A friend in need

"You idiot!"

To say i was livid would be sugar coating it. It was 3:00am and i was doing 60mph on a 50 road. Honestly i didnt care about whatever charges i would likely incur from this, my only worry was getting my friend - who was currently vomiting into a bin i had so graciously provided - to the hospital. Why are we heading there you must ask? Well let me enlighten you.

Earlier that morning.... lets say around 2:30am i was sleeping when my phone started going haywire with insistant buzzing. The screen lighting up like the 4th of July. Through hazey eyes i read the name at the top: Serra. Serra is one of my only friends in the world that i consider family. Without hesitation i answered.

"Hello" i mumbled

"Chris....Oh thank god, you gotta come quick!"

Instantly my body was on high alert

"Darren? Why do you have Serra's phone? Whats wrong?"

"We dont have time just get here quick!"

"Where are you and for god sake tell me what the hell is going on!"

"We're at Vinnie's...... It's not good, I.....I did'nt think this would happen oh god"

"God dammit Darren, i'm on my way.... keep on the phone and explain what happened. Where is Serra!"

I could hear shuffleing in the background followed by vomiting.

"We were at the party and she was very tense.... i just wanted her to loosen up a bit.... i did'nt think, oh god i swear i did'nt know this would happen"

My blood ran cold through my veins, it was as if the world had turned to absolute zero.

"WHAT DID YOU DO!" i roared

"I gave her some pills i got from vinnie. I have no clue as to what they are! " he sobbed

Silence. In that moment i could honestly say i was about to commit murder. How DARE he drug her. She.... no, i trusted him with her. A stupid decision on my part and one that i was going to make him regret.

"Darren let me make this very clear.... i am pulling into the driveway now. Bring her outside, give her to me and run. If i see you within a hundred yards of Serra after this i will kill you. Not only do i know how to make your death seem like a natural one, i also know how to make somebody suddenly dissapear. Do you understand Darren. I am angry, truly angry. It takes a lot to make me lose my temper but by god you've done it"

That takes us to where we are now. Well almost - we made it to the hospital and she was wheeled away. I was the one left to phone her parents and tell them that there daughter had suffered an OD because thats what happened. She had overdosed on those god damn pills and not one of them had the balls to call an ambulance. So here i am, sitting in the waiting room with her sobbing parents - all the while only too words run rampant through my brain.

"You Idiot".