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FOUR'S A CROWD

 I could have been drowning bottles of alcohol, just like Mary had? I could be running care free drunk in the street? After all "Love ain't real" aint it? Pfft, yours truly, should know a thing or two, it's a cycle of get to know someone to be a stranger again right? All's good until that moment it breaks, but for the love for everything that's real why the hell am I here, in my own house, trying to hide from my ex and her best friends guy, with my ex's best friend in my arms now? My arms, shuffled like revolving pistons, and legs struggled with balance like a weak branch in a strong breeze, trying to manage Mary's weight while keeping my cover. "Ah no! No, Don't break now, argh, you've been alright all through" Mary said. The clanging sound of small metal parts was let out after heavy thuds, knocked the door, shackling the weak nuts and bolts on the hinges. "Maary!!! Marryy!!" Tim said. "Jared! Jared! Are you there?...

GETTING ACQUAINTED

 Time stood still for a moment, in the time, my eyes took to blink, as her smile stared back at me. Was she right or the alcohol had been full till the brim, in her head? Me? Her boyfriend? Liiiiies! Besides, who wants, the monster I was tainted to be? So many questions. "Haha, you're so funny you, haha, should I come closer to tell you more?" She said. "What?! Are the liquor fumes boiling up inside you? Do you hear yourself?" I said. Mary's low level of sobriety, poured her uncontrollable movements from the couch, and slithered herself, like a highly viscous fluid, pouring downhill, to holding onto the fabric of  my khaki pants and wool socks. "C'mon youuuu, why are you so serious, you know a bit of playtime is good for Jack, or should I say my Jaaareeed! Uuuh! Haha" She said. The vibration of my phone broke the approach by Mary, as I looked to see who may be buzzing my phone. I picked up the phone, but a silence and static greeted me for a wh...