~ Marcus in the Billiards Room with Vince and Bo ~<br/><br/>He heard them before he saw them, their footsteps echoing on the stone floor in the way that sound does in a place as old as the castle.  Their voices were muffled so all he knew was that they were talking, but he considered that a good sign.  This was their chance, as men, to begin to bond and to hear the chatter, however light it might be, was a great start.  Especially given how dinner had gone and the tension that had sprung up between the two men.  Marcus closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath to calm his body, and then stood.<br/><br/>Smiling as the two men rounded the corner and entered the room, he moved towards the table.  “But of course” he said in answer to Vince’s comment.  “Never waste a moment no matter what you do…that’s a philosophy I live my life by in a way.”  Following Bo’s lead, he picked up a cue stick also and tapped it lightly against the table, getting a feel for it.  Staring at the surface of the table, a vision of Mari flat on her back, her legs dangling over the edge, came into his mind and Marcus grinned.  “I wonder which one of us will break this in properly” he murmured more to himself than to the others.  Shaking his head, he turned to Bo.  “Since Vince has never played, we should probably start with straight pool” he said.  “Give him a chance to get his feet wet first.”<br/>