Just the way that Shay spoke, and what she said, made it clear that she wasn't the same girl that Ariana grew up with, but it was too difficult for Ari to just accept that. She didn't like giving up control, and the power she had always had over Owen's sister was something that she was counting on this summer. "I wouldn't say that it throws me off, but like you said, you don't seem like the kind of girl who likes to pretend. One day you're telling me you're going to physically assault me, and now you're welcoming me into your closet. It's just--" This version of Shay was definitely throwing Ariana off, but obvious or not, she wasn't going to admit it. She would just reason her way out and explain to Shay that it was weird for some reason that didn't make her seem like the vulnerable one. As she spoke, she ran her fingers over the purple maxi dress that Shay had pulled from the closet, debating whether she should admit that at least on this decision,t they had similar tastes. She couldn't get to that, or even finish her sentence though, because within seconds, Christopher's voice and knocking on the door had translated into him standing feet away whether nothing but the tiniest and tightest male bathing suit she had ever seen. It was basically a speedo, and seeing her little brother out on display like that was sickening. Not to mention how obnoxious, disrespectful and completely tasteless his words were.
"Oh my God! Christopher, are you out of your mind?!" Ariana was too frazzled to even realize how much she probably sounded like her own mother in that exclamation. She was never okay with Chris being so offensive, but, whether she liked Shay or not, she couldn't believe that even he was okay with talking about her sister and her relationship with Carson right to her. Maybe Tinashé's sense of humor was just as classless and she wouldn't get as offended as Ariana had, but that didn't matter. She didn't want her brother, someone who she would always be associated with, thinking that this was okay. It was one thing to talk like that to Colette, or someone inside of their family, but doing it in public was very different. It was possible that she was pulling a Colette and being dramatic, but this was always defying one of Ari's most notable qualities: being prim and proper.
Chris was only an inch less than being a foot taller than her, but Ariana brought him closer to his height when she grabbed him by his ear and yanked his head downward. "You are absolutely disgusting. I have no idea where you learned to speak like that but I will not stand for my brother acting like he belongs in a trailer park. Go put on clothes right now, or I swear to God..." She left her threat unfinished, not because she wasn't going to do nothing if he didn't comply, but because she was used to her siblings just complying right away.