Bennett Neely Bale (bennett_bale) wrote in btvsal, @ 2011-01-19 13:06:00 |
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Entry tags: | ash kowalski, neely bale, place: la |
Finally Talking About the Elephant in the Room
Who: Ash and Neely
Where: Ash's place
When: Tuesday, January 18th
It had been a while since Neely had seen Ash and, throwing caution to the wind, decided to visit him at his house, as usual not bothering to call before practically pounding on the poor guy's front door, dressed in low-slung jeans and a spaghetti-strap shirt. "Asssssh! I want attention!"
Geeeeez. Lucy had gone to visit Kevin and Chloe, and Ash? Well. Clearly he was dumb to think he was going to have some time to relax and catch up on work. Still, he couldn't help but laugh as he heard that adorable whine, and walked over to answer the door, wearing black pajama bottoms and a white tanktop. STFU, he was just READING, ok? "Hey, gorgeous... what's up?"
"Not much!" Neely replied, taking in his outfit with an evil smirk. Yeah, like she WASN'T going to make fun of him for that in a minute, hm? "Like I said. I wanted attention, and since my wife is otherwise occupied..." she lilted teasingly.
"Otherwise occupied." He snorted. "Like I havent heard about the "free ass" cards you two apparently award each other now." Oh dear. "So... when ya gonna cash one of those babies on me, huh?"
"Oh, don't get me STARTED," Neely replied, slapping his arm playfully before stepping inside without an invite. Ah, Neely. It looks like some things never change, hm?
"Who said I was kidding?" He asked with a shrug, laughing as she waltzed right in. "And... if that's true, then I guess the other things are too.... damn. You and HARRINGTON? Seriously? She's friggin' psychotic!"
"OooooohmyGOD, that's not the part that *I* was focusing on..." Neely laughed, actually shaking her ass at him teasingly. The bitch.
"Damn. Hey, even *I* gotta admit she's gorgeous..." Ash laughed, leaning in to give her a huge hug. "Missed you, dipshit."
"Thanks, asshole," she replied. Ahh, feel the love! She gave him a big ole' hug though. "What've you been up to, Hef?"
"Mostly? Training one hot blonde with some of my time and fucking another one with the rest." Dear god... if ANYONE heard how he acted around Neely, they wouldn't believe it. Ash never talked like this around anyone else!
"Jesus Christ, what is it with you and BLONDES?" Neely replied, as if just realizing this for the FIRST TIME. Good God, she could be thick sometimes, huh?
"I like 'em?" He shrugged, before deciding to throw THIS one at her. "You've seen Eve? The succubus? Yep. Been there, done that."
"God, the things that I'd do to that woman. You LUCKY BASTARD!" She slapped his arm playfully and laughed.
"It was during my... 'Lucy-less' time." Yes, sweetly, he STILL couldn't bring himself to say 'when she was dead'. "Meaning? It was rough, angry, violent sex. Chew on THAT."
Always one to one-up people, Neely couldn't help it to say, "Candi was rough... and we had toooooys. I think I win."
"With me? You wouldn't NEED any toys. Just sayin'." Dear god, make them stop. Seriously.
"Jesus, you don't give up on that, do you?" Neely replied with an amused little smirk.
"I wouuuuuld...." He smirked, "If I wasnt totally convinced that we dig each other mutually."
She reached up then and started 'measuring' his head, "Wow. Your head really IS big."
"Not the situation I envisioned you saying that in, but for now it'll do..." Oh god... ASH!!!
"OhmyFUCKINGGOD," Neely replied, slapping him on the arm for good measure a few times. "Have I been THAT bad of an influence on you?"
"Please. You're just the only person I really cut loose around. You DO realize who my SISTER is, right?" Oh fuck... Ash? Had a GOOD POINT.
"Ooooh yes. Point taken." Neely laughed and ruffled his blonde hair for good measure. She'd missed being around him, clearly.
"Oh, and now? I apparently have TWO sisters. Awesome." He laughed, shaking his head. "Remind me to kill Gwen for fucking with the timestream."
"Any other time I might have said 'go for it', but Blake adores her, so I can't let you do it... God, imagine if they ever met, huh? Would the world end?"
"NO idea. Apparently, this second one is... almost exactly like she was when she vanished from Sunnydale. All I could think was..." oh man... like this could end well? "Why couldn't a second version of LUCY appear? Then I'd have hot threesomes ALL THE TIME."
"Oh, now THERE'S a pretty picture." Neely snorted with laughter. "...Says the man who's already had his fill of threesomes, as far as I'M concerned."
"Like I can ever have enough." He laughed, just being HONEST. "Come on now... Lucy and Merdith? Seriously? How do you go on after that???"
"Your will to live is just staggering," she teased, giving him a very Rachelle-like hip-check.
"It totally is." He snickered, locking eyes with her for what felt like... an uncomfortable moment. He knew they dug each other... but evvvvvvery now and then it got a little REAL.
Hrmh, there really WAS an elephant in the room, huh? "You should come to Rachelle's bar sometime, because if anything, just seeing you there will make me cackle relentlessly."
"I must say, the chance to see your wife drunk off her ass and screaming at a game is something I feel I need to see at least once in my lifetime..." he remarked, not saying the obvious: he'd be going mostly to see NEELY.
"Oh, it's BEYOND HILARIOUS to watch, I assure you," Neely replied, feeling just a TAD awkward right now.
"Well... me and Lucy will stop in sometime. I know she misses Rachelle... and you know I love any chance to hang with you." Aww... these two? Were actually kinda sweet.
Neely laughed. "Oh. Could you imagine Rachelle trying to teach Luce ANYTHING about sports? That's just a disaster waiting to happen." She smirked.
"I... strongly suspect that none of the Van Warren children could sustain even a PASSING interest in any sport. They're the three most cutely girlie girls I know." Oh. BURN on Kevin. "And laugh all you want about me... but I'll have you know that I was a VERY good basketball player in high school. Had my life turned out... a little differently, I could have had a scholarship."
"Bitch, PLEASE." Oh, she laughed alright. To the ponit where she was doubled over with laughter. "With THOSE noodle-arms?" She lifted one of his arms and wibbled it to prove her point.
"Hey!" He said, clearly at least a LITTLE offended. "I'm serious! Ask Patience! I was captain of the team!"
"She'd probably say that you were on the cheerleading squad!" She pointed out. As face it, it was true.
"Bullshit!" Ash laughed, shaking his head. "My sis was proud as HELL of me. I managed to do that good even with... with..." Oh, damn. His face fell then as he finished the sentence. "even with our dad beating the shit out me at home."
Neely pouted then and quickly flung into his arms to hug him, wrapping her arms around him tightly. "If it counts for anything, I'm proud too."
"Yeah, yeah... don't even worry about it." He put up a forced smile, not wanting to make the blonde all concerned. Hell... her smile was one of his favorite things.
"Well, Hell. I like who you've become in spite of it. Even if you ARE a pain in my ass sometimes," she teased lightly.
"From what I hear, HARRINGTON was the pain in your ass, not me." And then? He had to add... "Lucky bitch."
"And the worst part is that I probably enjoyed it more than I should... wait, that's not the 'worst' part, is it?" Neely smirked.
"Sigh." Ash chuckled, a LITTLE aggravated at himself here. "This... really isn't going away, is it?" He asked, knowing she'd know DAMN well he meant this ridiculous attraction they had to each other.
"Probably not," she admitted, stuffing her hands into her pockets. "But it's not like we're gonna do anything about it."
"Yeah... I know..." He said, trying not to sound TOO disappointed about that. Hey... he LOVED Lucy. He just... had a fucking ridiculous, animal attraction to Neely.
...And Neely was GAY. What that said about her, she didn't want to think about. "I'm too hot for you, anyway," she joked weakly.
"....have you SEEN my Lucy?" He asked, incredulously. "Especially lately?" Well. A valid point, especially since the little blonde had started embracing her inner rock star...
"I'm a BALE, Ash. I think I'm hotter than everyone." Yep. She had NO self-esteem whatsoever, did she? Hrmph.
"Sad part is?" He smiled, reaching over to stroke her cheek sweetly. "That's not far from the truth."
Awr. Her expression softened then and she took the compliment for what it was. "Thank you."
"Kinda love you, Blondie. You now that, right?" He asked, smiling gently.
"I love you too," she told him. "Huh. Never thought I'd say that to a guy that wasn't a blood relative, but there ya go."