While I was typing this chapter, I decided I am going to do this story in 3 parts. Part one, which is this one, is going to introduce Nosedive to the world of drugs and alcohol. Part two is going to be based on when he is in rehab. And Part three is going to be based on him being home and trying to stay sober and drug free.
Anyway here is chapter 2 so enjoy.
After the shock of seeing their falling leader again, wore off, everyone, minus Nosedive, were thrilled to see him, especially Wildwing.
"I cant believe its you, I thought you were a goner, when did you get here, how did you get here?"
Canard just laughed at all the questions his best friend was throwing at him.
"Easy buddy, I'm going to be here awhile, so just one question at a time."
Wildwing blushed and smiled.
"Sorry I'm just so happy to have my best friend back that's all."
Klegghorn smiled at the small reunion.
"I'm glad to have you on our side, now if you excuse me, I have a lot of work to do, so Canard it was nice meeting you."
Once he left, Canard noticed Dive was very quiet and just playing with his food.
"So kid, I hear you are in school now, and you got some good grades, so what did you do cheat?"
Taking a deep breath, Nosedive calmly answered him.
"For your information, I am a very good student and I study every night."
"Are you still pulling pranks or did you finally grow up?"
Throwing his fork on the plate, Nosedive got up stormed out of the kitchen and marched out the door.
"You're not even here an hour and he's already storming out."
Canard just shrugged
"What did I do?"
"He works his butt off so will you please leave him alone. You busted on him back on Puckworld, he doesn't need it here."
"Fine I can do that, Ill apologize when he gets home."
"Thank you."
On the other side of town, by the shopping mall, Nosedive was telling his friends what happened.
"Man I cant believe he said those things, you are like one of the smartest kids in school. I haven't even met him yet and I don't like him."
"Thanks man. So anything new some in yet or same old stuff?"
Mookie started looking through boxes and winced.
"Same old stuff, though we should get some Xmen comics in by the weekend."
Nosedive started walking around the store, when he saw their friend Bobby Jackson stagger in the store.
"Hey guys what's up?"
"Bobby, you look like hell, what happened?"
"I failed my biology test, so my brother gave me the "You need to do better speech" so I punched him, grabbed a little of this, took a little of that, and came here."
Emptying out his pocket, Bobby threw down a bottle of Oxycontin and a half empty bottle of Vicodin, plus when he emptied the other pocket, there were little bottles of vodka and whiskey.
Thrash and Nosedive stood there in shock, when they saw everything.
"How did you get this stuff?"
"Where the hell did you get a bottle of booze?"
"I raided my brothers room, when he wasn't looking."
Mookie looked at their friend with confusion.
"I thought your brother had to throw away all of it, once he got released from rehab?"
"Yeah well we were wrong. Now what did I miss?"
When Nosedive finished telling Bobby about Canard, he laughed then threw the bottle of Oxycontin at Dive.
"That guy sounds like a real loser, but here since I am a nice guy, I will let you borrow my bottle, so you can get the same release of freedom as I am able to get."
"Are you kidding me, my brother will kill me. Now I'm going to get you home, then I'm going home myself. See you tomorrow in school guys."
Then very cautiously Nosedive helped their friend home.
When Nosedive, finally got home, Canard was waiting for him in the living room.
"Hey kid, aren't you coming home a little late for a school night?"
"I had something I had to do, that was important, Ill talk to Wildwing about it in the morning."
"Why don't you talk to me about it instead?"
"I don't want too."
"You'll just tell him a lie, like you usually do."
"What the hell is your problem with me!"
By now the rest of the team woke up because of the shouting.
" What is going on?"
Wildwing just shook his head and ran into the living room, where they found Nosedive and Canard shouting at each other.
"You are an immature brat who needs to learn how to grow up!"
"You need to learn how to shut the hell up!"
Then before anyone could stop him, Nosedive made a fist and punch Canard right in the beak, which then caused Canard to push Dive right into the floor.
Wildwing and Duke ran over to their friends and managed to pull them apart
"What the hell is going on, you two woke everyone up with your fighting!
Nosedive, its after midnight, you should have been home an hour ago, where were you?"
Taking the washcloth off his face, Nosedive tried to calmly answer.
"I had something really important I had to do, I was going to talk to you about in the morning."
Canard mumbled under his breath, but loud enough for everyone in the room to hear him
"What a little liar."
"Why you son of a…"
"NOSEDIVE NICHOLAS FLASHBLADE DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT SENTENCE. GET TO YOUR ROOM NOW!"
No one ever heard Wildwing yell at Dive before so they just stood there in shock while their youngest teammate ran into his room and slammed the door.
Taking a deep breath, Wildwing turned towards the other one.
"As for you, when you said you were going to apologize, I pictured the word sorry, not you and my brother fighting! I am going to say this once and only once…LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
Then Wildwing stormed into his room.
Back in his room, Nosedive was trying to calm down but he was just too upset. He hated the fact that his big brother yelled at him and he wanted to apologize to him, but decided against it, just in case Canard was there, but Nosedive still didn't know how he could relax, without doing something, then it dawned on him…the bottle of sleeping pills, Bobby gave to him when they got to his house, so he took the bottle out of his pocket and just stared at it for 10 minutes.
"What the hell, its not like I'm going to get addicted, its just for one time."
So after taking 2 pills, Nosedive laid down and went to sleep.