Liliana stood by while she waited for Karin to take her to where ever it was she wanted to go. She'd never admit it, or show it, but as soon as she'd agreed she began to feel a bit apprehensive. They had spent plenty of time together over the years, and Liliana had grown quite fond of Karin and he no nonsense way of doing things. It was quite refreshing from the usual sniping and whisperers she normally had to deal with on a daily basis. In all that time though, this was the first they had really gone out together for fun and relaxation.<br/><br/>Stepping out of the Uber Liliana took in her surroundings briefly before following Karin towards the building's entrance. Liliana had made some small talk on the way over there and tried to gain some preemptive knowledge of where it was they were going before they arrived but Karin was pretty tight lipped about their destination. Now, walking into the club Liliana could feel some of her anxiety drift away. This wasn't so bad. Not anything like the places she normally socialized at, definitely more lively, but it had a good atmosphere about the place.<br/><br/><br/>Standing at the bar she arched a delicate brow at the sight of the liquor. "Alright, I'll try it." she said as she lifted the glass and breathed in its aroma. She wasn't familiar with the scent so she just buckled down and took a liberal swallow.. and almost choked on it. Eyes wide, she lifted the back of her left hand to lightly cover her mouth for a moment to make sure she didn't loose any of the rather bitter beverage. "What.." cough "What is... this..?" she finally managed to get out before setting the glass back on the bar top. She shook her head lightly when her friend asked if she'd ever had one before. The cherry bomb turned out to be much better and she obviously sighed in relief as she took a drink. "This ones quite good." She said as she polished off half the glass.<br/><br/><br/>By the time they reached the dart board she was feeling much more relaxed, if slightly buzzed. "Nope. Never tried it." she said, picking up one of the darts to examine. It was right about at that time that one of the men nearby walked up to her and started to try and strike up a conversation. It took a second for her to realize that they guy was hitting on her. She shouldn't have been surprised considering she was still wearing her evening gown since she hadn't bothered to chance before they left. He was rather cute but she wasn't nearly drunk enough to even consider flirting back with a complete stranger. It was just about then that she saw someone that looked familiar walk up to address the younger man.<br/><br/><br/>"Excuse me. The lady is spoken for." he said to the young guy. He was tall and obviously fit despite the way his tieless suit jacket hide nearly everything from view. It only took one look at him to have the guy bowing out with an apology.<br/><br/><br/>"Markus? What are you doing here?" She blurted out, honestly surprised to she her personal guard.<br/><br/><br/>"My job." lifting his wrist he showed her his watch and tapped it. "Imagine my hurt feeling when I saw you had left the building without informing me."<br/><br/><br/>"Oh. Uh.. right." she said a bit sheepishly. It was obvious that they knew each other fairly well since Liliana was rarely ever informal with anyone outside of their extended family, at least as far as Karin had ever seen. "Sorry about that.. anyway! Karin, I'd like you to meet Markus, my personal bodyguard. Markus, this is my friend, Karin."<br/><br/><br/>Markus looked at Karin for a moment, one eyebrow raised in question. The expression only lasted a moment before he smiled lightly. "It's nice to meet you." he said and glanced at Liliana. "It's good to know Liliana actually has some friends."<br/><br/><br/>Liliana pursed her lips a bit and swatted his arm. "Rude. I have friend." she said lifting her chin a slightly. "Just.. none of them are as nice a Karin, that's all." she lifted her glass and downed the rest. "So be nice to her. Or else."<br/><br/><br/>Markus was obviously trying really hard not to laugh or smile, probably both. Crossing his hands in front of him he straightened his back and cleared his throat a little. "Yes, ma'am."<br/>____________________________________________________<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1em;">Callahan smiled brightly when Lynde told him he could sleep on the bottom with her. It was embarrassing and he didn't want to admit he was scared of heights. "I'll be right there." he turned to climb back down but before he had even started he saw a teddy bear laying on its back at the top corner of the bed. Reaching for it he called down to her in a loud whisper. "Found something!"<br/><br/><br/>Leaning back over the edge he handed the plushy to Lynde. "I found him up here all by himself. He looked kind of lonely." <br/><br/><br/>She giggled a little "Silly, he likes to sleep up there." she said as she took the plushy and hugged it tightly. "But he can sleep with us tonight."<br/><br/>Reaching the bottom Callahan crawled into bed next to her and laid down with the bear between them. Yawning widely he stretched and settled down, getting comfy. "Night, Lyn." he said and closed his eyes.<br/><br/>"Night, Cal. Night, Bar." she said and moments later they were all fast asleep once again.<br/><br/>The next morning proved to be rather interesting. They both woke up bright and early, brushed their teeth together, after finding a spare brush for him to use, got dressed and head into the kitchen for breakfast. They found both of their mothers there already. Karin was as energetic as ever, something Cal had gotten used to seeing. His own mom didn't look nearly as chipper. She was nursing a cup of coffee, her eyes closed and her chin propped up in the palm of one of her hands. <br/><br/>"Morning mommy!" he called out right next to her and he saw her wince and groan before lowering her face to cover her eyes in the hand she had been using a moment ago to keep her head up.<br/><br/>"Morning, sweetheart. Mommy's got a headache sweety so please don't yell."<br/><br/>"Sure thing!" he said loudly and darted to one of the chairs and jumped into it, sitting next to Lynde.<br/><br/>"Karin, sorry, could you watch them. I think I need some air." she said and poured out of her chair, coffee held in both hands, as she headed for the balcony.<br/><br/>"What's up with mommy?" Cal asked, looking at Karin. <br/><br/>"Your mother had a long night. She'll be ok in a bit." with a smile she placed pancakes down on the table in front of them along with juice, strawberries and butter. "Eat up while it's hot!"<br/><br/>"Your mom makes the best pancakes!" he told Lynde as he started to get them ready to be inhaled. "Say, after breakfast lets go to the playroom and make a fort out of the toys! Remember the castle in the movie? Lets make that!"</span>