XXXmas Party

XXXmas PartyI was about to attend my first Christmas party at my new job. I didn?t know what the protocol was in terms of what happened after, whether we all hit the town together or called it a night and went our own separate ways, so I had made arrangements to meet a few friends. We were under strict instructions to meet for lunch at 2pm and so was a little surprised when we all started leaving at noon to make a 15min journey. As it turned out the tradition is to hit every bar on the way down to the restaurant, so we were all in high spirits as we staggered into the restaurant a little after 2pm. After we?d apologized profusely for being late, we took our seats. I found myself sitting next to Julie, who had also been part of the group on the bar crawl. Julie was a married, mother of one, who I had gotten to know quite well in my short time with the company, as we sat next to each other and spoke all the time.As I was sitting there waiting for them to start serving, I felt someone?s hand on my knee under the table. I was shocked at first but that soon gave way to curiosity