[Complicated] Bahama, Come On Pretty Mama

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire only changed outfits because Natalia did; and after what she saw what Natalia was wearing she decided that she would go with a little bit more of a conservative look. She placed the earrings in her ear as she made her way out of the hotel room. Since she ran into Ethan on the way to the club, she agreed to hold onto his room key for him. That boy.. he never wanted to be responsible for anything like that. When she got into the club she smiled as she watched almost every boy drooling over Natalia. Yeah, she was gorgeous. She definitely had that working for her. Claire placed her clutch under her arm and ordered a drink. It was obvious that Ethan was trying to dance with Natalia, which was funny because he was a horrible dancer.

Claire puffed out her cheeks before she turned back to the bar. She had sworn she wouldn’t drink for the rest of the night, but to hell with it. ’ Three shots please”she said gesturing to the bottle of tequila that was already in the bartenders hand. She picked up a few limes and put salt on the inside of her thumb and forefinger. Once he placed them in front of her she started to take them quickly, starting off by lickingthe salt off her finger, taking a shot, then biting into a lime. She repeated this process until her drinks were gone and pulled the hair off of her neck. One bad thing about drinking was how hot you got automatically. Especially when you were in the middle of a club where everyone was dancing.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia smiled when she saw the looks on the faces of Anthony and his friends. They were priceless. She never knew that guys jaws could drop that far. That was a sure sign that she looked good, definitely not her normal everyday wear. Just a once in awhile thing at the club. If they went to the club tomorrow night, she would wear something less showy. She definitely didn't want to giver herself the wrong image. And she didn't want to jeopardize her career by wearing anything too scandalous. Once in awhile, this was okay. It was also a good thing that there were no paparazzi on this cruise, no stories or rumors could be told about this.

A cute guy came up behind her and she just continued dancing. This guy was actually a really good dancer. She moved her hips and body along to the beat and he followed her keeping up with her. She saw Ethan making his way through the crowd and she hid her excitement and pretended not to notice. She laughed when she heard what he said, "You know, just wanted to try something new." she smiled at him. Then he cut in and Natalia realized that he wasn't that great of a dancer. She bit her lip when she felt his hand on her hip. The song changed to Down On Me by Jeremih and 50. This was one of Natalia's favorite songs to dance to. She put her hand on Ethan's and then grabbed his other hand and put it on her other hip and placed her hand on that one. She pressed herself closer to him and moved with the song. She was making it easy to follow.

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony watched all the guys around Natalia. He could tell they all wanted her chance to dance with her. He just shook his head. He was making sure that he was going to keepo his eyes on them to make sure they weren't going to try anything. He finished off his beer as he saw Ethan make his way to Natalia. He smiled and knew that he didn't have to watch anymore, Ethan would handle it. He looked up at the bar and saw Claire. He stood up and told the guys hed see them around and headed over to the bar. He stood next to Claire and watched her take the shots. "Take it easy." he said with a small laugh. He waved the bartender down "I'd like a triple shot of Coconut Rum please." he turned to Natalia and Ethan as the song changed. He watched Natalia take the lead and then turned back to Claire, "Your brother can't dance, can he?" he smirked.

He got his shot and downed it. Damn, that was good. He looked back at Claire, "Come on". He took her hand and took her with him to the dancefloor. He pushed through the gyrating bodies and finally made it to Ethan and Natalia. He turned Claire around in front of him, put his hands on her hips and began to dance.

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire let her hair back down now that she had company and leaned against the counter to turn and look at Anthony. She smiled drunkenly as he told her to take it easy and saluted him. “Trying to keep up with you is stupid when I have a smaller body mass index” she said as she watched him order a shot for himself.She watched his lips as they met the shot glass and sighed quietly to herself. If his lips touching a glass like that could give her chills she really wasn’t sure how she would react to him kissing any part of her. She looked away from his lips as he started asking her a questions and looked back over at Natalia and Ethan. ” He’s actually a really good dancer. Maybe he’s nervous..” she said, narrowing her eyebrows as she watched her brother and best friend. Why in the hell would he be nervous. She tightened her hand around his as she followed him through the crowded people and gave a small wave to Natalia, winking at her and tilting her head to her brother before giving her a small thumbs up.

When Anthony put his hands on her hips she felt like she had frozen in place. Where Natalia was a take charge kind of girl that pushed past her fears, Claire was the girl that had to remind herself to breathe. Especially if it involved Anthony. And touching her. On the hips. She flickered a small nervous smile before she took a small step closer to him. This was definitely not the kind of music Claire listened to on a normal basis ever, even though her best friend loved it. She draped her left arm lazily around his neck as she bit the inside of her cheek nervously. She reached forward and placed her finger along the inside of his beltloop on the front of his jeans near the zipper. She tugged on it gently at first until she pulled their hips completely together. Claire kept her finger tucked inside of the loop and made sure to pull their hips close together whenever they were apart for more than a moment. Her fingertips traced a small circle on the back of his neck ,lightly crossing down to his shoulders as she leaned in closer to him. Claire could feel her heart beating against her stomach so hard that it felt like it was coming up through her chest as she moved her lips closer to his, clinging her fingers to the back of his neck as she tried to pull him downward to make it easier. She may have been wearing heels, but he was still a heck of a lot taller than her.She was so close to his lips that she could have sworn she could taste the coconut that still lingered there. Suddenly the opening to a song that Claire would know for the rest of her life started and Claire froze in place again. She licked her lips, letting go of Anthony completely, moving her face away from his, dropping her arm from around his neck, untucking her finger from his belt loop. “ I um..” she said nervously as she stepped back. ’ Haha.. um… Talia and I always um..we..cause..” she smiled again, clearly unable to form sentences. “ Hold this,” she said, before pushing her clutch into his chest. She could feel the red burning through her cheeks as she blushed and made her way over to her best friend, tucking her arm inside of her arm and pulling her away from Ethan. It looked like they could both use some cooling off, and there was no better way than dancing like an idiot with your best friend.

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan was glad that he knew Natalia, otherwise there would be the awkward situation of getting the wrong impression of her based on her wardrobe. She was a good girl, which is why he could appreciate the way she had dressed tonight while knowing that he also couldn’t do anything about it. He lifted the side of his lips into a smirk slowly as she placed his other hand on her hip. He curved his finger tips against her skin and pulled her closer, as though no matter how close she got it just wasn’t enough. He held his hand against her lower back before his fingers traced up to the back of her neck and then gently over the side of her arm. He just wanted to touch a part of her, every part he could get away with without having to explain it away to someone. He leaned forward, realizing how much of her was mesmerizing. It wasn’t just her clothes or how beautiful she was. Her skin was so soft, she smelled so pretty. He leaned forward, brushing his lips gently gainst the side of her jawline before he felt her being yanked from him completely.

Ethan blinked as he watched Natalia being dragged away by Claire and he watched for a few moments. Blocked by his own sister. He looked over his shoulder to look and see where she had darted from and saw Anthony standing there. He had an amused expression on his face, which was weird cause he was holding a clutch. Why would anyone be happy to hold a clutch. He stood there for another moment before he turned and made his way over to Anthony. “ Is that Claire’s?” he said over the music before he took it from Anthony and started digging through it. “Okay, listen to me” he yelled again. Ethan took out the two room keys and took Claire’s,putting it in his back pocket. He looked back at Anthony to explain. “ I took Claire’s room key. That’ll mean I’ll be in her room tonight. Which also means you need to keep an eye on her, because when she realizes that we had a”key mix up” she’s going to go to our room. Do not, under any circumstances allow her to try and call me or Natalia to “sort this out” Do you hear me?” Ethan held the clutch back out to Anthony,hoping he’d understand what he was saying.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia was so nervous! She had butterflies in her stomach and they just would not go away. Why? It was just her best friend's brother that she was dancing with. Okay, Ethan just wasn't anybody, he was her long time crush. And now she had him, well hypothetically had him. She was so close to him. She felt him pull her a little closer. Natalia didn't think it was possible for them to get any closer, but it was. She waved back to Claire when she saw her and then smiled when she winked. She watched Anthony and Claire start dancing and she smiled to herself, those two were so cute together. Now if only Anthony would pull his head out of his ass and realize that.

Her attention was brought back to who she was dancing with really quick. The touch of his skin on hers gave her goosebumps. She bit her lip when she felt his hand rub in her back and then along her arm. His touch was so soft. She pushed herself closer to him, there was no way that they could get any closer now. Natalia let go of his hands and brougher own hands up behind his neck. She gently began to rub his neck, touching ever so lightly. She closed her eyes when she felt his lips on her jawline. Natalia felt her body start to heat up. She opened her eyes when she got yanked away by Claire and pulled sort of away from Ethan. Natalia looked at her and then realized what song was on. It was her own Party In The USA. She smiled and began to sing a long with the words and started to dannce with her best friend. This would definitely help Natalia lose the butterflies and goosebumps. She was thankful that this song came on and Claire pulled her away when she did.

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony was taken by surprise when Claire turned around to face him. He smiled own at her and put his hands on the small of her back. he felt her fingers go in his belt loop and easily got closer to Claire, there was no way he had to be forced. He felt chills go down his spine when Claire's soft hand moved along his neck. Anthony looked into her eyes as they continued to dance. He felt alittle pressure on his neck and realized that Claire was trying to pull his head down to be closer to her face. He bent his neck slowly and stopped just inches from Claire's face. He watched her lick her lips and then freeze. He lifted his head back up, licked his own lips and smiled as she had trouble talking. He laughed to himself as he watched her grab Natalia away from Ethan.

He continued to smile and watch them until Ethan came over. Anthony looked down in his hands when Ethan asked if it was Claire's, he didn't even realize that she had given that to him. "uh,yeah it is," he said as he handed it over to Ethan. Anthony watched Ethan take the keys out,he was so confused as to what was happening. He took the clutch back from him and then listened to what he had to say. Anthony smiled, "Is miss Natalia getting to you? I see you want some Natalia alone time. I got you. I won't let Claire leave the room or get to her phone. Count on me." His eyes found their way back to the girls and then over to Ethan, "Let me buy you a drink." he said as he made his way back to the bar.

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire moved her hair off of her neck again.Had it gotten hotter? Or was it just being that close to Anthony that had literally made her skin feel like it was on fire. But thankfully this was a song that you could lift your arms up in the air to dance to, wave them around all you wanted to, use dancing to find a way to cool yourself off.She didn’t know what the hell was going on with her and Anthony. They were up, they were down, they liked eachother, they didn’t. They were dancing, she almost kissed him… he didn’t stop her. She found herself looking over Natalia’s shoulder as Ethan walked over to Anthony’s direction but quickly looked away, just in case Anthony saw her staring. She smiled as she heard Natalia singing out the lyrics to her own song. She seriously hoped she could find her own personal success someday, the way Natalia had.

It was the first night of the cruise. How was she supposed to face him for the rest of it. She couldn’t even dance with him without finding herself on the verge of trying to kiss him. And what sucked was she was trying so hard to make sure that they didn’t lose their friendship,because at the end of the day that’s all they really had. She could love him with all of the power in the world, but if he didn’t flip the switch then it didn’t matter at all. And he wouldn’t. At least Claire didn’t think so, he wasn’t ready. She wasn’t the girl to make him question things. Was spending one night with him really worth losing his friendship? Though it tingle of her skin where she could still feel his grip against her was temping, she knew that she cared more about him than she did about any physical side of him. As a result of that, unfortunately, it meant that the physical side of him was all she could think about since she knew every other side of him.

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan could still feel against his skin where Natalia had touched him, and yeah he knew he was playing with fire by being alone with her tonight but he knew he couldn’t help himself. Out of everything that he and Anthony had in common there was one thing that stood out the most; their love of women. And it wasn’t like they hid their lifestyles at all from anyone. He knew that he wasn’t going to sleep with Natalia, and he knew that he could find someone else and go to their room tonight. But it wouldn’t be the same. He was actually picking spending time with Natalia over getting laid. He scoffed out of sarcasm as Anthony asked if Natalia was getting to him. “Dude..” he said, as though it was obvious. He ran his hand over his hair, still trying to collect his thoughts before he looked back at Anthony. ” Well don’t like… handcuff her up or anything to make sure she can’t leave, just .. I don’t know..Whatever it is you two do when you hang out. “ he said, waving it off. Claire and Anthony had spent more time alone than he had with Natalia, and Anthony had never given him a reason to not trust him.

When Anthony offered to get him a drink he took his attention away from the girls and nodded.”Something strong.” he said before he headed to the bar with Anthony. “I really appreciate you taking one for the team on this man, it means a hell of a lot to me. I don’t mean to just stick you with my sister, and I know it sort of ruins any other plans to get lucky but… I mean this will be good. You guys can like… talk… about why you both are so pissed off at each other for no god damn reason. We’re all friends,so it’ll be good,”.Ethan puffed out his cheeks, reaching the bar. “ Tall bud please” he said before tapping his hands against the counter. He shook his head before looking at Anthony. “ Stefan is going to think we are such idiots,” he said,knowing that they would fill him in on what happened the next time all of the guys were together.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia continued singing and dancing along with her song. She looked around and saw everyone else singing along. That made her smile and feel good deep down. She loved seeing people singing her music. If they loved this song, they'd love when her CD came out. Natalia felt her nerves calming down and her butterflies really flying away as she was dancing. This song was perfect for the moment. The song ended and Natalia hugged
Claire. She put one arm over her shoulder and headed towards the bar to join the guys. She leaned right in the middle of them facing Anthony, "I hope we're not interrupting something." she smiled and then waved down the bartender. "Can I have a bottle of water please?" The bartender nodded and then handed her a bottle. She opened it and drank 3/4 of it and then placed the cap back on.

Natalia was there for a few hours now and she was getting tired and bored. They were all sitting at a table in the back, drinking. Well except for Natalia of course. She sat with her head resting on one hand and her other hand was tapping her fingers on the table. She l
ooked down at her phone and decided she was going to head back. She stood up, pushed her chair back in and grabbed her clutch. "I need to shower and then I'm gonna head to bed," she walked over to Claire and kissed her on the cheek, "I'll see you in the room but incase I'm sleeping, goodnight." Next she walked over to Anthony and kissed him on the cheek, "Goodnight." Natalia looked over at Ethan, "Goodnight Ethan." She made her way through the crowd and out of the club and up to the rooms.

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony laughed when Ethan said dude, he knew exactly what that meant. It was quite obvious that Natalia had gotten to him. He smiled when Ethan told him not to handcuff Claire or anything, "Damn man, ruining my plans." joking of course. "I know I don't need to tell you, but I am going to anyway. Just don't do anything to hurt Natalia. She's like my little sister and I will throwdown if she comes crying to me. Just don't hurt her, that's all I ask." there was a stern seriousness in his voice. Anthony gave the toom number when he ordered his drink and Ethan ordered his. He drank some of his drink and then turned to see the girls coming. He looked back at the bar as Natalia leaned in between him and Ethan. He laughed when she mentioned ruining something, "of course not. Just male bonding time." he took another sip of his drink.

After a few more hours of dancing, talking and drinking, Natalia was the first to get up and say she was leaving. He hugged her and returned the kiss on the cheek when she said goodnight. "Goodnight. See you tomorrow. Hope you had fun tonight." He looked over at Ethan when she just said goodnight. He gave him the don't be stupid look and then finished off his drink. He waved the bartender down for another one. After about another hour or so, Anthony decided it was time to leave. "Guys, I think its time to head up. This place is dead. "[ /b] he chugged the rest of his drink. "See you up there." he said to Ethan. He hugged Claire and kissed her cheek, "you look beautiful. Goodnight." He walked across the dancefloor and then out of the club.