I wrote this story for a monthly competition. the theme was "altered states of mind" and I won :)
Tell me what you think!
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She sat there silently as she bent over the small coffee table in her one room, run down apartment, steadily breaking up the small buds she had recently aquired from a man down on the second floor..
"...shut up..I can do this.." she shook her head as she continued to work on the substance at her fingertips..
" You know you can't..you've tried..your a lost cause..let me.." she twitched and then shook her head as she let her hands fly around..
"NO! SHUT UP!" she growled and bent down over the bud again.." I can do this.." she whispered as she pulled a paper from its booklet and folded it to form a small boat..
" Look..you've already messed up..here let me.." her lips turned into a smile and then she frowned and growled again..
" I wanna do it..Jas.."
" you'll mess up..it'll only take me a second.."
her eyes lowered and her hands slowly fell and she backed away from the table..
hands pick up the wrap and start to drop the broken bits into it..nimble fingers flip, twist and then it was licked..
" here ya go..all done.."
her eyes looked up as she pulled out her lighter.."......"
she lights the end and puffs slowly..
" WHAT in the hell are you doing!" she jumped.." n...n...nothin.." she dropped the joint and stood up..
a soft knock came upon the door and the girl turned towards it..she hesitated opening the door..she didn't exactly like company..they made her feel weird..she took a deep breath and moved slowly and timidly towards the door..her hand extending to the door knob, fingers shakeing.."wh...who is it?"
" its me..Brenda..come on cheryl let me in..you remember yesterday don't you?"
" of course you remember yesterday..she tried throwing us out the door.."
" shut up..she's my friend..she only wants to help.."
" I don't care either way..but stop smoking that shit..its not healthy for you.."
" leave me alone..I like it.."
"yeah, leave her alone..we like it.."
she turned to look around the apartment..
" make her leave!"
" NO! I don't want to.."
" look the house is a mess..do you really want someone coming in to see it?"
she looked down and shook her head.." no.."
" Cheryl come on..open the door..I have something for you.." the voice rang from the other side of the door and cheryl turned back quickly..
" wha..what is it..?" she licked her lips and brought her hands to clasp infront of her bossom..
" its nothing good..you know she always gives you medicine..you don't want it..remember?"
" n..no...i don't remember..but she's my friend.." she reached to the door and turned the knob. she stepped back quickly and stared as the door slowly slid open..
Cheryl blinked and gulped as Brenda walked in and shut the door behind her..
" wh..what did..y..you..get me..?" she licked her bottom lip again as Brenda smiled and pulled a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich from the bag on her side..
" its your favorite.." Brenda smiled gently as Cheryl took it..
" what are you doing..don't take that..its a trick.."
" Hello Jas..how are you today.." Brenda sat her bag on the table and turned back..
" shut up..i have nothing to say to you.."
" thats fine..cheryl..come here and sit at the table and eat your sandwhich while i start cleaning up ok.."
" yeah.." she nodded and scuffled over towards the table and began to unwrap the sandwhich..
" stop! don't do it..! I don't trust her! Cheryl!"
Cheryl shook her head.." shut up! I want it!" she bit into the sandwhich and began to chew slowly..
" CHERYL!"
" leave her alone Jen..let her have the sandwhich..she'll be better if she eats it.."
" thank you Hannah..how are you?" Brenda smiled.." I haven't seen you in awhile.."
" yeah well..shit happens.."
" i can't believe your eating that..after all i've done for you..you can't just do this one thing for me.."
" leave me alone!!"
Brenda turned and shook her head slightly..she knew that they needed to work out their own arguements..so she just went back to clearing up the kitchen..
Cheryl quickly finished the sandwhich and moved back to the table where the joint was laying and she lit it quickly..
she inhaled deeply and began to cough..
" I told you not to do that..!"
between breaths she huffed and took another hit..Brenda came in quickly and snatched it from Cheryl's hands.." this is bad for you Cheryl..you need to quit.."
" hey..give it back!"
" No Jas..i will not give it back to her..or you.." Brenda nodded her head..
" thanks Brenda..I was starting to get upset.."
" don't worry about it Hannah..i'll take care of it.." Brenda smiled again and started cleaning the living room now..
" you..are such..a whiner.." Jas huffed and shook her head, Hannah rolled her eyes and then smiled..
" Do you feel better Cheryl...do you feel better cheryl..do you feel better cheryl.." the oice got softer and softer as the medicine began to kick in..
Cheryl stood and made her way drozily towards the bed to flop down..she closed her eyes as her world began to spin
" some..body.." she sighed.." make..it..stop..." her voice trailed off as she rolled into a deep sleep..the medicine would take a while to kick in, so the sleeping aide was nessecary
Brenda stopped cleaning and went to Cheryls bed side to tuck her in..
" Goodnight Ladies.." she smiled and continued about her work around the apartment..
