Rip roaring

Erik smiles at Jackie and grabs the headphones. "My lips are sealed."

Listening and watching her fiddle with the controls, Erik's eyes stare off at nothing - an obvious sign that he really was listening and picking apart what he heard. Once through the song, he nods briefly. "Not bad... we need a lot of work though. Onstage people can't tell as much but here... yeah."

He grimaces a little and takes off the headphones. "Kyle's the only one that sounds amazing. We need to boost Kip though so we can hear him more - he does well when he's paying attention and the harmony sounds good."

Stopping for a moment, he quirks another grin. That's what Jackie and Wayne were for and he might have just stepped on a toe or two. "But I'm sure you guys have all that under control."


"Hmmm...." Kyle thinks for a moment at Alice's question. "I think it's been several hours at least since you said that, so we're good." His smile returns and he gives Alice's hand a squeeze. "Thanks."


Kip lifts an eyebrow, his head rising a little more as he glances around the room. "I dunno... think anyone would notice we were gone?"

"Who's gone?"

Kip looks up quickly to see Twila standing over him, arms folded. "I thought you were in the little girl's room."

Twila smirks. "And you expect me to be in there all day or what?"

"Ah, no... just... part of it?"

Twila slaps the back of his head. "What are you scheming anyway? I know that look in your eye."

Kip grins at Karla, then looks back up at Twila. "Does the word 'ice cream' mean anything to you?"

"Mmm, yeah, that would hit the spot."

"Well, we were just wondering if anyone would miss us if we just sorta..." Kip motions with his hand towards the door. "...slipped out."

Twila looks at Karla, then back to Kip. "I won't tell anybody if you bring me back something, too."


"Hi!" Gage trots over to Sapphire's car, leaning on the opposite side and grinning over at her. "Of course I'm really looking forward to our date - I'm rip roaring and ready to go."

Pausing, he ducks down to get in, waiting for Sapphire, too. "So... where we going? For once, I have some extra cash and I'm awake, so... let's do something special. Forget we have more work to do and just... yeah." He grins and leans over to give Sapphire a tender kiss on the lips. "You're a sight for sore eyes after a night at work, you know that?"


Eli's eyebrows are raised after hearing it was Leo who had called. Interesting he'd called before Alec, but not surprising. Eli just hoped Ryan really had chosen the right man - Leo seemed to be more on the ball than Alec... or at least not afraid to apologize.

"Uh..." Eli turns back to the stove, seeming to be trying to remember what he'd been about to say. He laughs. "I'll think of it." Had he really forgotten, or was he just trying to move on since the mood had shifted?

He poks around the stakes and adjusts the heat. "These are almost done... I got a couple movies for us to watch - you can pick which one for while we eat, or call Leo first or whatever. I got the movies I thought you would like."