#elijah002

A double date. Oh what fun. Roman had been roped into accompanying Ophelia to dinner, who’s latest guy on the scene had a cousin visiting in town and he didn’t want to leave her home alone. So Ophelia, ever the meddler, offered up Roman for the night. Right in front of everyone, mind you, so Roman couldn’t even say no. That led them to La Galleria, where he found Ophelia’s date was offensive, and his own offensively boring, and Ophelia kicking his leg under the table because he was filling himself up on the complimentary bread basket, because that way he was too busy chewing to engage in conversation. 

It was from the distance he noticed a recognizable lanky figure get up and head towards the bathrooms, interest piqued and blood boiling at the sight. He hadn’t seen Elijah since June, and had vowed to keep away especially following the incident with Nilay. But whether it be finding a reason to get out of this date, or following his revelation and conversation with Toni about everything, he found himself getting up and following Eli, not aware of what he was doing until he had swung through the door of the male toilets and pinned his former friend against the nearest wall. “Shame your little girlfriend isn’t here to protect you this time,” He sneered, the anger taking no time at all to bubble up, faces close together. “It’s really a new low, Elijah. Getting her to come over and tell me off for upsetting her poor, defenseless, kept man.” 

It might have not been a productive morning in learning the ‘mad woman’ x ‘Cassandra’ mashup she had originally come to the studio for, but Phoebe figured that attempting to teach Eli the viral ‘Apple’ dance was just as valuable time spent. All she had to do now was convince him and Leon to film it with her, though perhaps she should have counted her blessings that the older men had agreed to learn it at all. “Okay, just slightly off-beat that time but it’s only easier on the videos because they speed the footage up!” She remarked cheerfully, guessing the producer’s seemingly downtrodden mood was definitely related to the Charli XCX song. 

She paused the music, slumping down on what she considered her couch in the studio, looking at him thoughtfully. “What’s up? Sad old man stuff?” Phoebe gestured him over, indicating she was all ears if he wanted to talk about…well, whatever it was. 

“So, we’ve got several options to choose from.” Mariana started as she pulled from the blu-ray collection shared between her and Nate. “I’m definitely feeling old school Disney, right?” She found a couple of movies, tossing them towards her friend before staring over him. “The Little Mermaid is obviously a classic! But, I love The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast too. So, pick your poison.” She chuckled as she looked to Elijah with a light-hearted expression.