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Although she remained stoic and mostly unreadable, Zack definately sensed that she wasn't fully comfortable. Maybe she was a little like himself when it came to a lot of people gathered at the same place. Zack usually turned the apathy up a notch and kept as silent as he could. Only after some drinks would he engage in open conversation with other people. Meaning that he was most fun when he was drunk, or when you were alone with him. He looked over at James and their eyes locked for a second. The thought had crossed both their minds. When the remaining two parts of Asphyxia came, they could all have dinner. Question was, would Ranger be up to that. All of them. No one said anything just yet though. That was until Jukka and Tanner burst in. Zack chuckled and looked at the ground to hide his smile, but it only widened when Jukka studdered his last sentence.
James took over again, also with a big smile on his lips. "Yeah, that we'd like that very much." he said politely. "And yes, the beer is good." Zack chuckled again and nodded, looking back up.

It seemed like Ville was annoyed about their sudden outburst, or so Zack thought at least. He didn't know if Ville and Kasei wanted the dinner, just that Jukka and Tanner did. It was strange enough already that Zack actually wouldn't mind having dinner with these guys, but he wished that he would open his mouth and be a little more social. Much to his own pleasure though, Jukka and Tanner seemed like a pair of real partygoers. They seemed like fun. Which was only welcomed on this trip. The Asphyxia guitarist shrugged when Tanner spoke again. He didn't know either, and probably didn't care.

"Have you ever gone to Europe?"
James looked up from his drink and raised his eyebrows. "I've been to Ireland with him once." he said gesturing towards Zack. "And then I've been to France and Spain." a smile appeared. "Why?" the randomness of the question had caught him off guard. It was completely out of context. A memory popped into the singer's head of the trip to Ireland, of him and his friend running down O'Connell street in Dublin after a conciderable amount of Guinness. The police had eventually stopped both of them, but nothing happened. As a matter of fact Zack managed to make them all laugh and talk his way out of it. They weren't hurting anyone anyway. James smiled at the memory.

Zack's phone went off as Kasei and James were talking and he looked apologetically at Jukka and Tanner, reaching for his phone and putting it to his ear. "Zack." he simply said and tilted his head again. "You're here? We're at the pool with Ranger." a pause while the other voice spoke. "Come down here. These guys are great." Zack failed to remember that Ranger was standing right in front of him, and he felt a little awkward, but hid it well. A couple of 'yes', 'no's' and nods later and he put down the phone. The last two from Asphyxia had arrived and were now passing through the doors of the hotel and came towards them. Aaron with his long dark hair that ended around his jaw, looking like a skinnier version of James, and then Thomas with his short blonde hair and blue eyes. "Hi!" they said and shook hands with the Ranger members, stating their names. Fortunately they were just as polite as their bandmates.
"Hey man." James said and hugged both of them. "Long trip?" he asked to which Aaron replied. "Yes, very." Zack greeted them the same way and smiled. He loved his band dearly. Then they all turned their focus back to Ranger. "Good to meet you all." Thomas said and nodded, smiling.