Guilty Pleasure

[Annabelle Hennessy]

"We'll be fine, I'll get him back....home." Anna rushed to say, realizing that any help from Robbie would be disastrous. Somehow, she would have to get Markise away, and get them somewhere for the night. She remembered him saying that occasionally he wasn't able to portkey back and mentally groaned knowing that this was probably one of those times. She had no clue what she would do, but tried to hide her panic by focusing on Markise. "I think he'll vomit again if he gets in a car."

[Markise Sterling]

Angel looked queasy again even at hearing the word vomit, but Robbie paid no mind. Rather, he looked her over pointedly; she couldn't have been more than a couple inches over 5 feet. "You wouldn't make it out the door with him, luv," he said. "You can ring a taxi, but it won't be any better."

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna chewed at her lip, trying to think of a way to convince Robbie to just leave them alone. "We still have some time, and it'd be best to wait. If we try to get him anywhere right now, I'm sure it would end in disaster." She really had no clue at the time, but it seemed packed enough that the bar was likely open for a while still. "I can manage him here for now and let you go back to your fun. You can come back later and we'll decide what to do." And hopefully she'd have managed to get Markise away before Robbie managed to find them again.

[Markise Sterling]

Robbie's concern was quickly turning to annoyance. "He's not going to get better sitting at the bar for an hour or two," he said sharply. "Ring a friend, do something, or..." He stopped talking when his point was proved for him. Angel was eying a well-built man in his mid-thirties, who seemed to be excusing himself to his friends and standing. "You want to deal with that, luv?" Robbie asked. "I can leave now, if you like." The man was making his way over.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Robbie had made his point. Anna did not want to try to keep Markise in line, nor did she think she could. She glanced at the approaching guy before addressing Robbie again. "Okay. Good point. Just watch him a sec while I use the loo, then we'll leave."

She didn't wait for an answer but turned to find the bathroom. She didn't have to use it, but she needed time to think up a plan. They couldn't have Robbie drive them. He might be useful getting out the door, but she needed to think of what to do next.

[Markise Sterling]

Anna had hardly turned away before Robbie's arms were around Angel's waist. The hard look he gave the man might not have done much, but Angel responded, turning his head in another attempt to get a kiss. Soon the remaining water was on the counter and Angel was on his feet, most of his weight leaned against Robbie as they kissed. A small corner of Robbie's mind was debating whether it was really wrong, as long as Angel wanted it.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna was making her way slowly through the club trying to come up with a plan when Robbie's words clicked, Ring a friend. An idea popped into her head, and although she didn't like it, she had no better alternative. She wasn't about to give up and call her parents, she'd be grounded until she turned 30.

It took her a bit to double back to the far end of the bar and make her way through, but she ended up getting a pen from the bartenders and snatching a cocktail napkin to pen a quick note. The bartender gave her a suspicious look as she handed the pen back, but she took off towards the loo before he could question her. Anna made sure she was alone before she opened the window and pulled out her wand, casting a spell and quickly tucking it away again.

When the owl came, she paused before she reluctantly sent off the brief message to Dare. Back at the bar, she found Robbie and Markise without too much difficulty since they were standing, and appeared to be leaving. "Hey, wait for me." She called to get their attention. As she caught up Anna added the next bit even though so didn't know if it were true. "Our friends should be here soon."

[Markise Sterling]

Robbie's jaw tightened at the sound of Anna's voice, but as much as he wanted to tell her to shove off, he stopped. Tonight just wasn't his night. Angel was practically begging for it and had several times over the evening, and every time they'd been interrupted. Robbie somehow managed to make himself distract Angel from what he'd been doing to his neck to repeat what Anna had said. "What friends?" Angel asked.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna came up to Markise's other side, placing her hand on his back. "They aren't my friends really. I called some of Angel's friends that he's known for a while." She wouldn't give their names, just in case they frequented the same clubs and had alias's as well. She looked up at Markise with a worried expression, hoping he understood who she'd contacted and was okay with it. Even if he wasn't, the message had been sent, so he didn't really have a choice. It was go with them or Robbie, and Anna wasn't about to let him go with some Muggle party friend in his condition.

[Markise Sterling]

Angel had no clue what Anna was talking about, or at least he didn't care to think about it, so he went back to what he'd been doing before. He'd find out soon enough if Robbie bruised easily. Robbie didn't bruise easily, but Angel was driving him crazy. "They close by?" he asked. If Angel's friends had a drive to make, maybe he'd shake Anna off for a while.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

“Not too far I think. I’m not really familiar with this area.” Anna had no clue how long it would take the owl to reach Dare, or even if he’d come. She had no clue where they actually were in London in reference to anywhere she normally went. She started to get nervous. What if he doesn’t come? What will he say about me being here, and Markise being drunk? Will Michael come too? She couldn’t imagine Dare coming alone, even if she didn’t believe everything the Daily Prophet wrote.

[Markise Sterling]

Robbie gave up on the idea of getting Angel alone, but that didn't mean he had to stand by the bar bored off his ass. Rather, he found an empty booth and settled Angel on his lap. He couldn't take Angel off to a darkroom, not with what sounded like more than one person looking for him, but that didn't mean he couldn't give Angel what he was so determined to get while they waited. So Robbie got what he could of making out with Angel, and Anna could do whatever she wanted.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna had slid into the other side of the booth right after Robbie and Markise. She originally faced them, but once she saw how they were occupying their time, she turned to the side to look out at the rest of the club. She could still see them in her peripheral vision and it was so hard not to look, but it just seemed wrong that they would do that sitting right in front of her. Her eyes darted back to them several times, her morbid curiosity overpowering how uncomfortable she was with the situation.

[Dare Blackwood-Hardt]

They'd found the club with little trouble. Getting in had taken more time and effort. They were in now though, and Dare was stretched to his full height, looking over what he could of the crowd. He didn't know this club, but thought that if they followed the walls they'd find at least Anna. For all Dare knew, Markise was still out dancing.

[Michael Blackwood-Hardt]

Michael closed his eyes when they first walked in, his first instinct having been to pull Dare out onto the floor. But they had already done that, and there was something more important they needed to do. He promised himself that they would get to make up for this later, and then opened his eyes to focus on trying to find Markise and Anna. He gave an involuntary shudder at the idea of seeing Anna again. The last time he remembered seeing her was the day he and Dare had gone swimming. That was so long ago; that had been the day Dare had given him the rose. They hadn't been out then. He took a deep breath and reprimanded himself silently, it would all go better if he didn't think about it.