Alex makes the worst excuse in history

"Alice? That's a lovely name for a lovely..." Sam petered out, not sure how to recover from such a cliched start. "I hope I didn't surprise you, but my friends--"

"Yes, you guys can stay the night if you want," Alex said, maybe a little too hurriedly, "Sorry, man, I gotta go. I've got to... clean some things."

It was 1:23 AM.

"Uh... girl stuff," Alex added lamely as he slipped out the bedroom door into God only knows where.

The only demographic in the history of the world who that excuse could have possibly worked on is 18-19 year old men who just had an awkward and unexpected sexual encounter, and the only person who could pull it off would be a hot redhead in a French maid's uniform.

So for the first time that night, luck was on Alex's side.

"Oh. Sure, Alice. Catch you later!" Sam half muttered, half shouted, adding under his breath, "Way to go, Sam."