Sophie yawned and stretched. She could feel the heat of the sun on her skin and see it through her closed eyelids. It wasn't too hot just yet so it must be fairly early in the morning, she figured. She tentatively opened one eye... and instantly shut it again as the shaft of sunlight seemed to shoot right through her retina and into the back of her skull.
Shading her eyes from the worst of the solar rays with an elegantly manicured hand, she opened them only as far as narrow slits. She gradually opened them fully and was momentarily confused. This wasn't her bedroom. There wasn't a Madonna poster in sight. Her bottle strewn dressing table was nowhere to be seen either. Where the hell was she?
As she gave a distinctly unladylike belch and tasted the aftermath of too many Bacardi's and way too much vodka, everything fell into place. The party at Sarah's house the night before! Of course, that's where she was.
The sofa creaked beneath her as she propped herself up on one elbow and glanced around Sarah's living room. Well, Sarah's parents living room to be precise. What a mess! There were half empty glasses and upended wine bottles strewn across the no doubt very expensive carpet. And the ornate dining table was awash with plates and screwed up paper napkins. A solitary smoked salmon sandwich, its edges beginning to curl, looked to be the sole survivor of the rather excellent buffet.
And there was Sarah herself, curled up fast asleep in an armchair, her fiancι, Steven, on the floor beside her, dead to the world. Sophie craned her neck to see Selina, Roger, Emma, Jessica and a handful of others in an equal state of unconsciousness.
She could vaguely remember enjoying herself. It had been Sarah and Steven's engagement party and even though she lived less than a mile away, Sophie had been in no fit state to make the journey down quiet, unlit country lanes - let alone face her disapproving parents.
Sophie's 360 degree look around the room finished at the bottom end of the sofa she was lying on. She gasped as she saw who she was sharing the sofa with. It was that ignorant, annoying pig, Kevin. He was sitting upright, his head back and his mouth open, snoring loudly.
Sophie's eyes widened in disgust and anger as she saw that her bare feet were in his lap. She quickly snatched them away and tucked her knees up to her chest. She had had the sofa all to herself when she settled down to get some sleep - she was sure of it. Kevin must have lifted her feet while she slept, slipped in under them and laid them down in his lap.
She shuddered with revulsion at the thought of that pervert fondling her feet. Or, worse still, rubbing the seemingly permanent bulge in his jeans against them. The notion made her feel sick ........