What's Left of Us (The Us Series Book 1) by Michele Tucker

Author:Michele Tucker [Tucker, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Michele Tucker
Published: 2015-03-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Asher

Middle of Junior year

I MISS Delilah… I want her back.

I know what I need to do, but the thought of doing it terrifies me. So instead I numb myself into not feeling or thinking. This numbness has become a welcomed feeling and I can’t go more than a few hours without having it.

Tonight is the first game of the season, and the first game that I’ll have to sit and watch as a spectator. Coach wanted me to suit up still, but the thought of sitting on the bench in the dugout and not playing doesn’t sit well with me. So I told him that I was going to sit with Cal.

Cal tries to distract me by telling me about her acceptance into the University of Alabama, but I barely listen to her. I don’t want to hear about her future working out, when mine is still up in the air.

Needing a fix, I tell her that I am going to grab some drinks, and I head up to the concession stand. I’m feeling the need to be more numb than usual so I grab two pills, and pop them in my mouth. Swallowing them down with a little bit of coke, and wait for the oblivion to take over.

I grab a Dr. Pepper for Cal, and go back to sit next to her.

Halfway into the seventh inning, our pitcher Josh gives up a homer with the bases loaded. Not wanting to watch anymore of the game, I tell Cal that I’m going to head home.

It’s late, my parents are out of town tonight, and with Sam away at his freshman year at college, I have the house to myself.

The house is dark when I pull into the driveway, and before I exit the car, I reach in my ashtray and grab two more pills. I wait for a bit for them to take effect, and start to head towards my front door. I’m feeling more high than usual, and can’t seem to walk straight.

I go to step on the front step, and all of a sudden, I start to see black spots, and then nothing.

The next thing I know someone is shaking me, yelling my name as I slowly come to. When I finally open my eyes, I notice its Cal. She’s crying and pulling her cell phone out.

“Cal,” I say. She drops her phone and kneels down next to me.

“Ash… you’re awake! You had me so scared and worried sick. I was just about to call an ambulance. What happened?” She asked me as she tries to help me sit up.

“Nothing, I just was feeling dizzy and blacked out a little,” I answered hoping that she doesn’t pry into it more. “I’m fine now.”

She grabbed my hat off the porch and helped me inside the house. She helps me to the couch, and ran into the kitchen. A minute later, she comes back into the room and handed me a glass of water. She looked like she wanted to talk about it more, but I’m not interested.

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