He joins the conversation

You stand by the bar looking across the room seeing Jake move towards John and Sarah. John seems to see him approach and roll his eyes although continues to talk to Sarah as if nothing is wrong. When {virign} walks up to the two he seems to hit it off with a solid conversation starter, or something. Being that Sarah seems to laugh and John puts on a fake smile. Your own stomach starts to turn over thinking through all the possible endings to the choice you just made.

Hoping no one gets into Sarah's pants tonight, you look over to Alice who is still just staring blankly towards the trio. Seeing her in this state of despair, you walk over to her, putting a hand on her shoulder, drawing her attention towards you.

"Hey, look, everything is going to be fine." you say in the most reassuring voice you can muster.

Alice rolls her eyes, at you and chuckles, "Maybe being with John wouldn't be that bad."

Your eyes narrow, so confused by what just came out of her mouth, "What?"

"Who knows, maybe letting him have his way with me wouldn't be too bad." Alice smiles, giving you a joking look. Now knowing that she is kidding, you sigh letting your mind calm down.

"I really think you're freaking out more about this than me." She says, giving you a friendly punch on the shoulder.

"What?! You were the one looking like an abandoned puppy a second ago!" You say trying to defend yourself.

"Oh come on, I thought you knew me better. I was just trying to make you panic more." She laughs.

Through all this, you're relieved that she actually wasn't freaking out about the situation, although it seems like she doesn't really care enough. You're just happy her attention is away from the... Oh shit!

You spin your head to check up on how Jake is doing with John and Sarah.

You see...