[Open] Ripped Jeans Skin Was Showin'

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani ran her hand through her hair and clung to it tightly before she took a sip of her drink and then tossed the red plastic cup down. Had it really been this long since she’d been able to wrap her arms around Joel? After she saw him at the tribute concert, it was sort of a no brainer- party at her place until they all fell victim to either sleep or passing out from booze. It sort of made her nervous to have so many people at her place when not everyone knew that she and Jake lived together. It was mainly only the people at the label that knew. She smiled as she looked over her shoulder to look for him. Where had he drifted off to anyways? She couldn’t even imagine how excited him and Lance were to have Joel back. Their little musketeer group put back together again. She started making her way towards him when she was stopped by Collin, who looked like he had a few drinks. ‘ Ah Dani.. thanks so much for having us all over,” he said, wrapping his arms around her drunkenly. “ Oh wow” Dani said, patting her hands against his back. “ Where’s Natalia, sweetie?” she asked with a small laugh before she turned him around and pushed him in Natalia’s general direction. They were pretty cute together, from what Dani had seen.

Dani took in a deep breath and sighed, focusing her attention back to what she was doing. Wait, what was she doing? Oh, Jake! Dani frowned as she narrowed her eyebrows and tried to find him again. But it didn’t take long to hear him, tangled up in a friendly debate with their residential twit. She watched Lance and Jake for a moment, smiling slowly at how easily they were talking, hanging out. Lance was so over the idea of them being together, and it seemed like nothing at all had happened between the three of them. Dani picked up a fresh cup for herself and for Jake, sliding her way through the group of people before she made her way to Kiersten, Lance and Jake. She smiled, watching at how easily Lance wrapped his arm around Kiersten’s waist and leaned in to whisper to her before he looked back in Jake’s direction, laughing drunkenly. ‘ You’re completely wrong, mate. The Real Madrid is going to sweep FIFA’. Dani held a fresh cup in front of Jake’s face before he took it. “ Talking soccer?” she asked as she looked at them but then lowered her hand to Jake’s, offering a small smile to Kiersten. “You all won’t mind if I steal him for just a few moments,” she said before pulling Jake away towards the kitchen, or anywhere where they could get privacy for just even a second. “ Thank you for being so cool with this,” she said, placing her hand behind his neck before she stepped onto her toes to reach up to him and give him a kiss. She may have had every right to throw a party, but it was still his house too now. Even if he loved Joel just as much as she did, it was nice that he was so cool with them throwing a party at their place.

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[Joel Carter Foster]

Joel grabbed a fresh beer from the fridge for himself and Ryan before he headed out of the kitchen. It was sort of strange how everyone was so excited to see him. Then again, he had a few days to adjust to the idea of being awake, they had all just found out less than a few hours ago at his concert. Even so, at least Ryan was over the giving him hugs stage of it. Though hearing Dani scream at the top of her lungs, and hugging Felicia until he was pretty sure she was all cried out was pretty much the highlight of his evening. Not to mention the fact that Lance and Jake were dogpiling him about every chance that they got. All in good strides man, all in good strides. Joel took the caps off of the beer and headed out to the balcony. Dani had a rule about smoking in the apartment, and he didn’t really blame her. Her place, her rules. “ Here man,” he said, offering one of the bottles of beer over to Ryan. Joel set his own on the ledge and leaned his side against it, fishing his lighter and pack of cigarettes out of his back pocket. Not even a year ago and he’d never even touched alcohol, let alone smoked something that was bad for him. All it took was four little words and his life completely changed. ‘ Joel, this is Shane’. Joel placed the cigarette between his lips and lit the end of it, inhaling through the cigarette so it would light before he offered both his lighter and his pack to Ryan.
“ Dude I can’t believe you’re actually going to fucking be my brother.. that shit’s unreal,” he said with a slight shake of his head, flicking the end of his cigarette over the railing of the balcony. He licked his lips, looking out at the lights of the city. Somewhere she was out there, he knew it. Joel chewed on the edge of his lip for a few moments, just looking out at everything. Maybe Ryan had the right idea, maybe it would be smart to just get away from the city for a bit. Just as he brought his cigarette back to his lips he felt Lance throwing his arm around his shoulder again, yelling in his loud british accent about how he loved Kiersten and was going to ‘make an honest woman out of her… someday..’ before laughing to himself as though it was the funniest thing in the world. He smirked and shook his head as Lance took his cigarette away from him and took his own drag. Joel looked over to Ryan, reaching his hand back out for his cigarettes and his lighter so he could have another one since his was commandeered.

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[Lance James Renner]

Lance smiled, looking down at the ground as he did his best to avoid looking at most people. He had this awkward blush on his cheeks every time he drank and he hated being called out on it. He held his arm loosely around Kiersten’s waist, leaning over to whisper into the side of her hair, “ You look gorgeous, tonight” he said before kissing the side of her temple. But quickly he licked his lips and turned to look at Jake, yelling something at him about how the Real Madrid was going to kick ass in the soccer tournament this year. And just like that, Dani was dragging him away. He shook his head with a dramatic sigh, “ Those kids,” he said, gesturing to Dani and Jake. But honestly, he was happy for them. Why wouldn’t he be? If things hadn’t worked out the way they did, he never would’ve had Kiersten and let’s face it, she was the best thing to ever happen to him. So why didn’t two of his best friends deserve to be happy? Of course they did. Lance scratched the side of his jaw, smirking as he saw Natalia. “ Oh Natalia,” he said in a sing song voice as he wrapped his arm over her shoulders. “ You’re… the most Disney.. of all the Disney kids,” he said, with a nod of his head. Didn’t drink, worked hard, good kid. “ Right then,” he said, moving his arm away from her and headed out onto the balcony where he had seen his roommate run off too.

“ Joel Carter Foster,” he said in a girlish voice, dropping his arm heavily around his shoulders before he let it hang there lazily, taking Joel’s cigarette away from him. “ Oh right mate.. you’re getting married” he said, pointing the cigarette at Ryan before he brought it to his lips. “ God knows I’ve got to make an honest woman out of Kiersten.. it’s not like we all don’t already know I’m going to marry her. It’s not like I’m going to find anyone better for me… or better looking,” he said with a hearty laugh. Lance turned and leaned with his lower back against the railing as he looked between Joel and Ryan. They were the only other guys in their group that he thought sort of had the same connection as him and Logan. He licked the corner of his lips before he brought the cigarette back to his lips and scratched the top of his forehead. “ So we’ve got what.. a few days to live it up before you head out on tour?” he questioned, turning his attention to Ryan before he looked back through the sliding door back at the party happening inside.

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[Natalia Anne Richmond]

"I'm sure it's fine." Natalia said with a small laugh. Faith was still asking if it was okay that she was going. "You have nothing to worry about Faithy." Natalia smiled over at her as she parked the car. "I'm going to act like the momma real quick, be responsible. I know you always are, but you are going back to my parents house tonight, so yeah." Natalia did not mind the fact that she would more than likely be the only sober one here tonight. It was totally fine with her. She also didn't mind being DD either. She liked knowing that he friends were safe when they were drinking. Natalia looped arms with Faith and walked up to Dani's door. She decided against knocking and just went right in, Faith behind her. Natalia smiled when she saw who was there, they were all here for Joel. It had been a rough past 3 1/2 months for everyone at the label. It was especially weird not having Joel to talk to about everything. There were so many things that Natalia had said to him when she had visited him in the hospital, but it was different, she liked having Joel give her his thoughts. Now he was back and Natalia was happier than ever when she saw him. He was talking with Ryan, so she figured she just catch up with him later.

Natalia walked into the living room and said hello to people and introduced Faith to them. She then saw, what seemed to be a drunk Collin talking to Dani and she smiled. He was going to be going on tour with The Maine soon and it would be weird being in New York without him there. Natalia loved being around and and she loved being with him. It wasn't really official or public yet, but Natalia wanted it to be. It was time it was made public, why hide it? She was happy and he was happy, nothing wrong with the rest of the world knowing about them. "Yeah that's him." Natalia said to Faith when she asked if that was Collin coming there way. "Hey you." she said as he reached them. "Collin this is Faith, Faith this is Collin." she let them talk for a moment and then nodded and smiled to Faith when she said she was going to get a drink. "I missed you." she said to him as she leaned up and kissed him. She backed off a bit, "I swear I'm not contagious." she smiled and then placed another kiss on his lips.

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[Faith Olivia Drake]

Faith was just a little worried that she wouldn't be welcome, but then again why would Natalia bring her to a place where she wasn't welcome? "Okay, I'm just making sure." she said with a small smile. She knew absolutely no one here, well she had met Joel a few times but that was it. It wasn't like they were friends or anything. All of these people would be new to her. Faith laughed when Natalia said she was going to play the m om. "Don't worry, you know how I am." she kissed Talia on the cheek and the got out of the car. "If it was Destiny, we'd be in trouble." she said with a laugh. Taking Natalia's arm, she walked up to the house and then inside with her. Faith looked around at the people and just smiled. She would be making lots of new acquaintances tonight and maybe even a few friends. Faith followed behind Natalia, she looked so lost. "Hi, nice to meet you." she said to the people that Natalia introduced her to. Seemed like a nice group of people.

Faith looked around ad saw a guy walking towards them and noticed the smile on Natalia's face. "Is that Collin?" Faith smiled at her answer, "He is gorgeous girl." she said right before he got there. Natalia introduced them, "Hi, it's nice to meet you. I hear great things." she said with a smile. Natalia was always so happy when she talked about "her guy". Faith had only learned his name this morning when Natalia was texting him. Faith stood there for a few moments and then decided that it would be best if she gave them some time. "I feel like I'm intruding or something, so I'm gonna go to the kitchen or something. Ya know, go mingle." she said with a smiled and then headed towards the kitchen.

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[Collin Scott Reynolds]

Collin smiled as he wrapped his long arms around Natalia's shoulders and looked down at her. " Hey yourself," he said happily through his drunken state before he noticed that she was introducing him to someone. " Oh I'm sorry," he said, lowering one of his arms away from Natalia and grinned as he nodded his head to Faith. " Nice to meet you," he yelled over the music. It was always nice to meet people that weren't at the label, especially when they were friends with Natalia. He watched as she walked away and then looked back down at Natalia, a slow smirk spreading across his lips. He smiled as she kissed him and then dropped his arms so that they were around his waist. " I'm not sure I would mind if you were," he said before bringing his hand to the side of her hair and leaning down to give her another kiss where he tugged gently against her bottom lip.

After kissing her for a few moments he decided it would probably be best to not completely throw her under the bus and make people question her about who he was and instead leaned away, dropping his hand to her side where he took her small hand in his own. " Let's get you something to drink," he said, thinking he remembered seeing some bottled water or some cokes in the fridge. Leaving New York and being away from her was going to suck, but it wasn't for that long and he was pretty sure they were going to skype whenever he wasn't working. It was strange how they were able to work together without him checking her out or thinking of her in a way that wasn't professional when she had a boyfriend. It seemed as soon as she was single the game completely changed, but it didn't look like she'd be single for long. He was just waiting for the word, slightest hint that she wanted it to be official and he was game. It's not like he was going anywhere, she had him hooked around her finger. " Hey , you found the drinks," he said with a slight chuckle as he came into the kitchen and found Faith before he started looking for something for Natalia to drink.

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[Destiny Anne Drake]

Destiny pursed her lips together, holding her phone to her ear as she looked at Dani’s door, taking her time to go inside. “ Well we’ll see how this party is, I might be showing up at your place sooner than I thought,” she said to her friend on the other end of the line before she reached up and pushed the door open lazily to look inside. “ Mmm maybe not,” she said, taking a second to listen to the song and gave a small nod. Seemed like a good enough party so far. Destiny lowered her phone from her ear, stepping inside before she looked through the group of everyone that was either greeting each other, dancing or making out.. oh hello Natalia Richmond and some hot eye candy. Destiny followed her blonde hair of a hot mess in a sister, Faith towards the kitchen, putting her hand on some guys chest as he came to dance with her offering a simple, “ No,” without even looking at him as she placed her hand against his chest and pushed him away. “ Hot legs, sis” Destiny said, smiling at her sister as she followed her into the kitchen and made her way towards the various types of alcohol sitting on the counter.

“ So um… where’s the birthday boy?” she asked, looking around. All she knew was that there was a party, she didn’t really ask questions. There was music and beer, she just assumed it was someone’s birthday. ‘.. It’s not anyone’s birthday… Joel Foster came out of a coma’ one girl said and looked like she was about to start crying from the news. “Mmm” Destiny said with an unimpressed tone. She picked up a cup, taking a drink from it as she looked out to try and spot him. “ Oh he’s on the balcony with Ryan O’Neil…. Yum..” she said, referring to how hot Ryan was before she looked back at Faith and offered a smile. She did a quick double take, looking back at the emotional girl who seemed to know a lot about Joel. “ How long was he in a coma for?” she asked, leaning on the counter by Faith. ‘ Like three months’ she said before she started talking to Destiny about it further. Instead of listening to her Destiny turned her attention to Faith with the look of a new mission in her eyes. “ That means he hasn’t had sex in a few months,” she said as though it was so debilitating curse. “Well it still like… works, right?” she asked in almost complete horror. Destiny finished what was in her cup quickly and set it down, looking down at her tank top and adjusted it so that more of her cleavage was showing. “ I will definitely be finding out” she said as she smoothed her hands over her skirt before she turned to her sister and started fussing over Faith’s shirt as well to show off a bit more of her assets.

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[Kiersten Mollie Bannon]

Kiersten couldn't help but smile as she listened to her drunk boyfriend talk about soccer, though he would argue until the end of the earth that it was 'football'. Yes he was drunk, and he had a bit of an alcohol issue, but they all had a hell of a reason to celebrate. She wasn't about to be the first one to rain on his parade and monitor his drinking. Maybe it was irresponsible but she figured, let him have fun. He was surrounded by friends anyways. It was when he drank alone that was more of a concern, but tonight he was perfectly fine. Plus he was cute no matter what he did, so who the fuck cared if he got drunk? He made drunk look charming. Kiersten leaned her head on Lance's shoulder, grinning when he told her she looked nice. It was always nice to hear anyways. Lance had gone over and wrapped his arm around Joel, stealing his cigarette too, and she couldn't help feeling like the last piece of the puzzle was finally back in place. With out thinking she walked over and wrapped her arms around Joel, "I'll be right back," and then she headed into the house, finding Zoe and Felicia. Kiersten wedged herself between them, giving them both a squeeze, "Ladies," she said nodding, "Where are those boys you both hang around with?" She looked around, seeing Natalia with Collin, and Faith who had come with Natalia. And then Destiny too. "oh the resident skank is here too," she added casually as if it weren't offensive at all. It was just true, Destiny probably thought so herself. Kiersten didn't think that either if them really knew Joel, but as far as Destiny was concerned, she probably just heard party and showed up. In Kiersten's humble opinion that was as good a reason as any. Faith, she wasn't sure. Then again there was a hell of a lot of people here that didn't know Joel. So what the fuck ever.

Kiersten went to the kitchen after them, wanting to get another drink and greeted them both cheerfully, "Hey Drake's, aren't you missing one of your trio?" she poured some vodka into a cup and then filled the rest with whatever pop was nearby. It was good that she was beyond tasting whatever she put in her cup. some girl was crying about Joel and whatnot and Kiersten nodded seriously, "It really is terribly upsetting. In fact you should go tell him how happy you are that he woke up. I just saw him leave actually, went to go get food or something." Kiersten didn't really give a shit if the girl was confused and left the party looking for him. Stop fucking crying. Sheesh. Kiersten shrugged, waving to Faith and Destiny, "Anyways, good seeing you both," and with that she headed back out to the balcony where she knew Joel was.

[Jacob Daniel Russo]

What a goddam relief it was that Joel was awake and kicking. It was really bringing everyone down and everyone missed him and it really just sucked with out him. And now they could all party like rockstars and slap the little fucker in the back and tell him how awesome it was that he was back on planet awesome rather than planet lame sauce. The Lance/Jake/Joel bromance was back full force and goddammit, it was superb. Jake laughed heartily at Lance, unable to even continue this argument because Lance followed soccer like American's watched football and he'd probably die telling Jake that he was wrong, "Dude you're probably completely right." Jake gladly took a fresh drink from Dani, bless her heart, she always took care of his refills, and wrapped his arm around her thoughtlessly, "Guys it's so awesome to just, you know, party. With everyone. Look at all these sexy fuckers, how did we
Even get by with out partying...". It was so weird to think that they could have had a party over the last few months and it just would've sucked and felt like they were forgetting someone. Now they had the entire crew.

Jake followed Dani into the house, stopping just outside the kitchen where it was fairly uncrowded an she thanked him for being so cook with her throwing a party. Jake let out a big laugh, "oh señorita, you can throw as many parties as you want, no complaints from this guy," he replied, leaning down to kiss her. He was just glad to see her so happy for the moment, as much as she, and he too, had Ben through recently. Just seeing her smile was such a relief.