Chapter 2 – Pretty Vacant
Escape.
She craved it as she inhaled the pure marijuana into her lungs, letting out a content sigh when it completely flooded her system, giggling when she felt all that much less fucked-up.
The room was blue and purple and yellow with daisies instead of the normal crimson red tones that occupied it. Everything seemed to sparkle as her mind and reality melded into one and disappeared with the deep reds.
The sunlight struck her and her hand shone brightly. The shimmery nail polish glittered in the mid-morning sun almost magically and her high-pitched giggles erupted once more as she smiled mischievously and whispered to herself. "So pretty," she sighed contently again, gently stretching and then stroking her manicured fingernails.
She poked and prodded herself gently, chuckling and her oddly thorough drug-induced self-examination.
She took another puff from the already-lit joint and everything went hazier and it all felt so much better as she took a few more puffs.
…sometimes all you need to do is get away.