Disclaimer: Not mine, don’t sue. This is VERY short, and I was up VERY, VERY LATE when I wrote and submitted it...(in other words, "blame my subconscious for this one" :-P ).
She sat alone, blue eyes lit up by the gleam of the computer she was facing. Her back was hunched in the manner that most heavy computer users developed: that "I’ve been-using-the-computer-too-long-and-I’m having-to-get-closer-to-the-text-to-read-it" look. It was very late, and she knew somewhere in her mind that she really should shut down for the night.
But she couldn’t.
Why? Because of the most addicting thing in the world. The thing that could take down a successful high school student’s grades from "A’s" and "B’s" to "D’s" and "F’s" because of a person’s time is absorbed by it. The thing that could get a person so hooked, that one could easily enter withdrawal for days—even weeks or months—at a time. The thing that could cause a person to have wild emotional swings whilst going through the anticipation right before a dose was due.
No, not marijuana. Not LSD or PCP, not tobacco or alcohol. Not you’re mother’s best sweet potato pie or the delightful look on your hated sister’s face when she comes back from college to see that you trashed her room. No... none of that. It was the most addictive thing known; it was--
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