[Dalton,Anabelle] A Little Bit Of This..Or That

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan picked up his glass and brought the drink to his lips before he finished what was left of his beer. It was nice that he was able to come home for a week or so. They didn’t need him for too much more filming considering his part was extremely small, so he had relished in all of the small things of being home. He’d attended class, gone to his favorite coffee stands, spent time with his friends, reorganized his apartment, went to the hospital to see Joel, lived on the soccer field, basically just stepped into his old shoes. Which meant grabbing a meal and a drink with his brother. He never really questioned it, but it sort of seemed like him and Dalton had a different relationship than Dalton and Claire did. Claire would much rather stay at home and talk to Dalton while they both cooked a meal together. Ethan just liked having a beer with his brother and relaxing. Other then school and work not much had changed for him. Though, he had sort of heard through the grapevine that Natalia was seeing some guy named Collin. Ethan subconsciously reached up and scratched his thumb against the side of his jaw, still debating on how he felt about that. Then Hillary had called him all excited this morning to the point where he felt like he could basically see her jumping up and down from his end of the phone. So she’d gotten a house and was moving in. He was happy for her and Stefan, but he also knew what that meant. While he was home he was going to have to help them move some stuff in this weekend. Ethan sat down his now empty glass and leaned back in his booth, shaking his head as he looked over at his brother, dressed so sharply in a suit, most of his thoughts probably still at work.

“ Bro, you gotta learn to loosen up. I’m sure your game is just fine, but girls do not like men in suits all the time. They like the mysteriousness of it, and sure you might land a girl with some daddy issues but. Come on.. do you even own a pair of jeans?” he asked before he leaned forward and started to work on his plate of wings that he had let sit there for a while. Every now and then he liked to get decked out in a suit, but that was usually when he was telling girls that he was an international spy, explained the accent. He’d ran a lot of things like that back when he had been single, before he had settled down with Natalia. And now he couldn’t do it for the sheer fact that girls knew he was full of shit. Every girl out there that might’ve been desperate enough to hook up with someone for one night were the same ones that watched those sappy love movies at home with their best girl friends – and they were also the ones that would have seen what Natalia Richmond was working on with her big blockbuster love movie. He chewed on the spicy heaven that was in his mouth – considering he was pretty drunk at this point, anything tasted awesome “ I mean I know we don’t really talk about your job, but.. aside from one night stands what do you cuddle up to at night with? Even Anthony and I understand that this lifestyle is short lived.. but by all means.. rock the suit. But I’m telling you… I could get a lot more tail than you could, dressed in my jeans.” he said, gesturing to his much more laid back outfit. “ I’ll prove it to you” he said, looking back over the booth to try and check out what girls were in the restaurant. He ignored the sound of two new beers being set onto their table but quickly looked back over at the waitress standing in front of them. Perfect Girl Awesome. She started to speak and though he was swayed by her accent he held up his hand quickly to make her stop talking. “ Sorry, I don’t mean to be rude. I just have a quick question. Settle this for my brother and I . First glance, based off of appearances.. who do you think is more sexually appealing?” he asked before reaching out to pick up the new beer.

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[Anabelle Grace Bryan]

Anabelle finished spraying off the last of the beer glasses in the sink behind the bar counter when she looked up at Rebecca, who was begging her to take her last table; a pair of guys who just hadn’t left yet. No big deal, but she needed to get home and study for a test that was coming up on Monday. And it was about two in the morning. She laughed and nodded. “ Go..” she said half heartedly. She had school, too but she couldn’t study this late in the night anyways. Anabelle placed her hands on her hips and sighed as she looked over at the booth where the two men sat who were causing most of the female staff to be all in a tizzy. “ Okay,” she said to herself, looking back up at the selection of glasses before she pulled down two new ones. The least she could do was bring them a new beer. After filling each of the glasses she stepped away from the bar and headed over to the table. Most of the restaurant was empty- but honestly she didn’t care how long they stayed. They looked like they were having a lot of fun, and she had a lot to do anyways before they could even close down. “ Hey y’all I thought I’d just let you know that Rebec-“ she stopped, seeing the hand being put in front of her and made a slightly confused face at the way that he was starting to speak to her. She widened her eyes as he was so blunt, asking a complete stranger who was more sexually appealing between himself and his brother. “ Wow.” she said, giving a small nod. “ I’m sorry to bother y’all while you argue over the important matters of the world, but I really just wanted to tell you that Rebecca was heading out for the night so I was taking over for however long you stay here,” she said, starting to turn away before the bold one started to speak up again. “ I’m sorry,.. that was incredibly rude..” he said before Anabelle took in a deep breath and turned back around to face him, placing on the nicest smile she could muster. ‘ It was an inappropriate question… I mean, you didn’t have enough to make a sound decision,’. Anabelle laughed, giving a small nod and instead found herself intrigued by what he could come up with. “ Alright boys, present your cases,” she said, resting her hands back on her hips as she looked down at them. ‘ First off, my name is Ethan… nice to meet you’ he said cheesily before offering her a wink.
“ Mmmm..” she said unimpressed and then crossed her arms as she waited for him to sell his case. Ethan coughed, clearly hoping for more of a reaction from her before he continued. ‘ You see two mates in a bar.. or.. in our case, a restaurant. One of them is dressed up in a suit.’ he said, gesturing to his brother. Anabelle looked over at him and gave a small wave before she looked back at Ethan. ‘ Now he probably has all sorts of things on his mind.. work, portfolio’s, presentations, deadlines.. tedious activities. On the other hand, there’s a mate adjacent to him. He is living more in the moment.. he looks nice in a pair of jeans.. button up shirt..” he said gesturing to himself. “ Very nice,” she said with a serious nod though she couldn’t stop the laugh that came with it. ‘ Now that mate.. the one in the jeans, he is there to focus all of his attention on you. He’s going to be able to treat you right.. and you know he won’t be expecting you to deal with him taking late night business calls, or having to kick you out of bed early so he can go to a work meeting,” he said, before he picked up his beer and began to take a drink. Anabelle narrowed her eyebrows and gave it some thought before she turned and looked at his brother. “ Okay, darlin’. You’re up,” she said, placing her hands back on her hips.

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[Dalton James Fox]

It had been a long week and the perfect way to kick off the weekend was to be out with his brother, having beers and wings. They hadn't really been able to have time like this in awhile and it was good to finally be able to sit down and relax and just have a good time out with his brother. Work was crazy and to be honest, Dalton was getting tired of it. The agency acted like he was the only agent capable of going on all these cases. They had other agents that could go undercover and be perfectly fine, why was he chosen for all the intricate ones? These were the ones that kept him away from home and away from his family. Luckily this week, he had only had one small one and next week he had none. He just wanted to stop with the undercover work and go back to being a regular field agent. That would give Dalton plenty of time to start acting like a brother to Claire and Ethan again. Claire was pregnant and he wasn't really around like he should be. Dalton felt like he was still responsible for Claire and he needed to start acting like it. He didn't really know what was going on in Ethan's life right now. He knew about the new movie and school and soccer, but that was about it. He guessed it was fair though, Ethan had no idea what was going on in his life except for the fact that he worked everyday. Dalton kind of over-exaggerated how much he actually worked sometimes. The fact of the matter was that he just liked being alone, what was so bad about that? Sure the nights got lonely, but he had his fixes for that. Why would he try to settle down now?

Dalton put the empty glass down on the table and picked up a peanut while he listened to Ethan talk about his wardrobe. He swallowed the peanut as Ethan finished and laughed. "Of course I own jeans. I came straight from work here. It was just easier. If I could've stopped at home, I would've changed. And little brother, I would look a hell of a lot better than you tight now," he joked,"just be glad you look good with me here right now." Dalton loved his suits, made him feel important, but he also loved a pair of jeans and a t shirt or a polo. He was dressed for work, not for just hanging out. He couldn't go to work that way. "Brother, they stick around for more than one night, trust me." He watched a new waitress coming over and he smiled when she got there but quickly changed his facial expression when Ethan rudely interrupted her. "Damn mate, that was rude. I apologize for him again miss." he said after Ethan apologized. Dalton listened to Ethan and he just smirked and shook his head. "Mate, you've got it all wrong." he sat up straight and then looked towards the waitress, "I'm Dalton, his older brother." he smiled to her, "With my experience, I've noticed that women love a guy in a suit. It makes him mysterious in a way. She wants to know, who he is and just what it is that he does. Suits make men look classy and mature. A suit can brings the appearance of success and stability. I don't know what man he is talking about, but when I'm with a woman, she is the only thing on my mind. No business calls, no deadlines, just her." he took a sip of his new beer and then placed the glass on the table. "Yes, work is important, but so isn't the luxury of having a beautiful woman with you." he smiled at her once more. He felt pretty good about his case.

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[Anabelle Grace Bryan]

Anabelle couldn’t help but laugh slightly at the percotiousness of the boy sitting at the table in front of her. But as his brother started speaking she turned her attention towards him. She smiled as she listened to his argument. Good time vs. good time with a suit. “ Mmm..” she said, giving a small nod as she looked between the brothers. “ I think y’all are sort of forgetting one of the most important parts to the argument here..” she said as she focused her attention on Ethan first. “Doesn’t it sort of depend on what type of girl you’re trying to bring in? One girl might say you are more sexually appealing but her agenda sort of depicts how she is going to answer that question. Some girls might see the suit and be intimidated because he is at a different point than they are in their lives. Or some girls might see your ratty jeans and think you’re some Frat boy trying to get laid for the night,”. Anabelle shook her head with a laugh and scratched the side of her forehead as she looked down at the ground before she placed her hands on the edge of their table and leaned in.

“ I’ll give you boys a little secret when it comes to women at the bar,” she said before she licked her lips and continued. “ Not all of us are sluts.. but .. since you asked my opinion. It has more to do with the drink you order yourself, and the drink that you buy me that portrays how sexually appealing you are.” she said before she pushed herself back away from the table and slid her hands into her back pockets. “ If a guy buys me some fruity drink then he is just trying to get laid. If he buys me a beer, he’s cheap. If he buys me a Velvet Coke.. then he might have a shot. On the other side of things, if this guy is buying himself a fruity drink.. I’m not sure why a girl would waste her time when he’s clearly rootin’ for the other team,” she said, laughing as she looked over at Ethan who was mumbling under his breath. ‘ Sometimes fruity drinks just taste better’. Anabelle smiled as she looked down at both of them. “ Was there anything else y’all needed? Anymore scores to settle? “ she asked as she held in her breath and looked down at the pair of brothers.