"Just drink it off and you'll be fine. Or should I call Lisbon to tell you to suck it up or she'll shoot you?" Ali poked Jane a bit in his side, not hard but only for him to get the point.

She greatly knew what the other 'team' wanted. At least the girls. Ryan was rather soft already. And she knew herself to get a new idea.
But only if she's into the game again.

Ryan just rolled his eyes in a mock annoyance.

He usually wasn't like this, well at least not when sober, but now he couldn't stop the images from entering his little fantasy corner of his mind.

He felt humiliated my his own alcohol induced thoughts that crept up after the whole banter about stripped Jane.

While his sister dealt cards, and he was thankful for that, he drowned another bottle's remnants and was already hanging onto another one.

'This gonna hurt in the morning', his sanity scolded but he just needed to get other thoughts in his head.

Sam snorted at Ryan's weird expression and strange glances towards the cute psychic, who actually wasn't one but they kept going on by that due to Michi's twisted mind.

Now she was glaring at her cards trying to put on her best poker face despite hilariousity that literally sprinkled from the guy next to her. And her sister was still wearing that 'melted' expression glued on her face.

Maddy couldn't help but giggle a bit at Ryan's expression. "I hope your poker face is better than that Ryan," she teased him. She took the bottle from him. "A) We need you relatively undrunk if we want to keep our clothes on, and b) if you keep drinking you'll have one nasty hangover tomorrow," she told him, drinking the bottle herself instead, before patting him on the head.

"Michi, any specific 'experienced person' you'd prefer to help you out of your zippers?" she joked.

She relaxed a bit once she picked up her cards, making her face devoid of emotion, not wanting to lose.

Michelle let out a laugh at Ryan's weird expression, finally finished with cards, and sat down.

"Stop killing my laughing organs, Mr Wolfe." she mumbled stopping the laughing gig.

"He just can't take eyes off of 'PeeJee'.'' girl announced. "Sorry Jane you're too hot for us today. Couldn't you just grab Cho or Rigsby with you. Then at least it'd be fun to watch drunken Cho to came alive." she teased and put on her special version of poker face and stared into her cards. "Wannsin Ich weiß, aber gut." she muttered more to her cards and slipped a glance at Jane who now trottled down his current bottle. Smirk on her face grew bigger, 'yay, keep it going golden boy'.

"Wha...?" Ryan managed to squeeze out before the bottle went away and Mich's comment slowly reached his brain. "NO I am not! Gee MJ!" he yelped almost throwing his cards at cheeky girl.

Patrick smirked. "Hey Maddy, don't get that little squirrel in too much hopes. I am even afraid to know who she wants to trace her zippers." Jane said and then turned to his cards as the hazel-eyed man finally broke from his stupor.

Luckily his bottle was still full enough to hide behind it...

Maddy patted Ryan's hand. "It's ok to be perving at Jane. We all are, so you'd be all left out if you didn't join the party," she told him teasingly, laughing at the whole conversation.

She chuckled at Patrick's comment. "I think it's kinda obvious, isn't it, who she wants," she told him with a slight smirk, finishing her bottle and grabbing another.

"Oh my." Patrick moaned hearing Maddy. "Seriously people, did somebody tried to hypnotize you?" he showed from behind the bottle turning slightly red.

He almost wanted to melt into cushions.

"Oh so I am supposed to stare at him like that?" Ryan's eyes widened. "OK where did I put my brain? Oh right, some little worm stole 'em while I was out and injected some stuff that turned me into weird-walking-pervert." he growled from his cards.
"No offence Jane, but my mind is confusing me enough to make me think I've lost my brain somewhere." he ranted on while death-glaring at Michelle.

"Ha ha." Mich retorted. "But sure you do. We all flippin' know by now, right?" she jumped up on her seat suddenly then turned back on that stony face and glared into her cards.

"So anyone good cards? I can't wait to see some clothes flyin'." cheeky tone, but only that, broke out the 'stone'

Maddy grinned at Jane. "You're talking to a slash fangirl here. I have no objections to you and Ryan doing stuff, or Ryan perving at you," she told him with a smirk.

Maddy laughed at Mich's comment. "That's the spirit! What fun are clothes anyway?" she asked with a cheeky grin at Michi.

"Gee where I've gotten my ass into?" Sam rolled her eyes.

"I wouldn't be suprised if Michi here is dreaming about four-some or three-some with them." god what a thought, Sam hurriedly united with her own cocktail trying to became invisible.

"Meh. We're not doing anything." Jane shrugged.

'Not yet' he told himself.

"Besides I'm married." he showed the band around his finger he stil kept wearing.


"Was." Michelle's voice added to his weak statement.

"Ok. I was." he admitted himself.

Maybe they were right after all. He wasn't in Sacramento anymore. These weren't CBI people here.
They were funnier, cheekier and much less strained by objections.

"Alright. I've promised to close that secret box, lock it and throw the keys into Glades. And I'm doing it before she slash my throat with something." he held up his hands in mock surrender.
Of course he'll do that.
He was different now.

"Good boy." Mich said sucking at her bottle.

"And don't forget mind-control. I'll make you my slave if I want." she teased poor man who looked close to tears.

"By the way, you're so not old. Despite popular belief you're truly young and beautiful. Hell ya're hot ass man. So stop playing that ol' whiney-box. We're not Sac' anymore." oh how Mich enjoyed the tease. So intense.

Maddy laughed. "Hey, don't knock the three-somes. They're awesome." Her eyes widened. Crap, did she actually just say that?! She took a long drink to hid her partial embarrassment.

She grinned at Jane. "You just want us to throw you a compliment/sympathy party, don't you dear?"

Jane, however, noticed the affect from her comment but hid his grin behind his own drink.

"Oh sure. That's so flattery-flattery. According to popular belief, if enough goodies are thrown I might start glowing in dark." Patrick told with a somewhat serious expression. Of course the author of this suggestion wasn't that far away

Maddy grinned. "I've always wanted to see someone glow in the dark!" she told him with a big grin. "Ooh, can we please make you glow?" she said childishly. "It would be epic."

"Yeah right make him glow and dispose the light bulbs. Such an economy." Ryan muttered glaring at the bottle box

Maddy went and linked arms with Ryan. "Cheer up sweet-pea," she told him with a grin.

Ali eyed Jane again. He sure looked too cute. Even more if glowing.

"So, my lovely's! Are we playing or not?" Maddy asked with a grin. "I don't see much stripping going on...!"

Patrick felt the glare from next to him but eyed others instead.

"Yeah yeah. Let's start." he said though 'I'd rather not' thought yet again crossed his mind.

This or glowing, whatever. Michelle's gaze steeled him. He made a promise to be someone he used to be (probably in some alternate universe) and behave like he had different life from that tragic horror movie it actually was.

And he was. If any hint of original Jane showed up little devil made it clear to pull him into storm to shake things up for him.

Ryan still smiled at Maddy when the game seemed to finally moving.

"So 'miss dealer' go on. I think we're ready to take off." he said eyeing his sister's devious expression.

Maddy shot Ryan a charming smile then looked down at her cards. Not a bad hand...

Jane turned to his own cards. Good.
He smiled at noone in particular as they started...

Madison noticed Patrick's smile and grinned herself. So much for poker face... But she guessed that if he had a good hand then he probably wouldn't be the first one stripping. Which was a shame.

Michelle had dealt the cards and, despite his grin, on the inside his stomach rolled.
Someone, most likely Ryan, will win this bet. Only he hoped Mich didn't do this on purpose.

"So kids, how's it look?" girl teased in perfect deadpan expression putting down 4th card, ace of spades.

Glancing around she noted strain in Jane's muscles, so he was not even having 'straight' nor any other combination of cards that could help.
Ease in Ryan's posture told he still had a chance.
Sammy was perfect stone-faced, even the rest of her body. She might be having good hand.
Ali was trying in vain to hide her confusion, last game has been played long time ago.
And Maddy, well that was professional touch.

Although Maddy's last game had been a good long while back, she was sure that she had a good hand.
"Straight?" she asked, putting down a 2,3,4 and 5, her mouth curling up just the tiniest bit in a hint of a smile.