Private Party
A couple sneak upstairs during a party.“Hi James,” you say cheerily when you find me sitting alone on the middle landing of the stairs.“Hi Megan,” I answer from where I sit leaning against the wall. “Get too noisy for you in there as well?”“Yeah,” you reply, glancing back downstairs to where the noise of the party echoes from. “Mind if I join you?”“Not at all.”I start to move aside, to make room for you to sit beside me, but you say “It’s okay, I’ll just sit in here,” and lower yourself to sit...