Forever

Drunk

CRYSTAL'S POV:

I continue crying for the rest of the night. What is wrong with Theo and why is he acting this way? He is never normally like this. He doesn't ignore me, either. Something really bad must've happened to make him this way cause he knows how sensitive I am and he knows about my trauma. I'm just hoping that he comes back soon because it's starting to get late and I don't know where he went.. Sophia is also wondering where her daddy is.. Come home, Theo. I love you.

THEO'S POV:

I cough a little as I sit at the bar with Toby on the little stools you see at most bars. He orders some alcohol and orders one for me too. He passes it to me but I just stare at it for a second, hesitating.

Toby sips his and squints a little "Ah- It's nice to finally have a drink again.." he says. He looks at me and decides to ask me "Hey aren't you gonna drink yours?"

I look up at him for a second before I nod my head yes. I take a quick sip and it's quite strong. Toby laughs. "Not used to it, are you?" he says, swigging again not even a second later.

I frown at him but then I laugh too, starting to take bigger sips by time. Me and Toby both just sit there for a while in silence and I think about how I've got to get home tonight and mark all the books, but I really can't be bothered... All I want to do now is order more of this alcohol.. cause it's surprisingly good and I don't drink it that often..

Toby taps me on the arm. I look at him as I set my glass to the side. "I dare you to chug it." he says, grinning.
"Chug it? Nooo.." I say, doing a fake smile.
"Yep."
"Nope."
"Oh go onn!" he picks up my glass and hands it to me. Many other people in the bar are also looking at me. Some start chanting and I reconsider for a moment, realising it might actually be fun. I sigh and shake my head.

"Finee.." I blurt out as I brace myself. Half of the people in the bar are still chanting "chug it!" over and over. I take one deep breath before I start drinking it. I squint as I do so but in about 10 seconds it's all gone. I wipe the white foam from around my mouth and everyone cheers, laughing.

Toby grins. "Nice." he says as he downs his last bit. He looks back at the bar and orders another one for himself. I also order another and I just know I'm gonna be badly drunk by the end of tonight.

We both get it soon and we just chat to each other. Basically venting and getting things off of our chests. I told him how I was getting stressed in the school as a teacher, and he told me about his argument with Tristan.

"Yeahh- Um.. I just find it really difficult having to mark all this work all the time, you know?" I say as I swig my drink. My words are slowly starting to slur. I can tell.

"Yaaaa... Um..." he hiccups. "It can be prettyyyy hardd-"

I laugh at him and he punches me in the arm. He hit me hard but it wasn't that hard as it was only in a drunk, playful type of way. It feels somewhat good to be getting drunk... Like I'm free to do what I want.

Yet again, I finish my 6th drink after chugging it and I order another. Toby is chugging his too and we're doing a competition on who can drink the most. We're gonna have the worst hangovers tomorrow...

I start hiccuping and I look like I'm all over the place according to others in the bar. I almost fall off of the stool too, only someone caught me. I need to be getting home soon.. But it's so fun here.

Toby challenges me to who can chug it faster but I feel like I'm going to be sick. I put a hand over my mouth before I slip off of the stool, stumbling to what looks like the men's bathroom. My sight is blurry and I can hardly see anything so I bump into a few things. I run into the stall and throw up into the toilet.

Toby follows me closely behind and laughs at me. "STRIKKEEEE!!" he shouts loudly, his words slurry as hell. He laughs and I continue to throw up. I laugh afterwards too.

This is going to be a long night...