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They tried to get the dosage right for years but never could find the right combination My brother, Bret, offered Landon his first joint in the seventh grade and he’s smoked twice a day since Landon says it helps to slow the world around hih, he can enjoy life

Sam, on the other

hand, won’t touch a drug with a ten foot pole His half-sister overdosed on heroin two years ago and it shook hi up, but considering Saly shoved into his dad’s life a few years back, those two had the best relationship in that house

Sah liquor to drown Aquaeable A few beers after work A bottle of so on the weekend Everyone knew his ID was fake, but they sold hi him no

Maybe it was the fear of getting caught, but Saood tio back to that

And then there’s me The weekend drinker, occasional sh, when I was a part-time day worker for my paw I had no idea what I was in for This summer has knocked me on my ass and then kicked me back six feet

Landon takes a hit from his joint then passes it to me I place the paper between my lips and inhale, ready for the sht for it to work it’s ic, but it seems like my stress has its claws so deep into ures

I exhale and pass the blunt to Hattie, not that she needs anything else tonight She’s already giggling like a dairl I force a smile as she looks over at h too My friends are great, but they have no idea what I’h and they don’t need to know, because, as much as they’d try, they can’t help

Hattie reaches forher take it Hattie and I are cool, despite howWe’ve hit that point in our friendship where we hug every now and then and I can pick on her without hurting her feelings, but this is new Landon is either oblivious to Hattie’s hand in mine or simply doesn’t care

She pulls e There are just asroom combo is packed It’s like this every weekend Landon loves having people around He could care less if they talk to him, he just loves people

Saaze over to hiht of this week still holds me down, but I don’t care as much, and that’s all I ask for That and to pass the fuck out later

Sarin “Dibs”

I follow his gaze across the roo to hide her face behind her beer I suck in a breath, feeling the air reach the back of s for the first time all summer

The room spins as if I was drunk, but I haven’t had a drop of alcohol yet Layla did this to me the last time she was here, shook my world up without reason, and I only knew her for a day I don’t believe in love at first sight, movies make that shit up, but I can say I’ve never wanted someone as much as I wanted Layla

Still want Layla