...and finish your dinner already!

Obviously, you do your best to scoff down your dinner, but you must have accidentally picked the extra-hot curry, because you have to sip your water every few bites. You're further delayed by Ben and his roommates, who stop by to chat with you. The three girls seem pretty nice, and just as crazy as Ben warned you, but they eventually move on, and you hurry off to Lodge 69.

You don't have a torch, but fortunately your path through the twilight is illuminated by lanterns along the way, which bathe the ground in their gentle glow. You don't delay yourself to admire them, though, hurrying back along the river until you finally find '69' lit above a doorway.

It's dark inside, and you realise that the girls must already have gone to bed. You slip into the main room, only able to see by a sliver of moonlight peeking between the curtains. Tiptoeing to your wardrobe, you grab your pyjamas and sneak into the bathroom, where you change and clean your teeth.

When you re-enter the bedroom, letting the door click shut behind you, you peer at the three beds. There's one lump in each of them - a fan of red hair shining in the moonlight identifies one as Emma, and you can distinguish the other two by size. You realize the time has come to make a decision you've partly been looking forward to, and partly dreading.