Platonic Mistress Tales: Drinking, Dancing, and Other Men (902 hits)
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Submitted by Paralyzed By Hope (View user info) at 2007-12-12 13:42:24 EST
Don't get the wrong idea. She may want your boyfriend, but that doesn't mean she's staying at home, twiddling her thumbs, and ESP-ing him to call. No. She leans back into the broad chest of the guy who just bought her her fourth jack and coke. They slam down a shot, smile prettily, and careen back to the dance floor. He wraps his arm around her waist and pulls her into him. She gyrates and writhes, closing her eyes as his hand slowly runs down the side of her thigh. When he bends his mouth down to her neck, she reaches up her hand and places it against his cheek. They rock to the music together and she can forget for a moment. Most nights, she just needs the flirtations. To feel sexy. Wanted. Desired. Up close and personal.
Do you know he gets jealous at the mere image of someone running a hand down her side to feel the curve of her waist? Or that the thought of someone pressing lips to her skin makes him shake with uncontrollable agony? It is painful for him: knowing he can't hold her back, but wanting her to wait for him. He will never ask her, but he wants her to wait. Until he is man enough to fight for what he wants. Until he's prepared to give her everything she wants.
And she's not ready to pine in a darkened room for him. There's still life tumbling through her veins. She loves to dance. She loves to drink. All in all, she loves to have fun. But there are times when the flirtations aren't enough. Everybody has needs.
On the weekend, he calls her in the middle of the night and listens to the tune she picked especially for him until the answering service picks up. His heart drops in his chest. Closing his eyes, he presses the end button hard. He walks to the kitchen and pulls out the bottle of Everclear you brought back for him from your last trip. With rapid pace, he drains his glass, momentarily cursing himself for not remembering how drunk he gets from it. The pictures in his mind haunt him. He can still see the mole on her back. The one he used to run his finger over as she slept naked next to him. Somewhere, another man is touching it. He grits his teeth as he tries to imagine what the other man will say about it. Anything derogatory would get him killed, for sure. That mole is his. It belongs to him and he wants to wring the neck of anybody who tries to claim it as their own.
He cradles his head in his hands as the thoughts progress. Her clothes being tugged away. The other man's hand disappearing up her skirt. He sees the skirt fluttering to the floor. Her moans echo in his mind and he wants to rip his ear drums out. She always liked being on top. He wonders if she will with the other man. Would that faceless person caress her skin like he used to? Who would she enjoy more? As tears spring to the corners of his eyes, he chokes on a prayer. Please, let it be me, he whispers to his empty apartment before he collapses into a drunken haze.
In the morning, she looks at her phone and sees his missed calls and text messages. For a brief second, she closes her eyes and forces herself not to cry. The hollow of her heart where his memory lies grows thick making it almost impossible to breathe. She glances over at the man sleeping next to her and slips out from the sheets. He rolls over and smiles at her. Pointing to the clock on his nightstand, she shrugs. He nods, pulls her to him, kisses her forehead, and falls back to his pillow.
When you see him the next morning, he is hung-over and cranky. You flinch at his exaggerated sarcasm. Work, he tells you. Work is stressful. He's lying, but you always avoid the truth. It is when she will call him back later in the day that he will once again smile. When she tells him that she prefers him, that she will always prefer him, his headache will fade and his muscles will relax. He is anxious for the moment when he can once again imagine them together. When nobody else will be in their way.
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User Reviews
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2007-12-14 10:19:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
EMO
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-13 11:08:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-13 10:57:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-12-13 10:04:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-13 09:52:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
blah blah blah Everclear blah blah blah
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blah blah blah symbolism blah blah blah cheap and unoriginal blah blah blah rock blah
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Sometimes when I study symbolism and foreshadowing and all that shit I wonder how much of it was accidental.
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All of it. Except in Nathanial Hawthorn's writing, which is why his stories are so terrible.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-13 10:57:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-12-13 10:04:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-13 09:52:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I will give this a +2 if you will explain to me why someone would bring Everclear home from a trip. I mean, it's cheap and you can get it anywhere. Wait a minute, is that some sort of symbolism? Fuck, maybe so. Have a +2 just in case.
Symbolism? Maybe that the girlfriend is cheap and unoriginal? I like that. So yeah. That's what I was going for. Glad I can rock the shit out of symbolism.
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Sometimes when I study symbolism and foreshadowing and all that shit I wonder how much of it was accidental.
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2007-12-13 10:47:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Crap. This gave me a good solid thump in my stomach. Cheers.
Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-12-13 10:04:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-13 09:52:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I will give this a +2 if you will explain to me why someone would bring Everclear home from a trip. I mean, it's cheap and you can get it anywhere. Wait a minute, is that some sort of symbolism? Fuck, maybe so. Have a +2 just in case.
Symbolism? Maybe that the girlfriend is cheap and unoriginal? I like that. So yeah. That's what I was going for. Glad I can rock the shit out of symbolism.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-13 09:52:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I will give this a +2 if you will explain to me why someone would bring Everclear home from a trip. I mean, it's cheap and you can get it anywhere. Wait a minute, is that some sort of symbolism? Fuck, maybe so. Have a +2 just in case.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-12-13 09:49:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Good, but depressing.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2007-12-13 08:42:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Ending seemed poorly written in contrast to the rest. However, still good :)
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-12-13 06:18:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
That'd explain it.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-13 05:39:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-12-12 19:05:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm sorry... it's well written and all, and I enjoy it, but these don't make any fucking SENSE. He's not happy with his girlfriend, he's in love with his friend (you, I assume?), and she's in love with him... why are they wasting time being miserable?
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They're probably English.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-12-13 02:27:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This story. I read it and then I went to take a dump before reviewing it because I wanted to commiserate over it. I didn't want to read it in the first place but the writing was good so I has halfway through it before I noticed, so that's good.
What the fuck. I had a big final today so I stayed up all night last night, and afterward today I crashed at my friend's apartment. I fell asleep playing scrabulous on facebook, and now that I lay here naked in my own bed, I've noticed I've got green highlighter all up and down both arms and legs. Damn.
This story inspired me to get off ubersite and read a book, so that's what im going to do. Peace out uber.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2007-12-13 02:23:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-12 16:14:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:24:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
this made me realise that I currently don't have crush on someone. This makes me sad.
it is kind of sad isn't it? Almost making it worse is that I know a few women are very interested in me and I am not interested in them. oh well.
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well duh - they're women.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-12-13 00:34:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Are you a man? Is this a story about gay lust? Is it one of those open-ended things where I can "do what I want with it"? Because right now in my head it involves Antonio Banderas and Johnny Depp in a locker room. Oh, look what they're doing now, they're smacking each other with wet towels. Now they're wrestling. Now they're lathering each other's bare chests with hot soapy water and talking about how hot I am. This is a great story!
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-12-12 22:25:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't get this, but honestly, I didn't try very hard. Other than not being able to understand it, I thought it was great! I could identify with the longing, jealousy, desire for passion and general restlessness of your characters. It probably has something to do with being an insane anorexic spoiled princess virgin slut still recovering from my child molestation and abandonment issues, or something along those lines.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-12-12 19:05:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm sorry... it's well written and all, and I enjoy it, but these don't make any fucking SENSE. He's not happy with his girlfriend, he's in love with his friend (you, I assume?), and she's in love with him... why are they wasting time being miserable?
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-12-12 16:56:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I like this series, while at the same time it makes me vaguely uncomfortable, feeling like I have been in this situation before, and that I know the ending will be very, very messy.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-12-12 16:24:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I enjoyed reading this, but the using second person made it a little confusing to follow.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-12 16:14:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:24:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
this made me realise that I currently don't have crush on someone. This makes me sad.
it is kind of sad isn't it? Almost making it worse is that I know a few women are very interested in me and I am not interested in them. oh well.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-12-12 15:59:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by His_Infernal_Majesty (user info) at 2007-12-12 15:45:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I did like how the perspective changed consistently back and forth. It also hit close to home with me, whereas I did not have the privilege of alcohol to ease the pain back then. More than worth reading.
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:32:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is why we have mysogyny in the world.
I went (read: still am going) through this, except it was a girl doin' stuff with my ex-girlfriend and not some guy. A guy I could have at least challenged on equal ground, but how do you compete with a girl? Grow a vag? It sucked, I got beyond drunk, punched a mirror, and got in all kinds of arguments and fights. She has no idea what I'm going through (I'm not an little twat, I just couldn't find a phrase that worked better) nor do I have any real plans to confront her about it. I guess I sort of am a little twat, but what the fuck.
I'm really not misanthropic or depressed or anything, but fuck people and the world's a shithole.
The "made me smile" label for this rating absolutely does not apply here.
Why am I sharing this with internet people? I'm really a little twat after all. I'm gonna go drown myself now.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:24:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
this made me realise that I currently don't have crush on someone. This makes me sad.
Submitted by Quint (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:22:39 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
That story could be about Method's Mom, except she would be nailing at least three guys at once on the dance floor.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:20:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Walking Dead 45. Out today. Rawr.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:20:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
smooth operatah
smoooooooth op er ate ah
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:19:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
If she's bringing him back Everclear from a trip then no wonder he's thinking of someone else.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:16:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
i remember just after my husband said he wanted a divorce doing 10 shots of everclear in rapid succession (about 20 minutes total which is pretty rapid for grain alcohol)
i have rarely been so drunk in my life.
you make me want to listen to sade, i dunno if i can forgive you for that.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:15:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Nice sheet.
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:11:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:06:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Ah, Everclear.
Once but Never Again.
I remember how you made that weird German Windmill repair-guy pick up my bartender friend and twirl her around while shrieking "Achtung!"
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Good Times.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:06:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I thought this was quite cool but it was too complicated to understand who is who. Or maybe I am just tired.
Submitted by Paralyzed_By_Hope (user info) at 2007-12-12 14:03:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-12-12 13:57:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
p.s.
no one, not even a cheating man, drinks everclear neat. not more than once anyway.
I didn't mean to imply he was drinking it straight. Sorry.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-12-12 13:57:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
p.s.
no one, not even a cheating man, drinks everclear neat. not more than once anyway.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-12-12 13:55:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
my neighbors mom used to read these.
she would sell them to other moms in her yard sales