You and Jamie had been best friends since preschool. And your favorite thing to do with each other is to sit on the roof and talk about life. Which is what you both were doing now, except Jamie was smoking a joint.

“Hasn’t anybody told you that those are bad for you?” You ask.

“”Many folks have warned me, there’s been several people try. But up until now there ain’t been nothing that I couldn’t leave behind…” he replies and takes a long drag.