Gathering

The room, lively, but mellow. His friends were fun, he was fun to watch with them. It was a new side of him. He joked around, glancing at her time to time. He’d always seemed serious and intellectual to her, this was new. He was goofy, outgoing, even a bit crude. Another of the ‘girlfriends’ pulled her outside for a breather. She was actually a little thankful. They watched through the window while their guys goofed around with people they had known for ages. An intimacy there that neither woman got with their man. A glance of understanding between them.

Note: Number 3 in drabble series.