Dozens of glasses clinked together as the clock struck midnight, signaling the beginning of the new year. The drunken voices of her coworkers rose into a chorus of well wishes and slurred insults.
"Well," Melissa said dryly, frowning at some of her feuding colleagues, "it looks like some of them have already broken their resolutions. They were supposed to be living a more positive life this year."
Sam remained silent next to her, waiting for her to continue. That was what she loved most about him. He listened to her. In fact, he was the only reason she had agreed to come to this ridiculous party.
More glasses clinked and a small group of clerical staff began trying to mumble-yell their way through "Auld Lang Syne" as they swayed next to the snack table.
Melissa turned back to Sam and sighed as she sipped her lemon-lime soda. She had really been unloading her stress on him tonight, talking at length about everything from office politics to the pointless new "team building" exercises that did little more than cut into everyone's productive time. Hardly the best way to start off the new year.
"Look, I'm sorry I've been such a downer tonight. Would you like me to get you a snack?"
Sam wagged his tail at the promise of food and she smiled.
As always, thanks go to @mariannewest for posting this prompt (which can be found here).
Image sourced from Pixabay.
Did you write about doggy kisses yesterday too?
😂😂😂🐶🐕These dogs surely understand us better than our co-workers.
Nope, that wasn't me! Were you thinking of @isa93's story, Wake-up kisser? It was so cute!
Oh sorry 😐
I still enjoyed your story.
It's fine. :-) We have so many awesome freewriters now! With so many great stories to read every day, it's hard not to get them mixed up a bit.
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A tail wagging Sam is not what I was expecting once again a perfect twist.
Thanks! :-)
Always worth to be read .. nice descriptions, fine vocabulary, funny final turn 👍🙂
Thank you! :-)
Nice one. The end was entirely unexpected
Here's today's prompt for you
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-97-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-bowl
Haha, good one! I've got a friend like Sam also, her name is Goldie and I can tell her all of my troubles and never worry about her repeating a word that I say to any other human. I have to admit that she stays up late at night talking to the moon and the other dogs down the street though. I'm not sure what she tells the moon, but those other dogs growl and bark their displeasure at me when I walk past their yard, so I'm pretty sure she divulges everything to them.
Thanks! :-) Pets do so much for us humans!
Love how many dogs are appearing out of nowhere lol
A sweet dog is a great reason to go to a party! I have stayed at a few children's birthday parties instead of just dropping my daughter off because there were dogs to play with! LOL.