When the curtain falls - Erin

@Erin <3 (Surprise <333)

She breathed out when the play was over. Rehearsals were hard time to the, but they had the best instructor. Her smile blossomed when she saw his bright one. Of course there was some things that needed the final kick, and she could point out where - but she had promised Layton to play nice. Which meant, using her inside voice as an inside voice. As people started walking off, she slowed herself down - just to catch a brief moment alone with her man. Erin turned to him as he approached her, and smiled as he kissed her cheek.
"Thank you, so did you,# she replied. He rubbed the last bits of his make up off, but missed a spot. Erin licked her thumb and removed the last bit.
"Still wanna follow me to lunch, or do you have some extra notes I need to take first?" She asked tilting her head a little to the side, with a short playful smile. She always had that energy, and it didn't take much to fire it up. Added to that, she loved teasing - Layton of course knew that.

” Yeah, we did,” she replied. It was a good team this time.  Erin chuckled a little at his comment. “Precisely, what would you even do without me?” Erin teased and shook her head a little by her own words. Erin started removing some of the make-up, she preferred a more natural look for herself than this theater look - and even through she didn’t add much extra, she still had some she wanted to remove. She turned to him, by his suggestion and smiled playfully to his teasing tone.
“You better,” she answered with a cheeky smirk on her lips.  A girl interrupted their moment, and Erin took a deep breath in.  The girl blindly ignored her, which was what pissed Erin off. She didn’t have anything against other people talking to Layton, she had something against people pretending she wasn’t there. What had happened to girl code these days?
“Yeah, he is the best. Isn’t he?” She put her arm around his waist and breathed out.  “Weren’t you starving babe? We should go grab some lunch,” She looked up at Layton. Erin wasn’t going to put her claws out, at least not yet. She moved her eyes over to the girl, and her look was a warning, for the girl to choose her next steps carefully.

Her tease only made his smile grow as he realized how much he truly and deeply cared for her and the way she could make him feel - Even if it was all teases, he'd feel the same love as if she had made a loving gesture. The interruption had been oddly out of place as Layton thought he had seemed busy talking to his girlfriend, but he didnt know that this girl had less of a care for what he had been doing and why he wasnt just talking to her instead. The girl eyed Erin as she placed her arm around Layton's waist, and by the way her eyes were looking, she didnt feel happy that Erin was reminding him of other things to do. Layton had placed his arm around Erin's shoulder to keep her closer as he nodded a little at her words, "Yes. Yes, we definitely should," he said before he turned to the girl with a warm smile that always made him look so welcoming and friendly, "Excuse us," he said before he looked at Erin ready to go. The girl widened her eyes as she realized they were going to leave, looking down at the floor as she considered her options, "Do you mind if I eat lunch with you?" she asked, looking up with a sweet smile. Layton was oblivious to it, but his friendly side wanted to accept her request, but he did wait for Erin to make the final decision.

Just when she hoped they would just walk off by themselves, the girl tried to invite herself. Erin took a sharp breath in. She didn't want to come off as unfriendly, usually she was quite welcoming - but not when people just went darting at her man like that, without even looking at her first. It shivered down her spine that the girl was a demon, she knew her father didn't like her spending time with creatures of the darkness. It was awkwardly silent, and she knew Layton just waited for her to make the decision. Erin didn't trust this girl, and every second they spend with her made her insides twisting and turning.
"F.. fine," she mumbled unpleasant, and breathed out. Erin was everything but fake, and she would never pretend to be okay if she wasn't. It was pretty clear she only agreed to this, from the goodness of her heart. "But don't make us late for next class, get moving," she said in a more harsh tone, but still kept her face calm. She didn't let go of Layton, Erin wasn't going to let the girl think she had a chance.