"How could you do that to me!"
"Well, if you were ever around..."
"Oh, don't give me that! You knew it was gonna be tough when I first asked you."
Jade glared at him.
"And how long has it been going on for? Or don't I want to know?"
"You don't want to know."
"That long huh? And how much longer would you have kept leading me on?"
Jade smirked.
"Until whenever."
And on that Jade flounced across the room. Back to the junkie guy she had been cheating on Taylor with. Taylor glowered at them, and Marty wandered to his side.
"You wanna know how long it's been going on Hanson?" he asked.
Taylor glanced at him.
"Yeah." He replied slowly.
"About a week after you started dating."
Taylor's jaw dropped, and he sat down on the couch in shock.
"That long?" He gasped.
Marty sat next to him.
"Yup. That long."
Taylor picked up a nearby can of alcohol and threw it across the room.
"Nah nah dude, don't going throwing it around." Marty said, as a complaint came from where the can landed. "You wanna drink it."
"I don't drink." Taylor replied sullenly.
"It'll make you feel better..."
Taylor stared at him.
"Even if I wanted to I couldn't."
"I see. You career, your family." Marty said, leaning back in the seat. "Well, there are ways around it you know. You can get high without having to worry about a smell or anything. And leave all your troubles behind for awhile."
"I don't have any troubles."
Marty was silent for a moment.
"Not even her?" he asked gesturing towards Jade.
But Jade was not the 'her' Taylor immediately thought of.
"No." Taylor said at last.
But it was a tad too late, Marty has sensed his hesitation, brief as it was. He handed him a small bottle of pills.
"Here, take it."
"I don't think so." Taylor replied, glancing briefly at the bottle.
Marty shrugged and forced it in his hand.
"Ok, don't then. Just consider this a free sample. You know who to talk to if you ever want more."
Marty walked off leaving Taylor staring at the bottle in his hands.