The green-eyed monster

By the time of the birthday party Mark was thinking about Juliette a lot and rather wished he'd invited her to the party after all. She really had got to him and yet she was untouchable.

He was caught off-guard when he turned up a bit late at Sarah's party, having had a few pints in his local beforehand, to find that Juliette was there. In an instant he experienced a set of mixed emotions; excitement, fear, delight and jealousy as he saw her chatting intently to a man across the room. He had no idea what to do.