Through The Eyes of a Sober Stranger
Through The Eyes of a Sober Stranger
The air was thick with the stench of alcohol, and there also lingered a sour odor, remnant of the contents of stomachs that had been recently and rapidly emptied. To breathe in this air meant to suffer the consequences of the aforementioned stench, or to choose perhaps the lesser of two evils, and inhale through the mouth. However, this relinquished a salty taste to the tongue – that of sweat from dozens of dancing strangers? bodies. All the while, the din of empty beer cans clanging on the floor was drowned out by speakers oozing thumping music that sent vibrations throughout the house.
These things went unnoticed by the majority of her distant intoxicated cohorts swaying to the beat. It seemed that only she could hear and smell and sense these sordid things; no one else present would notice them, because to all of them it was ?normal? and just a part of the ?awesome party scene? with which they were all enthralled.
By the hazy greenish-blue lighting that crept in through the windows, she could tell that it was now around 2:30 or 3:00 in
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