Aaron Sterling

*I walk into the apartment, kicking my shoes off at the door. I pause as I walk into the lounge and find Ellie and a bunch of girls sitting on the floor around the coffee table, with a monopoly game board on the table. Bags of chips and bottles and glasses of wine and cider scattered around them. I sigh softly, my eyes lingering on Ellie’s best friend.* Ellie, you didn’t say you were having friends over.