Anniversary Party - Open RP

[head_psychic]

Shawn has taken care of absolutely everything. There are flowers and drinks and different types of music. There is food and loads of pineapples. All that stuff that either shouldn't break or demands too much space is simply out of the way and it actually looks very different if you know what it looks like originally.

Still, the pin-ball machine is at the same spot and with all the furniture out of the way or rearranged it's a really comfy place. He has borrowed a couch from a neighbour, who, in return, is of course invited and built some kind of lounge.

Additionally, it is a nice day, which is why the place in front of the psych office is open to hang out as well, with some self service BBQ ("Dad, it's really nice you let me borrow the grill. Hey, why... don't you just stay here and make sure nothing burns down? And be nice to the guests!" - "Shawn! I won't... Shawn!!"), more drinks and the easy Californian warmth cheering up mournful spirits. That and the beach directly in front of you.

Playing idly with the ring on his finger Shawn takes one last look around, a satisfied grin on his face. His prior job as an event planner came in quite handy while setting all of this up. Not only has he still got all the contacts, it also made organizing a pretty easy job. It's all about knowing what you have to do. Then it's actually not work anymore.

(ooc: Open for as long people want to play. Bendy time is love!)

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[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

Murphy watched them together, assessing them. They were comfortable together, not bothered by physical contact and were close. A little cute as a couple, but she was still surprised they were together. And married.

"I've been married to a non-psychic, you seem to be having the easier time." She said to Gus, smiling a little.

"Oh, horrible sacrifices," Murphy said dryly, "You should contact the Arch diocese for that martyr status. I hear the application process is a killer."

[bigkitty75.livejournal.com]

Gus smiles back. "Oh, I'm not so sure about easy. Because of him, I seem to have a perminant spot in the emergancy waiting room, and my health insurance company has threatened to drop me more than once." Gus shifts a little with Shawn's arm around him. Not because it's uncomfortable really, he's just settling into a stance.

"But all that goes way back before we were even... married. I think we've been on a first name basis with every nurse in the area since we were eleven or twelve."

[head-psychic.livejournal.com]

"Weren't you the one who didn't want to go down the sappy road?" Shawn commented, rolling his eyes but still grinning. "But yes. Childhood sweethearts. Can you believe it."

[bigkitty75.livejournal.com]

Gus rolls his eyes. "Don't listen to him, Murphy. He's exaggerating in extremes."

Gus would like for people to remember something other than the ten years of marriage, especially when more of the truth comes to light. They've been friends all their life, pretty much, if someone's going to be impressed with anything of their relationship, it should be that part.

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

"I have the same problem with my friend," Murphy said, thinking off all the nights she had to sit in the waiting room with a beaten and banged up Harry. The pause before the word married made Murphy cant her head. That was an odd place to pause.

"I didn't know California was allowing same sex marriages or did you have to go out of state?" She asked, curious and digging just a little. Sometimes she just couldn't stop being a cop.

[bigkitty75.livejournal.com]

"Technically the state doesn't recognise gay marriage. So legally speaking, this isn't an actual arrangement." Which, come to think of it, kind of makes Gus indignant. He makes a note to look into the politics a little bit more, when he's got the time.

"We did have the cerimony out of state though, and with one thing and another have created quite a legal tangle with all of our paperwork." Gus mentally glosses over his possible bigamy charges as well as Shawn's tax fraud investigation. "I hesitate to say, especially with you being law enforcement and everything, but Shawn and I have had many discussions when it comes to 'law' and basically, we decided to do our own thing with this."

Gus wonders if he'll go straight to hell for all the half lies and substitutions he just put into that speech.

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

"Ah, okay." Murphy nodded, "Sounds just about as messy as my divorce. Where'd you go for it?" She didn't mean to slide into an interrogation, but she couldn't seem to shake the nagging feeling Gus is lying to her about something. He has Harry's poker face and she's good at reading people.

[bigkitty75.livejournal.com]

"Where does everyone go when they're young, and impulsive?" Gus smiles. It's weird but, even though they know what happened, to some extent, it still doesn't seem very real. Maybe because the memories are still jumbled up, and the only thing he can even vaguely recall is a fountain, where they threw their rings.

Gus looks at Shawn, more for permission to say anything, even though the story can't not be told. "We were in Vegas." I guess, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[head-psychic.livejournal.com]

Shawn gave Murphy the 'embarassed smile'. "I know what it sounds like but hey, here we are, right?"