Chapter 5

"Okay, here’s what we’re gonna play for." Trish said to Angelica, as they sat down around
a table, surrounded by dozens of curious bystanders, eager to see who
would win. Alex was there, too, looking scared and curious all at the same time.

"We’ll just be chugging some glasses of vodka and tequila, and who can drink more, wins. Easy, right?" Trish smiled her evil grin.

Angelica responded with a determined look on her face, even though, inside she felt like mush. She remembered a time when she had seen Patricia drinking too much vodka and what had happened to her afterwards. Angelica remembered the sound of the ambulance…

"You got it that far?" Trish asked, interrupting Angelica’s thoughts.

"Sure." she answered simply.

"If I win…" Trish said, getting close to Angelica’s face to whisper the next sentence
into her ear. "I’m gonna tell your so called boyfriend that you have a little disgusting lesbian lover…I’m sure he’d be interested to know that, don’t you think?"

Angelica drew her head back in shock. She looked around for Alex but he had mysteriously
disappeared. She quickly recovered, setting her mind that there was no other chance than to win this game.

"If I win…" Angelica responded, "You will stop teasing me and never say a bad word
about my parents again, or you’ll be sorry." She glard at Trish with a fierce look in her eyes.

"Fine." Trish responded with her disdainful grin.

They shook hands and the game took its course…

Half an hour later

"Are you giving up?"  Angelica looked into Trishes triumphant face like through a haze. Her
vision was blurred. She rose another glass of wodka to her mouth and
looked down at it, feeling a wave of nausea hitting her.

"You have to drink it, if you don’t want me to win…" Trish said firmly, yet, she swayed violently, too.

Angelica thought back to Trishes threat. She could not let her win. She swallowed hard, ignoring the
nausea and quickly gulped down the glass of vodka.

The next thing Angelica knew was a wave of giddiness overcoming her and suddenly everything around her
went pitch-black…

***

Tina was woken by a loud scream. She groaned, took a pillow and covered her face with it.

"What is it now?" she said quietly, moving onto the other side to see if Bette was awake,
as well. Bette, however, was not there.