When we get back to the apartment, I'm so eager to get an ice pack on my face that I don't notice I step on an envelope that was shoved under our door. Will's already opened and read it by the time I get back with the ice.

"Euphrates is throwing a party and everybody's invited," he says and hands the envelope to me. I look it over.

"'Invite everybody you know,'" I read aloud. Will wasn't exaggerating.

"I'm not gonna make the call to Martin, if that's what you're thinking," says Will. "So...should we go?"

"Do we have anything else planned for Friday?" He shakes his head. I ponder it for a moment and then shrug. "Sure, what the Hell. Maybe it'd be a nice change of pace, you know, to do something normal for once."