[Open] I'll Misbehave If It Turns You On

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire ran her hand through her hair as she looked around at the finishing touches and smiled proudly to herself. Whatever was going on with Ethan and Natalia could be set aside for his birthday, it was a time to celebrate and be around the people you loved. Though judging by the text messages she was getting from Ethan all day, he just loved everyone. Including Jack Daniels. At any rate, she knew that he was with Madeline, Ryan and Rosie so she’d messaged all of them to try and get Ethan into a red shirt or something before he got to his party. Why would you be an angel on your birthday, that was the time to be a little devilish. But pulling off a surprise party this year had been a lot easier since he was drinking today, and she wasn’t that great at surprises to begin with. She knew from Natalia’s profile that she was probably coming to New York today, but when she asked Ethan he had said he didn’t know anything about it, just that she had originally planned to come, but then they had fought. But he quickly changed the subject on to different things, clearly not wanting to get upset on his birthday. Claire looked over her shoulder at Dalton working on some last minute things and bit the edge of her lip. She had to convince herself she wasn’t lying to him. She couldn’t tell him she was pregnant, not this early. You weren’t supposed to tell people until you were three months, just incase anything happened. And what if something did? There was no sense in getting Dalton all worried until he absolutely needed to be. Claire set down the last of the decorations she was holding and walked over to Dalton, squeezing him tightly in a hug. “ I love you,” she said, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. She knew she was going to be disappointing him, and that was probably the scariest of all of it. She hated disappointing him, literally made her sick to her stomach.

A few hours later and there were a lot of people there. Which was surprising because aside from Dalton, Stefan, Shane and Anthony, Claire hadn’t told anyone about who was going to be performing or anything. It wasn’t like it was a crowd favorite, but the Black Keys were Ethan’s favorite band. Though All Time Low were a crowd pleaser. She stood on the toes of her heels, not having seen anyone she figured would be here yet, but it was early. And just because she didn’t see them didn’t mean they weren’t here. “ Sorry, excuse me..” she said, moving her way past a few others before she stood on a chair to try and find someone. If only she was as tall as Madeline or Ryan. She knew Ethan would push drinks on her tonight, regardless of the fact that Dalton was there, and she knew that she would have to pass them off to poor innocent bystander Shane. If she could ever find him. Claire opened her clutch to see if she had a text message from Shane, Natalia, Ethan, Stefan, Anthony… any of them. She groaned in annoyance at the lack of communication and scrolled to Natalia’s name. Her thumb hovered over the option to text her or not as she stood still, weighing her options. ‘ Claire!’ she heard yelled out, distracting her from her phone. She smiled as she looked up and saw Joel, putting her phone in her clutch and closing it. “ Joel!” she said happily. She placed her hand on the back of the chair to start helping herself down but smiled as he picked her up and set her down. “ Thanks,” she said, giving him a quick hug. “ Thanks for coming,”. Joel shook his head and laughed, “ Wouldn’t miss it for the world. So where’s Shane. I know he wouldn’t miss a party if his life depended on it, tour or not. You look great by the way,”. Claire smiled again and then looked over her shoulder. “ I’m not really sure where he is.. thanks you do, too… couldn’t decide between the angel and the devil?”. Joel shook his head, looking down at his outfit. “ Party with the devil, wake up with an angel.”. Claire rolled her eyes at him before she started to look through the crowd to see if any other of her friends were there. " Ah!" she screamed as Joel grabbed her arm and pulled her out to the dance floor without any explanation.

Outfit

[Joel Carter Foster]

Joel walked across the street towards the Viper room, making a face at all of the people standing in line waiting to get in. They knew it was a closed event, right? He took his phone out to call Logan, not a doubt in his mind he’d be there tonight. He held the phone to his ear, going up to the bouncer as he made his way in. “ Yeah I’m on the list. My name’s Joel Fo-“ he started but was interrupted. ‘ Yeah we know who you are. Anyone who knows a teenage girl, is a teenage girl, or has a teenage girl for a daughter knows who you are,” the bouncer said, moving out of the way to let Joel in. Joel stood there for a minute, holding the phone to his ear and staring at the guy like he was crazy. No, he wasn’t that famous. He wasn’t at all in his opinion. “….Thanks?” he said before going back to his conversation with Logan. “ What the hell man, did you hear that?” he questioned, stepping into the club and hearing just how loud the music was. “ Holy shit,… I’m gonna have to talk to you later. “ he yelled over the music before he hung up and looked around. Joel went to the bar and grabbed himself a velvet coke. He scanned the crowd again while taking a sip from his drink and smiled as his eyes stopped on Claire.

Joel tilted his head back and finished the drink before setting the glass back on the counter and made his way over to her. He held his hand up to help her get down from the chair but then wrapped his arm around her waist and just picked her up to set her down. He couldn’t help but grin as they greeted each other. As much as he loved working, he did love hanging out with his friends. Relationships just weren’t his thing. Though if he got asked that in an interview, well he just loved Dani Cooper no matter how much it disgusted her and made her roll her eyes. He turned his head as he heard a song come through the speakers and turned back to Claire, letting a small devilish grin spread across his lips. “As long as Shane isn’t here,” he said, grabbing her arm and pulling her towards the dance floor. “ Grab somebody sexy tell em…hey.. give me everything tonight,” he sang out, twirling Claire around quickly before he pulled her back up against him and smiled through his laughter. He waited until Claire brought her arms in the air and started to shake her hips before he slipped his hand around her lower back and pulled them together close enough so that they were moving in sync when they danced. He narrowed his eyebrows slightly when he listened to her starting to sing, never really hearing it before, as she placed one of her arms around his neck and tilted her head back singing at the top of her lungs. ‘ Shut up, it’s not that bad’ she said, smacking Joel on the back of the head with the hand that was wrapped around his neck. Joel laughed and shook his hair out of habit, even though it was many inches shorter now. “ I know,” he said. Joel licked his lips, looking back down at her dress before he started dancing again, singing along to the few words of the song he knew; mainly, give me everything tonight, and excuse me I may drink a little more than I should tonight. Pretty damn good birthday song, if only the birthday boy was here.

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Song

[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary looked down at the present in her hands and then looked back up at the party. So wasn’t that type of birthday party. She scrunched her nose and looked around the room before she set the present on the bar and walked away from it. Whatever. She would’ve come with Stefan but she’d had school all day long, then had to do some test shots for a new bra, and then by the time that was done, it was time to be at the party. She looked around to see if he was there yet, maybe. Hillary placed some of her hair behind her ear as she made her way to the bar. She smiled at the bartender. “ Could I just get a Shirley temple, please?” she asked, not really wanting to drink tonight. She figured Stefan was since it was his best friends birthday, so she wanted to be able to take care of him later. Hillary thanked the bartender as he handed the drink over to her, but when she took a sip from the drink she quickly realized he had used sprite and cherry vodka. At least it was sort of a Shirley temple.

Hillary sat down at the bar, crossing her legs and resting her right elbow on the counter as she looked down at her phone, letting her hair fall back over her shoulder. She smiled as she read a message from Madeline that she and Rosie would be there soon. At least she wouldn’t have to wait for Stefan alone. She went out, it just wasn’t often, and she felt so uncomfortable without Stefan with her. She shook her foot absentmindedly to the song playing, how could you not dance to Pitbull and Ne-Yo. It was weird that she didn’t see Ethan yet, but then again it was a surprise party. She just wondered who was getting him to the party. She hoped Natalia didn’t think she was picking sides by being here tonight, but then again she sort of agreed with Stefan on everything. And she knew that Stefan hadn’t picked sides either, but she certainly agreed with his viewpoint of what had happened. Hillary licked her lips and took her phone back out , calling Ethan before she pressed the ear to her phone. “ Hi darling,” she said as he answered the phone, ‘ Hilllary! What’s up sexy? You got plans tonight?”. Hillary narrowed her eyebrows and smiled, covering her other ear so she could hear him over the music. “ Stefan and I were hoping we’d get a chance to see you tonight. Are you headed out?” she questioned, taking a quick drink from her glass. ‘ Oh yeah. I’ve been out since midnight. That’s like what.. twenty hours of drinking so far? I should be dead. Anyways.. I think we’re going out I’m just not sure where. I’ll give you or Stefan a call that way you guys can meet us there. Before you two duck out early before everyone else and go home to do god knows what,”. Hillary laughed and placed her chin in her hand. “ Are you at least having a happy birthday?” she questioned, wondering what was going through his head with everything happening. ‘ Shit, best birthday yet. Did you get me a present?” he teased. Hillary looked back over her shoulder, looking for the present she’d set down. “ I did but I’ll have to give it to you later,”. She smiled as she heard Ethan’s laugh on the other end of the phone. ‘ No I don’t need a present. Just treat Stefan right and we’ll be good.’ Hillary rolled her eyes while smiling , “ I’ll see what I can do. Anyways, have fun.. I hope I’ll see you tonight. Let us know where you’ll be. Bye love” she said, hanging up after he said his goodbyes.

Dress

[Scarlet Rose Harris]

Scarlet turned in the bathroom mirror of the club, she had her hair down but now she was debating whether she should put it up. She dropped it back over her shoulders and decided to hell with it. It would end up being down even if she did put it up, might as well just leave it. She held the top of her dress and wiggled even more into it before she gave one last look. Whatever, that was as good as it was gonna get. She smiled at one of the girls in the mirror next to her before she made her way out of the bathroom and back into the club. Scarlet looked out on the dance floor, smiling as she saw a few people she knew. And even though this song was about to end, it was still one of her favorites to dance to. She rolled her eyes at Joel, that kid was a hornball for someone that didn’t want to waste time on a girlfriend. But he was adorable in his own way. She licked her lips as she made her way to the bar. “ Whiskey, please” she said, leaning into the counter as she waited for her drink.

When the bartender slid the drink to her she thanked him and picked it up, taking a drink just in time to see Anthony with his own drink. “ Anthony!” she said excitedly, moving towards him as she held onto her drink. “ Hey hun, I completely blanked on thinking you’d be here,” she said as she was leaning in to hug him, kissing his cheek before she squeezed her arm around his neck tightly. She smiled as she looked down at him, devilish red. “ I thought you were supposed to dress up, not come in your normal character” she said giving a small shake of her head. Scarlet took another quick drink from her glass but gasped excitedly as she heard the opening to one of her, and everyone elses, current favorite songs. “ Dance with me,” she said, pouting out her bottom lip before she finished her drink. She set it down before she took Anthony’s hand and pulled him towards the dance floor. ” Can you keep up?” she questioned before she smiled at him and dragged him further into the dance floor.

Song
Dress

[Shane Alexander Madden]

Shane and the guys walked through the airport on their way to go hail some cabs so they could all go to the party for Ethan's birthday. As asked, they'd all worn red since they all decided that white wasn't safe when it came to a party or someone would have to work to get those random stains out. Shane just wore a red flannel shirt, carrying a small duffel bag. They weren't in the city for long so they all pretty much just packed over night bags. Shane was super excited to see everyone and have a good time, especially Claire though. The longer he was away on tour, the more he couldn't wait to get home. And Especially now since she was pregnant, he felt more responsible for making sure she was okay. Being away was frustrating when he though what if something bad happened and I wasn't home? He would be beside himself with feeling helpless. And yeah he had to fly out tomorrow morning to go back, but he'd be home for good on Wednesday. As they stepped outside to hail a cab, Shane saw a car sitting beside the curb, with Logan outside looking at it, Shane grinned, he didn't know Logan was coming to pick them up, and wondered whose car he was looking at. "Hey Logan!" Shane walked over, hugging Logan who had a huge grin plastered on his face, "Bro check it out, this car is mine." Shane looked back at it, "No shit? Guys check out Renner's ride," Shane shook his head, looking at it. Logan smiled, "I know right? Gift from Blake. You guys wanna squeeze in? Blake is riding with Riley and Mack, I'm meeting her there." Shane grinned, "Ha, can we squeeze in... of course we can squeeze in..."

Once they got to the party, the guys headed off to get drinks, Logan going to locate Blake if she was there yet and Shane had his eyes peeled for Claire. But he found her, dancing with Joel, looking like she was already having a blast. He smiled watching her before he went over. Of course she wasn't showing yet or anything. But she looked beautiful. Dressed like an angel of course, he didn't expect anything less. As he walked over, he placed a hand on Joel's shoulder, smiling, "Hey Joel, long time no see. Mind if I steal her from you?" He looked at Claire wondering if she had even registered who was standing in front of her. Sure he'd just seen her at Thanksgiving, but it felt like forever ago. He smiled at her, Look at you, you look gorgeous.""

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire brought her hair off of her neck, getting warm from dancing in the heat of the club and being so close to Joel. She didn’t care if people thought they were dating or if people said she was cheating on Shane, their group of friends didn’t care what paparazzi said about them as long as they all trusted each other. It was what they said to the paparazzi that counted, what they put out there for everyone to know. If Shane read an article saying that Claire and Joel were together, he would laugh as hard as he could. Plus, dancing with Joel was just fun. Especially since they were now dancing to Moves Like Jagger, Joel whistling along. He was being a cheeseball, with this song especially, since it had played at the Victoria Secret fashion show just a few nights ago. Joel had gotten to perform, and this song had been played by Maroon 5 and for some reason a lot of people in her new group of friends would tease her about being a mini-Madeline. Just because proportionally their bodies were the same if Madeline was just a bit shorter. A lot shorter. And they both happened to be interested in musicians… and liked showing off their legs, whatever. She took Joel’s hand when he spun her around quickly, but by the time she was facing him again she saw Shane, standing there with his hand on Joel’s shoulder as he asked him something.

Claire smiled, trying to slightly catch her breath as Joel moved out of the way so that she and Shane could be with each other. She couldn’t help but blush as he complimented her and looked down at the ground for a quick second to recompose herself, pushing some of her hair behind her ear before she looked back up. Instead of saying hi to him right away, Claire closed the gap between them and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him with the excitement of a first kiss, but the passion of a last one. As she hopped u against his chest, hopping her would catch her.The upbeat music she had been dancing to just seconds ago seemed to slow down along with everyone else disappearing as she pulled herself closer to him, finding a relief she hadn’t felt since Shane left to go back on tour. She moved her arms away from his neck so that she could place her hands on his jaw before she gave him another quick kiss and then dropped her arms to wrap them around his lower back. “ Hi,..” she said with a bright smile. It was impossible for her to believe that she could wrap her arms around the thing that made her happier than anything else in the world. That kind of love should belong to something so much bigger, but it was in this musician, who pulled off flannel better than any man she knew and wrote lyrics, played guitar, held her hand, his hands were the most magical thing in the world. She hoped their baby got his hands. And his heart. But definitely not his eyebrows. “ Will you dance with me, Shane Madden?” she asked, narrowing her eyes at him as she placed her hands against his chest, looking at the red he had chosen. She took in a deep breath and sighed, not moving her feet to dance but instead to step closer to him again as she hugged him, placing her cheek against his chest and curling into the safest place she’d ever felt.

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan leaned forward, pouring the water from a water bottle over his hair on the side of the street. ‘ That’s not exactly what I meant when I said you should take a shower …’ Madeline said with her arms crossed, watching as Ethan shook his head from side to side to shake water out of his hair. “ Well come on, we’re at the club that Rosie wanted to go to, and I’m not going to high tail it back to the apartment just to shower,” he grinned, looking back over at Madeline. “Unless you and Ryan need some more alone time,… how many times have you two scampered off together? I’ll tell you how many. Slutmany.” he said before he ran his hand over his face. Time to wake up. He’d been drinking a lot of water just so he wouldn’t pass out while he was drinking, but come on. Twenty hours of alcohol was going to wear you down no matter what. Plus it was a task just to put one foot in front of the other. It’s his birthday. He could do what he wanted. Everyone else seemed to. As they walked up to the club, well more like as Madeline and Rosie held Ethan up as they came into the club, he made a face as he looked at the bouncer holding a list and then looked at the line of people. “ Is there an event tonight?” he asked, but completely forgot about it just as quickly as no one answered him. When he walked inside he grinned as he heard Maroon 5. “ Hell yeah!” he shouted out, hating most of what was on the radio these days, but Maroon 5… those guys just had class. And catchy tunes.

“ Holy shit, I need another drink.” he said, moving his arms away from Rosie and Madeline and headed to the bar like it was his job. “ Heeyyyy” he said as he slid onto a seat next to Hillary. “ Look at all my angels here tonight…” he said, patting her on the side of the hair. But after he ordered his drink, a double captain morgan, he realized. He was patting Hillary’s hair. “ HOLY FUCK!” he yelled out excitedly. “ All my angels are here tonight! You’re here… where the fuck is Stefan? Why are you here? You guys were going to drink without me?” he asked, putting his hand on his chest as though he was hurt. ‘ Oh wow.. honey you are drunk’ she said, giving him a quick hug. “ Fuckin text book definition drunk…” he said as he tried to cover his mouth. “ Don’t tell Dalton. He’ll be pissseeeedd. But whatever. He’ll get over it. This is me. I can say that right? Deal with it,” he said throwing his hands up in the air like he had just said something completely philosophical. “ Fuck it, anyways I gotta go. It’s my birthday and I… well I gotta go do shit. So.. “ he nodded. “ Good seein you gorgeous,” he said, leaning down and kissing her on the cheek before he picked up his drink. When he turned around he ran into Zack. Zack. Another what the fuck moment.

“ Dude…” Ethan said as he looked at Zack, holding a drink just like he was. There was a moment of silence before Zack made a confused expression. “ Sweet?”. Ethan shook his head out. Maybe he had drank too much. “ Aren’t you on tour?” he asked, looking at Zack. ‘ I am..’ he answered, giving a small nod. Not much of a talker. ‘ Oh… Happy surprise birthday party by the way. Sort of why I’m here.. Ethan stopped sipping from his drink. “ This is my birthday party? I showed up late to my own birthday? Oh no… my mom is going to be so mad at me.” he said, shaking his head and giving a sigh. Common courtesy 101. Don’t be late to your own party. “ I’m so sorry” he said loudly to people around him, “ Except to you, I don’t even know who the fuck you are….” he said, looking at a girl who looked like she had just used this as an opportunity to dress up as a slut. ‘ Alright, we are at that part of the evening’ Zack said before he took Ethan by the shoulders and turned him around, pointing to Claire and Shane. ‘ See friend and sister? Go Ethan, go.” he said, before patting him on the back and walking away.

Ethan finished his drink like it was water, pretty much past the point of tasting alcohol right now. “ Another please” he said to the bartender, taking the drink before he headed over to Claire and Shane. “ I’m guesing one of you had something to do with this…. Can you let go of each other? I’m talking.. “ he said, looking at them as he feigned a look of anger and shook his head. “ It’s like you two have never seen each other before. Look at you man, good god. You’re a thing of beauty.” he said, clapping Shane on the back. “ Look at you two.. this is it, man. You guys are so fuckin’ rock and roll and princess. The musician and the ballerina. Look at you.. flannel and lace. Just livin’ the god damn dream. Loving each other and not giving a shit what people say about it. I bet you two are honest with each other huh? Can talk about your feelings? “ Ethan took a sip from his drink. “ Well enough of THAT femmy bullshit, Madden get your scrawny ass in these arms and give me a man hug. Don’t be shy now,” he said before he hugged Shane , stealing him away from Claire just for a moment. “ Quit living in your own little lovers world. It’s my birthday. Love me instead.” he said before he smacked Shane on the ass as he walked away. “ By the way I expect to see you on that stage at some point.. you furry little fuck. I love you. I gotta go.”

Ethan took his drink out with him to the middle of the dance floor. You could dance and drink at the same time, there weren’t any rules. And if there were, he could break them. They all could. Everyone drink. That was his opinion. He took a drink before he looked around, realizing the three other people he had spent all of his birthday with so far weren’t there. “…..Rosie! Come dance with me goddamnit!” he yelled out at the top of his lungs before he saw her, with her own drink talking to Madeline and smiled at her. He laughed as he yelled out again, “ Rosie!” he said, wiggling his finger towards himself so she would come towards him. He had noticed that everyone was wearing white or red. And from the conversation around him he’d gathered it was some sort of devils and angels party. He took a sip from his glass as Rosie came up to him. He stood still in the middle of the dance floor, staring down at her. “ You dressed me up like a god damn devil,” he said, shaking his head slowly at her. “ There’s consequences. You’re gonna have to put up with dancing with me. Sometimes it’s not pretty. Sometimes people get hurt” he said before he nodded his head at someone else telling him happy birthday.

[Shane Alexander Madden]

Shane smiled when Claire realized he was there taking her in his arms when she kissed him, not even caring who was there to see it. Yeah people would probably be talking about Shane Madden's new girlfriend, but whatever. He didn't care. His arms around her waist, he kissed her back, smiling into the kiss and then said hi back, "Hi, you didn't even know I was here did you?" He brushed a piece of hair out of her eyes that had fallen, probably when she was dancing, and grinned when she asked if he would dance with her, "You know I will." He kept his arms wrapped around her, his chin resting atop her head when Ethan walked up, making comments about them being quite a pair or something, and Shane just tried not to laugh, dude was blasted. He only let go of Claire briefly to hug Ethan, laughing when he said he hoped Shane was playing later, "Yeah, we got a set planned for later on. Happy birthday bro." Shane placed his hand on the small of Claire's back, laughing to himself. He'd seen Ethan drunk plenty of times, just not that completely shit faced. But it was his birthday, let him have the time of his life, you only had a birthday once a year anyways. Ethan had gone off, yelling for Rosie which Shane thought was hilarious because Rosie made it so blatantly obvious that she had the hots for Ethan and Ethan tried so hard to deter her because he already had a girlfriend but Natalia was nowhere to be seen and Ethan was drunk so Shane wondered if that was Ethan walking right into trouble. Well at least he'd have fun on the way down. Shane shook his head, turning back to Claire and wrapped his arms tightly around her in a hug. All he wanted to do was wrap his arms around her and dance and have a few drinks and enjoy the evening with her and all these crazy people they loved and called their friends.

[Rose Elliot Madison]

Rosie looked at Madeline and Ryan, holding her second drink since they'd arrived. She wasn't as drunk as Ethan but she figured, give it time. She tipped her glass, finishing her drink and decided that Ryan and Madeline were just going to act all lovey dovey all night and she may as well leave them alone. She wondered where Ethan was, because drunk or not, she had enough mind to keep some kind of tab on him to make sure he didn't end up passed out in a dumpster or something. But no sooner had she set down her empty glass on the bar, she heard him, over the music, yelling her name. She spun around smiling seeing him in the middle of the dance floor trying to get her to come over there. She nodded, dancing her way over to him but stopped, looking toward the DJ booth when she realize a new song had just came on. She grinned, raising her eyebrows at him when she realized what it was and continued over to him, mouthing the words and finally reaching his side, "Hey I think this song is for you!" But she smiled, stepping close to him, placing her hands on his hips, moving them back forth, "Oh but you are a devil," she teased, "I can put up with your dancing, the real question is if you can keep up with my dancing," she shot him a devilish grin and moved closer, removing the space between them, moving her hips with his. It had been almost a complete twenty four hours that they'd been together, almost twenty four hours of drinking too.

Rosie laughed, stepping back, remembering her boundaries for about a split second before she spun around so that he back was to him, sliding her hand up around his neck. She smiled happily. She liked the way they fit, he was taller then her even with her heels on. She liked how strong he was. She liked his hands, not to mention she liked his hands on her. And he smelled good, though that was probably because she was drunk, otherwise she would notice that he smelled like alcohol and vomit. But other then that, she didn't notice. And she loved dancing, and she loved a guy who would dance with her. He had no idea how perfect he was. Most girls had a mental list of things they kind of look for in a guy. Ethan met the main requirements, they'd been checked off. But she just felt happy when she was with him. Even if he was just a friend, having him for a friend beat not having him at all.


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song

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan shook his hand over his hair, a habit that he knew had to be annoying to the people around him by this point. He laughed at her as he looked down at his hips and watched as she shook them for him. “ Yeah but it’s-“ he started off before he turned his head to the side, hearing Claire shout out , ‘ Not this damn song!’. Ethan tilted his head slightly wondering what in the hell she could have against Jeremih. He never hurt anybody. But when Rosie moved in closer to him he realized they’d be dancing a bit closer than he was imagining. He looked down at the glass in his hands and then finished what was left in it before he handed it off to some random guy in the crowd. Maybe you couldn’t dance and drink at the same time. Ethan wrapped his arm around her waist, though doing so loosely so as not to disrespect the fact that she wasn’t his girlfriend. Hell he’d dance with everyone. He sure as hell intended to dance with Ryan and Shane as well, that was for damn sure. Everyone.

Ethan thought Rosie must’ve been under the same impression cause she took a slight step back, leaving Ethan left to assume that she was about to head out to find someone else to dance with before she turned her back to him and wrap her arm up over so that it was behind his neck. He stood still for a moment as he weighed his options, before he decided fuck it. He’d had a few drinks. A lot of drinks. And there wasn’t a damn thing to keep him from dancing with a friend. Ethan moved his hand from her lower back and wrapped it around to the front of her hip, getting back into the rhythm of dancing that they had when she’d been facing him. It didn’t take long for his other hand to take hold of her other hip, holding steady regardless of how Rosie was moving them. He looked down, though not at her dress or anything, but kept his eyes locked on her neck. He knew that people were dancing around them, but he was so blasted at this point that it seemed like he could shut them out if he wanted. But suddenly the song came to a stop, which snapped him away from looking at Rosie’s neck and up at the dj booth before he heard a quiet cough into the microphone. Claire. Ethan looked up at Claire on the stage, wondering what she was doing before he lazily draped his arm around Rosie’s shoulders. “ Hey man, what’s good” he asked someone as they offered him a beer. Ethan took the bottle, pressing it to his lips before he looked back at the stage.

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire looked at Ethan in complete shock when he had first approached herself and Shane, completely trashed out of his mind. He was cursing a lot more than normal. He just didn’t care. She jumped when he smacked Shane on the butt and then watched him as he walked away, leaning back into Shane as he hugged her again. “ I think he’s seen the bottom of a few bottles today,” she said with a slight shake of her head. “ He’s going to get himself in trouble,” she said, though she didn’t think about it long enough to really care. She smiled as she looked back at Shane, giving him a quick kiss before she stood on her toes and gave him a deeper one. She was just about to start dancing with him when she heard a song came on, making her move away from the kiss completely. “ Not this damn song!” she yelled out, instantly annoyed with it, for no fault but her own. And Shane’s. Mainly Shane’s. It wasn’t her fault he was that sexy. And he could’ve stopped her from sleeping with him that night, she weighed about the same amount as a kitten. “ I think it’s time to give Ethan one of his birthday presents,” she said to Shane, turning over her shoulder to see him dancing with Rosie. “ ….. In a minute, apparently,” she said before she leaned into Shane’s side. Logan probably already had the band all set so there wasn’t really any need to prep them.

Once the song was about halfway over, Claire gave Shane a quick kiss, figuring that by the time she got on stage it would be just about done. When she went up to the dj to tell him, he offered her the microphone and then all it took was getting to the actual stage. After pushing through a few people she finally made it, cursing to herself as she walked up the steps and signaled for the dj to cut the song. “ Hi,” she said into the microphone, giving a small wave. “ My name is Claire and I am the very blessed younger sister of our severely intoxicated guest of honor… happy birthday, Ethan. Anyways.. now seems like it’s as good a time as any since he’s here and I want to get this done before he passes out. Ethan you’re a great brother, and I’m glad that we got to celebrate with you tonight. I hope all of you guys will help me out in celebrating with him tonight, or at least try to keep up with him. He’s way ahead of us… happy birthday, Ethan. I won’t make everyone sing the birthday song, I know you hate that.. but.. I do proudly present..the Black Keys,” she said before she stepped away, hearing Ethan in his drunken slur. ‘ No fuckin’ way’. Claire reached out to take Shane’s hand as she reached the stairs, wanting to get off the stage since the band was already starting to play.

First Song

[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony sat down at the bar and looked at his phone, no text from Natalia. Where was she? They had both got here a little while ago, but she said she needed to change. Why? They were both cute little devils. Oh well. Anthony texted her one more time and then put the phone back in his pocket. He looked around at the people here, did they even know half of then? Or did some of them sneak into this event. He was seeing people that he had never seen before this. Anthony shrugged his shoulders and then turned around to face the bar again. "Hey." he said to one of the girls down the bar and she just smiled and started giggling with her friends, oh the joy in that. "Disaronno...on the rocks."He gave his order to the bartender and then saw Hillary. He slid down to her, "Hey there." he said as he hugged her lightly, "You look beautiful, where's Stefan?" It wasn't like him to be late and leave Hillary like this. Just then he heard an all too familiar voice, Scarlet.

Anthony returned the hug as Scarlet hugged him, "Yeah, here I am." he said with a smile. He looked down at his outfit before he looked back, "Apparently that rule didn't work for you either." he winked at her and took some of his drink. He laughed when he heard Scarlet gasp as the song changed. "I guess I have no choice, huh?"he laughed when she pouted her lip, "Sure." He finished his drink and then followed her out onto the floor, "Of course I can..Question is..can you keep up with me?" he smiled and spun her around and then smiled when she was facing him again. The song changed, but Anthony didn't stop dancing with her. The song cut off and there was Claire. He looked at the door and saw Stefan and Natalia coming in....she looked amazing. He watched them walk over to Hillary and he looked at Scarlet, "Excuse me." he said as he placed a kiss on her cheek and then walked over to them. "Wow." Anthony said when he got to her, now see why you went to change. He waved to the bar tender to get him another drink and a water for Natalia.


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[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Stefan was about to go into the club when he saw Natalia walking over. He walked over to her and hugged her, "You look beautiful...Welcome home kid." he smiled and put his arm around her and she did the same. "Stefan Thomas and.." he looked down at her and then back to the guy, "Well, you know who." he smiled. "I do know. Enjoy the party guys." "Thanks." Stefan walked through the doors, still with his arm around Natalia's shoulders. They stopped a little ways in and he looked over the crowd in there. Great turn out. He bet there was some people her that were just here just 'cause. The music stopped and he saw Claire getting on stage. He scanned the crowd for Ethan when Claire said he was way ahead of him, "Oh man." he said when he found him, he just looked trashed. Stefan clapped when The Black Keys came out. He looked over at the bar and found Hillary, "Let's go." he said as he smiled down to Natalia.

He wasnt able to see her dress from where he was, but as he got closer, Stefan smiled. "There's my little devil." he said as he took his arm off of Natalia and hugged Hillary tightly. He kissed her and then looked her over once more and shook his head, "You look gorgeous." He let the girls talk while he ordered himself a beer. Just then Anthony came over and obviously complimented Natalia, but he had to say something. "I know, I know.. I look amazing." he laughed and took a sip of his beer. "But you...man...those leather pants." he smiled. He kissed Hillary's cheek and smiled at her, "Sorry I'm late. When did you get here?"

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[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia sighed one more time and then got out of the car. She handed the key to the valet and then stood on the sidewalk, thinking about going back home. She would get more phone calls and texts from Anthony, but she would deal with it tomorrow. Just as Natalia was going to turn away, she saw Stefan. He was dressed in all white. She smiled when he came over and hugged her and told her she looked beautiful. "Thank you. You're looking good too. Loving those white pants." She said as she looked down at his pants. "Thanks, feels good to be here. Only here until Sunday night, so I might as well enjoy it." She smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist and walked over to the bouncer. "Thank you." she smiled and walked into the club. Natalia smiled when she saw Claire up there, she looked beautiful. She would definitely have to tell her later. "Woooooo!" she yelled and clapped when The Black Keys came out. Ethan must be so excited.

Natalia walked over to Hillary with Stefan and watched them They were so darn cute together. Definitely going to be married one day. "Hey girl." she hugged Hillary,"You look stunning! Absolutely gorgeous. I love that dress." she smiled at her and then laughed when Stefan said he looked amazing. Natalia wrapped her arms around Anthony and placed her head on his chest and hugged him tightly. She took the water from him, "Thank you." Natalia opened it, took a sip and looked around, instantly smiling when she saw Ethan. He looked wasted, she smiled and shook her head lightly, he definitely was living it up. She scanned the crowd, looking for other people she knew.

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[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary stayed at the bar, looking down at her drink as she stirred the stick lazily inside of it. Ethan was pretty drunk and that could either end really well or be a complete and utter disaster but only time would tell. Not long after he came to see her, did she see Rosie. Hillary smiled as she waved at her, wondering where in the hell Madeline was but that was answered quickly when she noticed her and Ryan coming in through the back entrance. That again? Hillary smiled to herself and shook her head; you just couldn’t keep some people apart no matter what. When she waved at Madeline though, she came over instantly and wrapped her long arms around her. Hillary laughed, wrapping her own arms around Madeline’s waist. “ You look gorgeous,” she said, turning her head to compliment Ryan, “ And you, as handsome as ever,” she said, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. It didn’t take long for Madeline to drag Ryan off to the dance floor, finding their way to Rosie. And..Ethan? Hillary narrowed her eyebrows as she looked over, turning over her shoulder to see that Natalia was here as well. But she did look stunning. “ He’s not here yet, but.. he will be soon, I think. You look devilish” she said with a quick laugh at Anthony but just like that he was gone.

Hillary lit up like a kid on Christmas morning as she saw Stefan and sat up in her seat as he hugged her, “ And my angel..” she said, looking down at his white outfit as she kept her hands against his lower stomach before hugging him again loosely. “ Oh my gosh,” she said, shaking her head as Natalia complimented her. All these girls and their short dresses, not a chance Hillary looked good compared to any of them. “ No, you look stunning” she said to Natalia, giving a soft smile. “ I’m glad you came,… “ she said. Hillary looked out towards the crowd, spotting Ethan again. She wondered if he was too drunk to notice if Natalia had come in or if he would spot her, he looked pretty deep in the crowd and just mesmerized by the Black Keys. She looked at Claire, waving for her to come over but was confused when Claire gave a hesitant look, and then turned to talk to Shane, maybe asking him what he thought about going over there or not. Hillary gave a small sigh. What had happened to their group? But she was distracted again as Stefan started talking to her. She smiled, “ Only a few minutes… I ordered a shirley temple and I’m pretty sure it’s alcohol.. by a lot. Do you want it?” she offered holding the drink up to him just in case before she smiled and leaned forward to give him another kiss. He was just so handsome how could she not. She slipped her hand behind his neck and pulled him closer to her, smiling at the taste of whatever beer he was drinking against his lips.