Cory slammed the door behind him as he left the house. He began his walk to school, taking a cigarette out of
his pocket and smoking it while he walked. He paused for a moment, he didn't smoke. Shaking his head he
reminded himself that he had been smoking since he was 12 and his older brother gave him one to try.
He smiled, his older brother was also the one who gave him his first joint as well. He shook his head, he
still didn't know when his brother and dad would be out of jail for possession and sale of drugs.
“Hey, Cory dude” he looked up to see his best friend Sam.
“He man” he replied with a smile as the bumped their fists together.
“Can I have a drag?” he asked nodded at the cigarette in his hand. Cory nodded and handed it to him, watching
as he took a long drag before handing it back. Letting out a long cloud of smoke as he exhaled.
“So, you do anything last night?” Sam asked.
“Got high” Cory said with a laugh, as he finished the last of his cigarette and threw it on the ground. “What
about you?”
“Shagged, Leigh” he said with a smirk, “You were right she was a screamer mate” he said nudging Cory
playfully.
Cory laughed as he remembered shagging Leigh last week behind one of the school out buildings. She had almost
got them caught the way she screamed in pleasure.
“Anyway” said Sam, “I'm thinking of missing 3rd Period Maths today, you up for it?” he asked as their turned
the final corner towards the school.
'Skip class? No!' Corys mind was screaming, but his body nodded. “Yeah man, I'm up for that, I need a joint
soon anyway” he said as they entered the school yard, it was empty. He was late again, not that he cared.
“Awesome, Dude” he grinned as they walked into the school and the empty hallways as they walked towards their
homeroom that they shared. “Maths is shit anyway, when will I ever need it in life?”
Cory and Sam walked through the hallway at a leisurely pace, not really caring that they were already 5
minutes late. Entering the homeroom, they walked straight to their desk that they shared at the back of the
room and sat down, ignoring the teacher, who was walking towards them ready to give them a lecture.