[AU: BR] I'll Be the One You Won't Forget

[Drew Conner]

"Well, I know." Drew gave a bit of a frown, though he turned his head to look out over the area a bit in order to keep Erika from getting a good look at it. "I didn't mean here specifically." He explained, evening out his features before daring to shift his attention back to his wife. "They could've stayed with your parents tonight." He let it slip by just a faint flash of guilt in his eyes he wasn't enjoying being away from the kids. Drew was a busy man and there were only so many hours in a day. He tried, he truly did, to prioritize his family. While no one would ever accuse him of being an absentee parent, he did often question whether or not it was enough.

A think smirk then touched his lips as Erika spoke. "We all know how criminal operations turn out." He replied with a chuckle. It'd been years ago when he decided to leave behind his meager, illicit activities. Drew didn't miss it a single day since he'd chosen to stop. He'd never been invested in any of it, he was simply a bored teenager who had the means and motivation. "Anyway, everyone knows it's way more profitable to skirt the line of the law, rather than fully step over it."

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

"You want my parents to watch over them?" she asked, feigning a horrified expression. "I think you must have forgotten how my siblings ended up," she added with a small smile. Elsa was-- well, Elsa. And Abel was a tragedy of a brother and well, Alexis was as she'd always been. Spoiled and entitled. Now, Erika would in no way claim that she'd gotten better off than her siblings, but she'd hardly leave her own children to the care of the people who had made her siblings turn out the way they had. That was a risk she'd rather not take. At least not without supervision.

Laughing, Erika reached her hand out to curl it around her husband's arm. "Let's hope our children don't hear you say that," she grinned. "I have more than enough with handling you." She leaned in then, placing a quick kiss on his cheek before pushing herself away. "We should probably head inside," she sighed, immediately regretting not just staying back at the hotel, lounging in front of the TV.

[Drew Conner]

"One night wouldn't ruin them." Drew mumbled reluctantly. It just didn't seem right to take this much time off work and not involve their children. Yes, he understood the importance of time with only him and Erika, but that didn't make it any easier a pill to swallow to think he could be finding a way to make lasting memories with the children he often felt he didn't see nearly as much as he should. The last thing he wanted was to end up like his own parents and be regarded more as associates than family. For a brief moment, he hesitated, his eyes shifting to cast Erika a short glance. He considered pressing the matter further, though it didn't seem the right place or time. It would, however, be a discussion for a later time.

The softness of Erika's lips against his cheek, as always, caused the faint, almost smug smirk on his lips melt into a genuine, warm smile. "Then we should keep them away from my parents." He replied. After all, it was no secret were Drew got his own dubious business acumen from. "But, yeah, let's go." He agreed with a nod, turning his attention back to th matter at hand. "Otherwise we'll just stand out here all night."

[Erika Conner (Bellefonte)]

Issuing a low sigh, the brunette simply shook her head, but offered nothing in return. Surely, there was something more to it than what she'd understood, and considering how the issue wasn't pressed further, she figured it was far better to simply let the topic be dropped. After all, the only issue she saw was her children having to spend time with her parents, and that, was something she'd avoid as much as she possibly could.

"That doesn't sound too bad," she sighed, but moved regardless. She figured he was right. They'd come here for a reason, after all. She figured there was little point in wasting their time standing outside, rather than mingling - even though it didn't seem particularly tempting. Thankfully, there was worse things to do, and she'd also done or gone through said worse things. This? This was a piece of cake.