"Hey babe, time to go" James said, patting his boyfriend on the shoulder.
Chris was almost falling asleep and looked tiredly up at James. "I'd rather stay here."
I know, I would too, but they're your friends and its important that I get to know them. Come on, we won't stay long. We'll make up some excuse." said James.
"What? I have to go to go now because I have to ravish my super cute boyfriend. That's not an excuse Jay, that's the truth" grinned Chris
"Yeah, whatever. Come on, sooner we go, sooner we can be back in bed."
"Ooh, I like the way you think, Mr Miller." Chris smiled cheekily.
They drove to the bar. Chris was the designated driver as he wasn't dinking – he had to be on set early the next morning and James had the day off.
The two boys walked into the bar, hand in hand. The rest of the cast wasn't there yet, so they got a table and Chris got them some drinks.
Over the next half hour, the rest of the cast showed up. James was talking to Darren, when Chris walked over.
"What are you two boys talking about?"
"Darren was just telling me what its like to be your own-screen boyfriend" said James, wrapping his arm around Chris' waist.
"Not jealous are you Jay? You know I only have eyes for you."
"Oh, I know" Chris smiled, and the two boys entered into a passionate embrace.
Darren coughed to alert them to his continuing presence. The two boys quickly broke apart. "Well, I'm going to get another drink. Do you guys want anything?"
"Virgin Cosmo please." said Chris. "And a beer for me" added James.
"Coming right up" said Darren, watching as the happy couple went over to the table occupied by the rest of the cast.
"So James, you're a nurse huh? That's got to be pretty exciting?" said Chord looking avidly at James.
Everyone except the two lovers and Chord laughed. "I think you're in the wrong business, Chord" said Cory, nudging Chord in the ribs. "Anyway, don't you faint at the sight of blood?"
Chord scowled at him. "That was only once!"
Chris laughed and scooted his chair closer to James'.
James answered Chord's question politely. "I really enjoy nursing. I'm just newly qualified so another nurse is usually looking over my shoulder. Just now, I'm just taking BPs and stuff, but I really love talking to the patients. Some of them are really lonely and its nice knowing you've made a difference in their life just by having a conversation with them."
The cast all smiled at James, just as Darren walked over with the drinks.
"Here we are. A beer for James and a virgin Cosmo for Chris" he said as he put the drinks in front of the boys, who thanked him.
"Virgin Cosmo? Not going soft on us now, are you Chris?" teased Mark.
"I'm driving" said Chris, checking his watch. "That reminds me, we need to get going soon babe" Chris said to James, pecking him on the cheek.
"aww, so soon. The nights still young" whined Dianna.
"Yes, well the night might be young, but I'm not" Chris joked. "Besides, I need to be up early for work."
"What time are you in tomorrow, Chris?" asked Lea.
"Urgh...six" said Chris wincing a bit as it was already 11pm and it would take about an hour to get home. "I hate Ryan sometimes."
"You don't mean that" said James kissing his boyfriend on the cheek.
"No, I don't" replied Chris grumpily. "Come on, drink up and then we'll go."
"I really enjoyed meeting your friends tonight" said James when they were in the car.
"Yeah, they're not a bad bunch" said Chris, turning on the ignition and reversing out of the parking spot.
When they got home, Chris went straight to bed – he was absolutely exhausted. Having a night out during a working week was not a good idea. He set the alarm for 5am, and was asleep before James tiptoed in to get ready for bed himself.