#santamevent2

[aldridge-ava]

Ava had only been in town for all of a day and had what she considered extremely last minute. Deciding to come into Santa Monica without letting her siblings know was a difficult decision. She wanted to keep make her own ground before attempting to get them home where they all belonged. As her eyes traveled around the building she hesitated before taking a few steps in. Letting herself take one last glimpse of herself in her phone camera before fully entering the building. 

[oliviamonroex]

Liv wasn’t a stranger to gambling by any means, silly bets placed here and there while she was in college but she had never been in a casino before, and she was pleasantly surprised by what she saw. Taking it all in, she weaved in and out of the crowds, careful of her dress not ending up a destination for someone’s drink, she took her own drink and made her way over to the roulette table, vaguely knowing how it all worked. Sliding in to an empty spot, she watched the table with a smile. “So, how is your night? Win big yet?” she asked the person next to her, sipping her drink lightly. “When you win big, gotta remember who your friends are.” she finished with a wink and a small laugh.

[bree-aldridge]

Bree had never been a big gambler but any excuse to put on a pretty dress and drink free for the night was going to taken advantage of. She arrived to Carl’s Casino in the most formal dress she could dig out of her closet. By the time she’d actually decided to go, one hour ago, it was too late to roam around the mall looking for a better dress to wear. This one was good enough for a label party so she felt it’d be good enough for a casino night. On the way in she grabbed her drink ticket and made a beeline for the bar. Ordering a martini. “Are you any good at gambling? I suck but once I get drunk enough I might go play something. I’m totally going to end up broke once I go home.” She said to the person sat next to her at the bar.

[iriskaram]

Despite wearing significantly comfortable heels, Iris has grown tired quicker than she had expected even though all she’d done was stand around watching card game after card game while she continued to get the same drink every time her glass emptied. But the drinking had come to a stop and she was now sticking to water for her own sake - and the headache she was getting from the lack of a solid meal in her system - as she was sat off somewhere looking around the room. Her dark brown eyes, however, kept lingering on the photo booth not so far away from where she was sitting since she’d always been quite the fan of them. So, as someone took a seat beside her, she smiled politely, “Have you tried the photo booth yet? I kind of want to see if it’s as fun as I remember them to be but normally I’ve used them with other people so I don’t quite know if the experience is the same when you’re alone. Which... sounds slightly pathetic now that I’ve said that aloud but oh well.” She finished with a simple shrug of the shoulders.

[beckettmarsden]

"Yanno, this was supposed to be fun,” Beckett protested as he stared at the slot machine he was standing in front of after he’d gotten annoyed at the Roulette table and chosen to walk away before he threw a childish fit of some sort, “But so far? It’s been far from it.” Once again, he smashed his hand against one of the buttons to test his luck before looking over at one of his best friends. “I mean, I’ve lost fifty seven bucks and it’s only been one hour, I’m wear these annoying clothes when I could be home in my sweatpants playing Super Mario Maker 2, and someone asked me for my ID ‘cause my dumbass chose to shave so now I look like a damn fifteen year old boy. My twenty fourth birthdays on Monday, for fucks sake! ---Have I told you that you look really nice? ‘Cause that’s been the one fun thing I’ve seen that isn’t a glass with alcohol in it.”

@maixnguyen

[macwestwood]

with @kadenwestwood

“Uh, excuse me, ma’am,” Mac snuck up behind his sister placing a hand on her shoulder once he was close enough. He’d been trying to find Kaden for the last hour (or so it felt) and couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief when he finally did. “You didn’t tell me you had a date with an actual man.” He raised his eyebrows, grinning stupidly. “An actual man who, by the way, is the literal definition of perfect. How have you not gotten lost in those eyes? It’s impossible”

[gemmasinclair]

logan

          Casino nights would forever remind her of Las Vegas, the flickering lights, the foolhardy excitement of people ready to try their luck, the alcohol free-flowing and imbuing everyone with a false sense of confidence. A chapter of her life she’d prefer to remain closed, but as luck would have it, the aquarium had put a private tour and dinner of the place on the bidding block, and she’d been sent to oversee it despite all of her protests. Perhaps it was an exaggeration to call this her own personal hell, but it came close to it -- all of her old demons coming up in spades to haunt her. Stepping out of the casino for a much-needed break, the figure of a man caught her attention, tall -- with unmistakable features that sent a jolt of recognition through her. “Logan?” Eyebrows knitted in surprise at the sudden reappearance of the man in her life, but she was certain her eyes weren’t fooling her. It was odd seeing him here, at an event that reminded her so much of the place she’d been running from when she’d first met him in Denver. In some ways, Logan had met a version of her that was incomplete -- torn between what she’d once been and trying to find what she wanted to become. A place that admittedly felt odd to return to, but was a welcome encounter all the same. ( @loganlancaster )

[dianataylcr]