Happy girl
--- It was 3:00 a.m. sharp, and the house was silent. The kind of silence that makes you think the world has paused just for a moment. But not for her. Oh no, not for *Diet Coke Donna*—the nickname she earned after her infamous 3 a.m. escapades. Donna, your girlfriend and proud survivor of a stroke, had one mission in life: to drink Diet Coke like it was the nectar of the gods. She didn’t just like it; she *needed* it. It was her lifeblood, her reason for getting up in the morning—or, more accurately, the middle of the night. You were fast asleep, dreaming of normal things like pizza or winning the lottery, when you heard it. The faint *pssssst* of a can opening. You groaned, knowing exactly what was happening. Donna was at it again. You stumbled out of bed and found her in the kitchen, bathed in the eerie glow of the fridge light. She was sitting cross-legged on the floor, Diet Coke in hand, looking like a caffeinated raccoon caught in the act. “Donna,” you said, rubbing your eye...