Aaron Ridley, Ph.D (draridley) wrote in nbc_chicago, @ 2011-08-06 14:17:00 |
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Entry tags: | alan ridley, charley drummond |
Who? Alan and Charley
When? Saturday, August 6
Where? Blasted BBQ
What?Lurking, hoping to be unnoticed
Rating PG (probably)
Alan Ridley did not like social situations, but then again, he was trying to become more social, so somehow, he had to reconcile these two paradoxes. The things that were on his side - the BBQ was more or less mandatory, and there was probably going to be alcohol, and he was probably going to be someone’s ride home. He would be doing a good deed for the day, so he shouldn’t feel too horrible. Also, someone might get food poison, or eat too much because the food was free. That had happened to an unfortunate few last year, even though Alan had already warned them.
And if people did not care to listen, it was on them.
The downside was that he was going to be outside most of the day, wearing a ridiculous t-shirt. Formal was Alan’s safe bet for everything, and there were just too many people.
He went over to the drink table and poured himself a glass of lemonade. Maybe he could just skulk around the whole time without being noticed.