[Complicated] Bahama, Come On Pretty Mama

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia continued swimming until Ethan caught her. She smiled when he asked who the slow poke was now. Before she knew it, she was being put over Ethan’s should and being carried out of the pool. She sighed and just hung there. There was nothing she could do, he was 10x stronger than her and she would look like a retarded seal trying to get away from him. It would bring more attention to them anyways. She peeked around to see who he was talking to and saw an older couple. She laughed and buried her face as he said he got a good catch. She looked back up and saw the couple behind them still looking. She smiled and just shrugged it off. Natalia kept watching all the things passing by her backwards.

Ethan placed Natalia down on the bar and she glanced over at Claire and Anthony. Claire was awfully close to Anthony, she looked over and tried to see what Claire was doing, but she couldn’t. Natalia shrugged and then looked at Ethan with a smile when he ordered her a drink, “Thank you.” It was weird being the only one not drinking alcohol. But Natalia was used to it. None of her friends gave her crap about it either, they all respected it. Natalia smiled when Ethan slapped Anthony’s back, big brother was stepping in to protect his little sister. The bartender gave Natalia her drink and then took a double take at her, “Are you Natalia Richmond, like from Hannah Montana?” Natalia nodded her head, “That is me.” she smiled and sipped her smoothie. “Can I get a picture with you?” Natalia hopped off of the bar, “Of course.” The bartender came out, had another bartender take the picture and then when back behind the counter. Natalia sat on the stool right behind Ethan and then tapped his shoulder.


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[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Claire took the Ciroc bottle and put it behind her back, it was probably the best decision. He did already have a lot and what he was doing to himself, was not right. It was all he had though. It was what took away all the shit and pain from home. His dad was an alcoholic and Anthony really didn’t want to turn out to be like his dad. ”Good behavior? I thought I was behaving pretty well.” He said as he looked over at Claire. He smiled when Claire said she got weak in the knees, “I knew it. I knew I had some type of effect on you.” He was about to take another drink until her heard the seriousness in the tone of Claire’s voice. He looked back at her. Anthony knew that Claire liked him, she was terrible at hiding that fact. He just never said anything to her because he wanted her to be the one to come out and say it. He never did anything with her either because he respected her too much to treat her like she was some slut that he had just met. She wasn’t just some girl. He cared for her he really did, that’s why he never risked anything. Claire was one of the girls that he could go to about anything and she would give it to him like it is, no bull shit. Natalia was the only other girl that could do that too. But Natalia was his best friend.

Anthony looked away from Claire, she was right. He was afraid of getting hurt. He liked being in control. When he was in control, he knew that there was no way he could get hurt. Anthony Owen was not vulnerable…he had his moments, but that was only around Claire. Al though he knew how to hide it. He could act around Claire, the way he acts around every other single girl. Anthony looked back up at her when she mentioned the ones that were there. He took a breath in when she ran her finger along his collar bone and then down his chest. What was she doing? This was not the usual Claire. He closed his eyes when he felt her hands at his shorts. Just then he felt a slap on the back and his eyes shot open. It was Ethan. He picked up his drink and downed the rest of it and put the glass back down on the bar. “Nope, nothing here.” he said with a smile.


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[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan looked between one of his best friends and his sister, the thought occurred to him only slightly that he himself had his hands all over Claire’s best friend. But come on, this was seriously different. Claire was in high school. And she was his little sister. Natalia wasn’t a little sister to any of them, so he’d been able to justify it in his mind that it was a completely different situation. Claire,for having seemed so confident when she didn’t know that Ethan was watching the way she behaved with Anthony,was now blushing like he’d never seen her blush before. He opened his mouth to say something to her, but couldn’t think of anything that would be appropriate without ruining the tone of the vacation. There wasn’t any sense in starting drama over it, they were on vacation, here to have fun. But it wasn’t easy to just abandon the big brother protective mode. He was aware that behind him Natalia was being recognized for her show, and taking a picture with one of the bartenders. He nodded as Anthony said there was nothing going on. “ Yeah I didn’t think so.” he said with a set expression.

When Natalia tapped his shoulder, Ethan scanned over Anthony and Claire one more time, knowing that when he turned his back he’d be distracted by Natalia and that would leave Anthony and Claire to talk about whatever they wanted to. He struggled within himself for a moment before he turned to Natalia and smiled to see that she was sitting down. “ ….Aren’t you that girl from that Disney show?” he said as he teased her. He snapped his finger and pointed at her. ” You are. It is you. Wizards of Waverly Place is my favorite show,ever. You must give me your autograph”. He picked up his beer and took a drink from it, watching to make sure that she was drinking her smoothie. It wasn’t ever really weird that she didn’t drink, sometimes he’d go to grab her a beer and then he’d remember that she didn’t do those things. Whatever her reasons were, they were her own and he knew that none of them ever really wanted to pressure her into anything since that would be juvenile. She was an adult and made her own decisions for her own reasons. ” I told you that you would be too famous to be seen with me one day,” he said as he smiled down at her.

[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Stefan laughed when Hillary said he had to be careful with all those kisses. “Mmm, good girl gone bad. I like that.” He smiled again. Hillary had that effect on Stefan. She could make him smile all the time. Stefan laughed when Hillary rolled her eyes after he mentioned all the guys checking her out. She never seemed to notice anytime any guy was looking at her besides Stefan. That made him one happy man. “Um, yeah. I’m pretty sure I can.” he smiled. They may have not slept together yet, but Stefan knew Hillary was his. That sounded cocky, but Stefan was sure of it. Especially after that fight they had had. Stefan kissed her back and smiled. “Good, I’m glad you came.” he kissed her once again.

Stefan’s eyes followed Hillary as she went under the water and under his legs. He felt her come up at his back and jump onto hi back. Stefan held onto her legs just so she had some support. As Hillary was doing that, Stefan was watching Claire. What the hell is she doing? He asked himself. He kept watching as Hillary asked what was going on. Stefan laugh, “Claire grew some balls I’m guessing.” he turned his head to the side and placed a kiss on Hillary’s cheek. He was thinking about going over to distract Ethan, but he saw that Natalia had it covered. He smiled and gently rubbed Hillary’s legs.


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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Anthony had no idea the effect he had on her; weak at the knees didn’t even start to cover it. But if he wanted to assume that’s all it was, then by all means she wasn’t going to stop him. Feeling his skin under her fingertips sent a chill through her own skin and it lingered there even after she had stepped away from him. She watched as Anthony downed his drink and turned to the bar, bringing her own glass to her lips to take a few drinks as Ethan and Anthony had a short conversation in which they both seemed to think the best option was to pretend that nothing was going on. She ran her hand through her bangs and shook out her hair as she sat the bottle back down on the counter. “ Yeah. Nothing at all” she reiterated before she glanced at Anthony and smiled tightly at Ethan. She watched as Natalia posed for a picture with the bartender and smiled to herself. Natalia was always so gracious with her fans. Thankfully Natalia stole Ethans’ attention and he turned his back on her and Anthony. Claire looked over Anthony for a moment, letting her eyes rest against the muscles of his stomach, the way his boardshorts hung from his hips loosely.

Claire pushed the bottle of Ciroc back to him and stared at it quietly for a few moments. “ It’s your choice” she said referring to the vodka. “ Fear is a horrible thing for you to let control your life,” she said as she looked back at him sheepishly. “ I brought you here because I believe in you Anthony,I just really wish you believed in yourself,” She brought her hair over to one shoulder before she took in a deep breath and sighed. Claire turned to the bartender and asked for a bottle of water, not really feeling like drinking anymore. She stepped closer to Anthony, wrapping her arms tightly around him as she pressed her body against his for a hug. She stepped up on the toes of her left foot to gain a few inches and kissed his cheek, losing her eyes as she wrapped her arms tighter around him. ‘ Please don’t destroy the guy I care about’ she said quietly to him. She didn’t want alcohol to take a grip of his life and create demons in him that would destroy everything about him that she loved. And she sort of hope she could get by saying she ‘cared about him’ in a way that would pass off as friendship. ” … Anyways. It’s a vacation. Have fun. Don’t let me monopolize your time”. She smiled again before she picked up her bottle of water and headed back over to the lounge chairs. Claire gave a small wave to Stefan, who seemed pretty pre-occupied with Hillary. When she had decided to come up and get a tan earlier in the morning, she’d expected more heat from the sun,not from Anthony Claire laid back and set her water bottle next to Stefan’s drink before she closed her eyes.

[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary laughed as he called her a good girl gone bad. She knew that her image and the way she presented herself didn’t really go with her personality. Most people would look at a lingerie model and assume that she had no problem incorporating sex into their life, but she was glad that she hadn’t. She wanted it to be special, and there wasn’t a more special person in her entire life than Stefan. She knew she’d waited for the right guy. She smiled as he said that he could have her. Alright, that was probably true. She knew that at this point the only reason they hadn’t slept together wasn’t because of her and her ‘morals’ anymore. It was because Stefan was the one making sure she kept them. She couldn’t help but smile as he talked about his friend and then turned to kiss her cheek. It at least felt like they were a couple, atleast moreso after she had sort of lost it as his place not long ago.Before they had just been hooking up, but it felt like they were just best friends doing that. Now it sort of felt like he was her boyfriend, though neither of them had used that term yet

Hillary smiled as she felt his hands against her legs. Since he was holding her she moved her hands away from being wrapped around his shoulders and brought them down, wrapping them around to the front of his waist and traced her fingertips against the outlines of his stomach. ‘ So for tonight, I was trying to figure out what my plans should be,” she said casually as she gave a long sigh. “ You and I aren’t really official so it seems that if I wanted to go on a date I could,” she said as she teased him. It was in no means a way to try and get him to call her his girlfriend, but just a way to try and get under his skin. “Or..”’ she said as she kissed the back of his shoulder. Hillary twirled her finger against the string of his boardshorts with her arms wrapped around the front of his body ” I mean we could find something to do,”. Hillary bit against the inside of her lip, never really knowing how Stefan would respond to her trying to move them to the next step at least physically.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia smiled when Ethan turned back to look at her. Claire was a big girl and she could handle herself. She understood where Ethan was coming from, but Claire needed to get done whatever she was doing by herself. Natalia laughed when Ethan teased her. She got that a lot. Natalia sipped her smoothie again. It was delicious. Ethan picked a good choice for her. She laughed even more at his next comment. "I can definitely do that for you." she smiled and drank some more of her smoothie. She placed it down and she felt the smoothie mustache she had. Instead of freaking out about it, Natalia slowly licked it off her lip. Maybe that wasn't the greatest idea, but she had to do it.

Natalia playfully scoffed, "I'm with you right no aren't I? You were busy being big brother." she smiled and looked around. There was a lot of people on this boat, There was a group of old ladies sitting in a circle, most likely gossiping. She looked back to the bartender, "Hey, can you take our picture?" she smiled and looked up at Ethan. "Sure." The bartender took out her camera, "Get close." Natalia leaned in and smiled. The camera flashed and she slowly moved away, "Thank you." The bartender smiled and put her camera back under the bar. She'd get the picture from her later. "Now there's proof that I was with you. No matter how badly I'm going to want to deny it." she said, teasing Ethan.


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[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan tilted the neck of his bottle back and was surprised when he realized he had finished it a lot more quickly than he had intended. He gestured to the bartender for another beer and grinned, leaning against the counter to watch Natalia. Ethan looked over his shoulder as he heard his new beer being placed against the counter but looked back at Natalia, watching her as she traced her tongue over her upper lip in order to get off the smoothie. He blinked as he watched her, using everything inside of him to not make some type of comment about it. “ Missed some of it,” he said, lifting his thumb to the edge of her lip and moved it away slowly. He smiled as he looked down at her before he realized that he had been staring at her for a bit longer than what was considered friendly. He coughed to himself, picking up his beer. He looked over at the bartender as Natalia seemed to be getting a picture taken with him. He lowered his hand holding the beer so that it was out of sight. Natalia not drinking was good for her image, and he didn’t want anyone to be able to say anything about her by images popping up of her at a bar with some guy drinking. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders easily and pulled her closer to his chest before he grinned for the camera.

After the bartender put the camera away he tried to make a mental picture of what she looked like so he could come back later and get that picture for himself. “ Yeah well photoshop is pretty damn good these days. You could alter me into looking like Brad Pitt for all I know” he said with a slight click of his tongue to show his disapproval. He took a long drink from his beer before he looked at the time at the clock over the bar. “ I hope you don’t feel like you have to babysit all of us drinkers the later it gets in the night. But.. it is a vacation. We’re also on a boat. If Claire pisses you off enough, just push her overboard” He laughed jokingly though he tried to keep his face serious as he gave a nod in her direction. “ There’s gotta be something fun we can all do tonight, I’d hate to see everyone break off in pairs.” Ethan ran his hand over his hair which was still wet and tried to think of what sort of plans they could all make together.

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony sighed quietly when Ethan said he didn’t think so. That was a close one. Anthony was thankful that Ethan hadn’t really said anything about it. They would most likely about it later in the room, since those two were rooming together. Not going to be awkward at all. They would be grown men about it, of course. He’d probably get the big brother speech. He’s heard it before. But he would actually listen to this one. Ethan was scary.Anthony looked at the bottle as Claire put it back on the bar. He looked back to Claire. She had a point, it was his choice, no one else's. Anthony sat there, letting what Claire said sink in.

His eyes followed Claire as she headed back to the chairs. Anthony turned back to the bar. He poured one more glass and then picked up the bottle and his cup and got off of the bar stool. Yes he was going to take the bottle with him, he already paid for it. Anthony headed towards the chairs. There was no way that the conversation was going to end like that. He sat down in the chair next to Claire, put the bottle on the ground hear him and put his glass on the table. "Is something bothering you?" probably not the best way to start the conversation back up.


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[Claire Jayne Madden]

It was sort of relaxing to listen to everyone else laughing, jumping into the pool, the music that played throughout the deck. It was all so ridiculously noisy, but surprisingly calming. She took in a deep breath, relaxing was something she definitely needed after what just happened. She hadn’t expected for his skin to be so firm against his chest and muscles, or for it to be so warm and inviting. Claire didn’t have much time to relax though. Hearing the glass against the table she knew that Anthony had followed her over. She waited a moment before she opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him. Why in the hell did he have to be so amazingly handsome. She looked away from him and readjusted her shoulders against the chair, placing her hair up into a ponytail so that she could tan evenly on her shoulders. “Nothing is bothering me at all,” she lied, though the only reason she did lie, was because she knew that they were both fully aware of the fact that it was a lie. Claire put her sunglasses back on, doing her best to avoid Anthony being able to see her eyes for what she was about to say.

“ Let me paint you a picture,” she started off, bringing her hands off of her stomach so she could use them as she spoke. “ Girl meets boy. Boy is the most… handsome, intelligent, charming, funny, witty.. dependable, predictable.. sexy boy that the girl has ever met. Part of his predictability is in his lifestyle. See, this boy can have any girl he wants. And the best part is, he knows it. But instead of.. seeing that he could use that for something truly,…great.. he uses it instead on women that don’t care about him. Those girls don’t look past where their future with him lies for the night. They don’t care what his dreams are, they don’t care to find out what his fears are or.. they don’t try to make him smile even if it means in the process tearing their own hearts out. They don’t care what his favorite movie is, what kind of foods he likes when he is in the need of comfort food, or how he takes his coffee. They see him for this handsome guy that he is, and the fact that he is willing to give them just. An ounce of his attention. Just for the night,” Claire bit the edge of her lip and coughed. ‘ But the girl, remember the girl from the beginning? The one that met the boy? See something has to be really wrong with her. Because even with how much she cares about him, how much she sees in him that other people are blind to, that he himself is blind to, .. she um..’ Claire narrowed her eyebrows slightly as she smiled sadly and gave a small nod. “She gets the stories from everyone else. The party anecdotes of how crazy that boy is.. and the different girls that follow after him.She gets all of the heartbreak of a relationship, without that one ounce of attention he gives to everyone else. She tries to give him everything she has,.. without trying to smother him, because he doesn’t need to change. But these girls that he sleeps with night after night,.. they’re clearly more special. They get that ounce of attention.”. Claire twirled her water bottle gently in her lap before she tapped her fingers against it. “ So does that make the boy stupid, … or the girl?”. Claire looked back in the water, watching Hillary and Stefan before she turned her head to the bar to see if Ethan was still with Natalia. She knew that she needed to just come out and tell Anthony that she liked him. It was obvious what she was talking about; but she knew she would never come out and specifically say it.

[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Stefan felt goosebumps appear on his skin as Hillary's hands moved around to the front his body and traced his stomach. He turned his head slightly towards her as she began to speak. He smiled when he heard her sigh. What were they going to do tonight? Stefan was sure that there had to be something going on on this ship. Stefan playfully rolled his eyes when she said they there weren't official so she could go on a date. Two could play that game. "Yeah, and I could have a hot date with that young lady over there." he said as he nodded to an old woman wading in the shallow end. He laughed and kissed Hillary on the cheek again.

"I like that idea much better. You. Me. The night to ourselves. I'm pretty sure we could find something to do." he kissed her cheek once more and traced his fingers lightly over her legs. "Whatever you want to do is what we'll do. I'm letting you decide tonight." Of course Stefan knew what he wanted to do, he had wanted to for a long time. If any time was going to be the right time, it was going to be on this cruise. It was a "couples" vacation and it could be romantic, if they wanted to make it....why not make it romantic? It was bound to happen on this ship, Stefan was sure of it.


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[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary smiled against the skin on Stefan’s neck as he talked about taking one of the granny’s out on a date. In all honesty, the elderly people that were on the cruise were probably being traumatized by herself and Stefan. But they were young and in like with each other. Why shouldn’t they do what they want? She lifted her eyebrow as Stefan said that she could decide what they were doing tonight, which was the closest thing to a concession he had ever made when it came to their sex life. “Really?” she said with an air of doubt in her voice, but as he traced his fingers lightly over his legs she knew that he was telling the truth. It was bound to happen at some point. The two of them were too attracted to each other to delay it for too much longer,and they were on vacation. That basically spelt it out. Hillary moved her legs out from the grasps of Stefans hands and hopped off of his back. Hillary placed her fingertips in the pockets of his boardshorts and pulled him to a corner of the pool.

Hillary smiled before she turned him so that his back was against the wall of the pool and pressed herself as close to him as she could. “ If for some reason we separate during the afternoon, make sure that you don’t make plans for tonight. And be at the room by atleast nine,” she with her lips hovering over his before she smiled and kissed him.Since their bodies were so close, and the corner of the pools slightly blocking them from some spectators, Hillary nibbled against his bottom lip as she lowered her hands into the water and traced her hand along the inside of his thigh.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia felt her face get a little hot after Ethan wiped the corner of her mouth with his thumb. She quickly turned away from him and took a small sip of her smoothie, out of the straw this time. She looked back over at him and realized he was still looking at her. Natalia returned his look, and smiled when he coughed and drank his beer. Boys were so obvious sometimes. Natalia sipped on the straw, it was almost gone. She laughed when Ethan said she could use photoshop. "What makes you think I'd rather be seen with Brad Pitt instead of you?" she smiled and then finished off her smoothie. That was enough fruit for now, she waved down the bartender, "Can I have a water please?" The bartender handed her a water, "Thank you."

Natalia opened her water, took a sip and then placed the bottle down on the bar. Natalia looked over at Anthony and Claire, just to make sure everything was alright. Everything looked good. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Stefan and Hillary and she just smiled to herself. Natalia looked over at Ethan, "Don't worry, I'll just do my own thing if you guys get too crazy." she laughed. "Me too, but I think Hillary and Stefan are going to have their time tonight." she smiled and nodded her head in their direction. She turned her head to look over the edge of the boat, the water was so blue and clear, it was beautiful.


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[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan took another drink of his beer, though this time it was a smaller one. It was still the afternoon, he knew that he and Anthony both needed to slow down. He watched Natalia as she got a bottled water and gestured for the bartender to put it on his tab with his room. He smiled to himself as she asked about Brad Pitt and the photoshop comment he had made. ”I don’t know but as soon as I figure out how photoshop works, I know that I’m going to have myself a picture of me with my arm wrapped around a slender frame, adorned with the face of Brad Pitt” he smiled as he watched her, looking at the way her bikini clung to her body. He licked his lips subconsciously before he brought his beer to his lips and set the bottle back against the counter. “ You aren’t spending the night alone. If we ‘get to crazy’ just stop me before that point and I’ll make sure I’m worth spending time with”. He woudn’t want Natalia to spend time alone when they were all drinking,that didn’t settle with him very well at all.

Ethan looked at Natalia as she spoke about Stefan and Natalia, quickly following her eyeline over to the pool. He shook his head as he looked at the two of them; neither of them caring about the groups of people staring at them. “ Yeah, we all actually kidnapped you to bring you on a yacht. Those two are apparently filming a porn, and we can attach your name to it and get big ticket prices,” he said with a serious face before he let a smile slowly cross his lips. “ Okay, well those two are obviously out on group plans. So I guess that leaves me and Anthony to babysit the little girls,” he said sarcastically before he smiled back over at her. He had no damn reason to object to spending time with Natalia and Claire.Claire was his sister, so he had to like her by default. And Natalia was… gorgeous. And he knew that Anthony wouldn’t have a problem spending time with them because Natalia was one of his best friends, and him and Claire seemed to not completely hate one another.

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony made a "yeah right" face when Claire said there was nothing wrong. That was a total lie and he knew that. Why couldn't she just open up and tell him what was wrong and on her mind? It really wasn't that hard to do, he did it all the time. He had always done that, that's how you get what you want. Saying exactly what you're thinking and what's bothering you. Anthony hunched over and rested his elbows on his knees to listen to Claire fully. He could tell by the way she started off that she had a lot to say to him. Hopefully she would just tell him how she felt. It would make everything easier. Anthony took a sip of his drink and then placed the glass on the table.

Claire finished everything she had to say and Anthony sat there, silently. Was that her way of telling him how she felt about him? This girl was so confusing to him. She just needed to spit it out. Anthony sighed, "At least the guy knows what he wants and knows how to go after it. He says exactly what he wants and he gets it. Maybe if the girl did that, she'd get it too. You see, what the girl doesn't know, is that she is 100% readable, but also very confusing at the same time. The boy doesn't know what to think about this girl. One day she acts like she likes him and then not even two minutes later, she's rude, inconsiderate and toying with the boy. The boy doesn't know what the hell the girl wants." he looked over at the bar to make sure Natalia and Ethan were still there. He looked back over at Claire, "I know you like me. I've been waiting for you to tell me, but you haven't. It's not my fault that you don't know how to go after what you want. You need to learn how to say what you want and whats on your mind. People aren't going to know what you want all the time and if you don't say anything, you may miss out...well you will miss out. Speak up Claire." Anthony brought his feet up onto the chair and relaxed back in it, closing his eyes under his sunglasses.


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