[Complicated] Bahama, Come On Pretty Mama

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire lifted her eyebrow as Anthony began speaking to her and pushed her sunglasses up into her hair. “ Fine. I like you, Anthony. But as you pointed at ‘ this guy’ is the one that goes out and is direct and goes after what he wants. Which is something I have known about you since the day we met. And since I’ve known you , you’ve gone after the one thing you want- the closest girl in a skirt. You’ve had chances to tell me how you feel, but you haven’t. Which must mean that they don’t exist. Because according to you this guy goes after what he wants. Didn’t go after me, didn’t want me. “ she shook her head feeling the anger starting to rise in her chest, making her hands start to shake only slightly. “WHY would the girl that has been there all along, is shy.. you know my personality, Anthony.. WHY in the hell would I tell you how I feel when you make your lifestyle very well known. You want that sorority girl who uses you for a story to tell her girl friends Monday morning about the weekend? Those are the ones you ALWAYS go after. When was a good time for me to tell you, Anthony? Should I have told you while you were hitting on them, or should I have told you when you were in bed with them ?

Claire took in a few deep breaths. “And you’re so dense. I don’t like you, you meathead. I love you. And don’t give me the bullshit about how I am the one that is going to miss out on something. The reason I never said anything is because I didn’t want you to give up who you were because of me. I wanted you to work through whatever you needed to on your own time. I wanted you to be a better person for yourself, not for someone else. Because I respect you a hell of a lot more than yourself. You saw a girl that kept her mouth shut about how she felt. Instead I was the girl that kept my mouth shut for your own benefit. For our friendship. There, I said it. I love you, Anthony. And now what? It’s not going to change over night, because you’re not ready. I wanted to save a relationship with you by not forcing something. You had no idea how I felt about you and it is not fair for you to sit there and judge the reasons why I didn’t tell you, when you were giving me every reason not to. What game is that? You know how I felt and you still insisted on sleeping with other girls? What does that make me mean to you? Why is it important for me to say it outloud to you, when you obviously have no intention of reciprocating the feelings. Is it funny to you? Bad boy gets the good girl to fall for him and crushes her? Because it’s not funny. And what’s not fair, is you know… even now.. that I’m not going anywhere. Because I’m in it for the long haul,…. Jackass..” she clenched her jaws, realizing that she had raised her voice and in fact been yelling at him. She looked away from a few people that started to watch their interaction and leaned over to his glass of Ciroc and picked it up, taking a drink.

[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Stefan turned his head to look at Hillary as she hopped off of his back. He smiled when he felt her pulling him to a corner of the pool, he smiled and followed right behind, with his hands on her hips. Hillary had him pinned against the wall and she was pinned up against him. Did this girl know what she was doing to him right now? Did she know how hard she was making it for him right now?.....literally. He took a breath in as she started to speak. This girl was crazy. Stefan used all he had in him to not touch her. He put his elbows on the side of the pool. If he touched her, it was going to be over. Nine? Stefan was okay with that, he would definitely be there. No other plans were going to bed made.

Stefan kissed her back, "Okay, Nine it is." he kissed her once more. Not even paying attention to any of the viewers they had. He took another deep breath in when she nibbled on his bottom lip. This girl was driving him crazy. He slowly let it out when he felt her hand on his thigh. He clenched his fists, lightly, together. Hillary had some confidence right now...in front of all these people. Just then, Stefan heard Claire yelling and then the retaliation of Anthony. "Saved by the bell." he said with a smile at Hillary. "You know you're crazy right?" he said as he pushed her away from him slowly. "Not here." he kissed her and then moved over to the side of the pool where Claire and Anthony were sitting in the chairs, pulling Hillary with him." Everything ok over here?"


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[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia laughed when he continued with the Brad Pitt thing, "Well I'm not a big Brad Pitt fan, so that would never work out." she smiled and looked back ahead of her and took a sip of her water. She saw Ethan out of the corner of her eye and just smiled to herself after taking a drink. She was doing the same thing...just mentally. Of course she was checking out Ethan, he was gorgeous. Natalia looked back over at him, "I won't stop you, it's your vacation too. You should have fun, drink, do what you want. I'd totally be fine." she smiled again and looked at his eyes. They were such a gorgeous color. She cleared her throat and looked away. These two were not the least bit sneaky when they were checking each other out.

Natalia play fully punched Ethan in the arm, "That's totally not funny." she said with a smile as he smiled. She looked at Stefan and Hillary once again and then looked back at Ethan when he said that her and Claire were little girls. "Excuse me, I am almost 19 years old. I am not a little girl. Thank you very much." she smiled and then took a sip of her water before replacing the cap and putting it back on the bar. She heard Claire yelling and she turned to look. Anthony yelled too, a bit quieter though. She was about to get up, but she saw Stefan go over, he would handle it. "Oh boy." Natalia said with a sigh as she turned back around.


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[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary smiled as Stefan agreed to meet her at the room at nine. For him it was just another meeting,the first time they’d sleep together. Nine o’clock. .To her it was something she had saved her entire life, for someone special. For Stefan. ” Good’ she said again,smiling before she nibbled against the side of his neck and kissed it gently. She felt Stefan pushing her away slowly before she realized why. She sighed at the frustration of her moment with Stefan being interrupted. But she’d sort of figured something would; that’s why she made him agree to the plans at nine now. Hillary lifted her eyebrow as she watched the exchange between Claire and Anthony. Okay seriously, how had they gone from what she thought were just two friends, to arguing about this stuff? Apparently she missed out on a lot. But she couldn’t be blame, whenever she was around Stefan she sort of had a one track mind. She placed her hand on his back as he asked if everything was okay between the two of them, rubbing it back and forth.

Hillary kissed the back of Stefan’s shoulder before she looked back at Claire and Anthony and rested against Stefan’s side. That couldn’t be a fun position for Stefan to be in; his best girl friend and one of his best guy friends yelling at each other like that. And in all honesty they both had good points it sounded like, so it wasn’t like it was easy to side with one person over the other. Hillary kissed Stefan’s cheek. Whatever he wanted to say to his friends, he could say to them privately. Hillary didn’t need to intrude, instead she could go get him a beer, something to sip on afterwards to relieve the stress. She pushed her hands up on the edge of the pool before she walked over to the bar, giving a small wave to Ethan and Natalia. She tilted her thumb back to Claire and Anthony, knowing that she didn’t need to explain what just happened. “ Crazy, right?” she said with a small shake of her head. She squeezed some of the water out of her hair before she got two beers for herself and Stefan and decided to wait for him at the bar with his drink.

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan smiled at her as she spoke about Brad Pitt, but decided not to go further into depth with it. He didn’t need to know the type of guy she found attractive. It was sort of clear by the way she checked him out, the same way he checked her out. His eyes scanned her face for a while, wondering if she worried about the same consequences with Claire that he did. Then again that was assuming that she actually liked more from him than just someone to stare at. “Ooh..nineteen” he said with a sarcastic tone before he winked at her and grinned. “ You’re a little girl until I say otherwise,” he teased before he heard yelling. Looking over he heard Claire yelling at Anthony. “She what? Did she just say she loved him?” he whipped his hair to look at Natalia. She knew his sister better than anyone in the entire world. Had he really been that dense that he didn’t know how much his sister felt for someone.

Ethan lifted his eyebrow as Anthony retaliated and nodded in agreement of Natalia saying oh boy. Just moments later Hillary came up to the bar and ordered two beers, squeezing the water out of her hair before she sat down. One of the beers must have been for Stefan, who seemed like he was trying to smooth things over. ‘ Vacation.Time of death…3:08 pm” he said jokingly. They’d get over this. They could fight right now, but at the end of the day Anthony and Claire were really close friends. They’d all be fine at dinner tonight and maybe it wasn’t a bad thing for them to get what they needed to off of their chests. He took in a deep breath and turned his back to the scene. If either of them looked over he didn’t want them to think that just because Stefan was over there, that the rest of them were watching, too.

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony was not relaxing anymore, he was sitting straight up, sunglasses off his eyes. He took the glass from Claire before she could get too much, "I think you've had enough for right now." he put the glass on the chair right next to him. He took a breath, it was needed. "Why should I put my life on hold because you never said anything? I'm sorry, but I was not going to sit around and wait for you to decided what you want. Claire I had a crush on you since we first met, a long time ago. I didn't say anything because we were little, but we grew up, and neither of us had said anything. I went and did what I had to do, and you had your guys too. I never said anything because I was always the one chasing the girls, I wanted to be the one being chased for once. I always make the first move, why should I have to do it with you too? You love me. Your feelings should have pushed the fear of saying something to the side." he finished off the glass and held the bottle.

"I would drop everything and every other girl if that's what you wanted. If you came up to me and said, 'I want to be with you.' I would be with you, Claire. I am not the dense one one here." he didn't need to continue. They had both raised their voices and it was time to end this. Stefan came over and asked if anything was wrong. Anthony put his sunglasses back on his eyes, grabbed the bottle and glass and stood up. "Everything's fine." he said as he started walking away. "I need a shower." he said as he left the chairs, returned the glass to the bar and headed towards the stairs to the suites.


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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire felt remorseful the moment she had yelled at him. Anthony didn’t deserve that, he didn’t know the extent of how she felt. Was he supposed to put her life on hold because she didn’t want to tell him how she felt? It was all so confusing. There was no black and white and there were so many shades of gray, even she didn’t know whose side she was on. The worst part of it was that she couldn’t stay made at Anthony even if she wanted to. She could yell at him one minute, but the next she knew she cared about him so much that she just wanted to hug him and not make his life any more difficult than it might already be. She crossed her arms as she listened to him. Claire knew that he had some valid points, but it made absolute no sense to her why she had to be the one to make the move. He knew she was shy and that it would never happen. Any other relationship she’d had wasn’t because she had gone after it herself. “ Why were they worth chasing and I wasn’t?” she said, hurt but trying to not let it show through her voice. “ It doesn’t make you push it to the side, it makes you put the other person first and you gave me NO reason to think you wanted anything”

Claire held her breath trying to figure out if he would have dropped everything for her now, or if that was meant for a past tense.She clenched her jaw as he walked away and looked over at Stefan who was in the pool. “ Why in the hell would he sleep with other girls if he supposedly cared about me? You care about Hillary,right? Even if you didn’t know how she felt, would you even WANT to sleep with anyone else?” Claire let out a small scream in frustration before she knocked her bottle of water off of the table by her chair. Picking up her bag she tossed it over her shoulder and made her way back to her room. She may have made mistakes but she was not the dense one here. They both made stupid decisions, but she believed to the core that he should have been the one to say something. She dated guys yeah, but she never slept with any of them. Anthony was the only other person she wanted to give that part of herself to. While other girls were worth chasing to him, she obviously wasn’t.

[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Stefan watched Anthony walk over to the bar and then head up to the rooms. He sighed, lifted himself out of the pool and walked over to Claire. She needed a hug. He sat down next to Claire and wrapped his arms around her. "Anthony is stupid. You are too. You both messed up. " He kissed her on the cheek. "You guys will get over this. You'll see." He released her and picked up the water bottle after she picked up her bag. "Dinner at 5. Don't be late." he called after her. Stefan sighed and slowly stood up. He picked his shirt up and put his sandals back on. He put his shirt over his shoulder and headed over to the bar.

He walked up behind Hillary and hugged her from behind. He picked up the beer and kissed her on the cheek, "Thank you." he opened it, took a sip and then put it back down. "I'm assuming that was for me." he smiled and then looked over at Natalia and Ethan. "Don't worry about Anthony, I got him, but Natalia I think you should go talk to Claire. I don't think I'd be any help in this situation." He took Hillary's hand, "Dinner at 5. See you guys there." he smiled and took Hillary with him up to the room.


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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire was so thankful that she had Natalia and Stefan in her life, mainly for their ability to be able to tell her that she messed up, but still be there to support her and care how she was feeling at the same time. Yeah, she knew she messed up but based on their personalities he should have known she’d never say anything. Especially when he was giving her no reason to. Maybe she should have spoke up, but she was scared. And he of all people should understand what it was like to be scared. None of it really mattered at this point, because here was what Claire knew was true for the moment: Anthony knew that Claire currently cared for him, and she knew that he at least had a crush on her in the past. She officially considered the ball in his court.But this vacation , though planned for him, was for all of them and Claire knew that neither her or Anthony would fight in front of the rest of the group. She looked in the mirror one final time, fluffing her hair over her shoulder before she took in a deep breath and stepped out of the bathroom and made her way out of the room, and to the restaurant.

There was a bar attached to the restaurant and thank God. She brought over her third long island tea to the table before she sat down and crossed her legs, leaning into her chair so that her arm was bent and lounging against the back of the chair. “ You look so pretty,” she said with a smile across her lips, looking at Natalia. She quickly turned her attention to Stefan. Aw, Stefan. He was such a good best friend. “ You two are so cute,” she said with another long island tea induced smile , gesturing between the two of them. ‘ But seriously be good to him. Because Stefan is one of my two best friends.. in the entire world. Entire.” she set her drink down and leaned over to Stefan and wrapped her arms around his shoulders in a hug. “I love you so much, Stefan” she said happily before she placed her hands on his cheeks and kissed him. She waited a few moments before she leaned away and sat back in her chair. Ethan was staring between them with his mouth agape and a bemused expression, but after a moment he leaned forward and offered her a glass of water. She pushed her hair away from her face as she looked down at the menu but the set it to the side. “ I just want tacos” she said, though Ethan seemed to be looking over the menu.”I don’t think they have tacos” she heard him say before she sat back in her seat, playing with the ends of her hair. It wasn’t like she was going to avoid Anthony, she just didn’t know how to talk to him after telling him she loved him.At any rate they were all going to the club afterwards. If he didn’t think she was worth chasing after like his club sluts were, maybe someone else at the club would feel differently. She knew it was pointless to try and make him jealous when she cared about him, because hell she’d even picked out tonights dress because she knew it was his favorite color. She made an angry face before she looked down at the dress, as though it was the cause of all of the problems between her and Anthony.

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[Ethan John Fox]

After what had happened between Claire and Anthony this afternoon, Ethan was looking forward to everyone just sort of relaxing and going back into the normal pattern of things. Natalia had left right away afterwards to go console Claire, which he knew that he should’ve appreciated a lot more than he did but it was sort of annoying since it had taken away time that he was spending with her. But here they were all at dinner. He had a feeling that the girls were going to dress up a lot more than the boys, but at this point in time he cared more about being comfortable than he did about looking good. Besides, taking Hillary,Natalia and Claire out to a club wasn’t going to be an easy task. He didn’t think it would happen tonight, but he wouldn’t put it past any of the guys to get in a fight over those girls. He took a seat at the table in the restaurant, having brought over his rum and coke as he sat down. Claire had already had a few drinks so he was keeping an eye on her. He looked at Natalia, “ Drinking because of Anthony..or…?” he questioned, unsure of what her motivation was. If anyone knew, it would be Natalia.

Ethan took a drink from his glass and looked up in time to see that Claire was kissing Stefan. He knew that she didn’t mean anything by it, and that she didn’t like him in any romantic sense of the word, but it still caught him off guard. He blinked, watching them with his jaw slacked a bit. He coughed, regaining his composure after a bit before he leaned over, placing his water in front of Claire. He looked over his menu, already planning on paying for everyone tonight – drinks at the club included. ” I don’t think they have tacos” he said as he looked over his menu at Claire. He shook his head at her; the place was a little bit more fancy than that. He waited for the waiter to come back before he gestured for him to come over. He leaned in his seat quietly. “ Is there any way we can get her some bread or something? And when everyone orders just skip past her, it’s not like she’ll notice. But go ahead and order her the lemon grilled chicken, but instead of a potato substitute the side for steamed broccoli if you could.” he said, tilting his head to Claire, trying to take a precautionary method. “ I appreciate it a lot man,thanks” he said to the waiter before he leaned back in his seat. He looked over at Natalia, realizing he had just ranted off an order for Claire, knowing what she would have ordered. “…. She thinks she needs to lose weight” he said as though that explained the whole situation. He gave a weak attempt at a smile before shook his head, deciding to start over. “ You look gorgeous,” he said with a more sly grin playing across his lips.

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[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary’s body was shooting with nerves and anticipation. Everyone was meeting for dinner right now, which meant it was five o’clock. Just four more hours until she had every part of Stefan she wanted. She could do it. She thought. It was just so damn difficult when he literally made everything he did so sexy.She picked up her glass of club soda and lime, wanting to start the night off easy, and headed to the table. She sat down by Stefan before she started to look over the menu. It was hard to decide what she wanted; something fattening, or something to keep her on track. When they got back to New York she had a photoshoot and the last thing anyone wants to see on a lingerie model is a junk food gut. She looked up to Stefan, about to ask him if she ordered a steak and couldn’t finish it, if he would but stopped as she saw that Claire was kissing him. Not in a ‘ I want you, let’s do this’ way, but in a .. ‘I’m drunk, you’re my best friend and I love you’ type of way.

Either way , Hillary turned in her seat and waved to the bartender.”I changed my mind , can I get a margarita. Without the mix. Or salt. Or ice”. She smiled. “ So you want tequila?” he questioned her. “Okay that sounds good,” she said with a nod, before she turned back in her seat. Hillary waited for a moment before she reached her hand under the table and intertwined her fingers with those of his left hand. She wanted him to know that she wasn’t mad at him. It was his best friend. Shit happened, and it wasn’t like either of them would ever actually consider one another for a relationship. She knew that there was nothing to be threatened by so she did her best to remind herself of that, and to not get jealous.

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[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia talked to Claire and everything was OK now. Claire calmed down and they had agreed on a drama free night. Tonight was going to be a great night, Natalia was going to make sure of that. She talked to Anthony too, he was all cooled off and just wanting to have a good night. With all that done, Natalia could finally pick out what she wanted to wear to dinner, of course she had to dress up. Going to dinner comfy was not an option. After about 45 minutes, she had found the perfect outfit, now all she had to do was find accessories. She was just going to leave her hair down and wavy, nothing special.

Natalia ordered herself a Shirley Temple at the bar and then headed over to the table when she got in. Natalia placed the drink down on the table and then sat down between Ethan and Claire. Natalia smiled when Claire complimented her, "Thank you. You look beautiful. I love that dress and I absolutely love that color on you." Stefan and Hillary looked good too. Natalia looked over at Hillary, "Girl, you look gorgeous." she really did. That's what you would expect from a model though. Natalia turned to Ethan, "Just don't worry about it." she smiled and then picked up her menu. Just then Claire kissed Stefan and Natalia's jaw dropped. She had enough to drink today, it was only going to get worse. Natalia stared at Claire until the waiter came over and Ethan talked to him, she listened. "She's an idiot for thinking she has to watch her weight." Natalia took a sip of her drink and then smiled. "Thank you. You look very nice." she said with another smile. Just then Anthony joined them at the table, "About time." she said with a small laugh and then went back to looking over the menu.


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[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Five o'clock. Only four more hours until the night was Stefan and Hillary's. It was pretty sad that that was all he could really think about right now. That's all him and Anthony talked about when he went to calm him down. Things were back to normal now and Stefan counted the time as it passed by, slowly. He wanted to get dinner over with, but he wanted it to last at the same time. Tonight was the night, or so he thought. Hillary had given him all the right signs and said all the right things. Why wouldn't it happen tonight? He would have to make it through dinner, then keep occupied for another hour and a half or so.He could do it, no problem.

The restaurant was very nice, it was also attached to the bar, a good thing. Stefan decided to have a Jack and Coke to start off his night. He took his drink to the table with Hillary, took her chair out, pushed it in and then sat down in between Claire and Hillary. Stefan was about to compliment the girls when Claire started talking to him, he could just hear the alcohol in her system talking for her. Oh boy. Claire just kissed him. Stefan sat there confused as all hell. What just happened? He sat there for a bout three minutes. Not sure what to think. He looked over at Natalia and then at Hillary. He shrugged at her, totally confused. He drank some of his drink and then put it down. He put his arm around Hillary and rested it on the back of her chair, he kissed her on the cheek. "What do you want to eat babe?" He had no idea what he wanted to eat Stefan looked up as he heard Natalia welcome Anthony, "Took ya long enough to get ready." he said sarcastically.


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[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony sat at the bar taking shots with some guys that he met after his argument with Claire, they were pretty cool guys. They were funny too. He invited them to join their group at the club later on tonight of they wanted and they accepted. He warned them about trying to get with the girls though. He didn't know if they took him seriously or not. They did two more Jager Bombs and Anthony looked at the clock, "Oh damn. Gotta go fellas. See you guys later." He grabbed his Ciroc and headed to the tables.

Everyone was already there and he laughed to himself, late again. He walked to the chair between Hillary and Ethan and pulled it out. Natalia jokingly welcomed him and he just smiled. Stefan said something and Anthony looked over at him. "Suck it." he said as he grabbed himself. He laughed and then sat down, placing his glass in front of him. He looked at the girls, "Well, you ladies look very lovely tonight." he smiled. Anthony picked up his menu and tried to figure out what the hell he wanted to eat. He had no idea what he was in the mood for.


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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire lifted her glass in the air when it was empty and smiled as the waiter came over. “ Hi, if we could just keep these coming it would really be ideal,” she said before thanking him and sat back. She smiled as Natalia complimented her dress. ‘ Yeah I’m really excited to dance in it, cause it’ll swoosh” she said, half tempted to get up and show her. Claire looked away from a moment before she turned her head back to her brother and Natalia, turning into one another and whispering to each other. She took in a deep breath and sighed. Well, atleast they were happy. Claire watched Anthony at the bar and rolled her eyes. Drinking with travelers? Really? She watched them carefully, sipping from her drink. When he came to the table, grabbing himself crudely, she rolled her eyes again. “Game on” she whispered to Natalia before she stood up, picking up her drink. “ Sooo nice of you to join us, Anthony. “ she finished her drink, picking up Ethan’s as she started to walk behind them to get away from the table. “ You made friends… that’s so cute. You think they’d join us?” she tilted her head in faux curiosity.

Walking away from the table, Claire tilted her head back and finished the very little that was left in Ethan’s glass before she approached the bar. Anthony wasn’t the only one that could gain the attention of the opposite sex. She went up to the group of guys and gestured over her shoulder to the table of her friends. After a few minutes she had isolated out one of the guys, talking to him instead of talking to them as a group. She smiled while talking to him, playing with the end of the tie that was lazily adorned to his outfit. Tugging at the bottom of it she stepped backwards and brought him over to the table. “Guys… Anthony’s friend is going to join us,” she said, tossing her thumb in his direction. The waiter stopped by, bringing over fresh drinks for everyone. “ Do we need an extra chair?”. Claire kept her eyes locked on Anthony. “ Nope,” she said placing her hand on the guys chest and pushing him into her chair. “So what is everyone doing tonight?” she said as she sat in his lap and draped her arm over his shoulders, crossing her legs in his lap before she looked at everyone else.