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

[Riley Scott Collins]

Riley laid his hand gently in Mackenzie’s lap as he wrapped his fingers around hers tightly. He took a drink from his glass as he looked over at Blake, giving a soft smile as he eyed her belly. She was about to pop any second now. If he was Logan, he’d be a nervous wreck. Like, running around with his head caught off type of nervous wreck. Maybe he would be when the time came. He could sort of see them reversing roles; Blake suddenly being calm, Logan pacing all over the place. He coughed uncomfortably, realizing he was staring at her stomach before he looked away. “I don’t think it’s actually possible for our group to get together without some type of conflict,” he said dryly, offering a quick smile, “ Though it does spice things up a bit,” he said. Riley took a long drink from his glass, looking over his shoulder to look at Shane. He was going to be going on stage later, but he had to admit that he’d never seen Shane like that. With anyone. He kept his eyes on Shane and Claire, though he was speaking to Logan, Blake and Mackenzie. “ This relationship with Claire. Do you think it’s exaggerated because he’s been gone so long and he missed her, or there’s something actually there?” he looked away from Shane and Claire, focusing his attention on Mackenzie before he smiled slowly. “ We’re all waiting for our answer, ma’am” he said sarcastically.

Riley watched Mackenzie, looking into her eyes with a smirk across his lips as he waited for her response when he felt a pair of arms slip around him. Oh, Mandi. ‘ Did you guys SEE that?!” she said drunkenly , laughing quietly into Riley’s shoulder before she stepped over to Mackenzie to give her a hug. “ So pretty,” she said, patting the side of her hair before she turned to look at Logan and Blake. “ You know, honestly Logan.. Riley used to tell me how his friends in high school thought I was hot. But I so didn’t have time for high school boys. So I was really glad when you graduated, cause you and Riley weren’t like crazy close friends, and I know you didn’t think I was hot, but then I was allowed to think you were hot. Cause voi la you weren’t a high school boy. Nice, right?” she said, taking in a deep breath and smiling at everyone at the table. “ OH!!” she yelled out, pointing at Mackenzie. ’”Tonight is the night..” she said, giving a small nod. She hadn’t slept with anyone sense the incident in California and she was just torturing herself with Hunter. Enough of the games. But just incase she wasn’t picking up on her hints Mandi waved her clutch to the side as she spoke, “ I’m gonna sleep with Hunter Riggins” she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. “ Oh good god,” Riley said quietly, as he uncomfortably picked up his drink and brought the glass back to his lips. Mandi whispered to Mackenzie, though it was loud enough for the people at the table nearby to hear. “ I am reaaallly drunk. But I don’t think he’ll notice. And… I’m super flexible. I mean look at this” she said, bringing her leg into the air where she grabbed onto the bottom of her shoe, simultaneously as Riley stood up and pushed her leg down,turning Mandi around. “ Be right back guys,” he said, handing Mandi’s clutch back to her before he headed her out of the club. He was back only a few moments later, sitting down by Mackenzie. “ I sent her to Hunter’s with our driver, he’ll be back later to get us,” he said, slipping his hand back onto Mackenzie’s lap and inside her own.

[Madeline Lea O'Neil]

Madeline scrunched her nose in disgust as she listened to the way the guy had tried to hit on Rosie. “ He’s not even original” she said, watching the bartender make their drinks. “ Of course Ethan beat him up. He’s a good guy isn’t he?” she questioned looking over at Rosie before she lifted her eyebrow and smiled. “ Something wicked this way comes..” she said quietly, under her breath as she shook her head at Rosie. Silly little bombshell. Madeline ran her hand over the front of her stomach when Rosie fixed her dress and then through her a non-threatening glare. “ Why would I do that?” she questioned, looking back to Ryan on the dance floor before she looked at Rosie and sighed. “ I was. I’m going to hell.” she said, though it didn’t really seem like it bothered her at all. “ Though it looks like you’re paving your own way there,” she said before she took a sip of her martini. “ Team Ryan? Really? What is this, Twilight?” she asked, giving a small shake of her head.

“ You did not ruin his party, I promise,” she said, finally taking a seat besides Rosie. “ He’ll have a drink, he’ll be fine. He’s probably just worried about you and what could have happened,” she said, thinking about where they could all go out to eat later on. Cause she had no doubt that everything would patch up just fine, and they would be hungry later on. “ I mean .. think about Claire. They’re related. When she gets mad, does she stay mad or does she cool off quickly? Cause it’s all in the same family,” she said as though that made sense. Which right now, it did. “ …… Men sexy is kind of hot, though” she said as an afterthought, thinking back on the rare times she had seen Ryan get upset, almost all of which involving other men destroying Madeline. Madeline finished her drink, setting the empty glass against the counter before she looked at Rosie. “ You did not ruin the party. You are gorgeous as hell. We’ve been awake for over twenty-four hours. And we still have one dance left in us,” she said before she leaned over and hugged Rosie. She’d do anything to get her friend to quit thinking ridiculous things, like she had ruined Ethans’ party. Madeline hopped up and gestured to Rosie to follow her as she made her way back to the dance floor, going over to the dj so they could request a song. Then again, All Time Low would be playing. That would put more than one more dance in them.

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire frowned after Ethan had yelled at her, sulking away to the bar to nurse whatever was going on in his head with a drink. But she looked up at Shane as he spoke to her quickly after. “ What is that?” she questioned with an annoyed expression. “ Because I’m a girl, I can’t try to stop my brother? No one was scared when you, Logan or Riley got involved..” she said, folding her arms over her stomach as she looked at Shane. “ Besides, he’s my brother. I’m going to naturally get involved. It’s an annoying habit of the perpetual little sister,” she said, looking back towards the bar to see if Ethan had found himself a drink yet. But when Shane wrapped his arm around her shoulders she took in a deep breath and conceded. She wasn’t really going to win an argument about whether or not he had reason to be scared. She probably would’ve felt the same way if the roles were reversed. She watched as Riley asked Shane if he was good before he took off with Mackenzie, leaving her with Shane, Joel, Natalia and Rosie.. who had just been drug off to the bar by Madeline, and Natalia would surely be on her way soon, too. They seemed fine. Rosie kept holding her wrist, and she didn’t think Natalia had physically been involved.

Claire puffed out her cheeks and sighed, looking around for Dalton. She knew he was around here somewhere, she just hadn’t seen him in awhile. Maybe he was off with that girl that ‘wasn’t ‘ his girlfriend. Claire took Shane’s hand and pulled him deeper into the dance floor. She hadn’t really gotten her dance yet. “ So when you’re on stage..” she said over the music as she tried to find a good place in the crowd. “ How am I supposed to brag that you’re my boyfriend? Everyone will be screaming too much that ‘ Oh my god, All Time Low is here. Look at Zach, did you see Shane’s hair? ..Oh em gee… “ she said before she smiled sarcastically at him and stood on her toes to give him a quick kiss. “ I mean people yelling, ‘ I love you’ is a pretty common thing at your shows. Zach’s told me all about it. And you’re not going to be able to distinguish me,” she said with a slight click of her tongue and shake of her head.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

This kiss was all too perfect right now, but as fast as she felt nothing could go wrong, it ended. Natalia looked into the crowd when she heard yelling. Rosie and some drunk guy. Natalia looked up at Ethan and then watched him go to the rescue. She looked down for a second, trying to take everything in. She walked into the crowd and then met up with Rosie. Natalia looked at Rosie, "Yeah I'm fine..It was you..are you okay?" Natalia hadn't been involved physically, but it was frightening. She knew what it was like. crazed, drunk guys. People were ridiculous sometimes. Did you really need to drink just to have a good time? Some people didn't need to drink and that guy was definitely one of those people. Joel came over and Natalia felt a bit of relief, it was good to see him. She watched in shock, Ethan was pounding this guy, was no one going to stop it? Just then Claire got in the middle and Natalia felt her heart stop, what if she was hit? She was tiny, she'd definitely be down and out. It seemed like forever before someone came over to stop it. Natalia watched as everyone dispersed. She took a deep breath and then let it out slowly. Such an eventful night and it seemed like it just started for her. Natalia stood there for a few minutes just thinking about everything. She looked at Claire and Shane, Stefan and Hillary and Anthony and Zoe..everyone was so happy. Shouldn't she feel that too? Natalia looked over at the bar, trying to find Ethan. She eventually found him and started to head over. Natalia stopped and contemplated. Someone bumped into her and then said sorry about 15 times, "It's okay, really." she said with a small smile and then looked back at Ethan. He definitely wasn't cooled off yet and she definitely didn't want to be yelled at. But at the same time, she didn't want him to think she didn't care. Natalia made her decision and slowly made her way over to Ethan. She sat down next to him, and stared in front of her for a few moments and then looked over at him, "That was....Are you alright...?" Of course he wasn't, but what else was there to say?

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan looked at the contents of his glass before he brought it to his lips and took another quick swig. What the hell was wrong with people that they couldn’t just let people go out and have a good time without trying to ruin it. No meant no. Find someone else, move on. Have a drink, forget about it. Don’t try to force someone into doing things with you they don’t want to. He ignored a few of the people near him that were talking to him. He looked down at his hand, knowing it should be throbbing. Maybe it was and he just couldn’t feel it. Ethan open and closed his fist, looking down at his hand and giving a small sigh. At least he’d feel it tomorrow. He lifted his glass towards the bartender to quietly order another drink before he set his glass down. He looked over at Natalia as she spoke to him and softened slightly after turning his neck to the side to pop it from the stress that was forming there. “I’m sorry if I scared you,” he said before he turned his body in his chair to face her a bit better.

Ethan leaned over, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. He was glad that some guys weren’t giving her a hard time tonight. He didn’t feel like getting into two fights tonight, though he would. He looked back into the crowd, Rosie seemingly able to brush it off pretty quickly, dancing away with Madeline already. At least she bounced back. Ethan looked at Natalia as he gave a soft smile. “ I should probably check on her later, make sure that she is okay and everything. I don’t know why I kept going like that..” he said as an afterthought. The jackass picked the completely wrong group of girls to mess with. Cause if any of them, Natalia, Madeline, Claire, Hillary, Mackenzie, Blake, Rosie, Zoe had been in that position, he would’ve done the same thing. And apparently it was enough to set Ethan off. Ethan took a long drink from his glass, taking in a deep breath before he let it out slowly. There was a lot that needed to be said between them, but based on how it went the last time the spoke he was almost nervous to bring it up. He’d already beaten some guy up, he didn’t want to potentially risk getting into a fight with Natalia as well.