Addiction - Chapter Thirty: Epilogue
**Addiction** Chapter Thirty Epilogue By Rufus Quentin September, 1999 - Spring 2012 It's a strange feeling to discover the things you miss. It's not like I'm the nostalgic type, or even had the time for nostalgia during the process of getting...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-nine: Chase
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-nine Chase By Rufus Quentin July and August, 1999 "Paper or plastic?" I asked for the umpteenth time that day. Perhaps the first one-hundred and ninety-nine times the question may have come across as if with genuine...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-eight: Twenty-four Frames
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-eight Twenty-four Frames By Rufus Quentin Late June, 1999 It was hard to believe that the day had come. The attainability of graduation only started to sink in when the cross-hatches on the back of my now frayed...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-seven: Lies
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-seven Lies By Rufus Quentin May 16 through 19, 1999 Eighteen and a half years is not enough time to give you perspective on things. You think you're a master because you're the oldest of your friends, because you...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-six: Anti-Prom
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-six Anti-Prom By: Rufus Quentin May 15, 1999 So it came to pass that after dinner I'd settled into my room with a book, just like I had the weekend before that and the one before it. All the dresses I needed to make...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-five: All Adequate Things
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-Five All Adequate Things By: Rufus Quentin Mid-April - May 15, 1999 Our muzzles turned to the unexpected chime of the doorbell. Instinctively our paws left each other's bodies. We sat upright in less than an instant....
Addiction - Chapter Fourteen: Running
Addiction Chapter Fourteen Running By: Rufus Quentin November, 1998 I ran as fast as I could. I was out of breath but I kept pushing my body further. My ankles smarted like crazy and my ribcage felt sore from all the impact. Every ounce of me...
Addiction - Chapter Thirteen: Consanguinity
**Addiction** Chapter Thirteen Consanguinity By: Rufus Quentin November 7, 1998 I made my decision several days in advance. I planned out every step. If it didn't happen this weekend, it would happen the next, or the first Saturday all...
Addiction - Chapter Twelve: Fight or Flight
**Addiction** Chapter Twelve Fight or Flight by: Rufus Quentin October 29, 1998 I hated it. I sat there and seethed. Not only was it woefully and errantly wrong, it was also insulting. What kind of a misogynist lunatic came up with this crap?...
Addiction - Chapter Eleven: The Little Games
**Addiction** Chapter Eleven The Little Games By: Rufus Quentin October, 1998 It definitely became a very strange feeling, walking through our house, down the halls of our school, talking to my friends between classes, keeping a very illicit...
Addiction - Chapter Ten: Indian Summer
Addiction Chapter Ten Indian Summer By: Rufus Quentin October 11, 1998 As I mentioned, I reserved the last page in my notebook for crosshatches counting the days of the school year like the days of a prison sentence. The number of notches had...
Addiction - Chapter Nine: Polaroids
**Addiction** Chapter Nine Polaroids by: Rufus Quentin October 9, 1998 The best way to describe the rest of that day, the rest of the week, and the transition from September into October is as a period of outright normalcy, insofar as one can...