My First Work Drinks
I started on Monday and today there was work drinks, my first, and our story had, obviously, got out. Ben had a girlfriend. And then Ben had a boyfriend, and the boyfriend was the new guy, which is me. I was what superseded Amy, it seemed everyone was fascinated with that. A straight boy with a gay boyfriend was endless hours of intrigue and questions. The bar was open and everybody seemed to get, if not drunk, certainly socially oiled. And while I might be a little reserved in my private life, I’m not usually reserved at work. I’m not really sure why? I’ve always thought it was because I am good at my job, even if I can be somewhat disinterred at times, and that gives me a kind of work confidence. All the secretaries who always fancied Ben wanted to know the gory details, I was a little shocked. “Hi, I’m Mary-Lou, you’re Josh, aren’t you?” “Yes,” I said. “The new guy.” Stacey, one of the other secretary’s joined us. Gabriel’s Secretary, Kitty was with Mary-Lou, they both had a rather ...