Binge Drinking, starring: Manry Men of the World

Francis smiled and gripped the Turkish man's hand, shaking it firmly and laughing in amusement when Sadiq clapped him on the back.

"Oui, mon ami. Would you like the same as well?" Francis said as he sat the wine glass down and beckoned for the bartender to pour him more.

Antonio couldn't have asked for more. Actually, he could think of a few other people who could join them, but this was enough for now. Unless any of them called him, of course they'd be welcome to come on over. He ordered a beer from the bartender and sat down to watch his friends socialize.

Sadiq sat down and smiled to himself; these three never change.

"Yeh, a cold beer for me." He answered Francis before turning to grin at Gilbert. "It's friggin' cold is what it is! Even more glad to be in here drinking, not that the beer isn't a big enough reason!!" Sadiq laughed loudly before he settled back in his chair, waiting for his beer to arrive.

Gilbert scooted his southern comfort back to him and sucked on it slowly. He loved this bourbon, but he knew that in order to keep up with the rest of the guys tonight he'd have to take it easy and stick with beer mainly. One too many of these, he'd be on the bar.

Antonio looked around the establishment. He noticed a group of girls, quite beautiful girls, giggling and looking in their direction. He walked over to where Francis was sitting and whispered in his ear, "Don't turn around yet but there's some girls watching us." He stepped back and left Francis take a look at the girls. He then started to walk in their direction.

Watching Antonio saunter over to the group of giggling girls, he made eye contact with a few of them and winked, smiling gently. Leaning back, he swirled the wine in his glass slowly and took in the sight of Antonio attempting to flirt with the girls in amusement.

Antonio approached the girls, not so stealthily. He was very obvious of his intentions. "Hello, señoritas! How are you all this fine evening?" They giggled and one of them, probably their leader, said hello back. "Would you like to join us? My friends and I would love to have such beautiful flowers as yourselves join us for a few drinks. We're boring and your company would certainly brighten the evening." He smiled and directed the girls back to their spot at the bar.

Watching the girls giggle at Antonio's flirting talk, Sadiq smirked and took a long drink from his beer that had just arrived. He'd been looking forward to that drink all day and it didn't disappoint.

"I think Toni's worked his magic..." He commented amusedly to Francis, noticing the girls were now following Antonio back to the drinking nation's table.

Sipping his wine, a small smirk appeared on his face as he watched Antonio successfully convince the girls to their table.

"It seems like he has." Francis said, smiling. "This is going to be good. The red head in particular is cute." He said, raising his glass to the blushing girl.

"Ladies, may I present to you my friends Francis, Gilbert, and Sadiq. They're very dear friends and as I said earlier, would love to enjoy your fine company." Antonio hoped he had said all the right words. From the way the girls were giggling and blushing, it seemed that those lessons from Francis had paid off.

Søren was sauntering aimlessly around town, not wanting to go drinking alone. He had failed to convince Ingvar to come along, but decided not to mull on that. As he passed a pub, something at the back of his head gave off the alarm. Someone, someones he knew drinking in that pub. He just knew it, and his sense had never failed before. It was a gift from above, at least he thought it was. He walked inside, looked around a little, and noticed familiar faces almost right away. They had girls with them, which was just good. He walked towards them.

"Hey! You got room for one more?"

Tearing his eyes away from the blushing girl for a moment, Francis turned to look at the tall blond that just arrived. Smiling, he waved at him, pointing at the empty seat near them.

"Go ahead and sit down, Dan. I haven't seen you in a while." Francis said, smiling as he beckoned for the bartender to come over. "Anything I can get for you, or would your usual beer work?"

Antonio waved at Dan. "Over here! Come join us, Dan!" He explained to the girls that his real name was Søren but everybody called him Dan. It was easier to spell anyway. He continued to talk about the country Dan was from and how small it was compared to the country he was from. He had forgotten about Greenland of course. In that case Antonio had nothing on Søren.

"Dan, these lovely ladies have decided to accompany us for the evening. Go ahead and ask for anything you want. The bartender will run us a tab."

Gilbert scoffed, but held his hand out to one of the more curvy females of the group anyway. He kissed her hand lightly as she placed hers in his palm. With a crooked grin, he withdrew and sipped at his drink.

"I assure you. I am not boring."

His attention was easily distracted from the woman however, when he saw the newcomer. "Oh hey! Where might you have been for ages?"

Søren sat down, grinning. He had found some good company, tonight would be far from boring.

"Hiya!" he greeted, and flashed his grin around to everyone, not bothering with manners too much,"And a beer will do." he added to Francis. When Antonio mentioned the girls, he turned to look towards them and smiled, but his attention was soon stolen by Gilbert, who wanted to know where he had been for so long.

"Here and there, you know. No good explanations really, but I have to say, it was too long. I haven't drank properly for ages!"

Sadiq silently motioned for one of the girls - a particularly pretty blonde - to come over and dragged a stool from an adjecent table for her to sit on. Taking a large drink from his beer, he draped his arm over the blonde girls shoulders and turned to Dan, grinning wolfishly.

"Well, we'll have to fix that won't we?!" He said laughing before turning back to the girl, giving her his full attention.