this soft spot for drug addicts and he wanted to help Alex to get off them. Ace was really unsure of his feelings towards Alex. He wanted to be with her and help her, but did he really like her, or was it just pity? Or did he just want to take advantage of a poor young girl? *wink*

When Alex woke up, Chris just looked at her questioningly.

"What?" Alex said smiling as she kissed Chris softly on the lips.

"Nothing," Chris said kissing her back. "Did you have a good time?"

"Yeah!" Alex sighed. "It was very nice. How bout you?"

"Mine was nice too."

Chris decided not to bring up the situation with Ace but he knew it was something that they should talk about. But not right now. They were both too peaceful and happy at that time, and Chris didn't want to ruin it by getting into yet another fight with Alex. Their relationship was a bit weird. When they were on drugs, they had only one thing to worry about: Finding peace. And when they were off it they suddenly found themselves worrying about all sorts of little things. Because of this, they always had a fight and usually never spoke. But when the time came for drugs, they were both great friends. Still, they might not know it, but they need eachother and rely on eachother for everything.

Later they both got up from under the tree and walked home. They knew the way they lived was a great thrill. It was like they were living in the sky. When they were younger, (before they discovered heroin and when their lives were full of shit), they never thought they'd live so high, in a place just like heaven. But it felt like heaven, looked like hell. Both their family's were alike and the conditions they lived under was also alike. Alex was the oldest of three in her family. She had two brothers, Daniel and Patrick. Her mother died when she was 13 and her father married someone else. Her family life was happy but, she was not content. Unlike Chris, as we all know had an older brother Eyeball, and an abusive dad. But despite all this he was content. But inside it ate him up, and the reason he started heroin was because of his family. Same reason went for Alex as well.

The next day at school Alex came 10 minutes late and she ran into Ace Merrill.

"Hello." Ace said smiling.

"Fuck off." Alex said.

"What's going on Alex?"

"What? He knows my name. Waaaiiit, a lot of people know my name. So? Hmmm but he is being nice to me, he looks kinda worried," Alex thought. Then Alex recognised this voice. She knew it was Ace but they didn't talk that much, but she recognised the voice so bad. It was like when she heard it, the voice was hitting every part of her head making it echo inside. She turned around and looked back at Ace who was standing beside his car.

"Shit!" she said. It was coming back to her now. In bits she remembered what happened. Then she got to the kissing part. Her mouth flung open and she gasped.

"Come on Alex, what's going on with you?"

"Ace" she managed to whisper.

Ace walked towards her and Alex backed away. She turned around and ran inside school. Inside, she just stood beside the lockers for a while, trying to get her head together. What had she done yesterday? She had always told herself before not to get out of the toilet when she was on drugs because she always did bad things. But when she did bad things, she would always remember them. This wasn't that clear for her. Yes, she knew the main details, but the reason behind this was blurry. Then she remembered the kiss. She rested her body on one of the lockers and just looked at the ceiling. Everything was spinning around. "What the hell..?" Alex thought. "Why am I getting a drug effect everytime I think of that kiss?" she asked. "Dammit!!!!" she shouted.

Alex walked to the office because she knew the teacher wouldn't let her in unless she had a pass. She walked in.

"Excuse me, can I have a pass to go to class please?" Alex asked.

"Sit down over there," said the assistant. "So why are you late?"

"Oh, I had a terrible headache yesterday. Oh, it was terrible. So I went home and umm lay down for a while and when I got up, it was already 9 am! Can you believe my luck?" Alex said and gave a little smile.

The office door opened and Ace Merrill came in the room. He immediately smiled and waved to Alex. Alex was confused at his behaviour and she wanted to forget about yesteday so she gave him a dismissing smile. Ace turned around to the assistant.

"Yeah, uh, I need a pass. I'm kinda late today," he said.

"You're always late Mr. Merrill. Now, if you come late again, I'm going to have to send you to the principle's office and let her handle it. You know how rough she can be," said the assistant.

"Oh yeah!" Ace laughed. "I know exactly how rough she is. I bet she'd get real rough with me, and you know, I bet she's looking for roughness herself. And I know just the person for that."

Alex couldn't help but grin at this remark. The assistant, however, wasn't grinning.

"Get out!" she yelled. "Get the hell out of this office. I will not hear you talk like that again. Move!" She grabbed Ace by the shoulder and pushed him out. She quickly wrote Alex a pass, all the time her hands fumbling as she wrote and her head shaking from side to side, her eyes almost filled with tears of anger. She had a knot in her throat and was gulping constantly to untie it.

Ace walked along the corridor laughing to himself. He got out of school, went to his car, turned on the radio and just listened to the music.

"Fuck school. I don't need people teaching me shit I'll never use," he said loudly to himself. Then he thought about Alex. What was her deal? She didn't even give a shit about him this morning. This made Ace a little mad and he was sure to find out the reason behind her coldness. She was hot enough yesterday, but today, it was like she forgot everything. "And maybe she did," said Ace. "I'll sort her out later," he thought as a growing smile spread across his face.

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A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. And I like all your reviews as well, so keep reviewing. Stay tuned for chapter three when Alex makes some decisions.... Oooo sounds interesting.