-1"Who are you watching the door for?" Sierra asked as Lanie looked at the bar door for what seemed like the hundredth time.

"Vince." She said looking at the door again when it opened.

"Vince?" Sierra's boyfriend, Greg, asked hanging out with them before his band, Degree, went on stage for their 8:30 pm set.

"The lead singer of Nemesis, the band I'm in. So you've been seeing V?" Dita said sitting between Sean and Lanie.

"Yes, I have been. It helps that when I see my brother I see him too." She said with a slight blush.

"You are so cute. Blushing and all." Sierra said making them laugh.

"What'd I miss?" Vince said walking up with a beer in hand.

"We were just talking about you and Lanie and she blushed." Sierra said nonchalant.

"Greg. Hit your girlfriend for me." Lanie said as the rest continued to laugh.

"Not if he wants to play guitar ever again." She said pointing at Greg who just tickled her.

"So you blushed, huh?" Vince said sitting next to her.

"Nobody is gonna let me live this one down." Lanie said covering her face.

"You're the first guy she's blushed about. I didn't even know she had blood in her face till now." Sean said earning a hard slap to the head.

"You just have to open that mouth of yours, don't you?" Lanie said crossing her arms over her chest and pouting.

"I like it that you blush. Specially when its about me." Vince said moving his head so it was blocking everyone else.

"Ego much?" She asked with a smile as he bent down to give her a kiss.

"Now what I wonder is when you blush does it go all the way to your toes and everywhere in between."

"Oh! You are bad." She said with a laugh.

"Only when it comes to you, darlin." He said with a smile before pulling away and laying his hand on her leg. In the middle of Degree's set Vince looked over at Lanie who was smiling and just seemed so into the music.

What is it about her that just makes me want to spill everything about myself to her? He thought to himself as he just watched her till the end of the bands set.

"Good huh?" She asked looking at Vince with a big smile.

"Yea real good." He said smiling at her.

"Greg said something about all of us going to eat."

"I can always go for food." Vince and Sean said in unison before laughing.

"Great. Now we got another pig to feed." Sierra said with a chuckle.

"Yea we know Lanie is." Sean said ducking from a another hit.

"Why is it always me? Poor, defenseless me."

"Defenseless my ass. Mrs. Went-to-jail-for-Assault-and-Battery. How's your brother take that one, by the way?" Sierra asked finishing her drink as Greg and his band come for them so they could leave.

"He felt guilty. I'll tell you more when we get to wherever we are going."

"Denny's?" Greg asked looking at everyone. Everyone agreed and headed to their vehicles.

"You got your bag and essentials?" Lanie asked Vince, as they walked through the small parking lot.

"Oh yea. What about you?"

"I'm prepared for anything." She said with a seductive smile.

"We'll see about that won't we?"

"Beat you to Denny's." She said hoping in her black 2004 Mercedes C230 and taking off down the street with Vince right on her tail. By the time they got to the Denny's no one was there yet.

"So what are we doing tonight?" Vince said sitting on the hood of his Maxima.

"I don't know. How bout we run to Mexico and never come back?" She said putting arms around his neck.

"That has possibilities." He said smiling up at her. "But what about work?"

"True. I say we just go back to my place." She said as the others pulled into the parking lot.

"Fine with me." He said standing and waiting for the others.

"There's another first. Usually when she races us we all lag behind and no one catches up to her." Sean said as they walked into Denny's and were seated.

"Heavy foot." Lanie said with a shrug as she read the menu.

"I'm used to racing so its nothing new. Car is built for it anyways." Vince said as the waitress came to take their orders.

"So I got 3 Meat Lovers Scrambles, 2 Belgian Waffle Platters, 3 Veggie-Cheese Omelette

a Lumberjack Slam®, and a Jalapeno Burger." The waitress said

"And 7 Mountain Dews and 2 iced teas." Sean said

"Make that 8 Mountain Dews." Vince said putting his arm on the back of Lanie's chair.

"So you two seemed to have gotten pretty chummy quickly." Sean said looking at Lanie and Vince from across the table.

"What are you getting at, Seanie?" Lanie said looking at him suspiciously.

"That you guys make a good couple. He completes you." He said imitating Sid off Ice Age: The Meltdown.

"I worry about you sometimes, buddy." She said making the table laugh.

"So how was it to see your bro again?" Sierra asked when their drinks came.

"It was great. I never really thought I'd see him again. It actually felt like I just haven't seen him for a week."

"So what's he like? Is he as crazy as you?"

"I don't know really anymore. He seems way calmer then me."

"He's the only person I know that can be calm under anything. I mean shit you wouldn't even think of." Vince said.

"So that means the total opposite of Doc. Interesting." Sierra said with a smirk.

"Ok I have anger problems. I thought we already talked this out." Lanie said sipping her Mountain Dew as the food came.

"Yea. But its so much fun to tease you." She said before everyone started eating. They all made small talk and by the time they were done they were the last group of people.

"It's only 1 am." Dita said checking her cell phone.

"Well we are going to go home. I got to see about that studio time for next week." Greg said standing up and helping Sierra up after they paid the bill. The rest of Degree had left earlier leaving enough to cover their food.

"Yea we should go to." Lanie said standing up.

"Have fun you two." Sean said leading Dita to his SUV.

"You too." Lanie said with a laugh.

"Race ya?" Vince asked smirking at her as he put his arm around her waist.

"You're on." She said kissing him quickly and running to her car. Vince pulled out before but it wasn't long before they were neck and neck. They played a cat and mouse game all the way to her house.

"So who won?" Vince asked getting his bag out of the back seat and following her up to the door.

"Mmmhmhm. I say we both win either way." She opening the door and throwing her stuff down on the table in the foyer. "Want a beer?"

"Sure." He said looking around the living room. It was dark red with some guitars mounted on the wall and some friend and family pictures. "Nice house."

"Thanks. Like you, I always knew what I wanted my house to look like. So once I had the chance to make it true, I did." She said handing him a beer before sliding her arms around his waist. "I got most of the family pics from my mom. She was trying to start new but I wanted to keep them. The guitars are from a few different bands I've met. Slash, Brandon Boyd, one of the guys from Breaking Benjamin."

"Pretty damn good collection. Ever played them?" He said leading her to one of the big overstuffed couches.

"Everyone once in a while I'll take them down and strum a few chords." She said kicking her shoes off and put her legs across his lap. "So what are we going to do now? I'm not tired and I don't think a movie is going to keep my interest for long."

"How bout we start with kissing and then we take it from there." Vince said taking her beer and putting it on the table and laying her down.

"You are a very smart man." She said with a big grin as he settled himself between her legs and started kissing her neck. By the time he got to her lips she was already panting. After she pulled off his shirt she dragged her nails across his chest and back making him growl into her mouth. "You got those condoms right?" She asked as he pulled off her shirt.

"Yea. I think I should've bought a couple more boxes though." He said looking over her as if he was a starving man.

"We'll make do." She said pulling his head back to her and kissing him deeply.