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“Okay.” I went to the table to get a dirty glass to wash when I noticed that part of the it had been cleared off, and in the middle of the clean spot was a bottle of pain killers. Its top was off and it was lying haphazardly on its side.
It was empty. Beside it, written in jagged letters, was a note that said, “We’re out of Advil.”
I’ll never forget the first time I saw Brent really try to kill himself. The memory is riveted in my mind, always there, reminding me of what could have happened, no matter how much I try to forget. We had just gotten back home from the bar. I had managed to get Brent to drink [...]
The movie had long since finished and the DVD player shut itself off, leaving the TV with only a blue, empty screen. Holly had dozed off even before it ended, her head cradled by a cushion she had purposely put halfway on my lap. I looked down at her affectionately, then shook her lightly. “C’mon, [...]
Brent looked up at me and gave me an amused, but hollow, grin. “Do you know what today is?”
I thought about it. “Thursday?”
“No.” He almost sounded disgusted. “Why would I expect everybody to be dating?”
I thought about if for a second, then it dawned on me. “Oh….” I realized. “It’s the 14th. Valentine’s Day.”
“Right,” Brent said. He chuckled. “If you hadn’t broken up with Candace already, then she’d be breaking up with you now.”
“Hmm… You know what you need to do, Shades?” Tony said suddenly. “You need to buy her a few dozen roses. Then you need to go by her house and sit on her doorstep, waiting for her. And then, when she gets home, you need to stand up and shove them into her hands and say, ‘I love you! I need you back. I’ll never do – whatever it is you did – again.’”