Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ After Garden ❯ Bringing The Junkie Home ( Chapter 1 )

This fiction takes place after all the students graduate from Balamb Garden.

This fiction is dedicated to my best friend who got shot and killed in a gang drug war. What I hope to achieve with this fiction is to open people's eyes on the side of society that most cannot survive in…

For Anthony…

The story is told from Squall's point of view.

Chapter one.

Taking The Junkie Home

As I walked through the city at night I noticed that the world is certainly not a perfect place. It's been a year since they turned us loose onto the world. Honestly I wasn't ready to go, but I guess they need the room for the other kids. I was thinking to myself, what ever happened to my friends Siefer, Quistis, Zell, Irvine, or Selphie. Opposed to everyone else my life is good, I live with Rinoa in a house away from the city, somewhere that is special for me, so you ask," Why am I in the city at 3 o'clock at night?". The truth is I cant sleep, I don't know why, but I am always irritated by something. I walked into a bar, "I've never been here" I thought. I took a seat on a stool about 9th from the wall, ordered a Scotch and started my drinking. I look across from my position and saw a familiar face, could it be?, Quistis. I go and sit next to her and we got to talking. She seem under the influence of some substance. She then got a few pills from her purse and took them all at once. I asked her what are those? She replied only by saying noting. I then feel uncomfortable and leave. As I approach my car I get in and then Quistis gets in on the passenger side. I asked her "What are you doing?" She said can I stay at your house just tonight, I don't have any where else to go. I said in my mind no, but aloud I said yes. She then said thanks. We rode for a while when I noticed that she pulled out a needle and stuck it strait into her arm. I kept driver but still said "What the hell was that!?". She said "medicine, I'm a diabetic". I knew she was lying but ignored her. We arrived at my house. I got out it now was about 8 o'clock, I knew Rinoa was up. Rinoa asked why Quistis was with me. And I told her that Quistis had no place to go. Rinoa greeted Quistis and told her she could stay as long as she wanted. I then became sleepy, I had about 2 hours to sleep before I had to go to work… After a hard day of work I came home to Rinoa. Rinoa I'm home I said… no reply. Rinoa I'm home… still no reply. Rinoa, Rinoa… I ran to the bedroom there I saw her lying there, eyes rolled back. I knew bringing the junkie home would have serious consequences.