the crash was hard for everybody. but it only got harder when the remaining survivors were rescued. lottie went into a mental hospital, shauna went back to jeff, and natalie went to drugs.

it isn’t healthy for anybody, but for an eighteen year old it’s just horrible how bad her addiction was. you didn’t find out until six months after the rescue, and you wouldn’t have found out if you didn’t call her when she was high.

you asked if you could come over and smoke some with her, and she said she didn’t smoke it. then you kinda caught on.

as her best friend, it was inevitable that you’d beg her to stop, tell her how bad it was for her, but she wouldn’t listen. she told you she didn’t wanna remember anything about the crash, and that her life couldn’t get any worse.

it was 8pm on a saturday night, and natalie messaged you.

wanna come over?? i got stuff.