Christmas is usually a family sort of event for Eva, which is how she manages to actually tolerate and often enjoy it... Until she starts getting grilled about her love life.
This year the office Christmas party was timed such that she couldn't get out of it. So here she is, four wine glasses in, in a reindeer sweater and wool skirt, trying to talk about something that isn't work and failing. At least she managed to actually force Neil to show up. There's no way she was braving this crap all by herself, and his track record for keeping social appointments.
She shouldn't be drinking this much, either. She usually doesn't, she usually has much better self control, but this whole party has been so trying on the nerves... And now here she is, trapped in a conversation with Alistair, and her capacity for acting nice is running so thin. Even being drunk can't mask the smell, and he wont stop telling stories she's already heard before.
She can't see Neil from where she is, but she needs help. She slips out her phone, still mm-hmming along.
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Date: 2018-06-11 11:39 pm (UTC)This year the office Christmas party was timed such that she couldn't get out of it. So here she is, four wine glasses in, in a reindeer sweater and wool skirt, trying to talk about something that isn't work and failing. At least she managed to actually force Neil to show up. There's no way she was braving this crap all by herself, and his track record for keeping social appointments.
She shouldn't be drinking this much, either. She usually doesn't, she usually has much better self control, but this whole party has been so trying on the nerves... And now here she is, trapped in a conversation with Alistair, and her capacity for acting nice is running so thin. Even being drunk can't mask the smell, and he wont stop telling stories she's already heard before.
She can't see Neil from where she is, but she needs help. She slips out her phone, still mm-hmming along.
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