One good thing to come out of the tame party was that once it had ended, all Clemens had to worry about was making sure he got himself home safely, the Cab service arranged for the night helping to make sure of that. Though the suggestion of the New Years’ Party being more like what he was expecting was something he noted down for future reference. The result however of the tameness was that once it was time to return home, he was still quite fine, if rather drunk from the several drinks he’d had.
“Ssssso, it will be ssssome time before I, you know…” Clemens began as they prepared to leave.
“Don’t worry about it.” Jacob replied, managing his rounds a little better than the others. “Between the notes you’ve left, and our own experience, there’s nothing, to worry about.”
“I sssssuppossse ssssso.” Clemens accepted, his speech slurred somewhat exaggerating his lisp as a result.
Said drunkenness also made getting into his waiting cab a challenge, but with a little help from his co-workers Clemens managed to get himself into a comfortable enough position to last the journey home, making small talk with the Cab Driver along the way until he was back at his and Jenny’s Apartment.
Clemens almost lost his footing on more than one occasion climbing the steps to the right floor but once he was at the door, he made sure to use the wall for support as he unlocked the door and let himself in to a waiting Jenny.
“So how was the night?” She asked him, having had enough time to slip on her dressing gown before the hallway could be seen.
“Ssssurprisingly, tame.” Clemens answered slowly as he fumbled with his suit before Jenny helped him take it off.
“That’s good. I was, a little worried that things might get, a bit too out of hand.” Jenny admitted while she set his suit on the couch to deal with later, now helping Clemens to it. “Now drink this, it’ll help suppress the hangover.” She offered him a large glass of mineral water.
“Thank you.” Clemens drank deeply. “They did ssssay, that they’d think about their, usssual type of party, New Yearssss, with ussssss.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.” Jenny stated, curling up next to him while Clemens let the water replenish his body’s stock, alcohol requiring that water be taken from the body to keep its toxicity down to a level the body could manage.
“Mmmm.” Clemens mumbled something, but now rather too tired to do much else.
“Come on. Let’s get you into bed now.” Jenny offered, helping him into it where sleep came seconds later. “You’ve definitely had your fill.” She commented, able to smell the liquor in his breath, but thankful that things hadn’t gone out-of-hand.
Jenny would’ve understood if it had, and not held it against Clemens, but all the same, the fact that it had been a quiet night was still something she was thankful for. Though she was under no illusion that he would still need the next day to recover from it, which would likely mean that she would need to take care of any needed rendezvous with Joseph in the morning or afternoon. Taking off her dressing gown, she slid under the covers next to Clemens and nodded off herself.