Baby shower || Open RP thread

[ada_rubirosa]

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*Arrivals*

[ada_rubirosa]

Ileana and Rob's home was a loft in the Meatpacking District. It was a beautiful, open space, although some of the cops and lawyers in attendance might have remembered it for more sinister reasons -- the conductor Philip Reinhart had been murdered there several years before. His wife was represented by Granick & Melnick and the place had been put up as collateral. When she couldn't pay them, the firm took possession of the loft. The living space had been part of Rob's signing bonus.

Ileana went all-out decorating - the invitations had been designed to look like admission tickets to a ball game and the cupcakes had baseball stitching icing. While it was themed, it wasn't too cheesy and everything from the decorations to the food was high-end. It was probably also the only baby shower with a free-flowing bar.

Rob Enslow stood at the bar, fixing a drink, his sister Genevieve waiting to fix her own. Ileana was greeting Joan Cutter, who'd just come in a few moments before.

Connie, meanwhile, was standing talking to her sister,

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[det_hayes]

Cole was standing on the other side a couple of gift bags in hand. He was solo since Max was with his mom for most of this week on a vacation. He figured with two baseball fans having a baby he would be alright wearing his Cardinals jersey.

[ada_rubirosa]

Connie's smile got even wider. "Cole, hey!" She hadn't seen him since he'd needed a warrant a few weeks ago. "Come in, come in."

[det_hayes]

"Hey, thanks,"he stepped inside smiling at her,"Max can't be here but he did send a gift."

[ada_rubirosa]

"Aw, that's sweet," she said. "If he's going to be with you in the next couple days, I'll send some cupcakes home with you for him."

[det_hayes]

"No, he won't be back with me until late next week,"Cole shook his head,"I will take his share of the cupcakes though."

[ada_rubirosa]

"For the poor, all-alone bachelor, of course," Connie chuckled.

[det_hayes]

"Of course,"he did his best to look pitiful which just made him look like Max.

[ada_rubirosa]

Connie snorted. "Now I see where Max gets the puppy dog look from. He's got it down to an art, too."

[det_hayes]

"Of course he does, it works great on his mom,"he smiled of course that's also how he'd ended up with rabbits and now a kitten.

[ada_rubirosa]

"Uh-huh. Just with his mom." Connie gave him a look.

[det_hayes]

He gave her an innocent smile,"Exactly."

[ada_rubirosa]

Connie went to the coffee table for the glass of ice water she'd set down before people started arriving and took a sip. "I'd sit down but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get back up."

[det_hayes]

He walked over with her giving a chuckle,"That's probably a real concern."

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[adacasey_novak]

Casey walked up to the door. It'd been almost two years since the... incident with Rob and Illana. Casey was just hoping Connie's sister forgot who she was... or at least forgot the whole incident that led to her throwing one of her best bras in the garbage disposal. Present in hand, she took a deep breath, smiled and knocked.

*Arrivals*

[ada_rubirosa]

It was Cori who answered the door, as Connie was talking very nearby with Cole.

"Hi," she smiled, remembering Casey from Connie's wedding and the bachelorette party before that.