Friday

It was 8PM and she has not left the office. Having just started working for this company, she was trying to get used to the weekly Friday social activity. Her momma said to make new friends. Her manager stressed the importance of networking with colleagues.

The team would usually meet at a location for dinner. Then, almost everyone would proceed to a nightclub for drinks and dance but most of her team members preferred the drinking part more than anything. She, on the other hand, preferred the dancing part.

Each time, she ordered just 1 glass. Beer or rum. The usual drinks that the team would order. She didn't like any of them because they burn her throat and they taste awful but she didn't want to be a sissy with a fruit juice order. She wanted to blend in. She had so far, not finished her drinks and she would spend most of her time on the dance floor and danced her worries away.

She had seen what alcohol did to her colleagues and she could not understand why they resorted to drinking week after week. Drinks were not cheap either. In fact, they burnt holes straight through. And with the aftermath of disgusting puke, and awful headaches. It just didn't make sense to her. But, she was new and she just wanted to be part of the team. She needed support.

She had seen how her colleague squirmed like a worm and another colleague, who thought he was charming, climbed and stood on the bar top,. He tried to dance like the sexy ladies in "Coyote Ugly" and lifted his shirt to show off his non existent six pack, just one fat pack. What an awful sight. She wondered each time, how they could still go to the office on Mondays, as though nothing happened.

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For Alcohol Effects (c5c2) Community

The prompts are

ashes - charming - release - perplex - support - worm
(You have to use at least 3 out of 6.)