What's in a word? (Five minutes freewrite)

marie-jay (61)in #freewrite • 6 years ago (edited)

That is exactly what I'm going to do!
He slammed the door and headed straight for his favorite part of the town - The Mill, with all it's little bars with cheap beer and not so cheap girls. Get blind drunk and forget everything, especially Janet.
Stupid bitch, how could she think I'd be so stupid to fall for the oldest trick in the book... Oh, I'm pregnant... we have to get married...Yeah, right...How does that figure out? We've been together like what?? A little over one year and, yeah, we were kinda talking about moving in...but marriage!? How the fuck was it my fault she messed up with the damn birth control pills?
He didn't find any of his old friends at 'Danny's'. Maybe because it was a Tuesday. He grabbed a beer and moved to 'The Blind Pig' where he tried hitting on a hot chick, only that didn't work. He was out of practice, he thought. At 'The Rose Garden', which got its name after the dusty pots of plastic flowers in the window, he found himself a nice little corner where he proceeded with the main task of the evening - getting drunk. He only got a murderous headache and they kicked him out when he threw up all over the table.
He woke up the next day with the damnedest hangover, which he nursed with a mug of black coffee and microwaved pizza. He decided he'd grab something to eat before a new round of binge drinking. Thankfully, there wasn't any call or text from Janet.
Hope she got the message!

He ran into Fat Garry at 'The Blind Pig', which was funny as the guy had a round face and small piggy eyes. He didn't actually like the man, but he sat down with him and told him everything over a couple of beers. Maybe more. But then Garry had to get home to the wife, so he found himself alone at 'The Devil's Den'. The only demonic thing there was a painted 'Welcome to Hell' wooden sign. He drank undisturbed until well past midnight. The fuckers kicked him out although he was not drunk, just sobbing at the bar, trying to kiss a random bald dude - his only friend in the world at the hour.
He found himself on the street, with a splitting headache but dreadfully sober, the words of that terrible fight playing on a loop in his mind.
'I'll be damned if I'll let you drag me into marriage just because you fucked up and got yourself pregnant!'
'Go to Hell' was the last thing he'd heard her say before going out with a bang. Literally.
After a few more not-so-merry-drinking nights and terrible-hangover days, it hit him. He'd cursed himself into this. And he couldn't get her out of his mind. He missed Janet. They were happy together and going back to his old ways wasn't much fun...
He was afraid she wasn't going to pick up the call, but at long last she did and, before he even had the time to say hello, she blurted out: 'It's over. I've had an abortion'. She started to cry so all he could do was hang up and go for a drink. They were waiting for him at 'The Devil's Den'.