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Sandra woke early the next morning, not that she had actually slept that well in the first place. She would have normally woken up with a hangover considering the amount she had drunk last night, but the constant images of her actions last night had definitely sobered her up. They only had one more day left and then they would be leaving; however she wasn't sure that that was necessarily a good thing. At least while they were still away they were surrounded by everyone so they didn't have a chance to let things get awkward, but once they got home...well...Sandra didn't want to think about that.
Sandra was fully aware that their first seminar of the day was due to start in 20 minutes and that she hadn't had breakfast yet, so she found a brunch bar that had been squished at the bottom of her handbag. Sandra was also fully aware that Gerry should be waiting outside for her shortly so they could walk down together, what on earth was she going to say to him?
Sandra didn't really have much time to think about this though as soon there was a knock at her door.
"Gerry." Sandra was trying her hardest to act normal, "Looking better than last night." She commented, trying to avoid mentioning her careless actions.
"Yeah I do feel a lot better, although I've got a bit of a headache." Gerry was all too aware of Sandra's nerves; he knew that she wouldn't want to mention it, and he was certain that he wasn't. He cared about Sandra too much to spoil it by bringing up their silly mistake.
"Come on then," Sandra picked up her bag and headed out the door with Gerry, both trying to think of some normal conversation.
The day had gone really slowly for all of the team, so they were all looking forward to a drink in the posh bar afterwards.
"Sandra. Guys!" Strickland shouted after the team as they walked down the corridor towards the bar.
"Sir?", Sandra span on her heels to face her boss.
"I was going to take you all out for dinner. Do you fancy it?"
Sandra turned round again to face her boys, none of them looked enthused by the idea but for the sake of being polite "Yes of course sir, we'd love to," came the reply.
The whole evening was entirely awkward, and not just for the reason Sandra and Gerry had expected. The team were always uncomfortable around their boss, they never quite felt like they could relax properly, which had after all been the main goal for the evening. Gerry and Sandra were convinced that someone would notice that something was wrong with them as they kept trying to avoid each other's eye. But Brian and Jack were too busy trying to keep Strickland off their backs to notice.
To accompany an extremely slow and boring day was a slow and boring evening. So when they had finally finished the meal, they couldn't wait to disperse to their rooms.
Sandra had parted with Gerry in the corridor, saying nothing more than "Night" and "Make sure you pack everything". It was so unlike them, they seemed to have lost their banter. That was what scared Sandra the most.
And that was when she decided she had to do something about that. She couldn't lose her closest friend to one silly mistake.
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