You against Me
Sooner or later in life, we will all take our own turn being in the position we once had someone else in
- Ashly Lorenzana
ANA
The music is thumping in the Alibi bar. And so is my heart.
The place is crowded tonight, even for a Friday. Seven hours after my day job, I’m practically swimming in the crowd, the dance floor pulsing to the rhythm of an R&B-laced EDM beat, and through the laser beam lights of purple, blue and red, I try to focus on the drink in front of me. Scratch that. The five drinks in front of me.
I’m mixing my third when the left cheek of my butt buzzes, a sign that my phone is receiving a text. I wait it out, not making a move to check it. I yell out to the man in front of me.
“Eleven-fifty,” I shout over the noise.
“Jesus, that’s the cost of a shot
