This night I was playing with them a few times. I was pretty good at pool. Not as good as James, but I was having fun. Then, after I tired of games I ...atched another movie, waiting for the young men to finally go up to bed. I knew that I would be seeing Ted as soon as he knew that James was asleep. That was about an hour after they had gone upstairs. I was dozing off when I felt someone touching my shoulder. I looked up and smiled at Ted, expectantly waiting for his reward for being such a. Contrary to her expectation the door was locked and when she turned round the taxi had just driven away. She stood bewildered, then decided to ring the bell, which elicited no response. She was just wondering whether he had been held up, or changed his mind when she heard the lock click on the door, and her watch confirmed that it was indeed fifteen seconds before six.Once inside she looked round and, exactly as described there was a closed door on the right of the hall and the other three. "I did not invite our friends over so you could drool over them," she said. "I invited Chris over so he could drool over them, though. So I guess Andy has a good point. We'll be gone for half an hour or a little longer. Leave us a note if you want us to wake you up." Thanks," Chris said. He glanced down at his notes and realized that he hadn't really retained much in the past half hour. "Yeah, I'm going to crash for a bit. Wake me at ... when everyone else gets here." We really are going to. . we all had to try it ... twice. An ounce of juice, chased with a draft.You should keep count ... because none of us were.Six? Really? Six beers? No ... wait ... seven. Yeah ... seven ... or was it eight?“Anna? How many trips to the pisser?”“Two.”Eight beers ... each.Sure it’s 3.2 but ... eight, and the stool is feeling comfy.“Gimmie your keys,” said the bartender.I didn’t even think about it ... I passed ‘em over. He hung ‘em on a board behind the bar.He got on the phone to the desk. “Yeah.