(The wednesday100 topic was "Intoxication".)
The Scorpion does not encourage or endorse the following behavior.
"You're old enough!"
"I'll stick with Diet Coke," Lana said primly.
A guy asked Chloe to dance. She put down her cranberry-juice-and-vodka. "Watch my glass!"
Lana nodded emphatically.
Chloe kept dancing. Bored, Lana eyed Chloe's drink. It was a nice color. She tried some. Soon, she'd finished it.
When Chloe returned, breathless and laughing, Lana had tried the Pink Lady, the Pink Squirrel, two kinds of rose, and a Pink Gin Fizz.
"Chlo'? You're my beessshhht friend!!!!!"
"Whoa!" Chloe exclaimed. "You've had enough!"
"Nonshenshe! They're sho pretty; what harm could there be?"
Eventually, poor Lana drank herself to death.
Darn.