Even though Elise was drunk, she wasn't completely out of her head. As soon as Brian started asking about Benson and she had to brush past him and Mallory to get the beers and come back to Brian, Elise realized that maybe she was doing a favor for her best friend by distracting Mallory's boyfriend. She didn't approve of hitting on someone with a significant other ever, but Benson and Mal had barely even spoken in more than two years and Elise wanted to give Benson the opportunity to keep it up.
"Hey, I have an idea," she said, brightly. "Let's go play beer pong! We can be partners while they talk or something." She gestured towards the kitchen where one game was winding down.
"I call winners!" she shouted towards the table, and received a few nods in response. It was still early enough that there wasn't a big sign-up sheet to play yet.