Drinking

A Story by Breanna Wilson

A girl drinks to hide the pain

I believe it started when I was eighteen...HA! Isn't that a lie! I pour another bottle of cheap brandy and start laughing as the liquid burns my throat a little. I can barely feel it anymore. Drink up,Teddy. Teddy shakes his head. "Leave me alone,Bum-Bear!" I shout at him. The people on the terminal with me jump. They are all insane. They can't see Teddy. Teddy is a stuffed animal that has come to life. He's my disapproving boyfriend. He doesn't like it when I drink. Unfortunately for Teddy, I drink all the time and he doesn't like that but he in love with alcohol- I mean me. I'm in love with alcohol,not him. I guess I got confused.

I laugh hysterically and the lady with a baby glares at me.I smile and show her my middle finger. She gasps and covers her baby's eyes. Teddy frowns and tells me to stop."Deténgase." He speaks Spanish. I used to but I forgot the language a while ago,but for some reason I understand it when he speaks it.

"I love you,Teddy." I say as the drink tastes funny on my last swing. Teddy tries to stop me. He says,"Deténgase! No beber! Ha envenenado, Mia. Morirás !!! Y también yo!" Now what does that mean again... Oh yeah. It means:Stop! Don't drink it! It's poisoned,Mia. You will die!!! And so will I! . I love my Teddy even though he keeps trying to kill me. I'm so sleepy now...I wonder why Teddy always tells me to drink more,but not in public.

"Mama! I think she's dying!" "Oh my God!" I laugh and open my mouth to say to the confused child that I will sleep it off and be fine in the morning. Like always,but for some reason I start puking up blood and I can't stop...

Teddy disappears. He fades into the background and a light glows brightly before I can't see anything anymore. I fall into an eternal sleep and I remember something:

I'm a ghost and this has already happened...