This had the makings of a good night I thought to myself. Our first mission was to hit the open bar. My friend and her girlfriend grab enough mixed dr...inks for a group of ten, for me I stick to water. We began to hang, drink, and dance. We would step out for a smoke, talking and laughing. Back inside, the sea of people became an ocean. I was okay with that because that meant we were f***ed to be closer. The more she drank the more handsie she was getting. I lend in to tell she something. The. “You’re so beautiful, I was afraid they’d choose you as their princess at Neuschwanstein and keep you there forever.”The crimson blush this prompted, together with the breathless smile and the coy fluttering of her eyelids, made my heart sing. Yes, there was a spark! I gently moved my leg so our calves were touching, and she didn’t move away, no, there was a dreamy smile and her lips formed into the sweetest pout.But we were both quite tipsy by that time, and I worried that she might do things. On checking my cellphone I found no fewer than five further messages from her. Plainly something serious was afoot. With great trepidation I went to my office and rang her back.Poor Elspeth was in a state of agitation and dismay. She was so upset I was unable to ascertain exactly what had happened, but she said that she had messed everything up, that she had let me down, that she had panicked and had not thought what she was saying. She was sure that I would be furious with her, "And you have. It was really quite nice I suppose if you compare it to a dorm room."So would you like a drink," I asked."What I would like Miss Lucy is for you to come sit with me," she said not so gently. She was back to that challenging tone of hers."Sure I am going to reheat a cup of coffee first then I will be right there," I said. I really needed the coffee, What I wanted was to go to sleep. I thought that I had over done it for a first day on my own. I knew I should stay awake at least a while.