Double Trouble - RP det_don_flack, stillacrime, & whattingawhat

[vivo_per_ardua]

In a desperate attempt to get out of her apartment, Anna'd decided it was time for the double-date she'd discussed with Buffy when she was still healing. Don and Danny had been horribly busy with the Cabbie Killer case, and now that things had calmed down, they could use a little fun. Plus? It had been a while since she'd hung out with Danny and

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[whattingawhat]

"Charity work is good," Buffy nodded. "Mine isn't actually charity work though. I get paid. I would be living in a much smaller, much crappier apartment and eating my American Express bill if it weren't for living with Danny but...I'm not really qualified for many jobs. I sort of dropped out of college when my Mom died to take care of Dawn."

At Anna's question Buffy smiled and glanced over to Danny. "Well it started out as just pillows on the couch and some candles but now there are pillow, drapes, comforter on the bed. We had to replace the coffee table and I've got this huge, handmade wooden chest we use. My friend Xander made it for me. Uhm...a couple of new lamps and I sort of decorate with my shoes. There are a pair of Marc Jacobs on the end table because they are works of art. Some Choos on the coffee table and these cute Manolos on the other end table. The closet isn't really big enough for my shoes. Decorating with them is sort of....necessary I guess. Sometimes it's purposeful like with the Marc Jacobs. Other times, it's me walking in and haphazardly tossing my Choos up on the coffee table and they just stay there until the next time I wear them."

[stillacrime]

"But I made her promise not to make it too girly so it's really not. She did good. And face it, her shoes are hot." Danny said with a small grin and a shrug. It was true. And they were especially hot on Buffy.

[and_dontgetcute]

Don smirked slightly at the shoes being hot comment, but didn't say anything otherwise. Whatever appreciation his friend was starting to have for shoes wasn't any of his business.

"It's still good work," he said with a shrug, referring back to her job again. "For me, it doesn't matter so much what you're getting in return, just as long as you do it.

[vivo_per_ardua]

Noticing Flack's smirk, she chuckled and took a long drink of her wine, foot tapping in time with the music as she began to hum along, watching the dance floor begin to fill up. The place had a large dance floor and the lighting was low, reflecting the fast-tempo music playing.

[whattingawhat]

"Thank you," Buffy smiled at Don. She took a sip of her drink. "So Danny says your father was a cop. Is that how you got into your job? Did you always kind of know that's what you wanted to do? Because seriously, I watch real life crime things or Danny comes home and tells me things and your job is gross. Helpful, useful, admirable and needed but so gross."

[stillacrime]

"Don doesn't work in the lab work so much. But it can still get gross, yeah." Danny was glad that Buffy was trying to get to know his friends. She needed to know them and they needed to know her. "Plus you gotta deal with all the public slammin' doors in your face. I'd get too pissed off for that." He cast Don a crooked grin.

[and_dontgetcute]

"You aren't the only one," Flack replied with a smirk. "But they're New Yorkers -- whadaya expect?"

[vivo_per_ardua]

"Funny, I don't get many doors shut in my face." Anna blinked at the boys, taking a sip of her wine and tapping her foot to the beat of the music. What she wouldn't give for a dance.

[whattingawhat]

"I'm pretty sure it's probably a girl thing," Buffy grinned and took a sip of her margarita. She leaned over and kissed Danny. "I'm going to dance. You wanna watch or you wanna come with?" she asked him.

[stillacrime]

Danny returned the kiss followed by a crooked grin. "You think I'm lettin' you on the dance floor by yourself? Think I'll be a little bit greedy. I choose both watchin' you and dancin'."

He scooted out of the booth and looked back to Don and Anna as he laced his fingers with Buffy's. "Now's the time, come on you two." He put their joined hands at the small of his back and led Buffy towards the dance floor.

On the dance floor, he turned to face her, lifting her hand up to his shoulder and neck. One hand circled to her lower back to pull her close against him. "You good?" He asked her.

[vivo_per_ardua]

Anna watched them go and cast a glance at Flack, studying his posture. Glancing down at her wine glass, she topped tapping her foot and doing the slight swaying of her body to the beat (she was a slave to good music). "They're not hesitant about showing affection in public..." She mused quietly, fingers curling around her wine glass. "It's very... sweet. They're good together. And Buffy looks gorgeous. I can see why Danny likes her so much."

Chewing her lip, she glaced at Flack out of the corner of her eye. "We can stay here, it's okay..."

[OOC: Em and I switched turns for this round, lol.]

[and_dontgetcute]

"I just -- I'm not the best dancer." He said with shrug. "Bad sense of rhythm. But yeah -- they do look good together. They look pretty happy."

[whattingawhat]

Buffy nodded at Danny's question, dancing a little closer to him. "M'good," she told him with a grin. She put one hand at the back of his neck and the other on his chest. After a minute of dancing she looked back over her shoulder at Anna and Don still at the table.

"I like them. Think I'm getting a good report card?" she said over the din.

[stillacrime]

"Sure you are. Don't know how you couldn't." Danny answered, moving with and against Buffy with the music. He glanced to the table. "Think if Don doesn't get Anna out here that I might ask her to dance with her while we wait for food, yeah? You good with that?"

[and_dontgetcute]

"If you wanna go, you can," he said, pointing towards the dance floor. "Don't let me hold you back."

[vivo_per_ardua]

She looked up at him and shook her head. "And leave you here all by yourself so I can get groped by a bunch of drunk horny men?" Anna nodded slightly to the men on the dance floor who seemed to enjoy staring at her like horny schoolboys and wrinkled her nose. "I'll pass. It's for their sake."

She forced her most reassuring smile and slumped a little in the booth next to him, settling for just holding his hand.