Page 1 of Addicted

Chapter 1 – Tim

“So, how are things going then?” my youngest brother, Lance, asks me. I always think of him as Little Lance, the youngest of the Wilson clan, but these days I must try and see him differently because he’s on his way to becoming one of the biggest Hollywood stars of our time. I’m proud of him, but it’s super weird. “Where even are you at the moment? I never quite know where you’re existing these days. Anywhere near LA?”

“Not at the moment,” I admit. “But I promise that I will come and see you soon. I know that it’s been too long. But things are good thank you. I’ve been in one place for just over a month though so it’s time for me to start moving again. You know me, I can never stay in one place for a very long time. It’s impossible.”

“I don’t get it,” Lance replies honestly. “I mean, when you were just out of high school, sure, you were traveling then. But you are twenty five years old now and you still don’t have a solid plan, an address, or anything to keep you in one place. You have gone all the way from a traveler to a drifter.”

I let out a little laugh while nodding to myself. “Look, we are all different, everyone. It shows with us brothers. Doesn’t it? Ryan and Daniel are both business men, but in completely different fields. Ben is happy remaining in our home town and working with horses just like always. Artie has his motorcycles and his rough looking friends, you have acting and your dedication to your craft, but that isn’t me at all. I don’t need to work at one place and earn millions of dollars. I don’t want to be in the rat race, worried about the next promotion. I work just to give me enough money to go out traveling again because I want to see the whole country. The world as well. My priorities are jus different to the rest of you, that’s all. It doesn’t make me wrong or anything.”

“No, I know.” Lance sighs loudly, showing me how he just doesn’t get it. He tries to but he can’t, not really. “I just worry about you, that’s all. I think I would feel better if I knew that you were settled. I mean, what about romance? You haven’t ever had a serious girlfriend, have you? How could you with your ways?”

“Coming from the king of romance,” I laugh. “I don’t need a long term romance. That’s just like jobs, isn’t it? Why would I want to stick with just one when I can travel and meet them all? That’s better for me.”

“One day you are bound to meet a woman who will change your mind,” he replies with a huff. “One day all of this won’t work for you anymore and you will struggle to change your ways.”

“Or maybe I will meet a woman who wants to live my life style with me. You never know.”

That shocks Lance in to silence. I don’t know if he is about to change his mind and believe me here, but I have given him something to think about which is something. I don’t really think that I will meet that woman who’s about to join me on my life journey, but I’m also not concerned about meeting someone and settling down any time soon. Lance and my other brothers might not get it, but I really am happy with the way that things are.

“Anyway, I have to get back on to set,” Lance eventually says. “But I will speak to you soon. Please, wherever you are, at least try and keep your cell phone charged at all times. When you really went off the grid for four days I genuinely panicked. I thought that something bad had happened to you.”

“To be fair, you were staring in that horror movie at the time, so you were probably all twisted up in knots, but yes I will do my best. I know that you and the rest of the Wilson clan worry when you can’t get hold of me.”

I roll my eyes and chuckle to myself as I hang up the phone. Honestly, they make out that I can’t look after myself sometimes when I’m really fine thank you very much. Although it is nice to know that I’m cared about, I suppose. It would be so much worse if I had no one out in the world looking out for me.

I suck in a deep breath and soak in the burning hot air, knowing that soon enough I will be somewhere else entirely. I don’t know where I am headed exactly, I never truly map out a plan before I leave anywhere because I love to be spontaneous and just go with the flow. I have always found that the best adventures come when they aren’t planned. I meet the most interesting people and see the quirkiest things. That’s what I live my life for. I respect my brothers for their lives and pint of view, but I don’t want to waste my life away in an office. I feel like I am here as an explorer, like I was a pirate or something in a past life. I just want to experience everything.

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