My friend, Adam, and I have been friends for over a year now – we met at uni and have been pretty close since. I always thought Adam was pretty cute – little taller than me, light brown hair, glasses – but he had a serious girlfriend for a few months, only breaking it off about a month before Christmas. I think I only saw her about twice though. Our mutual friend group decided to do secret santa this year and I happened to score Adam, which sucked because not only was he incredibly hard to find a gift for, but I’m absolutely shit at finding presents – and I leave them until the last minute.
So naturally when Christmas eve came and it was time to swap presents, I had dashed to the liquor store to buy a fancy wine and some chocolates for Adam, knowing it was a lame present. Being an incredibly nice guy though, Adam claimed to love it and that was that. Until he came up to me afterwards and asked if I wanted to crack open the newly bought alcohol at his parents house who were away for Christmas somewhere across the globe.