Casey felt something nudging her side as she struggled to regain consciousness. She looked up and saw her mother looking down at her. Could she tell? Were there rings under her eyes? Was the smell of vomit that evident? But her mother smiled at her, "Thank you for cleaning honey, you always do a great job." Casey looked around the room to see that everything seemed to glow with cleanliness. Casey shrugged as she got up, "No problem." Her mother gave her a slight hug as she went into the kitchen.
In less than a few minutes after her cell vibrated against her hip, and Max's voice came from the other end. "Hey, wanna go out tonight?" "God, yes, I'm desperate right now." He laughed, "I'll pick you up in a few." And true to his word as soon as Casey was done freshening up Max's Mercedes was out front. "I'm leaving bye." "Where are you going?" She turned to see Derek looking at her. "Out. I guess I owe you something for cleaning?" "I don't want anything." "Okay then." She went halfway out the door before Derek grabbed her. "I don't think you should go with him." "Why? Because someone actually likes me?" "Casey all those things I said was just trying to get you away from him. You're not a guy you don't hear the things about him that I do." "And what do you hear?" "That he's bad news." Casey shrugged, "Then I guess you two have something in common," and she left at that. "Hey babe," Max greeted her with a small kiss on the cheek.
She smiled at him, how can he be bad news? When he's the sweetest guy ever? When she went in Cindy led them to the back bedroom, they usually did the hardcore drugs back there. Max cut a line of Coke across one of the tables. Casey with her new found instincts took the straw and expertly snorted the powder up her nose. Zeke then came in, handing Casey a pill, "It'll give you the trip of your life." Casey walked through the halls first taking puffs of this and that leaving the little pill in her pocket til she was ready to go back to the room and trip. Tammy gave her some Acid, Brianna gave her some Meth, and still Casey was ready to go back to the room half unconscious to see what the little wonder drug would do to her.
As she popped it in Max handed her some Vodka to wash it down, she smiled her thanks at him as she waited for the effects to take hold. Surprisingly it didn't take long, and she found the room spinning. She felt hands on her and more faces than there were supposed to be. Callused hands pulling off her clothes, hands touching her. And all the while she heard Max's voice whispering in her ear, "You wanted this baby." It hurt, it hurt more than anyone could know, and when it was over she scrambled as fast as she could in her torn clothes and ran out. She could hear Max yelling at her to come back, but she knew now not to listen. Why didn't she listen to Derek when she had the chance? Why had she turned so stupid? She waved down a taxi, and when he asked her where to go, ignoring the state of her, she had to think for a minute. She couldn't go back to her so-called home and face her mother, and Derek's snickering face of saying he was right for once and she was wrong.
No, she knew where she could go for solstice. She told the man and she leaned back trying to hold on to consciousness, trying to keep from crying and screaming. It took longer than expected, and Casey felt even more sick than before. And she paid him not knowing how much she was giving him, and not caring. She doubled over as she made her way to the security gate she thumped on the counter, "Please." The man looked at her, he knew her a long time, and he had never seen her in a state of this. "Miss Casey? What happened? We need to call you an ambulance." She shook her head, "I need to see him." The man nodded and opened the gate as he tried to assist her to the door, but Casey pushed him away as she made her way to the double doors.
She rang the bell, and tried to hold herself up as someone came to the door. "Oh my God Casey!" The young man rushed to her and kept her steady, "Mary! Call an ambulance!" Casey wanted so bad to tell him thank you. But all that came out of her mouth was a mass of vomit and blood as she fell over unconscious.