With yet another successful run under their belts, the cast were just as rowdy backstage as they had been the previous night. Cast and crew were scattered about, chattering loudly as they got ready to pack up and head out for the night. "What are you going to do for the rest of the night?" Jessica asked from her perch on the ladder to the catwalk.

"Not sure." John yawned. "But I'm kind of tired, so I might end up just going home and sleeping."

"Oh no you're not!" Mary giggled, sliding up beside him and wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "We're all going out to celebrate two successful runs, and you are both coming with us."

"Where?" Jessica asked.

"Some bar down the street. Sean recommended it." Mary gestured to where Sean Anderson was standing, talking to a group of chorus members. "Anyway, it's not going to be anything too big or too rowdy, we just want to have a few drinks and celebrate the good start."

"I'm down." Jessica untangled herself from the metal ladder and straightened her clothes.

"Excellent." Mary clapped her hands together and both women looked at John. "How about you, John?"

"Um, sure. It sounds like fun." John agreed. Just then, Sherlock found the techie amongst the crowd of people and came to stand next to him. "Hey! You did great tonight." John patted the actor awkwardly on the back. He still wasn't exactly sure what their relationship was and what all it entailed.

"Thanks. Great catch with that kicked microphone." Sherlock returned the compliment and it was silent momentarily. "So, uh, are you ready to go then?"

"Well, we were going to go out to this bar down the street and have a few drinks to celebrate the good start we're off to. You want to come with?" John asked as Mary and Jessica nodded their heads in agreement.

Sherlock's slightly stony expression didn't change very much as he considered it for a second, then said, "No, thank you. Not really my area."

"You sure?" John was slightly disappointed he wouldn't get to spend more time around the male lead.

Sherlock nodded. "But you have fun." He leaned forward slightly and placed a very light kiss on the techie's forehead. "I'll text you." Straightening back up, he nodded at the women. "Goodnight ladies."

"Goodnight, Sherlock!" They said in unison, eyes locked on John's reddening face. As soon as the actor was out of earshot, they said, "Ok, we definitely need more details from your date yesterday."

John rolled his eyes. "Buy me a drink first."

The bar was crowded, but not enough that it was too hard to hear or to find a place for the cast to squeeze in. Once they had their drinks and were sitting comfortably in a booth, Jessica, Molly, and Mary were prodding John for information again. "Seriously though, how was the date?" Mary said as she sipped her extremely pink drink.

"It went well." John had decided on a beer and was rolling the bottle absent-mindedly in his hands. "We just talked about Uni and how we came to end up in New York. He's got a great sense of humor."

"You know that's not what we care about." Jessica said, teasingly.

"How was the sex?" Molly blurted out suddenly, then looked mortified by her own boldness.

Mary almost spit out her drink in shock. "Wow. Such language miss Molly." She nudged the actress and Molly began to blush a brighter pink. "Relax. I only meant that you're normally so quiet, we didn't expect the sudden personal question." Mary fixed her eyes on John now. "But really, how was he?"

John rolled his eyes, but still smirked a little. "I'm not sure if I should tell you girls. Not sure if I'm drunk enough." He took another drink of his beer, enjoying the annoyed looks on their faces.

"You should tell us, because you're all in puppy love and you want to talk about it." Jessica said. "We're girls. We can see that sort of thing from miles."

"It was pretty good." John finally relented, earning a small giggle from Molly, who'd already finished her very large margarita.

"We'll need more details than that." Mary said, raising a challenging eyebrow and settling back into the booth for the story.

"Come on, you don't want the NC-17 details." John waved a dismissive hand in their direction and downed that last of his drink. "But, I'll tell you a little."

The girls leaned forward in the booth as John gave them a simple, PG-13 rated summary of the events from the night before. "And I met his brother in the morning. I didn't even know he'd been home that night."

"I bet that was a bit embarrassing." Molly said quietly.

"Just a little. Had I known he was there, I would've been quieter." This earned a large eruption of giggles from the girls and John smiled big. He checked the time on his phone, and saw that he had two new text messages from Sherlock.

iYou're mine tomorrow after the show.
SH

I have a surprise for you, and a question for you.
SH

Can't wait.
JW/i

"Sherlock says he has a surprise for me tomorrow." John said, putting his phone away after replying. "I wonder what it could be."

Molly shrugged. "I'm sure it'll be something fun."

John nodded and called out for another beer. "Well, I guess I'll see after tomorrow's show."

Sorry it took so long for an update. Uni is kicking my ass (why did I pick a Genetics major?). Anyway, I aced 4 exams in the last week, and had a birthday in that time period, too. So, I decided to go home for the weekend and visit my family and old friends, take a break from homework, work on my novel, and write this short update to set up for a longer one you can (hopefully) expect to get before I go to the pumpkin patch on Friday. Enjoy, and thanks for reading! :)