She was a 5 year old kid when she first tasted beer from my daddy’s beer mug. The moment it touched her tongue, she spat it out! BITTER BITTER BITTER!! Her daddy smiled at her saying Kate sweetheart, you’re too young for beer. “Beer is bitter, but to enjoy the sweet things in life you have to overcome the bitter things or just accept them the way they are.” She stared at him blankly for a moment n then walked away.
Today at 25, Kate sits back in her living room on the couch watching THEIR favorite team
The game begins Germany has the ball from Klose to Podolski to Muller to Ozil and now back to Klose and it’s a goal for Germany, Kate wondered to herself I should be happy that my team has taken the lead in the match so early but she was evaporated by her own thoughts that seemed so far away from the game…
It was her 1st day of junior college, she’s sleeping when her phone begins to ring at 6:30am, it’s a call from her buddy, best friend, her Nick saying MORNING KATTY! Get up baby, will pick you up at 8. Look hot! College days were fun for Kate. From 16 they turned 18. ADULTS!! Graduation!! Nick would say, “Katty baby wherever you go I’ll follow you…CA , IAS whatever it is.”
Nick loved Kate and Kate loved him too. Soon they went from buddies to best buddies to a serious relationship. To celebrate graduation they went clubbing and then to a sports bar for the 1st time ever. At 19, it was about time to start drinking,thought Kate… It was Nick who said lets beer up and watch the big game. Kate hated beer but she said she’d try it just this once and strangely the ‘once bitter beer which she hated’ tasted like honey coming from the same glass Nick drank from. From then on clubbing became a common pastime for Nick & Kate and Budweiser became a close substitute to water. Beer, pizza & Football became a hobby.
Life seemed beautiful to the two of them. They kept each other company always, went for long walks in the rain, sang and danced together, talked to each other forever.
In a party once Kate remembered Nick saying as a reply to the toast for him when he became the HOD of his department at just 24 that, “It’s just u katty n Budweiser that keep me going all the way , I can’t give up on either of u.” But then again with big bucks in their pockets came the big drinks. The Chivas Regals, Black Dogs, Coyote Tequilla n Irish Malts but to Kate & Nick nothing seemed to take the place of their Budweiser beer!
Then one night at 10:30pm odd all of a sudden Nick called Kate , he sounded pale on the phone , he told Kate he wanted to see her just this once, he said it was urgent and to come home asap. Fear gripped Kate, she ran out of her home & into her car. She reached his apartment the door was open she pushed the door hard her hands trembling only to see Nick with a wide grin on his face he held her hand and sat her on the couch. She still din’t know what all this was about. He went into the kitchen and brought 2 bottles of beer out and said I was bored at home and thought lets have a competition who can gulp down the beer 1st. Kate was furious with Nick for what he had done to her, she couldn’t speak, all she wanted to do was hit him with that bottle on his head & this drove her to snatch the beer from him & gulp it down , half way through she bit into something solid & almost chocked, from her mouth she den removed a platinum ring studded with 6 diamonds. Nick still smiling went down on his knees and proposed to her, he said “Katty, I love u ...Marry me!” She looked at him and held him close to her she hugged him, kissed him & then they made love for the 1st time ever!! The feeling was heaven but the party was not over yet. They decided to go to a club & celebrate their new life. It was 1am in the morning when they reached the club; they drank as much beer as possible & danced to what seemed like eternity.
Exhausted & drunk they got back into the car and were on their way home. Kate just couldn’t believe what was happening to her she had never felt so happy in her life & next to her was the man of her dreams, her Nick, her future husband. Lost in her own thoughts she missed what was happening around her .There was a big bang and suddenly she felt pain all through her body, she couldn’t move a muscle , she was on the road and covered in her own blood, her body was crying & her eyes were shutting.. NO!! NO!! She fought to keep her eyes open; she tried looking for Nick but couldn’t see him around. Over her she saw 2 men talking to each other. One man touched her hand and felt her pulse he said to the other man she’s alive but she may not make it through the night but the boy, the boy died on the spot … Her body no longer hurt..The pain was all gone..Her heart went numb!! It din’t matter anymore all she wanted was to close her eyes and never ever open them again..
Suddenly there was a deafening roar of applause
Kate hated beer now because she felt it was the beer that took the life of her beloved Nick; she wondered only if they were not too drunk that day Nick would be right next to her; but now the BEER was BITTER! But she knew she could never give it up coz somehow it kept her Nick alive in her. She then picked up the beer & sipped it; she din’t spit it out… even though the Budweiser was no longer SWEET!!
Renee Gomes
Nice description, for a start...keep blogging...believe in yourself...n u can reach heights with this attitude...keep it up!!!
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