A/N: I've been doulbe posting to try and catch up but it's hard to do. T_T Another doulb epost today. Most notes are gunna be on teh next chapter.
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Chapter 7: Being Nice

(Tori POV)

Training went on for over an hour until Griffin said about calling it quits for the day. Tori loved this idea. 'I'm glad they have to be nice.' Ashley and Tori were first to get back to the lair and Tori stretched out on the couch. Ashley sat on the ground with her back against the edge of the couch, eyeing the game system with a certain hunger.

Griffin and David appeared a few minutes later. Griffin took off his jacket and gave a sigh. "Play it if you want," he told Ashley. She made a squeal and scurried over to plug in the cord. He walked over and looked down at Tori. She gave him a look of wonder. "Could you please move?" he asked, sounding new to the word "please".

Tori sat up and moved over. "Of course, Griffin. See what being nice gets you." David laughed from the other side of the room, hunched over a desk. Tori smiled and watched Ashley turn on the system. "I want in," Tori said as she watched Griffin pick up a controller.

He gave a small huff and handed his controller to her. "Only have two," he said gruffly.

Tori noticed David got up from the desk and walked over to Griffin's side. "Maybe you should get more," he suggested.

"Yeah? And maybe you should…" Griffin trailed off, stopping himself from saying a smart ass remark. Ashley looked over at him with a smirk. "Get them for me?" he said, half asking David to get them.

David gave a nod as he tilted his head. "Sure." David jumped away as Tori started the game. Griffin sat, arms crossed, and watched the two play. David returned with two controllers and handed them off to Griffin. "Two controllers," he said.

Griffin put them by the system and David cleared his throat. "Thank you," Griffin mumbled.

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(Ashley POV)

"I'm hungry," Ashley stated as she put her controller down. "Do you have food here, Griff?" Two rounds of Halo after training wasn't getting her mind off of food.

She looked at Griffin, who shrugged. "Not really. Just a few beers and crisps."

Her eyes grew wide and she looked to Tori with a grin. "Nuh uh. Don't give her a beer. It leads to horrible things," Tori whispered in a spooky voice to Griffin.

"Horrible things, eh?" Griffin got up and walked over to a small refrigerator, pulling out a six pack of beer. He set it on the table the game system was on and pulled one off. Griffin turned to Ashley with a small smile and held it out towards her. "Have one."

Tori growled and tossed the controller down. "I'm going to the bathroom," she grumbled.

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(Griffin POV)

Griffin sat back down with a beer in his own hand, and opened it. From the corner of his eye, he saw Ashley was already chugging hers down. "Whoa," he muttered, catching her attention. He looked to David, who had the same look, then turned back to Ashley. She was staring at him like a deer in headlights.

"What?" she asked as she pulled the can from her lips.

Griffin let out a laugh and said to David, "This girl can drink." He took a swig of his own drink. "I think, when I win, I'll make you go bar hoppin' with me."

David gasped, nearly choking on his drink. "Don't make her go with you. Even I couldn't keep up."

Griffin shrugged. "A bet's a bet," he said.

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(Ashley POV)

She watched the two talk about their last bar hopping spree and it sounded kinda fun to her. 'I'd love to go right now.' She crawled over to the pack of beer and pulled one from the plastic, leaving two left. She glanced at the bathroom. Ashley got up and left the beer can on the table as she skipped over to the bathroom door. She knocked and heard Tori tell her to go away. "C'mon Torence, there's only two left. One's calling your name," she sang.

"Don't want any," Tori said. "Now go."

Ashley made a face and turned around, pushing the sleeves of the striped Henley shirt up to her elbows. She saw Griffin staring at her. He suddenly got up and walked over to his chair, picking up his leather jacket and throwing it at her. "Please put on the ruddy jacket."

Ashley grabbed onto the collar of the jacket and let the rest of the coat fall at her side. "Why?" she asked defiantly.

"Because I really don't wanna have to look at that," he said with a small chuckle.

Ashley skipped over and plopped down next to him, laying the coat over the arm of the sofa. "Then don't," she said with an innocent look.

"Is Tori alright?" David asked, cradling his drink in his hands, looking slightly nervous.

"She's fine," Ashley told him as she waved her hand. "Jus' doesn't like to drink, that's all. Last time she drank was when I forced her to." David gave an understanding nod and looked at the bathroom door.

Ashley turned her attention to the unopened beer can she left on the table. She furrowed her brow when she noticed it was within reaching distance, but Griffin was in the way. "Excuse me," she said as she reached for the drink, her elbow bumping into his knee slightly. She heard him mumble something and she said, "Sorry." As she opened the beer, she remembered seeing Griffin sleep earlier. Her mind began to wander and she felt herself focusing on her breathing pattern. 'Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. Scattered inhale, exhale.' Ashley didn't even realize Griffin was saying her name. "Huh?" she shook her head as she snapped out from her trance.

"Yes or no?" he asked, as he took a sip of his beer.

"Um…no?" she said unsurely.

Griffin started laughing hysterically. "See David, not every girl thinks you look good."

"Wait, what?" Ashley asked.

Griffin's laugh began to slow and David said, "Griffin thinks every girl who looks at me, likes me. I told you it wasn't true so why are you laughing?"

He sighed and said, "It's funny because it's not true."

David smiled lightly. "Ashley," he said. Ashley turned her attention to him as she opened her new drink with wide eyes. "What kind of guy do you like?"

She giggled. "Is this relevant?" Ashley took a drink of her beer and licked her lips. David gave a nod as he glanced at Griffin. She looked at Griffin with an unsure expression before turning back to David with a straight face. "I guess one that's…sorta like me?" she said with a shrug. "I dunno."

She saw Griffin's smirk disappear and his face go blank. "Okay," David said. He glanced at the bathroom again. "When's Tori gunna come back out?"

Ashley whispered, "When the beer is all!" she shouted the last part and the bathroom door opened.

Tori came out and sat down Indian style next to David. "It's not all," she said, eyeing the remaining drinks nervously.

Ashley smiled at her. "That's the point," she said. Tori rolled her eyes and leaned back on her elbows. "Can you take me home Ash?" she sighed.

She shook her head. "No drinking and jumping," Ashley giggled, shaking the near empty can at Tori. Tori rolled her eyes again and looked at David, a small pout forming on her lips.

"Do you want me to take you back?" David asked. Tori nodded with a smile.

"Yeah Davy," Griffin said, "Take Tori back to your place." He raised his eyebrows at him and Ashley noticed David shake his head. He stood as Tori did and grabbed her hand. He sent Griffin a final look of annoyance before the two disappeared. Ashley noticed Griffin watching her. "What're yeh lookin' at?" he asked.

She scowled. "I would say the same to you, but I have a feeling I know," she winked at him. Griffin groaned and got up, making his way out of the room. She watched him walk away with a confused look on her face. 'Something I said?' Ashley sighed and gave a shrug before picking up the jacket with a smile and jumping back to David's apartment.