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“Who?” he mumbled in astonishment.

I couldn’t hold back any longer. The anger that I had carefully contained within me finally burst out. I could most hear the deafening tolling of bells inside my

head. A little more and I would have lunged at Eric with my fists, just to remind him of my existence.

“Damn it! Eric! You don’t even recognize my voice anymore?! Come on, get yourself up and try to remember my name!”

Eric stiffened and slowly lifted his head. There was so much astonishment in his large blue eyes that I involuntarily wondered if my friend was suffering from a split personality disorder. Although, most likely, it was just an effect of prolonged drinking. He sat up on the bed and rubbed his eyes. Clearly, he couldn’t remember who I was. And the sight Eric presented was hardly aesthetically pleasing: dark, thick, overgrown hair sticking out in different directions, a foggy gaze, a split lip, and, apparently, his nose had recently been quite badly bruised. “Goblin-like”

didn’t even begin to cover the shaggy monster standing before me.

“What are you doing here?” Eric whispered hoarsely.

“What am I doing here? You’re asking WHAT I’m doing here? I want to know why the hell you told your sister all that nonsense yesterday?!” I yelled, pacing back and forth.

“Oh…” was all the drunk youngster squeeze out and stared at me expectantly.

“Eric, I didn’t think you were such an idiot and… your lip is split!”

“Back off, Jack,” Eric mumbled and flopped back onto the bed. “But since you’re here, bring me some water.”

Instead of heading straight to the kitchen to help my friend with his hangover, I grabbed his hair again and turned his face towards me. Eric’s eyes showed confusion and bewilderment.

“Jack! Are you out of your mind? That hurts!,” he freed his hair from my grip and, fully back to his senses now, sat up on the bed.

“What do you want?”

“Grab your butt and take it to the bathroom. You have exactly twenty minutes to sober up,” I muttered through gritted teeth and walked to the window to open it.