Dan looked out the window. The sad look on his face said everything to Megan who was standing behind him.
"She took the job; she leaves tonight." Dan said
"She wasn't right for you" Meg said "It would have been a big mistake."
"IT'S A MISTAKE I NEED TO MAKE "Dan yelled "I love her."
Dan stormed out the door. He walked out to the street and headed for the 18th street pub. Dan wanted to get wasted, to wake up in the firkin gutter, to do something stupid, something idiotic, and most of all to forget the last couple of days. He walked and walked. He kicked himself for getting his hopes up like that. He knew it would never work; it was a shot in the dark; A fool's wish. A stupid hope of finding love, of finding companionship, and of maybe once getting a happy ending to this wild, unpredictable and crazy life he lived.
Dan bummed up against a wall; he looked up and saw he was at the pub. He pushed in the door and shuffled inside. The scene inside was bleak. The pub's inside was painted in a shade of green one would describe as Irish green. The furniture was upholstered in a dull-ish red color. Almost maroon. At the front was the bar. It was high polished wood with a brass railing around the front. And behind the bar was the man of the year: mike the barkeep.
Mike was a man of many talents. He is what you would call a jack of all trades. He has worked as a firefighter, an iron worker, and even a boat captain. He has traveled the world. Seen all there is to see. He is the party animal you want to hang with. He has done so many stupid things while drunk that he should hold a world record. He was notorious for getting black out drunk.
"The usual, mike" Dan said as he pulled himself onto the nearest bar stool
"Ok, one blockbuster coming right up" mike said
The blockbuster, the love child of Dan and mike's many years of drinking. It is a concoction so noxious that by your second one your ether blacked out on the floor or buck wild drunk. You start with a large mug or cup, in fact the bigger the better. Then pour in a shot of every alcoholic beverage available. Give it a good stir then serve it up.
"Dan I know that look on your face" mike said
"Don't even start mike, your either going to help me or you're going to hurt me. There's no in between." Dan said as he grabbed the mug and downed it in a single gulp.
