The flames flickered and thick gray smoke traveled up into the air. The smell of burning plastic and rubber invaded her senses. And just for a moment, a second even, she felt happy. She felt hope.
'This is it' She thought 'This is what I need. To burn away the memories, I depend on myself again. To be the girl I used to be.'
She let out a frustrated sigh and slumped against the wall. Her eyes never leaving the burning barrel that was full of gifts and pictures from him.
Deep down, she knew the real reason why she was doing this. She wanted to forget. To forget about him, to forget how he made her feel every time he looked at her. To forget about her rowing parents and her friends betrayal.
But who was she trying to fool? She knew she would never forget about him. A picture of his face and sweet, caring smile, would be forever embedded in her mind.
She could feel the anger building up inside of her.
"I don't want to think about this." She muttered to herself.
She opened the plastic bag that she had been holding and pulled out a bottle of vodka. She unscrewed the lid.
'Joey, wouldn't like you drinking that.' The thought cruelly skittered around her brain.
"Why would he care?" She sneered. "Joey made it pretty clear he wanted nothing more to do with me"
And with that she brought the bottle to her lips and took a gulp.
The vile taste burned her throat and made her gag. It wasn't enough to make her stop thought.
She drank until her vision got blurry.
She drunk until she could barely hold herself up.
She drank Until she forgot.
a/n
Just a little preview of what's to come. huge lauren & joey shipper. ;) so most of my stories will be about them. :)