Steve Bunting

And I remember they were whispering off to the side and I was like, what are y'all whispering about?

And Brandon's telling him, he's like, no, don't tell him.

And Kevin's like, hey dude, like last weekend, me and Brandon smoked weed and we think it would really help you out.

And I'm like, what?

And at first I look at Brandon, I was like, dude, like he betrayed me, right?

You're my best friend.

It's like, you're smoking weed.

And then second, you're smoking weed without me.

It's like, I felt like that was something we were supposed to do together, man.

Right.

But I'm like looking at him and he's like, yeah, I did.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know, you know, if you were, how you're going to feel about it.

So I didn't drink, I didn't do drugs or anything at this point.

And I remember we made a small bong out of a socket and a jump rope for a heart bottle.

And I smoked weed for the first time.

And I remember once it finally hit me and I felt it, I was like, oh man, there might be something to this.

There might be something.

Like it gave me just the amount of relief and a little bit of that escape.

And I caught myself giggling and laughing.