On top of a steep hill, a teenager watches cars pass by on the interstate. And also watch the sun set over the horizon, the sky starts to turn an orange like color. Dion always loved this time of the day. And the fact he only had a couple of hours left here. "I'm sure going to miss this place." He said to himself.
"Yo, Dion" The voice from behind.
He quickly turns around to see his cousin, Prosper walking up to him.
"Oh, what's up man?" He says to him.
"Uncle Cig just called and said It's almost time to leave. You sure you wanna go?" He asks Dion.
Dion sighs. "Yeah, I been here a little longer than I expected. And besides, I have a whole family who is waiting for me back in Springfield."
"Including that Girlfriend of yours?"
Dion turns to him, "What's that suppose to mean? Dion hates it when he gets like this.
"It seems like your putting that 'whats her name' chick who you haven't seen in years, and has probably forgot about you over you're own family. I mean what ever happened to 'bros before hoes'?"
"Okay first of all, You're not my brother, you're my cousin. And her name is Lisa, and don't ever call her a hoe again." Dion said angrily. One thing that would tick Dion off is if someone talks bad about his loved ones.
"Hey, I'm just saying man,"
"And to add, my mom, dad, and brother are buried in Springfield, And I didn't get the chance to say bye before I first left."
"So I guess you're gonna do that first thing when you get there huh?"
"I don't know, I might first go see Li-
"Ha! See, that's what I'm talking about." He interrupted.
"Whatever dude." The two laughed and continued to watch the horizon. "I sure hope Lisa got my letter I send."
After enjoying the last of his sights, The two both fast but carefully started to go down the hill and on to their Uncle's house. It wasn't really far away either – Just a couple of blocks away After finally getting their, They noticed that all of Dion's bags were all packed up in the van and ready to go. Their Uncle – who was already in the van honked the horn to let them know he was there.
"Come on! Let's go." He yelled.
"I thought we had an hour left?" Dion said getting in the passenger seat and the cousin annoyed in the back.
"I checked on Google Maps and it said if we go now we should be able to arrive at Springfield in the afternoon." Driving out of the highway and down the road.
"So you took the liberty of packing my bags for me?" Dion asked and with a responds of a nod.
Hours has passed and things were going from boring to even more boring. Their car was the only one on the road, the songs on the radio repeated after about ten songs played. And Prosper was already asleep. He thought about taking a nap, but probably would have awoken in a couple of hours and would have been up all night. He looked at his uncle who didn't look sleepy at all.
"Aren't you getting tired?" Dion asked.
Uncle Cig looked at him back. "Naw I have something that will keep me focus." And he reveled in one of his hands, a bottle of pills.
"What are those?"
"Pep pills," he said opining the bottle and popping some in his mouth. "Want some?" he offered.
"No thanks," Dion declined. "I have a history with pills." Remembering his addiction to pills
Cig put his his back in his pocket and goes through the other one and pulls out another bottle.
"You mean with these?" he throws in Dion's lap. Dion picks them up and inspects them. His sleeping pills "Wh- where did you find them?" "In the mattress of one of the beds. I thought you gave those up."
Dion sighed. "I did, but about a year ago I start using them again." "Yeah it's never easy to give up an addiction." Cig said.
Dion rolls down the window and thinks about throwing them out. But in the end he doesn't.
Another set of hours roll by, Dion starts to fell tired but can't get himself to sleep. So he opens the bottle and pop three pills in his mouth, And after a couple of minutes he starts to doze off until he finally goes asleep.
Awaken in the morning with a breath smelling like pills, a pinch in his neck and a little high from the side affect. Dion looks outside to see that they arrived at one of Springfield's borders. Which means that there almost there.
"Hey P, Dion's awake." Cig said.
"How long have I been out." Dion asked stretching his arms out.
"All Night, those pills you took really knocked you out." Prosper said.
"Yeah and I'm kinda high too."
"Well we only have a couple of hours left. So you should cool off before we get there."
Dion just sat back as the pill effects took its toll. "Almost there Lisa, he said as the van cruised on the interstate.
End of the second chapter, Wow after almost three years Dion is still on the pills. Well he's almost back in Springfield, what would he do first, Go see family at the cemetery or the Simpson's?
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