One Chance (Part 1)(38)

“Do you want to smoke?” she asks

“No, I’m good.”

“Oh come on Haley, lighten up,” she says as a guy passes her a blunt.

“No, I don’t want any, it always puts me to sleep. You have fun though,” I say taking another drink of my beer.

“Fine, more for me then,” she snickers before taking a few hits.

For the next few hours, I have a few more beers and continue to watch all the craziness in front of me. I’ve watched more blunts being passed around than I’ve ever seen, I saw a couple girls snorting coke in the kitchen when I went to get a beer, and I’ve seen a couple having sex in the bathroom. Definitely not what I was planning to see today. Deciding it’s probably best to stop drinking so I can leave seems like a smart plan.

I sit in the chair still watching these people interact with each other. They all seem to be having a great time in their altered states. My phone starts vibrating; I pull it out to see its Kenzie calling.

“Hey, what’s up?”

“Where are you?” she asks with an attitude.

“At Hanna’s.”

“Why?” she asks nervously.

“Hanging out.”

“You do realize all people do at her house is drugs now right?” Kenzie says sounding irritated.

“Yep, I found that out a few hours ago actually,” I say laughing.

“Are you high?” she asks in a shrieking voice. I can hear whoever is with her in the background ask questions, but I can’t make out what they are saying.

“No, I’m not high Kenzie. I had a couple beers. Relax,” I snap.

“We’re coming to get you, stay put,” she says harshly.

“No,” I yell into the phone. I walk outside so I don’t have an audience while I’m on the phone, “I’m fine, I only had three beers and I plan on leaving soon anyway.”

“Are you sure no one slipped you anything?” she asks worriedly.

“I opened my cans, I’m fine. I may take a walk on the beach and then I’ll be home. I’ll see you a little later okay?”

“Okay, just be careful and if you need me call me.”

“Will do, thanks,” I say before disconnecting the call. Deciding the walk on the beach sounds nice, so I take off my flip-flops and make my way down the beach. The air is a little cooler, but it feels good against the hot sun.

The further I walk down the beach the sleepier I get. Thinking it’s wise to take a little break I sit down on the sand resting my head on my knees. I watch the waves for a while before deciding to take a little nap.

“Haley, Haley wake up,” I hear someone yell at me. I try to blink my eyes but they’re too heavy, I just want to sleep.

“What the fuck’s wrong with her?” someone else says.

“She looks like she’s been drugged,” a girl says.

I feel cold water hit my face and my eyes open immediately, “What the hell,” I try to yell but it sounds slurred.

“Haley what happened?” Kenzie asks all up in my face.

“I don’t know. I went for a walk and got tired so I sat down, I must have fallen asleep,” I say trying to recall what I did.

“Do you feel okay?” Brody asks.

“Just tired,” I admit.

“You shouldn’t be tired, it’s only 4:00 p.m.” Kenzie snaps.

“Can you stand up?” Liam asks looking worried. I look around and see Kenzie, Brody, Liam, and Meg all looking worriedly at me.

“Yeah,” I say like it’s not a big deal. I try to stand but can barely keep my balance; Liam catches me before I fall.

“Did you take anything?” he asks looking pissed.

“No, I had a few drinks.”

“How many?” Meg asks.

“I don’t know two or three at most,” I say trying to remember how many drinks I had.

“She’s not drunk,” Kenzie points out.

“How do you know?” Liam asks looking angry.

“We’ve all seen her drunk before and she’s never been this way. Haley did someone give you something?” Kenzie asks softly.

“No, they asked if I wanted to smoke, but I didn’t. Can we go home?”

“Yeah, let’s go,” Kenzie says cutting Liam off before he can say anything else. Kenzie wraps her arm around my waist to keep me steady. I put my arm over her shoulders for better balance as we start to make our way back to where I’m parked.

“How did you find me?”

“The app on your phone, it tells me exactly where you are. Best app ever,” she says laughing.

“Do you think we should take her to the hospital?” Brody asks.

“That sounds like a good idea,” Liam states.