Karl

The incessant buzzing of my phone’s alarm is drowned out by the pounding

inside my head—a lingering reminder of last night’s… festivities.

Why did I think that having one more whiskey was a good idea? I was already

pretty drunk last night by the time I got home, but I couldn’t stop thinking about

Abby.

In a feeble attempt to drown those thoughts out and get some sleep, I guess I

thought one more drink was the way to go. I still remember raiding the minibar in

my apartment and pouring a rather tall glass of whiskey—no ice—which I

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proceeded to knock back while giving half of my attention to a crappy movie I

found on N*****x.

Oh, how I wish I didn’t drink that whiskey. I feel like shit, and I’m not even fully

awake yet.

finally crack open my eyes, the red digits of

at me: 7:15 a.m.

eyes

me, equally as perturbed by

week from now, you’ll be saying that a ‘little

never hurt anybody.’”

a hand through my unkempt

like drinking a sleeping

“Maybe so, but you should get up. You might want

Abby before the

the mere mention of her name sends a weird tingle down

of last night come flooding back in. She

the alley, leaning against the brick wall, her blonde hair awash

sunset in the light of

I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Not after

last time, and especially not when

about today.

don’t think it’s a good

probably already at the

competition. I’ll see her later while

competition from the audience.”

give Abby a little surprise, so I bought

Actually, I bought tickets for everybody. I figure she

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