LOCATION — Brady Residence → Town Square → The Edge
INTERACTING WITH — Shawn, Zeke @Prosaic
MENTIONS — Shawn, Caroline, Brady Clan
TIME — 10:30-11:30 PM
Colin had been looking forward to this night all day. After he had made the conscious to go clubbing with his younger brother, he was feeling somewhat better about how shitastic the entirety of his day was. Honestly, nothing went the way he wanted to. The only thing that made sense was to unleash all of the stress and bad vibes he had been feeling for the majority of the day by kicking it with Zeke at The Edge. Lord knew that the Brady Brothers deserved it (not that Colin believed in that religious mumbo-jumbo).
Since he had sent the text about an hour ago, Colin had found the perfect outfit that consisted of one of his more expensive button-up, long-sleeve shirts, a pair of dressy jeans, and, of course, his trademark, mahogany leather jacket. No night on the town for Colin Brady was complete without that jacket that has made Colin famous around town -even in Chicago, he’s known, which was where Colin frequented.
After snagging his wallet and keys, Colin had exited his apartment. He got into his Ford F150 Truck. It was black with custom-made tires and rims that had a black on green scheme about them. He took the expressway. It was less traffic and the view of the town at night was quite relaxing and soothing for the soul. Plus, it was the quickest way to his parent’s house. That’s where Zeke lived at.
He pulled up in front of the house, honking a few times to let Zeke know he was here, though, after a few moments, Shawn came out. He didn’t look pleased. He had waved to Colin, signaling him to come over to him.
Colin rolled his eyes, but he knew the old man wouldn’t let this go, so he gave Shawn some of the time he had left. “Dad,” Colin stated rather unpleasantly, looking at his father with a sour expression.
“You can’t even come to the door and greet your parents?”
“I’m in a hurry and I’d rather not waste any more of my time that I’d rather be spending with Zeke.”
Shawn sighed, appearing displeased, “listen, I wish you would’ve told us you were going to take your brother out tonight. Your plans came out of nowhere and, well, I’m not too happy with you right now.”
“Oh god-forbid you have anything but contempt for me.” Colin rolled his eyes. His patience was getting to the point where he was about to blow up at his father.
“I really wish you wouldn’t disrespect our lord like that.”
“And I really wish you weren’t such a pain in--” Just as Colin was about to finish that sentence, he noticed Zeke came out the door. “You look great, bro,” Colin said with a smile, looking at his father, “don’t worry about us. I’ve got his back. I’m not going to let anything happen to him.” Colin stated, giving his father a stern look.
Shawn shook his head. A thought was evident on his face, but the look of pride on Zeke made that go away. “Have fun, Ezekiel,” Shawn said, giving Zeke a hug.
Zeke had noticeably cringed upon the use of his full first name.
Soon, the two brothers were on the road. Though Colin still had some pent-up anger towards his father, he pushed that deep down so he could instead focus on how much fun he and Zeke were going to have. “You know, the old man is right about one thing, Zeke. You do look like a champ. Real spiffy.”
“Honestly, I was debating on whether or not I was destined to die of heat exhaustion before we even got to the Edge.” he arched an eyebrow when he said this as if he were actually contemplating the idea. “I mean, I love a nice blazer but I'm literally going to sweat right through it and ruin the whole effect that I was going for.”
“I wouldn’t worry about it. The management of The Edge keeps the place relatively cool to accommodate for all of the body heat.”
He couldn't help but feel comfortable with Colin, there weren't many people that he could just relax with but Colin was one of those people. There was something distinctively easy about talking to his siblings, they understood him in a way that his parents never really seemed to. He had been practically crawling with hives ever since his father brought out the dreaded “Ezekiel”, it was the one thing that was always going to get a rise out of him.
He had noticed his brother's own tension though he did well in not commenting if his brother preferred to just have a night of fun then he wasn't going to damper it with an awkward discussion about how irritating their father could be. He was good enough at killing a fun mood with his somewhat grouchy demeanor. “You look good too, man, I think that you're going to outshine us both but that's a given.”
When he smiled, it illuminated his face and it wasn't quite the same passive smile that he spared for the fine patrons of the Java. “I’ve kind of needed a break from the house, you kind of saved my ass. I've been arranging dead bugs all night and as cool as that is, it's uh, it's not that cool. I thought I had managed to sneak past Shawn but it's like he's always sneaking up on me.”
“Look at you calling the old man Shawn.” Colin couldn’t contain his laugh - one of pride, mind you. “I bet that gets on his nerves? Or is this a new development and only around me?” Colin asked, giving his brother a playful smirk as they stopped at a red light near the square.
“Oh, no,” he snorted, “I kind of think that habit rubbed off on me, it's been happening more and more frequently and it drives him nuts. I should try to stop but I'm in too deep now.”
He really should try to stop, he knew that it was mostly just aggravating Shawn, who was already pretty aggravated with him but like he said, he was too deep in now.
The light had turned green and Colin drove forth, bringing them into the Town Square parking lot. “It might be annoying to him, but there’s not much he can do about it. You are coming into your own, Zeke. As I’m sure you’ll find this out sooner or later, there’s not much they can do to stop you from stepping out of their shadow. I am too far gone to bring any pride to the Brady name, but you are at the right age to do just that.” Colin said, rubbing Colin’s head affectionately, “now, it’s time for us to hit the club.” Colin stated, hopping out of the driver seat.
Zeke had a certain fear of stepping out of line when it came to his parents, though it might not be entirely evident in his mannerisms, it was there and he took what Colin said to heart. He looked up to Colin, despite the fact that Colin seemed to think that he wasn't bringing anything to their name. He was someone that Zeke incidentally saw as kind of a role model. “If it means anything,” the kid said, giving his brother an affectionate glance. “I don't think you give yourself enough credit. Shawn has his high expectations but I honestly think he's proud of you.”
“Maybe.”
There was a kind of awkwardness about his natural compassion, he couldn't really help but feeling like he was maybe being a little cheesy. Whenever he said things like this, he tended to brush them right off and pretend like they had never happened. It was harder to do that with his siblings, especially because he'd always been very open with them.
He cleared his throat, stepping out of the passenger side and ruffling his hair to get it out of his eyes. “It's been a million years since I've been here if you want me to be honest with you. I mean, the last time was kind of impromptu and I was terrified that a cop was going to drive me home but at least I won't have to worry about that this time!”
As Colin stood there, he looked over at Zeke with a grin, “technically a cop is still going to drive you home,” he laughed. This was just one of the many times that Colin Brady had given people a dose of his brand of humor. Classic, right?
“You know what, I think I prefer having a police escort.” he nudged Colin with his elbow, “I mean, I didn't have to do any of the driving to get here, I'm practically in a free cab service.”
“Don’t make me arrest you for being a wise ass.” Colin jokingly scowled then quickly followed up with a return nudge.
“Why, officer, is that even legal?” he laughed despite himself, smoothing out his blazer and straightening his shoulders. “Let's go suffer amongst lots of dancing people like the nice Brady boys that we are.”
Colin echoed Zeke’s action by straightening his own jacket. “We might be nice boys, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be a little naughty, as well.”
And, as the brothers were off to the club, they arrived at just the right time. The line wasn’t too long. Only about a dozen people were present and it was only within ten minutes did they make their way in. The club wasn’t packed just yet, but it was getting there.
The Edge and everyone present was about to find out just what the Brady Brothers brought to the table
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