run, run

time for free association writing game!!

Our Protagonist had a date that night. Not really a date date, but it was something. His first social interaction since he quit the scene after he realized what those people were. He was just now realizing he was the same thing the whole time. It wasn't the scene that made him that way. It was just who he was. Before he quit. OK, it is who he still is. Not that he really still is, if you know what I mean. Such injustice! Right?

The important thing to note here is that he was at last accepting who he was and what he had to do. Not that I'd expect you to accept him or his actions. That's just too much to ask.

So his date was with the girl from the bar that he'd vowed he'd never step into again. And the dinner was to be at that place he'd sworn off after that nervous breakdown. Not that he picked that place. He couldn't believe he was about to go there with her. But then again, he wasn't about to go downtown. The alternative was just not worth it. He had some pride left.

So he had a goddamn PBR at the goddamn bar, and he asked the goddamn girl in the Converse sneakers to go get some goddamn burritos at that place. She wasn't hungry and someone had spilled goddamn PBR on his shirt, so he decided he'd change, come back in a couple hours, and take her to...well, that place.

It was one of those times. When "let me guess. PBR." lead to "we might as well go to Tony's and get some of those vegetarian burritos," and concluded with "well I have to change my shirt, I wouldn't want to upset Tony! I'll pick you up later."

The joke about being the biggest cliché he could come up with was of course on him. Put simply, he was being himself. As much as he hated it, he loved drinking PBR at that bar, and Tony's burritos were delicious. He knew Tony wouldn't care if he came in with a dirty shirt, though. He just had to say something to get out of there.



and that's it for now. maybe i'll continue the story at a later date. i'll probably take out the "he's dead now" part though, i don't think i like that. same with the contradictory part...did he or didn't he suggest the burrito place?!