Sorry it's taken me awhile to update. I have a busy life. Anyway thanks for the reviews. Here's the second chapter. Enjoy.
The group looked at Sakura patiently to here her story. She knew she would have to do this. Still, even knowing so hadn't prepared her. She took a deep breath, but before she could start the door in the back opened.
Another girl briskly walked into the room. She had raven black hair that looked somewhat long, but it was hard to tell because she had it bunched up in a ponytail. She was also somewhat short, but wore high heels to make up for that. Her eyes were an almond red and she looked to be Chinese. However, what Sakura noticed most about her was her smile. That smile reflected happiness in a time of depression.
"Sorry I'm late," the girl said taking a seat next to Jake. "I got caught in a traffic jam. Big surprise there. Did we start already?"
Jake nodded and then spoke, "Sakura this is May Li. May this is Sakura."
"Oh we have someone new! Sorry, I didn't…oh my Lord, Kinomoto," the girl's mouth dropped.
"Meiling?" Sakura said alarmed.
Sakura's mouth gaped open. She hadn't heard from Meiling since fifth grade! Syaoran had told her that Meiling moved, but had never said how or why. Her family had just left without a trace. Now, for the first time in over a decade she was seeing her at an HIV support group. Which wasn't exactly the best place in the world. Sakura silently hoped that Meiling hadn't reconnected with Syaoran recently.
"Actually, it's just May now. It's a long story. I'll tell it to you sometime. Anyway how the hell are you? I haven't seen you in like ten years!"
"I've been better."
"Sakura was just about to tell us that, weren't you?" Jake asked, trying to get back on topic.
"Oh, sorry. Don't let me stop you. Go ahead," Meiling/May replied.
Sakura's mind flashed back to when she was just seventeen years old. She was at some random boys party with Rika. It was Sakura's first party, but one of Rika's many. Rika had the impression of being a nice, sweet, innocentgirl, but once the sun set, Rika would go wild. Not many people knew about this, but Sakura did that night. Syaoran wasn't present, but Sakura had been with him at the time. They had been together for awhile then, but he was in China seeing his mother. Sakura was depressed so Rika had thought that she would let her in on a secret way to feel better. And it wasn't just the party idea. One of the boys handed Rika some powder, and Rika quickly put it in something that looked like a shot. She then took Sakura's arm and injected her with it.
"What are you doing?" Sakura asked, all too late.
"I'm helping you out!" Rika protested, "you'll feel better in a minute. I promise."
Sakura was still naïve then and had believed Rika. Later she was smiling, dancing, and having a good time. She also had an energy boost from this miracle thing. This was truly the time when Sakura was the most naïve and innocent. Rika had told her the next day that even though it wasn't exactly legal, it was still a safe way to loosen up. Since Rika was her friend, Sakura had believed her. For the next year and a half she used this way to perk herself up without telling anyone. Sakura even thought that she would be using it for the rest of her life. That was until the day Tomoyo had found out.
Both Sakura and Tomoyo had been having a shitty day. Both were loaded with homework and were stressed about finding what college to go to.Not to mention that they were worried about their boyfriend or crush at the time. Sakura was also pissed because the price for her goods had gone up. She let that slip and Tomoyo asked what she was talking about. Sakura had tried to act like it was nothing, but Tomoyo urged her. Reluctantly, Sakura had given in, but made Tomoyo promise to not tell. Tomoyo of course was shocked.
"Do you know how bad that is? Did you not learn anything in health class?"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing! I've been doing this for over a year and nothing has happened! I could quit if I wanted to!"
"Then quit now!"
"I said if I wanted to."
Tomoyo had then grabbed Sakura's purse and searched through it until she found what she needed. She then grabbed it and held on to it with dear life.
"Give me that back!"
"No."
"I need it though!"
"I thought you said you could stop whenever you wanted to."
"I can."
"Sure, aren't acting like you can."
"Tomoyo, give it back! Look, I'm not addicted to it! I'm not some crazy drug addict!"
"Really, then who are you then?"
"Your best friend."
"As am I," Tomoyo said walking off.
Sakura felt a pang in her chest. She missed her best friend. Things hadn't been the same between them in years though. Their friendship was probably dead now since she had left Japan.
"Are you alright, Sakura?" Jake asked.
"What? Oh sorry, I was just remembering," Sakura said.
"Remembering what?" May asked.
"The first time I did heroin."
"Ouch, never a good memory," Christina, the another girl, nodded.
"You mean...you did…"
"Yeah pretty much. So how'd it happen?"
Sakura sighed one last time, then went into her story about how she had tried heroin. When she was done everyone looked at her with sad eyes. These eyes though weren't full of pity, but an understanding of what Sakura was going through.
"I spent six months in re-hab until I was clean. Though it was just recently that I found out I was infected," Sakura finished.
"Does Syaoran know?" May questioned.
Sakura held her breath. She hadn't plan on going into this. Not now or ever.He was the past and she didn't ever want to facehim again.
That's it for right now. It might take me awhile to get more chapters up, but be patient and I'll eventually finish this. Hope you guys liked it! Don't forget to review!
