It was at that exact moment, with the two of them still wrapped in that silent embrace, that the office door swung open abruptly, with no warning whatsoever.
"Everyone, we finally found the..." Alice began, walking in excitedly, her own enthusiasm spilling out with every word, but the sentence died in her throat the moment her eyes caught the scene in front of her.
Lisa, still wrapped up in Lohan's jelly, accepting that embrace with no apparent resistance.
Alice froze completely in the middle of the doorway, her eyes wide at that unexpected sight, the scroll tucked under her arm nearly slipping from her fingers.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt," she said quickly, already starting to back out into the hallway, one hand raised in a hurried apologetic gesture.
Lisa, realizing the situation, felt her face heat up instantly, the warmth rushing up her cheeks so fast there'd be no hiding it even if she tried.
