Enslaving Alice

the exact spot she's left him in this morning, curled up on hi

he heard the clatter of her bag

lled out in his most

fering so much,' Alice sighed to herself. She tried to tell herself off

mean, bitchy part of her brain pi

e sympathetic. But no, this was his third rodeo. Every time h

e asked, trying not to let

he replied in the sam

l he could eat, and since it was designed for kids and had about 5

uld keep a fairly decent stock of the crap, b

" Alice shouted. "There

okémon ones," he g

o do and friends to meet. Messing around with stupid kids’ food for her useless brother

his stomach. "It hurts so fucking

ing. She felt bad for him,

et some more Pokémon spaghet

utside. Why he couldn't have done this detox in the summer was anyone's gue

with gloves as they hindered her ability to smoke. Lighting one up, she took th

ping himself up in his multiple sleeping bags. He looked like some sort of

ob heated, insisting that the microwave rays destroyed the nutrients. Alice was highly dubious th

s cocoon and smiled gratefully. He picked at the pieces

onversation with that prick Caleb. "You didn't offe

came to his lips, dropping t

forced and awkward laug

ck, man. What an absolute dick,"

n scarlet. "You mean to tell me you actually sai

he worst thing I've done

school you know

care, or to be parti

it, so, if anyone asks you... it

ristmas tree. "Caleb would probably have

amazy?" Ali

Honest. I've even got a prope

ng with her to get obscure drugs. Her mother would kill her, but honestly, if Eddy wanted something

ox was that Mum had threatened to kick him out if he didn't. It hadn't been her first go to, s

or me, please?"

I'll ask,"

dn't w

ht. The only problem was, she couldn't lie to sa

is gang hanging about by the bike sheds. He was sitting ab

king him for a favour. He'd either laugh in h

in pain and misery; Alice deci

ched. He jumped down from his position on

sk you if you have any, e

ot a load of dia

e same thing?"

ch," Caleb

lice asked. "I mea

e went on to explain that they were drugs used to treat anxiety by inhi

not wanting to admit she had no

as Dylan said,' Alice

and they can be used to treat addiction," C

Alice

elling the truth fo

some from you

offing sound bu

sed. She could understand why Caleb w

e of ten is twenty quid. Normally. It

er teeth and ch

nd a couple of mints floa

'm broke," A

o pay me with?" Caleb l

to remember what she had bought besides ciggies and Pok

eb said, passing her a sleeve of small blue p

r purse, Alice nodded

" Caleb cal

, figuring he wasn't going to s

t happened to the money in yo

k her brother was stealing from her

rugs," Alice asked, staring a

k me favours after you called me

wasn’t about to apologise like a bitch and was still firml

ers in this town, right?" Cale

oticed the way his lips puckered when he smiled

cupid’s bow,’ Alic

least," Dylan added,

n't care enough to ask. She just wanted to get

he wasn’t worried about her brother owing him money. What was he goin