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Another terrible smell story that, despite years of trying to repress it, has come back to me. This one again involves vomit, but only vomit. Not a lot of class involved either.
It was back in High School - as I said in my Biology story, I was not the most attentive student. The idea of studying was pretty laughable, as I assumed that I would coast throught the exams, HSC, University, and pretty much every other challenge thrown at me, through the grace of God and my own natural brilliance. Needless to say, God deserted me (draft-dodging ****), and my supposed natural brilliance failed to manifest itself in the form of high marks. However, it did help me out in situations outside of school.
One of these was during my year 11 exams. Despite not studying, or answering too many of the questions in my History exam, I felt confident that I would get a high mark, and was in the mood to celebrate, despite the fact that I had a maths exam the next day. To do so, I organised a few mates and 3 bricks of vodka, and we all trotted off to a local park for a bit of a drink. When I say a bit, I mean all three bottles were demolished within an hour between 4 people. By the time we drained the last one, I had regressed to the mental state of a three year old, giggling at everything said to me and babbling incoherantly at my friends, random strangers, and some inanimate objects. Apparently a telegraph pole was the object of my affection for quite some time.
Anyway, having started so early, and with the maths exam the next day, we decided to finish early, being the good, responsible students that we were. So at about 3am we wwandered off home. I'm not sure how I got back, but I found myself fumbling with the lock on the back door in no time at all. Once in, I stumbled up to my bedroom and poured myself into bed.
That's where the problems started. I'm used to the room spinning a bit when I get into bed drunk, and I've learned to tolerate it. But this - this was insanity. It was like being on a houseboat in the middle of Hurricane Katrina when a tsunami is heading your way. The bed pitched and tossed violently, as if it was having a seizure. I clung on for dear life, wimpering prayers. Suddenly, I sat up, realising that it was the only way to calm the storm.
I did, and the movement stopped - except in my stomach. I knew what that meant. Mr Smirnoff was about to make an encore. "Alright", I thought "I'll just to go the bathroom."
I got out of bed and put my feet on the floor. Mr Smirnoff made a leap for freedom. "Shit, that was close, maybe I'll just use the window."
Another step.
Shit.
Not gonna make it.
This is where that natural brilliance we were talking about earlier came in. Looking around frantically for a new home for my belly of vodka, I suddenylsaw the perfect new home for it. It couldn't be simpler. Shit, I was impressed with myself.
Falling to my knees, I violently spewed into the bottom of my open wardrobe. After several minutes of this, I sat back, satisfied grin on my face, high-fived myself, and closed the door. I got back into bed, and promptly passed out.
This is where it gets interesting.
The next morning, I was running late, having slept throught the alarm, and mum came in to wake me up. Having done this, she left me to compose myself. Fuck, words can't describe that hangover. Death looked pretty attractive.
After a shower, I came back into my room to get dressed. Opening the cupboard door, the rank stench of vomit and booze and what could have once been a kebab hits me full in the saggy, hungover face. I did what you would have. I threw up again.
"Fuck me, did I do that last night?" Clearly, there was noone else to blame.
I get dressed as quickly as possible, then looked for my shoes.
Oh. Holy. Fuck.
There they were, at the bottom of my wardrobe, covered in stomach acid, bile, and vodka.
I did wha I had to do. I took them downstairs, gave them a clean, and put them on, then rushed to my Maths exam.
Once I got there, I still felt like shit, but thought that if I could make it to the end of the exam without throwing up, I was on easy street. 98%, here I come. The examiner signalled us to start, and all was silent.
I was halfway throught the first question when I smelled something. It wafted up my nostrils, the putrid stench of vomit and booze. I gagged, realising that the smell of last night's excess had not come off my shoes with the chunks. I tried to breathe through my mouth. No dice, I could still smell it, and anyway, everytime I opened the damn thing I smelled like a brewry. No choice. Gotta use the nose.
How I got through it I'll never know. The smell was so pervasive that I couldn't concerntrate. Even the kids next to me were looking at me like a wino. It was obvious that i was sick - I was so pasty and white that I was practically translucent, the bags under my eyes could have been used as hammocks - but I was getting sicker by the minute. The smell wouldn't go away, in fact, I was convinced it was intensifying with every passing minute. I could smell the decaying kebab, the vodka mixed so stupidly with fanta, the endless chain of cigarettes that had passed before me as if on a conveyor belt.
In the end, I guessed the entire last section of the exam. I could't take it. Willing my stomach to hold on for just a few more minutes, I half-jogged up the centre of the exam room, unceremoniously dumped my 'completed' paper on the examiner's desk, and ran towards freedom.
I threw up not 3 seconds after leaving. If I had tried to answer one more question, I would have been in trouble. After emptying my stomach again (where does it all come from?), I vowed never to drink again.
I was on the piss again 2 nights later, but that's not the point.
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Last edited by bornslippy1984: 28-Oct-05 at 10:26am
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