Reviving the Nightmare

by uselessness

You know how sometimes a song comes out of nowhere and sticks itself in your head? And then you find yourself humming it over and over again all day? Eventually it’s just an aggravation, an unwanted earworm headache that keeps popping up like a RickRoll when you don’t want it to, and you think you’re going positively batty until the sheer rage takes over, and then you hate the song and you hate the singer and you hate the world.

No? Maybe it’s just me.

Anyway, that’s how I felt when I came to, still replaying the happy tune of a lover in love and wishing it would just freaking shut up already. I needed silence.

When I opened my eyes, Tom was standing over me with an empty glass turned over my face, and I was drenched. “Thought that might do it,” he said.

“What a nancy-boy,” scoffed Mendez.

Yeah. Mendez was there. How embarrassing. Where was Jodi? Oh, there she was, crouching at my left with a camera, taking a picture of me in all my groggy, moistened glory. “Wait till the girls see this,” she said.

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  1. Reviving the Nightmare

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Man, that Jodi is cruel. I wonder how bad their date went that she’s trying to embarrass poor Jordan. What a nancy-boy? Ha ha. What a funny insult.

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    emma jo_234's Buddy Icon emma jo_234

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Hee. I love the first paragraph. I can relate completely.
    LoA

  3. Reviving the Nightmare

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This is probably where the concept of Jodi not being all that desirable crept into our collective unconscious.

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    NightMaiden's Buddy Icon NightMaiden

    Posted 5 months ago

    I agree with emma jo completely! I can relate…Jodi is being plain evil!

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