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The ride to the restaurant had been awkward to say the least, A.J and Trish talking with one another as if they'd known each other for years. Amy and Jay, however, argued from the moment the car left the driveway to the moment they arrived to the restaurant. If it wasn't about the music on the radio, it was how fast the car was going… Trish having to roll her eyes at that because she knew full well that her older sister wasn't exactly known for driving slow. Still, the blond sister held some hope that Amy and Jay would hold to their agreement set at the condo and not argue during dinner. Trish had her doubts about that as the two continued to bicker in the parking lot, A.J just about to remind them about the extracted promise…

Jay smiled charmingly, getting out of the car first to walk around to the passengers side. "Have you ever been to Florida before?"

Amy smiled sweetly, "no… my sister and I were born in Richmond Hill, Ontario."

"Is that so?" The blond man almost looked interested, "I was born in Kitchener, Ontario."

"Hey isn't Adam from Ontario?" A.J suddenly asked, "Orangeville or something?"

Jay nodded shortly, "yes A.J, he's from Orangeville." Idly turning his attention back to Amy, the blond man explained. "Adam is a long time friend of mine, he works for the WWE."

Amy tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "that's nice… so, why did the two of you leave the Great North?"

Jay shrugged, "wrestling. I'm not sure why we chose this area of the States, but it works."

Trish sent him a curious look, "did you give up citizenship or do you have dual?"

"I gave it up, but Adam is kind of dual. He has a green card and two homes."

"Our parents still live in Ontario," Amy mentioned absently, "but we gave up citizenship so we could work full time after we moved to New York."

Not to Trish's entire surprise, conversation trailed off to an almost comfortable silence… the four waiting in the foyer of the restaurant to be seated.

"Booth or table this evening?" The hostess finally asked, "The tables are in the centre of the restaurant whilst the booths overlook the beach."

A.J made a gesture for either Amy or Trish to reply; the younger of the two sisters requesting the booth.

"Ladies first," Jay followed behind Amy whom was directly behind the hostess; Trish and A.J walking side by side. "Can I take your jacket?"

"Thank you," Amy masked her surprise easily enough; A.J and Trish nearly rolling their eyes at the way the older two were acting. "This place is nice, do you come here often?"

Jay shook his head as he slid in next to her, the blond man making sure to keep some distance. "Not very often, but it's convenient."

Trish sent an amused look to the dark haired wrestler at her side. "I'm going to guess that the two of you don't cook? Or if you can, it's somewhat limited?"

A.J grinned, "I plead the fifth with that. I guess you'd call our place a typical bachelor pad."

Amy waited until she had ordered a glass of red wine to speak. "Most guys have a typical bachelor pad. Unless they watch a lot of Trading Spaces or Q.E.F.G."

A.J blinked, "and that second one would be?"

"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," the redhead explained without missing a beat, "our previous employer's nephew got hooked on that show and made all of these ridiculous suggestions."

Jay suddenly grinned, the blond man also ordering a glass of red wine. "Speaking of your previous employer, I was just looking over your resume."

Amy arched an eyebrow, "and what about it, Mr. Reso?"

The blond man smiled smugly, "it mentioned something along the lines of you and your sister being certified Interior Decorators…and certified Feng Shui consultants, not that I really care about that second part."

"We aren't certified in interior decorating, but we did take a weekend crash course." Amy forced a smile on her face, "we did manage several projects for our previous employer that involved complete overhauls of their private and business space."

"That'll work well enough for my needs."

"But you said—"

Jay held up a hand, "not now A.J," his attention back on Amy, he continued. "We'd like to have the house decorated. Furnishings and all of that have already been taken care of, but it's rather bare."

Amy gritted her teeth, "well it is within the terms of the contract… we'll just need to set up a time for a consultation and then go from there."

"Perfect," Jay waited until the two glasses of red wine and the two glasses of white wine had arrived. "Maybe this won't be half so bad after all."

"Only time will tell," Amy said as politely as possible, toasting with her sister and A.J first. "But, whilst we're on the topic… and presuming you both have had the chance to look over our resumes…"

Jay smirked, "I require my dry cleaning to be done weekly, extra starch on the collars only. My ring attire, hand washed—"

"You never had it hand washed before."

"I'm the TNA Heavyweight Champion, only the best for me." Rolling his shoulders, Jay continued in his detailed list of required duties… Amy rolling her eyes but listening anyway, "you should be taking notes."

Amy smirked, "I'll take notes when there's something worth remembering, William."

Jay arched an eyebrow, "I'll have you know that everything is worth remembering, toots."

"Anyway," Trish began placidly, "we were both under the impression that our job would be on a part time basis only. If we're required to do more than twenty hours per week on a consistent basis, the contracts would need to be adjusted accordingly."

"Well it wouldn't be every week," A.J began thoughtfully, "I don't really have as much that needs to be done."

"And since you both have separate contracts, it shouldn't be a problem to just adjust Ms. Dumas' contract, correct?"

Trish sent her sister a pointed look, but addressed A.J and Jay. "That is correct, but as a precaution, it might be advisable to just go ahead and adjust both. That way, if the situations change at all, we have the flexibility without having to go through the entire legal process of drawing up new contracts."

Amy nodded shortly, "in other words, we just make this a verbal agreement and have it notarized. That way it's still legal but no physical changes need to be made to the contracts."

A.J took a tiny sip of his white wine, "are the two of you travelling with us as well or are you just making the travel arrangements?"

Trish shrugged slightly, "that would all depend on the two of you and whether or not you required us to be there. Of course we'll make the travel arrangements for you, but we likely wouldn't go with you."

"I don't carry luggage, so don't even think to suggest it."

"You'd probably lose my luggage on purpose anyways."

Trish coughed into her hand, "so… to answer your question, A.J? Unless you really need us there, we won't travel with you."

A.J nodded, "well we haven't really gone out of the South much, so it would mostly be around here. Pretty boring but if y'all haven't really seen it yet, it could be fun." A muscle in Jay's jaw twitched, A.J continuing anyway, "you two should come with us. We could make a road trip out of it or something… once in awhile."

Trish grinned at that, "I would love to do that… we haven't really been out of the North Eastern part of the States so, it could be really fun." Ignoring Amy's glare, the blond woman agreed. "I guess we will be coming with you two then."

"I'm looking forward to it," Amy remarked dryly, Jay echoing her sentiments. "And while we're at it, Patricia, why don't we just invite them over for Thanksgiving."

"We should do that, Ames." Trish smirked, "I mean sure, the three of us might be Canadian, but A.J isn't… We could start planning for it now."

Amy pinched the bridge of her nose, "fine… we'll plan for a Canadian Thanksgiving in Florida. Lovely, surrounded by palm trees and sand."

Trish's eyes glinted mischievously, "you know… Amy and I always go back home around the holidays. Maybe you two could visit with us? Just to spend a few days up there, our parents have this great cabin in the northern part of the province."

Jay grimaced, opening his mouth to decline the offer but was interrupted when A.J spoke. "That sounds like a lot of fun. But, it will also depend on our schedule."

"Oh of course," Trish smiled, "I just wanted to make the suggestion and all, just because we're working for you doesn't mean we shouldn't get to know each other better. Especially if we're going to spending this much time around the both of you with the travelling and all of that."

Amy and Jay both fell silent as Trish and A.J continued to plan for more possible vacation trips…the two separately dreading the increasing amount of time that they would be spending in the other's company.

TBC