Crank (Crank 1)

was hooked until I

couldn’t have one. No

one at my house

smoked, at least not

so you’d notice. Not

my mom. Smoking

causes wrinkles. Not

Scott, who had

a family history

of emphysema. Not

Leigh, who said

they made

your hair smell

like an ash

tray (only true

if you don’t

smoke). Surely not

Jake, the

ministud athlete. Nope

I

was most definitely

out of luck.

For the moment

anyway.

It Got Worse

because just about then,

my mom came home.

Good. You’re up. You looked dead

to the world, so we let you sleep.

Leigh shadowed her