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VICTORIA SMILES BRIGHTLY AS SHE HITS HER HANDS ON THE TABLE IN THE BAR. Their shift had ended and everyone had decided to take Victoria up on her offer to hang out. Well, they didn't think they had a choice. Even though Buck wasn't sure he was even invited to begin with but Eddie had dragged him along. "Shots, anybody?" She asks as she points around the group. Obviously she knew the only one who would abstain would be Bobby, the others had no choice in the matter.
"Uh, I'll take a beer." Eddie says, being the first to say something. Chimney nods as he clears his throat slightly, both of them gesturing toward the bartender.
"Me too." He adds. Victoria didn't seem all too pleased with their answers though.
"We came out to have fun though." Victoria points out, placing a hand on her waist, tilting her head. The bartender just starts to pour their drinks, handing them out as they're ordered.
"And most of us have young children to get back to." Hen tells her with a slight laugh, raising an eyebrow. Victoria scrunched up her nose.
"Literally just you, Athena and Eddie." She corrects and Hen laughs as she rolls her eyes playfully.
"Exactly." Hen responds. Victoria bites the inside of her cheek as she takes her glass in her hand before letting her eyes roam over the group.
"So, Eddie. You came from Texas right?" Victoria asks as she looks over at him. Eddie now saw that all the attention was on him and he didn't know whether he liked it or not. He just cleared his throat as he nodded his head.
"El paso." He adds, taking a sip of his beer. Victoria rests her chin in the palm of her hand.
"Do you like it better here?" Victoria questions. She knew her shift from Chicago to Los Angeles was big so she wondered if Eddie went through a similar feeling.
"Uh, I don't think I've had enough experience in LA yet to compare." Eddie denies as he shrugs his shoulders.
"I get that. It's hard to really compare until you've lived here long enough." Buck adds with a nod. Victoria rolls her eyes, not really speaking to Buck nor wanting his opinion. So instead, before he could say something else, she turned to Athena who was next to Bobby.
"Thena, how are you doing?" Victoria asks making Buck close his mouth, a bit caught off guard. Athena glances at Buck before settling her eyes back on Victoria.
"I'm good sweetheart." Athena says with a smile as she tilts her head before placing her hand on Victoria's. "How about you?" She asks, a bit of concern in her voice.
