ADDICTED ~ H.S.

Chapter 1

"Why do I have to go?"

"Come on Alexandra! Candice is going so you won't be alone"

"I hate Candice.. And I hate babysitting her"

"It's a few hours. I promised Joe that you'd keep her company. Besides, any girl would die to go to this ball, why don't you want to go?"

"I'm not ANY girl dad"

"Please come. I've bought you a nice dress and all"

"I'll go if I don't have to be at home next time grandma visits"

He sighs.

"Fine! Now go get dressed, the limo will be here in an hour"

I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Alexandra, most people just call me Alex. I'm 19, turning 20 soon. I live in London with my dad and have been for the last three years.
My dad is a very successful music producer and get invited to a lot of big events and stuff. And he to often wants me to go with him even though he knows I hate these kind of events. The only ones I kind of enjoy are the movie premieres because we get to see the newest movies before anyone else.
But a ball? Not really my thing..

I walk upstairs to my room to see what kind of dress my father has picked out for me. It's not that I'm not grateful for the things he buys me, it's just that it's usually not my style.
I walk into my room and see the dress lying on my bed. It's a long black glittery dress. Looks expensive. It's a bit to sparkly for me but it's black so I guess I'll survive. A little bit to long though.

I sit down in front of my makeup table and contemplate on whether I should do something with my face or not.
I eventually decide to put on some dark eyeshadow with some glitter just to match the dress, even tho I hate glitter, a thin line of eyeliner and red lipstick.
I put my hair up in a bun with one of those hair donuts.
I put on the dress and look in the mirror. I guess it's kind of beautiful, still not my style tho, it's tight in the right places and shows of the little curves I have.

"Alexandra! Are you ready?!"

I sigh and and pack a bag with a change of clothes and put on black heels to match the dress before heading down to go to the stupid ball.

"Come on Alexandra, don't pout. It'll be fun I promise"

"Whatever"

We walk out to the waiting limo. My dad is wearing all white as usual.
The ride takes about 20 minutes. Neither me or my dad says a single thing the entire time. It's a comfortable silence. We don't really have a lot in common so so our conversations are usually very short.

We arrive at the location of the party, or ball, whatever. The building is huge and amazing looking. It looks almost like a castle. It's looks really cool to be honest.

"Not so bad huh?" My dad chuckles.

"Whatever. I promised I'll go so let's just get this over with" I sigh.

We get out of the limo and walk side by side towards the big castle doors. We're greeted by a doorman and staff that takes our bags and jackets. We barely make it out of the hallway before we're offered drinks.

"You look like you've just walked into a funeral, smile!" My dad whispers.

I fight the urge to glare at him and put on a perfect fake smile. I've had a lot of practice so I know how to fool a room full of people to think I'm the happiest girl alive when in fact I just want to disappear.

"Alexandra! It's so nice to see you!"

Oh god. That annoying nasally voice is going to drive me so mad I'll stab someone in the face someday.

"Hi Candice, it's been way to long!" I fake smile as she hugs me.

"Let's go get something to drink, something other than champagne, while our fathers talk boring business"

She grabs my wrist and drags me away to God knows where. She pulls me into a corner and looks me straight in the eyes. I swear this girl is mental or something.

"Do you have any stuff?"

"What?"

"You know, pills?"

"Really Candice?"

"Oh come on Alex I know you have some"

"Fine. But not here, in the bathroom"

"Super!"

She grabs my arm again and start dragging me towards the ladies bathroom. There wasn't to many people in there, thank god. There's a lot of words to describe Candice and discrete isn't one of them.

"So, where do you keep it?" She asks. Quite loudly might I add.

"Shh! Keep your voice down"

I go into one of the stalls and motion for her to follow. I make sure the door is locked behind us before picking up the little black bag from my bra.

"Nothing's free you know" I say.

"Right, how much do you want?"

"I'm feeling rather nice so you pay for the drinks tonight and were even. And keep your voice down for gods sake!"

"Alright, deal"

I take two pills out of the little bag and give one of them to her. She smiles, tilts her head back and drops it into her mouth and I do the same.

"Now what?" She asks.

I put the bag back inside my bra an push the flush button on the toilet.

"We both go out and wash our hands and get back to the party"

We both walk out casually, wash our hands and continue out. Candice keeps blabbing on an on about something but I couldn't care less. All I have to do tonight is fake a smile and deal with Candice for a few hours until I can get out of here.

Come on Alex, you can do this..