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Devon left his apartment heading to go pick up Barrett. He gave himself plenty of time to get to her apartment, then over to Lyd and Ro's place. Dev parked along the street and went up to the buzzer and pressed it waiting for Barrett's voice through the speaker. After hearing her voice he spoke back. "It's Devon… you ready?"
Barrett smiled as she heard the buzzer. She had just finished getting ready as she ran across the living room to answer it. "Yeah, I'll be right down." she replied. She grabbed her purse and headed towards the door. "You be a good boy, Trident." she said after having put up the kiddie gate, making sure he didn't get out of the kitchen.
Waiting outside on the side walk only a few minutes Devon smiled seeing Barrett walk out. "Alright lets go." He walked over to his Toyota Tundra and got in heading towards Lyd's apartment after pulling out the directions from his pocket.
"Lets." Barrett replied. She smiled as she climbed into the passenger seat of his Tundra. "So... what's your sister like?" she asked.
"Lyd!" Rowan yelled from her bathroom, "Did you steal my hair straightener?!" She glanced back over her shoulder out the bathroom door and into her bedroom to see her dogs lying on her bed, just staring at her. "Or did you two take it?" They both gave her looks and she grinned. "Of course you didn't."
"She's the biggest pain in the ass..." Devon glanced down at his directions. "She comes off as a smartass... well lets just say a lot of people think she's a bitch cause of her attitude so don't let it bother you if she's like... well... mean..."
"I won't, I mean come on.... I'm used to being around you." Barrett replied with a wink.
"She's worse... a lot worse..." Devon smirked and took a left at the light.
"I sooo did not..." Lydia replied glancing over at the straightener on her desser. She quickly grabbed it and hid it under her pillow. "Maybe the straightener fairies took it... umm like they took mine."
"Well, you have to admit though that I have put up with you on your worst days. Now if she's worse than that, I guess I'm in for some deep shit."
"You have no idea..." Devon mumbled. "Lydia always comes off wrong to people when they first meet her... more like several times they meet her, but after a while she warms up to them. Most of the time."
"You warmed up to me pretty quickly, hopefully she won't have too many problems with me. I mean you like me after all." Barrett replied as she looked over at him with a smile.
Devon tried to give her a reasurring smile. "You say that now... but you haven't met her yet."
Barrett was tempted to reach over and smack him, but it wouldn't help either of them if they had a crash on the way to Lydia's. "Well then I guess I'll just have to meet her and form my own opinion, smart ass."
"Ok then..." Devon smirked and shook his head and looked down at his directions. A little bit later Devon was pulling up to Lydia's apartment. "Here we are."
Barrett smiled as she looked up at the building. "Here we are."
Lydia walked out of her room and looked around for Ro. "He'll be here any minute are you ready?"
"Just a sec!" Rowan shook her head and just decided to let her hair curl. She applied a little more make up just because and then moved out of her bathroom and into her closet to get the rest of her outfit on.
Devon walked up to the apartment building with Barrett and pressed the button to Lyd and Ro's apartment.
Lydia heard the buzz near the door and walked over pushing the button in to speak. "Dev come on up." She smiled brightly, this was going to be fun.
"Ok," Devon smiled and held the door open for Barrett when Lydia unlocked the door for them by pressing the button. "She's on the sixth floor apartment 6C."
Barrett stood through the door, knowing that Devon would be right behind her. "Alright." She held the elevator door open for him before pressing the button for the sixth floor.
A few minutes later Lydia heard a knock on the door and rushed over opening up the door quickly. "Devy!" She smiled brightly giving him a hug and then it dropped seeing a woman standing behind him. What the hell was going on?
"Hey Lyd." Devon hugged her back before letting her go. He noticed her confused look seeing Barrett behind him. "Oh Lyd this is Barrett, she used to work with me in the Marines some."
Barrett definitely felt a little odd now. She gave Devon a pointed look since he had said that it'd be okay if she joined him at his sisters. "It's nice to meet you, Lydia."
"Umm... you too." Lydia gave her a small smile and stepped aside to let them in. She wasn't really expecting anyone else but her brother but they were just ordering Chinese food so it wasn't that big of a deal.
"I invited her to come along, since I haven't seen her in a while either. Hope that's ok." Devon explained seeing the look on his sisters face.
"Ya sure. We're just going to order out anyways." Lydia gave him a smile and shut the door behind them. She was glad she shut Dante in her bedroom the last thing she needed was him jumping on Barrett.
A moment later, Rowan finally breezed into the room looking quite fantastic, Caesar and Constantine following lazily behind her. She smiled when she saw Devon. "Hey Devon," she greeted, trying not to sound TOO cheerful. And then she spotted Barrett. "Oh, and uh, hi person I don't know."
Barrett turned to see who had walked into the room. "Hi, I'm Barrett. Devon and I are old friends from the Marines." she said.
Devon smiled at Ro brightly seeing her, "hi Rowan." He looked at Barrett then back at Ro. He hoped this was a good idea.
"Barrett. Interesting name." She gave Lyd a quick "And why is she here?" look before heading into the kitchen.
"Ok so I figured we'd order some Chinese food, since none of us wanted to cook." Lydia smirked and went over grabbing a menu from the counter. She was trying not to show how pissed off she was at Devon...this was supposed to be, their time together plus Ro because she was basically family.
"Chinese is great." Devon smiled and walked towards the kitchen. "So what do you have to drink?"
Barrett turned towards Devon and gave him a very pointed look. The look simply said /You didn't tell them that you were bringing someone?/ She didn't know whether she should be pissed at him or not.
Devon just shrugged at her... ok so he forgot to call Lyd before taking a shower and after taking one. He didn't under stand what the big deal was. Maybe it was a girl thing...
"We have just about everything..." Lyd explained opening up the menu. "Just look through the fridge and cabinets."
Barrett turns to look at Devon. "I guess I'll have whatever you're having." Barrett says to Devon.
Devon walked over and opened up the fridge and pulled out two Samuel Adams. "This ok?" He asked her looking over his shoulder at her.
Barrett looked over her shoulder to see what Devon was holding up. She saw the two beers and gave him a smile. "Yeah, it's perfect."
Devon walked over and handed it to her, "so we're getting Chinese?" He looked over at Lyd and leaned against the counter. "We could get like some of those platter things with a whole bunch of stuff on them."
Lydia looked at Ro and shrugged. "That's fine with me. What do you want?"
"Shrimp Lo Mein," Ro replied as she pulled a bottle of water out of the fridge and opened it, taking a sip.
"Oh and some Teriyaki Steak." Devon smiled brightly sipping his beer.
"Ok... right..." Lydia picked up the phone and looked at Barrett. "What about you?"
"Mongolian Beef sounds excellent." Barrett replied as she took a sip of her beer.
"Ok I'll order a platter and that stuff and we'll be good." Lydia walked away from the kitchen and towards the bedroom to order.
Devon grinned and looked at the other two girls, then smiled at Ro. "You look nice." He sipped his beer slowly.
Rowan smirked ever so slightly. "Thank you," she said. "You don't look so bad yourself."
"I try." He smirked and looked around the kitchen. "Nice little place you two have here."
She glanced around. "We like it. The dogs do, too."
Barrett looked down at Caesar and Constantine. "They are absolutely gorgeous..." Barrett stated.
"Oh yes the dogs... I haven't seen Dante since he was a little pup and that was only once." Devon explained looking over at her. "Where is he?"
"He's in Lyd's room as far as I know." Ro looked at Barrett. "And thank you."
Lydia walked back in and put the phone back down on the receiver. "It'll be here in about a half an hour." She smiled.
Devon looked over at his sister. "Where's Dante? Can I see him?"
"He's locked in my room for now. I just don't want him knocking over your friend there... he's kinda big and can be a little rough." Lydia explained to him. "Maybe later."
"My boys are too lazy to knock anyone over," Rowan stated. "But Dante is not."
"Like his owner huh?" Devon smirked brightly.
"Juuuuust about!"
"Don't make me put you two in timeout..." Lydia mumbled and walked over to the fridge pulling out a beer.
Barrett smirked as she leaned against the counter. She was just enjoying watching the playful banter.
"You're horrible..." Devon just shook his head at his sister.
"Well I'm good at it." She smirked brightly.
"Afraid of a little time out, Dev?" Barrett teased.
"Have I mentioned that I'm glad I'm an only child?" Rowan decided to input.
"God if only I was..." Devon sighed... he had a feeling he was going to get picked on all night long.
"So we have a half an hour to kill... what shall we do?" Lyd asked looked at the others.
"Strip poker?" Rowan suggested nonchalantly, leaning back against the kitchen counter. She was, of course, kidding...or was she
"Oh that should be fun...." Barrett said. "I know Devon will be the first to lose his shirt.... and his pants." she teased.
Devon almost choked on his beer and started coughing. "Oh hell no..." He looked over at Ro. "I'm not seeing my little sister in her underwear thank you very much... I have enough therapy."
Lydia shuttered. "Umm...ya I second that..."
"Party poopers...."
"Sorry..." Devon shrugged. "We could play just regular poker? Or like watch a movie?"
"No you're not..." Barrett replied with a smirk. "But a movie sounds good."
"Doesn't matter to me. Ro?" Lyd looked over at her friend with a smile.
Rowan shrugged. "Whatever. We've got a huge collection. Pick one."
"Ok..." Devon smiled and headed into the living room to look at the collection the girls had and to pick something they might all like.
"You better not pick anything sappy." Barrett called out.
"I probably will just to piss you all off." Devon called back with a smirk.
Lydia rolled her eyes at his comment. "You know sometimes I wonder about him...."
Barrett smiled as she heard the buzzer. She had just finished getting ready as she ran across the living room to answer it. "Yeah, I'll be right down." she replied. She grabbed her purse and headed towards the door. "You be a good boy, Trident." she said after having put up the kiddie gate, making sure he didn't get out of the kitchen.
Waiting outside on the side walk only a few minutes Devon smiled seeing Barrett walk out. "Alright lets go." He walked over to his Toyota Tundra and got in heading towards Lyd's apartment after pulling out the directions from his pocket.
"Lets." Barrett replied. She smiled as she climbed into the passenger seat of his Tundra. "So... what's your sister like?" she asked.
"Lyd!" Rowan yelled from her bathroom, "Did you steal my hair straightener?!" She glanced back over her shoulder out the bathroom door and into her bedroom to see her dogs lying on her bed, just staring at her. "Or did you two take it?" They both gave her looks and she grinned. "Of course you didn't."
"She's the biggest pain in the ass..." Devon glanced down at his directions. "She comes off as a smartass... well lets just say a lot of people think she's a bitch cause of her attitude so don't let it bother you if she's like... well... mean..."
"I won't, I mean come on.... I'm used to being around you." Barrett replied with a wink.
"She's worse... a lot worse..." Devon smirked and took a left at the light.
"I sooo did not..." Lydia replied glancing over at the straightener on her desser. She quickly grabbed it and hid it under her pillow. "Maybe the straightener fairies took it... umm like they took mine."
"Well, you have to admit though that I have put up with you on your worst days. Now if she's worse than that, I guess I'm in for some deep shit."
"You have no idea..." Devon mumbled. "Lydia always comes off wrong to people when they first meet her... more like several times they meet her, but after a while she warms up to them. Most of the time."
"You warmed up to me pretty quickly, hopefully she won't have too many problems with me. I mean you like me after all." Barrett replied as she looked over at him with a smile.
Devon tried to give her a reasurring smile. "You say that now... but you haven't met her yet."
Barrett was tempted to reach over and smack him, but it wouldn't help either of them if they had a crash on the way to Lydia's. "Well then I guess I'll just have to meet her and form my own opinion, smart ass."
"Ok then..." Devon smirked and shook his head and looked down at his directions. A little bit later Devon was pulling up to Lydia's apartment. "Here we are."
Barrett smiled as she looked up at the building. "Here we are."
Lydia walked out of her room and looked around for Ro. "He'll be here any minute are you ready?"
"Just a sec!" Rowan shook her head and just decided to let her hair curl. She applied a little more make up just because and then moved out of her bathroom and into her closet to get the rest of her outfit on.
Devon walked up to the apartment building with Barrett and pressed the button to Lyd and Ro's apartment.
Lydia heard the buzz near the door and walked over pushing the button in to speak. "Dev come on up." She smiled brightly, this was going to be fun.
"Ok," Devon smiled and held the door open for Barrett when Lydia unlocked the door for them by pressing the button. "She's on the sixth floor apartment 6C."
Barrett stood through the door, knowing that Devon would be right behind her. "Alright." She held the elevator door open for him before pressing the button for the sixth floor.
A few minutes later Lydia heard a knock on the door and rushed over opening up the door quickly. "Devy!" She smiled brightly giving him a hug and then it dropped seeing a woman standing behind him. What the hell was going on?
"Hey Lyd." Devon hugged her back before letting her go. He noticed her confused look seeing Barrett behind him. "Oh Lyd this is Barrett, she used to work with me in the Marines some."
Barrett definitely felt a little odd now. She gave Devon a pointed look since he had said that it'd be okay if she joined him at his sisters. "It's nice to meet you, Lydia."
"Umm... you too." Lydia gave her a small smile and stepped aside to let them in. She wasn't really expecting anyone else but her brother but they were just ordering Chinese food so it wasn't that big of a deal.
"I invited her to come along, since I haven't seen her in a while either. Hope that's ok." Devon explained seeing the look on his sisters face.
"Ya sure. We're just going to order out anyways." Lydia gave him a smile and shut the door behind them. She was glad she shut Dante in her bedroom the last thing she needed was him jumping on Barrett.
A moment later, Rowan finally breezed into the room looking quite fantastic, Caesar and Constantine following lazily behind her. She smiled when she saw Devon. "Hey Devon," she greeted, trying not to sound TOO cheerful. And then she spotted Barrett. "Oh, and uh, hi person I don't know."
Barrett turned to see who had walked into the room. "Hi, I'm Barrett. Devon and I are old friends from the Marines." she said.
Devon smiled at Ro brightly seeing her, "hi Rowan." He looked at Barrett then back at Ro. He hoped this was a good idea.
"Barrett. Interesting name." She gave Lyd a quick "And why is she here?" look before heading into the kitchen.
"Ok so I figured we'd order some Chinese food, since none of us wanted to cook." Lydia smirked and went over grabbing a menu from the counter. She was trying not to show how pissed off she was at Devon...this was supposed to be, their time together plus Ro because she was basically family.
"Chinese is great." Devon smiled and walked towards the kitchen. "So what do you have to drink?"
Barrett turned towards Devon and gave him a very pointed look. The look simply said /You didn't tell them that you were bringing someone?/ She didn't know whether she should be pissed at him or not.
Devon just shrugged at her... ok so he forgot to call Lyd before taking a shower and after taking one. He didn't under stand what the big deal was. Maybe it was a girl thing...
"We have just about everything..." Lyd explained opening up the menu. "Just look through the fridge and cabinets."
Barrett turns to look at Devon. "I guess I'll have whatever you're having." Barrett says to Devon.
Devon walked over and opened up the fridge and pulled out two Samuel Adams. "This ok?" He asked her looking over his shoulder at her.
Barrett looked over her shoulder to see what Devon was holding up. She saw the two beers and gave him a smile. "Yeah, it's perfect."
Devon walked over and handed it to her, "so we're getting Chinese?" He looked over at Lyd and leaned against the counter. "We could get like some of those platter things with a whole bunch of stuff on them."
Lydia looked at Ro and shrugged. "That's fine with me. What do you want?"
"Shrimp Lo Mein," Ro replied as she pulled a bottle of water out of the fridge and opened it, taking a sip.
"Oh and some Teriyaki Steak." Devon smiled brightly sipping his beer.
"Ok... right..." Lydia picked up the phone and looked at Barrett. "What about you?"
"Mongolian Beef sounds excellent." Barrett replied as she took a sip of her beer.
"Ok I'll order a platter and that stuff and we'll be good." Lydia walked away from the kitchen and towards the bedroom to order.
Devon grinned and looked at the other two girls, then smiled at Ro. "You look nice." He sipped his beer slowly.
Rowan smirked ever so slightly. "Thank you," she said. "You don't look so bad yourself."
"I try." He smirked and looked around the kitchen. "Nice little place you two have here."
She glanced around. "We like it. The dogs do, too."
Barrett looked down at Caesar and Constantine. "They are absolutely gorgeous..." Barrett stated.
"Oh yes the dogs... I haven't seen Dante since he was a little pup and that was only once." Devon explained looking over at her. "Where is he?"
"He's in Lyd's room as far as I know." Ro looked at Barrett. "And thank you."
Lydia walked back in and put the phone back down on the receiver. "It'll be here in about a half an hour." She smiled.
Devon looked over at his sister. "Where's Dante? Can I see him?"
"He's locked in my room for now. I just don't want him knocking over your friend there... he's kinda big and can be a little rough." Lydia explained to him. "Maybe later."
"My boys are too lazy to knock anyone over," Rowan stated. "But Dante is not."
"Like his owner huh?" Devon smirked brightly.
"Juuuuust about!"
"Don't make me put you two in timeout..." Lydia mumbled and walked over to the fridge pulling out a beer.
Barrett smirked as she leaned against the counter. She was just enjoying watching the playful banter.
"You're horrible..." Devon just shook his head at his sister.
"Well I'm good at it." She smirked brightly.
"Afraid of a little time out, Dev?" Barrett teased.
"Have I mentioned that I'm glad I'm an only child?" Rowan decided to input.
"God if only I was..." Devon sighed... he had a feeling he was going to get picked on all night long.
"So we have a half an hour to kill... what shall we do?" Lyd asked looked at the others.
"Strip poker?" Rowan suggested nonchalantly, leaning back against the kitchen counter. She was, of course, kidding...or was she
"Oh that should be fun...." Barrett said. "I know Devon will be the first to lose his shirt.... and his pants." she teased.
Devon almost choked on his beer and started coughing. "Oh hell no..." He looked over at Ro. "I'm not seeing my little sister in her underwear thank you very much... I have enough therapy."
Lydia shuttered. "Umm...ya I second that..."
"Party poopers...."
"Sorry..." Devon shrugged. "We could play just regular poker? Or like watch a movie?"
"No you're not..." Barrett replied with a smirk. "But a movie sounds good."
"Doesn't matter to me. Ro?" Lyd looked over at her friend with a smile.
Rowan shrugged. "Whatever. We've got a huge collection. Pick one."
"Ok..." Devon smiled and headed into the living room to look at the collection the girls had and to pick something they might all like.
"You better not pick anything sappy." Barrett called out.
"I probably will just to piss you all off." Devon called back with a smirk.
Lydia rolled her eyes at his comment. "You know sometimes I wonder about him...."
"We don't have many sappy movies anyway," Rowan said with a shrug.
"That we do not... we are more of the action, sci fi, horror people." Lyda smirked brightly.
"Now those are definitely more of my style of movies." Barrett replied.
"Found one!" Devon called out picking out a Resident Evil 2 to watch with the girls.
"Shall we?" Lydia looked at the two other women before leaving the kitchen and plopping down in her big comfy chair.
Devon put the movie in the DVD player and went over plopping down in the middle of the couch, getting the best view of the TV.
"Yes, let's." Barrett replied. She walked into the living room and took a seat on the couch beside Devon. "Couch hog." she teased.
Shaking her head, Ro moved in front of the couch and sat down on the floor so she could be with her dogs. Both big boys moved over and plopped down beside her, Caesar resting his head on her thigh and Constantine flopping in his side on front of her.
Devon looked down at Ro and smiled, "I took their spot didn't I?"
She glanced over her shoulder at him. "Actually you both took my, Caesar, and Constantine's spots," she clarified. "It's fine though. You're guests." She winked at him and then turned her attention back to the TV.
Lydia got up and walked over to her bedroom door, "if I let you out you must behave." She instructed Dante who trudged out of the bedroom wagging his tail. Lydia rolled her eyes seeing him jump up on her chair sprawling out.
"The horse has arrived," Rowan commented, bending forward to kiss Constantine on the head.
"Ha ha..." Lydia muttered and walked over to the other recliner grabbing the remote as she walked by the coffee table and sat down reclining the chair.
"Wow... he's big..." Devon looked a Dante who took up the at large amount of recliner he was in. "He was like really tiny when he was a pup, always thought he was going to be a small Great Dane."
"The runts always turn out huge." Lydia smiled at Devon. "You were short when you were little and your pretty tall."
"Quiet you..." Devon mumbled and turned his attention to the TV.
Barrett smirked as she turned her attention away from the television set back to Devon. "I just can't see you as short...." she replied with a smirk.
"I wasn't that short ok... I just had a late growth spirt." He defended him self.
"Dare I ask how late?" Barrett continued. She smirked at him before turning her attention back to the TV as the opening credits began to roll across the screen.
"It was just until the end of high school that's all..." Devon rolled his eyes.
"Shhhhhh the movies on." Lydia looked over at them and smirked looking back at the TV.
Barrett was tempted to let out a laugh as she noticed Lydia looking over at the two of them, but thought better of it.
About a half an hour later the buzzer rang and Dante jumped up barking heading for the door before anyone could move. "Sit down... be quiet..." Lydia motioned for him to sit and he obeyed immediately, then went over letting the delivery man inside. She paid and looked at everyone. "Hungry?"
"I'm starving!" Devon said with a smile and jumped up from his seat.
Barrett laughed as she got up as well. "You're just a big kid."
"I'm hungry ok..." Devon smirked and went to help his sister take the boxes out of the bags while she went to grab plates.
"Anything I can do to help, Lydia?"
"We got it..." Lydia said grabbing plates and putting them on the table.
Barrett nodded as she picked up all of their drinks. She brought them over and sat them down on the table.
Rowan didn't bother to move to help. Lyd knew what she liked and would get it for her.
"Get off your ass..." Lydia shook her head at Ro. "I'm not serving you..."
"Devon will," Rowan replied, smiling sweetly at the man. She didn't even know the guy, but if he was as great as Lydia said, he'd be happy to do anything.
"Sure what would you like?" Devon asked looking over his shoulder at her with a huge smile.
Barrett shook her head as she picked up a plate, fixing what she knew that she'd eat and placing it on the plate. She grabbed her beer again as well as a set of chop sticks before returning to the couch.
"Ummm, the shrimp lo mein," she replied, grinning.
"Anything else?" He grabbed a plate and started putting some lo mein on it for her. "Like chicken fingers? or steak?"
Rowan shook her head. "No, that's ok. Thank you."
Devon piled on some lo mein for Ro and walked it over to her smiling, "there you go." He handed her the plate with a pair of chopsticks and grinned.
She grinned back. "Thank you, Devon. You're a doll."
"I try." He smirked and walked back over to the table dishing food out for himself.
Lydia just rolled her eyes at him and muttered, "suck up..." She smirked and went back over to her chair with her plate of food
Barrett rolled her eyes from her spot on the couch. "Kiss ass..." she seconded.
Devon just rolled his eyes and finished piling food onto his plate he returned to his seat and started eating. "I just don't see the harm in being a nice guy... Is that a bad thing?"
"I don't think so," Rowan offered.
"Ok just making sure." Devon smiled in returned and started eating.
Barrett again rolled her eyes as she began to eat her Mongolian Beef.
Lydia picked at her food as she watching the movie that was still on. Dante's head plopped down on the arm rest and Lydia glanced at him. "Don't think so...mine..."
Devon finished his food and watched the rest of the movie. Once it was over he looked over at his sister. "This was great."
Lydia smiled at him. "We'll do it again soon. I promise."
Devon looked over at Barrett and smiled at her. "Ready to go?" He had to go to bed early and go into work a few hours in the morning.
Barrett looked over at him. "Yeah, if you are." she replied. "Thank you for allowing me to join you guys. It's been a .... memorable evening."
Devon smiled at Ro, "I'll see you later too." He slowly got up from the couch. Devon walked to the door with Barrett.
"Nice meeting you Barrett." Lyd smiled at them. "Dev call me."
"You as well." Barrett replied as she followed Devon to the door.
"It was great finally meeting you, Devon," Rowan chimed in, smiling at him as she watched him head to the door. "And it was nice meeting you, too, Barrett."
"It was nice meeting you as well, Rowan."
"See you two later." He smiled at them both before opening up the door for Barrett and shutting it behind them.
As soon as the door closed behind him, Barrett turned and punched Devon in the arm.
"What was that for?!" Devon rubbed his arm and walked down the hallway.
Barrett walked beside him. "For not informing your sister that you were bringing a guest."
"Sorry..." Devon smiled sheepishly. "My bad..."
"Yeah well, I'm sure you will gladly make it up to Lydia. She was probably just wanting it to be the three of you and you had to spring a surprise on her." Barrett couldn't believe how clueless Devon could be at times.
"Sorry again..." Devon smiled at her. "I forgot to call her."
"Mmmmhmmmm...." Barrett replied with a smirk. She really did love being able to push his buttons.
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"That we do not... we are more of the action, sci fi, horror people." Lyda smirked brightly.
"Now those are definitely more of my style of movies." Barrett replied.
"Found one!" Devon called out picking out a Resident Evil 2 to watch with the girls.
"Shall we?" Lydia looked at the two other women before leaving the kitchen and plopping down in her big comfy chair.
Devon put the movie in the DVD player and went over plopping down in the middle of the couch, getting the best view of the TV.
"Yes, let's." Barrett replied. She walked into the living room and took a seat on the couch beside Devon. "Couch hog." she teased.
Shaking her head, Ro moved in front of the couch and sat down on the floor so she could be with her dogs. Both big boys moved over and plopped down beside her, Caesar resting his head on her thigh and Constantine flopping in his side on front of her.
Devon looked down at Ro and smiled, "I took their spot didn't I?"
She glanced over her shoulder at him. "Actually you both took my, Caesar, and Constantine's spots," she clarified. "It's fine though. You're guests." She winked at him and then turned her attention back to the TV.
Lydia got up and walked over to her bedroom door, "if I let you out you must behave." She instructed Dante who trudged out of the bedroom wagging his tail. Lydia rolled her eyes seeing him jump up on her chair sprawling out.
"The horse has arrived," Rowan commented, bending forward to kiss Constantine on the head.
"Ha ha..." Lydia muttered and walked over to the other recliner grabbing the remote as she walked by the coffee table and sat down reclining the chair.
"Wow... he's big..." Devon looked a Dante who took up the at large amount of recliner he was in. "He was like really tiny when he was a pup, always thought he was going to be a small Great Dane."
"The runts always turn out huge." Lydia smiled at Devon. "You were short when you were little and your pretty tall."
"Quiet you..." Devon mumbled and turned his attention to the TV.
Barrett smirked as she turned her attention away from the television set back to Devon. "I just can't see you as short...." she replied with a smirk.
"I wasn't that short ok... I just had a late growth spirt." He defended him self.
"Dare I ask how late?" Barrett continued. She smirked at him before turning her attention back to the TV as the opening credits began to roll across the screen.
"It was just until the end of high school that's all..." Devon rolled his eyes.
"Shhhhhh the movies on." Lydia looked over at them and smirked looking back at the TV.
Barrett was tempted to let out a laugh as she noticed Lydia looking over at the two of them, but thought better of it.
About a half an hour later the buzzer rang and Dante jumped up barking heading for the door before anyone could move. "Sit down... be quiet..." Lydia motioned for him to sit and he obeyed immediately, then went over letting the delivery man inside. She paid and looked at everyone. "Hungry?"
"I'm starving!" Devon said with a smile and jumped up from his seat.
Barrett laughed as she got up as well. "You're just a big kid."
"I'm hungry ok..." Devon smirked and went to help his sister take the boxes out of the bags while she went to grab plates.
"Anything I can do to help, Lydia?"
"We got it..." Lydia said grabbing plates and putting them on the table.
Barrett nodded as she picked up all of their drinks. She brought them over and sat them down on the table.
Rowan didn't bother to move to help. Lyd knew what she liked and would get it for her.
"Get off your ass..." Lydia shook her head at Ro. "I'm not serving you..."
"Devon will," Rowan replied, smiling sweetly at the man. She didn't even know the guy, but if he was as great as Lydia said, he'd be happy to do anything.
"Sure what would you like?" Devon asked looking over his shoulder at her with a huge smile.
Barrett shook her head as she picked up a plate, fixing what she knew that she'd eat and placing it on the plate. She grabbed her beer again as well as a set of chop sticks before returning to the couch.
"Ummm, the shrimp lo mein," she replied, grinning.
"Anything else?" He grabbed a plate and started putting some lo mein on it for her. "Like chicken fingers? or steak?"
Rowan shook her head. "No, that's ok. Thank you."
Devon piled on some lo mein for Ro and walked it over to her smiling, "there you go." He handed her the plate with a pair of chopsticks and grinned.
She grinned back. "Thank you, Devon. You're a doll."
"I try." He smirked and walked back over to the table dishing food out for himself.
Lydia just rolled her eyes at him and muttered, "suck up..." She smirked and went back over to her chair with her plate of food
Barrett rolled her eyes from her spot on the couch. "Kiss ass..." she seconded.
Devon just rolled his eyes and finished piling food onto his plate he returned to his seat and started eating. "I just don't see the harm in being a nice guy... Is that a bad thing?"
"I don't think so," Rowan offered.
"Ok just making sure." Devon smiled in returned and started eating.
Barrett again rolled her eyes as she began to eat her Mongolian Beef.
Lydia picked at her food as she watching the movie that was still on. Dante's head plopped down on the arm rest and Lydia glanced at him. "Don't think so...mine..."
Devon finished his food and watched the rest of the movie. Once it was over he looked over at his sister. "This was great."
Lydia smiled at him. "We'll do it again soon. I promise."
Devon looked over at Barrett and smiled at her. "Ready to go?" He had to go to bed early and go into work a few hours in the morning.
Barrett looked over at him. "Yeah, if you are." she replied. "Thank you for allowing me to join you guys. It's been a .... memorable evening."
Devon smiled at Ro, "I'll see you later too." He slowly got up from the couch. Devon walked to the door with Barrett.
"Nice meeting you Barrett." Lyd smiled at them. "Dev call me."
"You as well." Barrett replied as she followed Devon to the door.
"It was great finally meeting you, Devon," Rowan chimed in, smiling at him as she watched him head to the door. "And it was nice meeting you, too, Barrett."
"It was nice meeting you as well, Rowan."
"See you two later." He smiled at them both before opening up the door for Barrett and shutting it behind them.
As soon as the door closed behind him, Barrett turned and punched Devon in the arm.
"What was that for?!" Devon rubbed his arm and walked down the hallway.
Barrett walked beside him. "For not informing your sister that you were bringing a guest."
"Sorry..." Devon smiled sheepishly. "My bad..."
"Yeah well, I'm sure you will gladly make it up to Lydia. She was probably just wanting it to be the three of you and you had to spring a surprise on her." Barrett couldn't believe how clueless Devon could be at times.
"Sorry again..." Devon smiled at her. "I forgot to call her."
"Mmmmhmmmm...." Barrett replied with a smirk. She really did love being able to push his buttons.
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Major Devon Chadwick "Inferno"
Infiltration Specialist/Sniper
Squints, A.P.O
Captain Barrett Michaelson "Platinum"
Weapons Engineer
Squints, A.P.O.
Infiltration Specialist/Sniper
Squints, A.P.O
Captain Barrett Michaelson "Platinum"
Weapons Engineer
Squints, A.P.O.
Agent Rowan Wolfe, "Hellion"
Weapons Specialist
Timberwolves, A.P.O.
Weapons Specialist
Timberwolves, A.P.O.
Agent Lydia Chadwick "Shadow"
Combat Specialist
Timberwolves, A.P.O
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