i don't belong to anyone

Scoffing in annoyed amusement, he met Angel's gaze again and watched as she rolled her eyes. The reaction was to be expected, the two of them having very different family experiences growing up. While he was only reconnected with one of his three siblings, Angel was in the process of trying to reconnect with her twin brother, the only family she really had. Scamp would never discourage the idea, but of course he had his obvious warnings that family may not be all that great. He only warned her because he cared, not wanting her to end up hurt after putting so much time into finding her brother.

Besides, she wasn’t kidding about seeing his face had brighten her mood for the night. Before Scamp came in, her night has been nothing more than a drag for Angel to the point where she was dying for her shift to finally end so she could sneak off back home. Or perhaps even to the dance studio, though it should already be closed for the night, Angel did know the owner and had consent to stop by whenever she pleased. The thought of stopping by still was rather enticing, however, Scamp’s offer in buying her something to eat after her shift swayed her mind.

“It’s sweet how much you want to be there for your sister.” The brunette commented. “Even while knowing she’s tricking you, at least she did so in the goodness of her heart.” Angel once again chuckled. She made a mental note to thank Ellie for tricking Scamp into coming here the next time they were working together. The other girl sure making her night that much more pleasant for doing so. As he asked her if she knew who Ellie left with, at that, the brunette sighed. “Brick.” Angel replied, not feeling the need to elaborate any further as they both knew who she was referring to. The sight of his long red hair and matching red baseball cap was enough to figure out who that guy was, but at this current moment, she didn’t feel like talking anymore about him when she and Scamp could be focusing on better things. Like the way he was staring at her and the offer he made. “Good, because I really am happy to see you here.” The brunette once again claimed, this time with a more genuine smile on her face. “At 12, so in another hour. Think you’re okay with holding out for that long? Although—” Tearing her gaze away from him, Angel inspected the casino and the amount of customers there currently where before tilting her head. “I may be able to head out sooner….”  

Scamp huffed out an annoyed sigh as he stared at his phone, texting his twin sister rlly el?? once he realized that Ellie ditched her shift early without letting him know. First she asked for a ride from him when she got off work ( her stupid mini-cooper was having problems again ), and then she took off without even a heads up? There was a good chance she was taking off to spend time with the musician dude she'd been sneaking around with lately, and Scamp could only roll his eyes at the thought. He pressed send and sat his phone flat on the bartop.

Angel came over just as Scamp looked up from his phone, his expression softening and a smile replacing the annoyed frown he just had. "Thanks." Well, there was a perk to Ellie being a flake — now he had an excuse to be around Angel, not that he wasn't planning to see her anyway. It was obvious that Scamp only showed up early to pick up his sister so he could have an excuse to hang out when Angel was working, too. He almost wondered if Ellie was even enabling his crush on her coworker, considering her own actions — why would she ask for a ride from Scamp anyway, when she could easily get one from Violet? Did she ditch him on purpose so Scamp could see Angel, or was she really just an annoying sister? He shook his head as if to clear his thoughts of overthinking about Ellie's motives, then brought his attention to the person he really wanted to see. Bringing the beer closer to him, he gave Angel a knowing look with a playful smile. "You see what I mean about family now? I swear, she's going out of her way to drive me insane."

Once he did, Angel made sure to have a beer freshly poured and ready for him. She watched as Scamp stared annoyingly at his phone, the realization that his sister wasn’t here at all finally hitting him. Walking over to his table, she placed the beer before him and informed him how it was on the house. More like it was on her own tab, but she had a feeling that Scamp was going to need this beer. “You’re welcome, tenderfoot.” She replied with a wink. The expression on her face only morphed into amusement, the brunette rolling her eyes at the rest of Scamp’s words, able to tell that he was joking with her despite saying how his sister was driving him insane. “She is your sister after all— your twin at that, so it’s not exactly unusual for one sibling to get under the skin of the other.” Angel commented, humor glinting within her eyes. “Besides, is it really on Ellie when you were the one who agreed to come pick her up? You know Violet’s also working tonight, so if anyone could’ve taken her home, it would be the one person Ellie is also living with.” She then said, hinting how she was aware of this being some kind of ploy his sister had came up with getting Scamp to come here. Now why would she do that exactly? “I feel bad that you had to waste the gas coming all the way here though, figured a beer on the house would help cheer you up a little, and maybe being able to see me too? Getting to see you sure brighten my mood for the night.” She sultry smiled.