Adam bumps into someone else.

"Adam! Fancy seeing you here," came the chirpy voice of his workmate, Bill. Adam was only a few feet from Donna and Clive's table before he was intercepted. He tried to hide his disappointment as he turned to face his colleague.

"Hey Bill, how are you?" Adam said with his best fake smile. "I was just about to get another drink, can I get you one?" Adam immediately regretted the offer. He wasn't here to hangout with Bill, Helen would surely be annoyed with him getting distracted. But it'd be rude to not offer, right? He got on fairly well with Bill after all. Adam did his best to convince himself it wasn't a big deal.

"That would be great, but I'm actually buying a round for a couple of mates already. Why don't you join us and I'll get your next one too?"

"Oh," Adam said as he realised he was going to have to accept Bill's offer and potentially face Helen's wrath later. "Thanks, I'll have a pint of Rusty's stout then."

After getting their drinks, Adam and Bill left the main bar room to enter one of the many side rooms of the labyrinthine pub. This one had a pool table and just about enough room to play it, though sometimes the back of the cue would hit the wall if you weren't careful. Bill introduced Adam to his two friends, Kishore and Nick, both of whom were in their thirties like Bill. Adam felt a bit young, being in his mid-twenties, and very out of his depth. This was especially the case when the conversation became a bit more boisterous.

Things started out well enough after introductions. They had started a new game of pool in teams of two, Adam with Bill against Kishore and Nick. They spoke generally about how Adam had met Bill at work and laughed that Adam was just as senior in the department despite being a decade younger. Then they moved onto football and sport in general, but after the first game was over and another round of drinks was ordered, the topic of conversation moved onto their partners and sex lives.

At this point Adam was **** for Helen to make an appearance and rescue him. The other three men were sharing photos on their phones of their wives and lusting after each others. The pictures were clearly sent for their eyes only by their respective wife. Some of them were particularly revealing and Adam felt a sense of dread as he realised it was going to be his turn next.

"What about you, Adam?" Kishore said with a playful elbow to the ribs. "Have you got any pics you could share of your missus?"

"I don't know," Adam replied awkwardly. If there was a time for Helen to swoop in as someone and save him it'd be now.

"Come on, Adam," Bill teased. "I've seen a few of your holiday snaps with Helen on Facebook and she's a cutie. Surely you have some naughty ones of her saved on your phone?"