She and I had been co-workers and very close friends for over five years. Beeg Alex reached across the table and took my hand, “Come”, she said, and led me to the dance floor. I tried not to intrude and kept to myself, only to have Alex or Sarah pull me out of my room, making me join them, or flowing over into my room sprawling on my king sized bed, until I became part of their world. One beer became two, two became four as we sat watching the band and the dancers The music washed over us as other couples gyrated and moved to the strenuous strains of the music.
