Real Coincidence

(Avery’s Thoughts) (Street Night)

After Audrey left with her boyfriend, I am now, all alone in this street. I suddenly feel the melancholic vibes of it, and eventually, everything feels and seems big.

The smallness of my sole existence is intensified when I look around, the alcohol got the best of me. I try standing up, despite my wobbling knees, and I manage to retain my balance, or so I thought.

I look like more of a hunchback cause I get my balance from leaning forward and stepping my foot one at a time.

I build a rhythm of

“1, 2, Left…”

“1, 2, Right…”

“Come one, Avery, you have to get to the hotel fast, go girl,” I cheer myself up aloud. Audrey’s right, they won’t care about you, cause they don’t know how to speak English, so far I am doing fine.

Maybe, by sunrise, I can reach the hotel. I scoff, “So much for my first free night here, huh?”

I continue to walk, well almost crawling until I bump into something solid but bouncy. It isn’t hard but comforting.

So I try it once aga