Post by Scarlet Rose Harris on May 15, 2012 17:14:22 GMT -5
Scarlet looked down at the martini that rested against the counter as she delicately traced her fingertip around the rim of the glass. Being with Zach had changed her … a lot . But if there was anyone that could be a ghost of who Scarlet Harris used to be.. there wasn’t a soul who could do it better than herself. She may not have a provocative lifestyle anymore, or chase after the closest high she could get her hands on, but she was focused. She was determined, she knew what she wanted. And she was still reckless in the fact that she would do anything to get exactly what she needed, what she wanted. Her eyes locked on Patrick O’Callaghan before he caught her eyeline and stopped, giving her a broad smile and a nod of his head. She responded with her own gesture, curving her lip up into a smirk before she tossed back her martini and made her way over to him. “ Senator O’C allaghan..” she said as she lowered her clutch in front of her and held onto it tightly with both hands. ‘ Hello Scarlet.. you’re looking beautiful tonight’ he said, causing Scarlet to tilt her head to the side slightly to let her hair fall over her shoulder. “ Share a celebratory drink with me Senator.. it looks like you’ll win by a landslide during re-election,” she said , looking back towards the bar. ‘ Sure,’ he said, saying his goodbyes to whatever businessman he was in the middle of a conversation with. Scarlet smiled satisfactorily before she turned back towards the bar, placing her side against the edge of it, “ Two scotches please, neat.” she said, combing her fingers through her hair to move her bangs off of her face.
‘ Scarlet Harris loose at a political function without her father or her boyfriend lurking around?” Patrick said quietly into her ear as he finally approached her. Scarlet watched his features for a moment before she looked down at the counter and shook her head slowly. “ I don’t have a boyfriend, anymore” she said, looking up with a slight cough as though she was uncomfortable before the bartender set the drinks down. “ Thank you,” she said, sliding Patrick a drink of his own. ‘ I never thought you were a girl to be tamed’ he said with a slight laugh. Scarlet smiled with a small laugh of her own to try and match his, looking down at his hands as he clenched them around the scotch glass. Always loved scotch. She’d remembered that much from their tryst together while she was in highschool. “ And yet you never said anything,” she said, giving him a flirtacious smile as she tried to mock anger. ‘ Let’s keep in mind I’ve been dealing with the aftermath of a divorce in the media when it comes to my voters’. Scarlet nodded, lifting her glass to her lips. “ And now? What exactly is holding you back ? she asked, watching him carefully as he took a drink from his glass. ‘ You always did like to play’ Patrick said quietly into his glass before he took a drink. Scarlet looked over the edge of her shoulder quickly, noticing as a server was making her way by them carrying a tray of two martinis. Scarlet lowered her arm behind her, using her other to trace her fingers lightly against Patrick’s forearm to distract him. “ Do you ever think about those nights? Hotel rooms sort of blurred together..” she said, smiling as she looked over at him while she used her other hand to knock the tray of martini’s so that it spilled onto her dress and onto Patrick.
‘ Oh my gosh, I am so … SO sorry’ the young man started to say quickly, trying to make amends for spilling martini’s onto them. “ It’s fine.. it’s okay..” Scarlet said, holding her hair to the side as she picked up a napkin and started to dab at her dress. Such a shame that designer brands had to be brought into this. However Patrick looked far more annoyed than she did. “ Come on .. I.. I know a place we can dry off,” she said, with a shake of her head. “ You can bring your scotch,” she said, picking up her own glass and clutch before she took a slight step back and tilted her head over her shoulder to gesture for him to follow her. She turned around, pushing her way past a few of her fathers colleagues, stopping to kiss a cheek or two before she refocused herself on what she was trying to get accomplished. Her father may have hired the mafia to ‘protect’ her, but since she was sixteen she had made it her life’s mission to ruin his. Scarlet brought her hand holding the clutch up to one of the doors leading into one of the closed ballrooms with an attached bar to it, and pushed her way inside. She placed her finger to her lips as Patrick followed her, shutting the door behind them. Once she made her way over to the ghost of a bar she set her things down, turning to look at him with another smile. “ I bet there’s some club soda for your tie,….” she said, going behind the counter to look for anything that might help him. She found it quickly, picking up a towel before she came back to him and dabbed it gently against his tie. “ I think I remember you saying the only good reason to ruin a tie was to crease it from making temporary handcuffs,” she said quietly, finishing cleaning off his tie before she slowly brought her eyes back to his.
“ Not much has changed,” he said as he placed his hand against the side of her arm and lowered it down to the side of her hip. “ Do you mind helping me out of my dress? Don’t worry… I’m wearing a slip, it’s just.. the fabric of my dress will never dry if I don’t air it out,” she said almost sadly before she turned so that her back was facing him. She brought her hands to her clutch, knowing that he was distracted by unzipping her dress as she reached into her clutch and took out her mothers engagement ring, which Logan has so notably found in Zach’s drawer of things at her place, and slipped it onto her left ring finger before she took a small glass vial out of her clutch and set it on the counter. ‘ There..’ he said, letting his fingertrips trace against the small of her back before she turned to face him. “ How about you?...Do you still like to play?” she asked, picking up the small glass vial which held the powdery white coke inside of it. Scarlet hadn’t touched the stuff herself in a little while. Since this whole Zach thing she really was trying hard to be good. For the mafia guy. Patrick licked his lips, staring down at it before he gave a slight nod and turned, downing his scotch quickly. Scarlet took in a deep breath and turned to face the counter where she spread the white powder out along the mahogany wood. She reached into her clutch, taking out a credit card before she cut it into a line and then turned to him.
Scarlet waited until he leaned down, quietly turning her iPhone onto its side so that the camera could start recording as Patrick leaned down to the coke and began to snort it quickly. When he turned to Scarlet, apparently waiting for her to do the same, she bit the edge of her lip, leaning down to do a line but instead of snorting it, she breathed in deeply to make the sound, but used the side of her finger to swipe the powder away as moved past it. She stood up straight, pretending to wipe the nonexistent powder away from her nose. She pushed some of her hair behind her ear, placing her hands against his chest, starting to slowly unbutton his shirt before she buried her face into the side of his neck, letting him wrap his arms around her. She waited until he lowered one strap of her slip before she pulled away from him. “ Thank you, Senator.” she said, reaching out for her phone after having made sure that her ring was in clear view. ‘ I’m… what?’ he said, leaning away from the countertop as he watched her, pulling her dress back on quickly. “ Say cheese, Patrick” she said as she lifted her phone up to him before closing the recording and placing the phone back in her clutch. ‘ What the fuck you were recording that?’ Scarlet tilted her head innocently, tapping her own nose to gesture to the fact that he had coke on his own, “ Were you not camera ready?” she asked before she let a slow smile spread across her lips. Scarlet pulled her hair over her shoulder, holding her clutch protectively in front of her before she started to make her way past him before he gripped her arm tightly and pulled her back. “ What in the hell do you plan on doing with that?” he asked her angrily. “ Ah ah ah… “ she said before she clicked her tongue and shook her head side to side. “ I’d be careful if I were you. I sort of own you,” she said before she pulled her arm away from him. “ Own me? You’re going to sell that?” he asked, watching her with his own eyes widened, looking into her face for an answer. “ Actually.. this is really unfortunate that you had to be drug into this considering our past..” she said almost nostalgically before she took in a quick breath and smiled, “ But.. I needed someone with your political pull and influence. It’s important that my father wins this election. “ she said with a slight nod. ‘ You hate your father’ Patrick said out of confusion, still trying to piece everything together. “ Right. And I plan on pushing him until he plummets to complete failure. But something I’ve grown to realize is that .. the higher he is, the longer I can watch him fall. So I really need him to get this. And he will, with your help. So thank you in advance,” she said, giving him a sarcastic wink. ‘ And why do you think I’ll help you’ he said quickly, ‘ That video damns you as well’ he said, as though she hadn’t thought of that.
Scarlet nodded, knowing that was true. “ Yeah… for a little while. But..” she said with a small sigh, looking down until she brought her hand to her face and forced a fake sniffle, “ I was so young.. and so alone.. and .. this amazing, too good to be true older guy came into my life, promising to fix everything. I was young. Naïve. I wasn’t even legal when it all started.. Love is blind and.. thankfully I’ve learned a lot, and I can speak out against drug use, alcohol, encourage young women to love themselves and respect their bodies, expecting that others do the same.. learn from my embarrassing mistakes that were brought to light…If anything it'll help boost my political career when the time comes. Did you think I didn't save anything? I was young. Not stupid. ” she said before she brought her head back up and smiled as she looked at him. “ You just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, Patrick. Besides.. I don’t want to screw someone over that has the potential to be a good person. You fucked over one of my best friends. It seemed natural that your life be the one that I slap down like the hand of God,” she said ,pushing her bangs out of her face again. “… This is because of Ryan fucking O’Neil?’ he asked, so mad that she could see the vein pulsing through is neck. “ Partially,” she admitted, knowing that it did play a factor in her reasoning for picking him. Scarlet started to take a step away before she turned back to face him, “ Oh.. also..” she said, picking up her unfinished glass of scotch. “ Before you go and get any ideas… I can’t just bitchslap you politically by releasing this,” she said, lifting her left hand in the air to show her ring, “ Let’s not pretend you aren’t aware of Zach’s work environment. It’s amazing how much they love him, like he’s a part of the family,” she said with a small chuckle. “ I don’t think it would bode well for you if they found out that you were having an affair with the woman who is going to spend the rest of her life with Zach Pierson… very protective of their own they are..” she said, watching him as he seemed to be taking everything in. ‘ So you lied about him not being your boyfriend, you’re full of honesty tonight’. Scarlet smiled again, “ Oh sweetie.. I said he wasn’t my boyfriend. He’s not. He’s much more than that, and I will marry him. In fact, just incase something were to happen to me I sent him the little video we just starred in.” she said as she took a step closer towards him. “ What do you want?” Patrick asked angrily, seemingly starting to realize that she was willing to risk his career and his own personal life if he didn’t cater into whatever plans she wanted for her father. “ We’ll talk Monday… I’ve got big plans for you Senator O’Callaghan,” she said before she stood on her toes and kissed his cheek, “ Game over, darling” she said, giving him one last smile before she left the ballroom and made her way back to the banquet.
Outfit
‘ Scarlet Harris loose at a political function without her father or her boyfriend lurking around?” Patrick said quietly into her ear as he finally approached her. Scarlet watched his features for a moment before she looked down at the counter and shook her head slowly. “ I don’t have a boyfriend, anymore” she said, looking up with a slight cough as though she was uncomfortable before the bartender set the drinks down. “ Thank you,” she said, sliding Patrick a drink of his own. ‘ I never thought you were a girl to be tamed’ he said with a slight laugh. Scarlet smiled with a small laugh of her own to try and match his, looking down at his hands as he clenched them around the scotch glass. Always loved scotch. She’d remembered that much from their tryst together while she was in highschool. “ And yet you never said anything,” she said, giving him a flirtacious smile as she tried to mock anger. ‘ Let’s keep in mind I’ve been dealing with the aftermath of a divorce in the media when it comes to my voters’. Scarlet nodded, lifting her glass to her lips. “ And now? What exactly is holding you back ? she asked, watching him carefully as he took a drink from his glass. ‘ You always did like to play’ Patrick said quietly into his glass before he took a drink. Scarlet looked over the edge of her shoulder quickly, noticing as a server was making her way by them carrying a tray of two martinis. Scarlet lowered her arm behind her, using her other to trace her fingers lightly against Patrick’s forearm to distract him. “ Do you ever think about those nights? Hotel rooms sort of blurred together..” she said, smiling as she looked over at him while she used her other hand to knock the tray of martini’s so that it spilled onto her dress and onto Patrick.
‘ Oh my gosh, I am so … SO sorry’ the young man started to say quickly, trying to make amends for spilling martini’s onto them. “ It’s fine.. it’s okay..” Scarlet said, holding her hair to the side as she picked up a napkin and started to dab at her dress. Such a shame that designer brands had to be brought into this. However Patrick looked far more annoyed than she did. “ Come on .. I.. I know a place we can dry off,” she said, with a shake of her head. “ You can bring your scotch,” she said, picking up her own glass and clutch before she took a slight step back and tilted her head over her shoulder to gesture for him to follow her. She turned around, pushing her way past a few of her fathers colleagues, stopping to kiss a cheek or two before she refocused herself on what she was trying to get accomplished. Her father may have hired the mafia to ‘protect’ her, but since she was sixteen she had made it her life’s mission to ruin his. Scarlet brought her hand holding the clutch up to one of the doors leading into one of the closed ballrooms with an attached bar to it, and pushed her way inside. She placed her finger to her lips as Patrick followed her, shutting the door behind them. Once she made her way over to the ghost of a bar she set her things down, turning to look at him with another smile. “ I bet there’s some club soda for your tie,….” she said, going behind the counter to look for anything that might help him. She found it quickly, picking up a towel before she came back to him and dabbed it gently against his tie. “ I think I remember you saying the only good reason to ruin a tie was to crease it from making temporary handcuffs,” she said quietly, finishing cleaning off his tie before she slowly brought her eyes back to his.
“ Not much has changed,” he said as he placed his hand against the side of her arm and lowered it down to the side of her hip. “ Do you mind helping me out of my dress? Don’t worry… I’m wearing a slip, it’s just.. the fabric of my dress will never dry if I don’t air it out,” she said almost sadly before she turned so that her back was facing him. She brought her hands to her clutch, knowing that he was distracted by unzipping her dress as she reached into her clutch and took out her mothers engagement ring, which Logan has so notably found in Zach’s drawer of things at her place, and slipped it onto her left ring finger before she took a small glass vial out of her clutch and set it on the counter. ‘ There..’ he said, letting his fingertrips trace against the small of her back before she turned to face him. “ How about you?...Do you still like to play?” she asked, picking up the small glass vial which held the powdery white coke inside of it. Scarlet hadn’t touched the stuff herself in a little while. Since this whole Zach thing she really was trying hard to be good. For the mafia guy. Patrick licked his lips, staring down at it before he gave a slight nod and turned, downing his scotch quickly. Scarlet took in a deep breath and turned to face the counter where she spread the white powder out along the mahogany wood. She reached into her clutch, taking out a credit card before she cut it into a line and then turned to him.
Scarlet waited until he leaned down, quietly turning her iPhone onto its side so that the camera could start recording as Patrick leaned down to the coke and began to snort it quickly. When he turned to Scarlet, apparently waiting for her to do the same, she bit the edge of her lip, leaning down to do a line but instead of snorting it, she breathed in deeply to make the sound, but used the side of her finger to swipe the powder away as moved past it. She stood up straight, pretending to wipe the nonexistent powder away from her nose. She pushed some of her hair behind her ear, placing her hands against his chest, starting to slowly unbutton his shirt before she buried her face into the side of his neck, letting him wrap his arms around her. She waited until he lowered one strap of her slip before she pulled away from him. “ Thank you, Senator.” she said, reaching out for her phone after having made sure that her ring was in clear view. ‘ I’m… what?’ he said, leaning away from the countertop as he watched her, pulling her dress back on quickly. “ Say cheese, Patrick” she said as she lifted her phone up to him before closing the recording and placing the phone back in her clutch. ‘ What the fuck you were recording that?’ Scarlet tilted her head innocently, tapping her own nose to gesture to the fact that he had coke on his own, “ Were you not camera ready?” she asked before she let a slow smile spread across her lips. Scarlet pulled her hair over her shoulder, holding her clutch protectively in front of her before she started to make her way past him before he gripped her arm tightly and pulled her back. “ What in the hell do you plan on doing with that?” he asked her angrily. “ Ah ah ah… “ she said before she clicked her tongue and shook her head side to side. “ I’d be careful if I were you. I sort of own you,” she said before she pulled her arm away from him. “ Own me? You’re going to sell that?” he asked, watching her with his own eyes widened, looking into her face for an answer. “ Actually.. this is really unfortunate that you had to be drug into this considering our past..” she said almost nostalgically before she took in a quick breath and smiled, “ But.. I needed someone with your political pull and influence. It’s important that my father wins this election. “ she said with a slight nod. ‘ You hate your father’ Patrick said out of confusion, still trying to piece everything together. “ Right. And I plan on pushing him until he plummets to complete failure. But something I’ve grown to realize is that .. the higher he is, the longer I can watch him fall. So I really need him to get this. And he will, with your help. So thank you in advance,” she said, giving him a sarcastic wink. ‘ And why do you think I’ll help you’ he said quickly, ‘ That video damns you as well’ he said, as though she hadn’t thought of that.
Scarlet nodded, knowing that was true. “ Yeah… for a little while. But..” she said with a small sigh, looking down until she brought her hand to her face and forced a fake sniffle, “ I was so young.. and so alone.. and .. this amazing, too good to be true older guy came into my life, promising to fix everything. I was young. Naïve. I wasn’t even legal when it all started.. Love is blind and.. thankfully I’ve learned a lot, and I can speak out against drug use, alcohol, encourage young women to love themselves and respect their bodies, expecting that others do the same.. learn from my embarrassing mistakes that were brought to light…If anything it'll help boost my political career when the time comes. Did you think I didn't save anything? I was young. Not stupid. ” she said before she brought her head back up and smiled as she looked at him. “ You just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, Patrick. Besides.. I don’t want to screw someone over that has the potential to be a good person. You fucked over one of my best friends. It seemed natural that your life be the one that I slap down like the hand of God,” she said ,pushing her bangs out of her face again. “… This is because of Ryan fucking O’Neil?’ he asked, so mad that she could see the vein pulsing through is neck. “ Partially,” she admitted, knowing that it did play a factor in her reasoning for picking him. Scarlet started to take a step away before she turned back to face him, “ Oh.. also..” she said, picking up her unfinished glass of scotch. “ Before you go and get any ideas… I can’t just bitchslap you politically by releasing this,” she said, lifting her left hand in the air to show her ring, “ Let’s not pretend you aren’t aware of Zach’s work environment. It’s amazing how much they love him, like he’s a part of the family,” she said with a small chuckle. “ I don’t think it would bode well for you if they found out that you were having an affair with the woman who is going to spend the rest of her life with Zach Pierson… very protective of their own they are..” she said, watching him as he seemed to be taking everything in. ‘ So you lied about him not being your boyfriend, you’re full of honesty tonight’. Scarlet smiled again, “ Oh sweetie.. I said he wasn’t my boyfriend. He’s not. He’s much more than that, and I will marry him. In fact, just incase something were to happen to me I sent him the little video we just starred in.” she said as she took a step closer towards him. “ What do you want?” Patrick asked angrily, seemingly starting to realize that she was willing to risk his career and his own personal life if he didn’t cater into whatever plans she wanted for her father. “ We’ll talk Monday… I’ve got big plans for you Senator O’Callaghan,” she said before she stood on her toes and kissed his cheek, “ Game over, darling” she said, giving him one last smile before she left the ballroom and made her way back to the banquet.
Outfit
