Just as Steve opened his mouth to say something else, there was a loud clap from the middle of the room. He looked over to see Todd standing there, grinning happily. Todd was basically in charge, and possibly the only volunteer that Steve had met whom he didn't really like. The guy was 22, and acted like he'd single-handedly invented volunteering. He was fond of giving orders and wording them like they were suggestions. He was also rather condescending to the elderly participants, which irked Steve on several levels. Just because they were 80 didn't mean they'd suddenly become idiots.

"Alright everybody! I hope we all had a great time today! Party's kinda winding down, so why don't we all gather our things and start heading out? Let's give a big round of applause to our volunteers, who did such a lovely job setting everything up!"

Steve smiled as everyone started applauding, before muttering to himself "At least he didn't take credit for single-handedly putting the whole thing together."

Then he realized Marie was still standing close enough beside him that she'd probably heard, and for probably the fiftieth time that day, started blushing.