36-High

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Warnings for this chapter: Drug Use

Texting Ash and Dez, I see if they want to go to a club. 

I just want to take my mind off of it, I can't handle thinking about it right now. 

What it means, how I feel. 

I don't want to feel anything. 

They both text back saying they are down to go to a club later. 

I don't even pay that much attention to the fact Ash agreed as I walk into the bathroom to shower. 

The water runs down my body and I try to hold back the thoughts are are trying to spill out. 

It's already nine o'clock at night so soon I won't have to focus on it. 

I just need to hold on for a while longer. 

Once I am out of the shower I begin doing my makeup. 

As I apply some blush I hear the front door open and close. 

"Ava?" Dez calls out from the living room. 

"In the bathroom." I answer back putting my blush away and grabbing my eyeliner. 

"Ash said she'll pick us up soon. I'm going to start getting ready."

Then I hear her bedroom door open and close. 

My make up is done and I quickly curl the ends of my hair before going into my room to change. 

I choose a short gold dress and black heels. 

Slipping them on I remind myself that tonight will be fun. 

I'll be out dancing with my friends. 

Everything's ok.

Once Ash gets here, Dez and I head out of the apartment. 

The three of us end up at the club I first ever went to. 

That's where I met River. 

For a moment I hesitate going inside. 

I think about calling him and telling him what happened. 

He would listen and I would cry. 

I would cry. 

I don't want to cry. 

That thought is what makes me step into the club. 

The lights are flashing, and the music is loud. 

I squeeze through the hoards of bodies, heading towards the bar. 

"Hey Ava slow down." Dez says from somewhere behind me.

Getting to the bar I show the bartender my stamp and ordering myself a shot. 

In this moment I am glad I have a fake ID.

When Dez and Ash appear beside me I have already downed three shots. 

Ash picks up the glass and smells it. 

"Are you drinking?" She asks, her brows furrowing. 

I nod, "Yep." I say taking the next shot the bartender offers. 

Before I can down it Ash takes it out of my hand. 

"Hey." I say trying to reach for it. 

Ash raises it above her head.

"What the fuck is going on?" She asks. 

Nope not going there. 

"Let's dance." I say not giving them any time to respond before heading to the dance floor. 

I don't even know if they followed me or not, I don't care. 

Dancing I try to distract myself but I can't get lost in the music. 

Honestly everything is just too loud. 

I head deeper in to the crowd where I bump into a guy. 

He's not that much taller than me and he has really light hair. 

I mean straight up almost white hair. 

"Well aren't you a pretty little thing." He says and I shake my head, "I'm five eight."

He laughs, "And funny too."

I didn't find it funny. 

To be honesty I think the alcohol is starting to hit. 

Can three shots make you drunk?

"Did you come here with anyone?" He asks and I nod. 

"Yeah my friends, but they're kind of boring."

He laughs, yet I don't get why once again. 

"Want to come party with me and my friends?" He asks, a smirk taking over his face. 

I quirk an eyebrow, "Will there be alcohol?" I ask and he nods. 

"And so many other things."

"Will those other things make me feel good?"

He nods, "They will make you feel so good."

He starts to walk through the crowd and I follow. 

We end up in this cool Vip area. 

There are a few people back here behind the large black curtain. 

"This is my new friend-" The guy stops and looks at me to fill in the blank. 

"Ava." I say and this girl raises something in the air. 

"You want a line?" She asks and I nod. 

A line for what I have no idea. 

Another guy pats the empty seat beside him and I sit down. 

The girl pours a powder on the table before using a card to clump it together. 

Is that cocaine?

"It'll make you feel good." White haired man says. 

Well if he's sure. 

Anything to take this pain away. 

She hands me a rolled up dollar and then I do something I never thought I would do. 

I snort the line on the table. 

The feeling hits me almost instantly. 

The high. 

River

I'm currently sitting on Kai's couch listening to him ramble why we should cover a Maroon Five song. 

We've already done one direction and that was only because Cole wanted to do it for his wife Delilah. 

"But come on man 'harder to breathe' is such a good song. Imagine our cover of it." He says waving his hands in the air. 

I shrug, "It's ok."

"OK?" His eyes widen, "That song is on repeat when I shower."

I just blink at him. 

"You know if Spence and Cole were here it would be so much easier to pitch. Georgie loved Maroon Five so Spencer would agree and then boom we'd be covering one of the best songs out there."

I would rather be spending my night with Ava. 

I haven't heard from her since earlier when I dropped her off at the house. 

She said she'd call me later but she probably got busy with something. 

Just as I think that my phone rings. 

When I see who's it I begin to worry. 

"Ash?" I ask answering the phone. 

She never calls me. I even forgot we exchanged numbers at one point. 

"I don't know how to say this." She says and my stomach drops. 

I can hear loud music in the background of wherever she is. 

"Where are you?" I ask. 

I hear her sigh, "We are at a club it was Ava's idea, you know when she suggested it I should've known something was wrong. Anyways she was drinking so I asked her what was wrong and then she went off to dance and Dez and I can't find her anywhere." She says and I hear a bit of panic in her voice. 

Ash never panics, if anything she's too calm sometimes. 

Immediately I am off the couch.

"Which club?" I ask grabbing my keys.

Kai follows even though he doesn't know what's wrong. 

She gives me the address and I head off to the club

Ava

I feel light and calm. 

Nothing can hurt me here. 

I stumble out of the vip area. 

My head is slightly dizzy and my hands feel weird. Whoah

I look down at my hands trying to figure out where the weird tingly sensation is coming from. 

While I am distracted I run into someones chest. 

"Whoopsies." I say grabbing onto their forearms from support. 

Hold on I know that flannel. 

Looking up I see those gorgeous grey eyes. 

"River." I say smiling.

His eyes flicker down before his hand comes up, his thumb rubbing under my nose. 

When he sees the white powder on his finger his jaw hardens. 

Uh oh someones angry. 

"Are you fucking high?" He asks I tap my hand against my head. 

"Umm I think."

Then I see Dez, Ash, and Kai appear beside River. 

"Hey, you guys abandoned me." I say to Dez and Ash.

River grips my chin, turning my face so I am looking at him. 

Rude. 

"Why?" He asks and I shrug, "White haired guy said it would make me feel good Riv."

He shakes his head, "Why?" He asks again, his voice dangerously low. 

I look down at the floor, I think the high is wearing off. 

Tears blur my vision and all I want to do is sleep. 

"I'm tired." I whisper and River sighs. 

"I know baby but you can't sleep not yet anyway."

I nod and he uses his fingers to tilt my chin up. 

"Why?" He asks again but this time his voice is soft. 

My chin wobbles as I tell him what my mom told me.

He pulls me in for a hug and I burry my face into his chest.

I can't stop sobbing as I recount the exact words she said. 

My grandma knew she was sick and didn't tell me. 

I could've been there for her. 

I don't even realize River has picked me up until I feel him start to walk. 

He takes me to his car and drives me back to his apartment. 

The last think I remember is him laying me down on the bed. 




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