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(Media is Jazmine Sullivan's Pick Up Your Feelings)

"Voila!!" Laurent said emphatically then frowned, "It no be just us all us life. What happen to me when you finally find you girl?"
"We no talk like this for any of you other girls. She change you to how she want, you no can tell me she no change you." Larry replied.
"No!" Laurent snapped. "I find someone I want, someone to grow old with I no need for another girls."
"You wh- Yeah ok." Larry rolled his eyes.
"You find you girl one day too." Laurent tried to pulled Larry into a hug.
"Fuck off me Lau!" Larry pushed him away heading out the door.
"No act like that." Laurent followed him into the hall. "Larry? Come back!"
"Do what you want! I no need you!" Larry replied still walking away.

"Oh you no need me? You know you need me! Who else take care of you? I want something just for me but you want me for feel bad! You mad at me! Have you way, I no fall for it this time! Why you do all this if you don't need me? You a baby!" Laurent walked to his room then threw his stuff in his bag.

Larry yelled walking back to Laurent's room.

"I'm baby?! You have tantrum right now! I say no one time and you mad! You say no all time!" Larry stood inside Laurent's door.
"Because you no think first, someone need for tell you no." Laurent replied condescendingly.
"What about you? What you do without me?" Larry smiled knowing his brother can't be Les Twins without him. "You need me! You know you need me! Okii, you find me when you see I right!" Larry folded his arms across his chest.

Laurent nodded, grabbed his bag, the ship map and opened the door to leave but Larry pulled him back knocking him to the ground.

~~~

Vincent was telling a story from their trip to Italy when Vicki whispered to Ashlie. She excused herself then came back twenty minutes later.

"Everything okay?" Lyra whispered.
"Yeah, just making sure Laurent can make it to a another appointment on time." Ashlie smiled squeezing Lyra's hand gently. Lyra knew Ashlie's 'lying face' but she also knew now wasn't the time to call her on it.

"His brother too?" Lyra whispered.
"Yes, of course." Ashlie patted Lyra's hand reassuringly.
"We can always hire them again, if you want, Amata." (Beloved) Vincent kissed her other hand.
"No, I just thought they would say Happy Birthday to me before they left." Lyra touched his cheek.

~~~

Neither Larry nor Laurent spoke to the other on the way to the airport.

"The pilot is on the way." Vicki said.

Larry dropped into one of the chairs to wait. Laurent walked into the only open restaurant and sat at the bar. The music was a 90s R&B, the patrons were mostly dancing. He called Lyra, but she didn't answer.

"What you wanna drink?" The brunette bartender asked.
"You got food?" Laurent asked.
She shook her head, "Sorry kitchen's closed."

Laurent groaned placing his hand on his head.

"You seem to be having a bad day. Here, have a drink on the house."

Laurent noticed the scars on her arms as she place a large glass in front of him.

"No, I ok." Laurent responded.
"Don't be like that, your bad mood will kill my tips. Think of it as helping me out." She said nicely.

Laurent glared at the woman behind the bar.

"Well I will leave this here, if you change your mind." The bartender nodded leaving a glass with 4 different color liquids, fruit in the bottom and around the edges in front of him. She passed him several more times before he caught her attention.

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