"Ooookay," she said, not really understanding at all. "Well, I'll admit, I wasn't really paying attention to any of it. I was just enjoying having a chance to dance with Michael." <3
"But I could summon a bear if we really needed to break up a fight quickly, I think." ^.^
"Hopefully the worst of it is over and you will be able to continue to do just that," he answers with a nod. "The dancing part, preferably," he quickly amends. ^.^'
"I believe that may be your cue, Mr. Dacamara," he says to Michael with a brief smile. ;D
Michael smiles back weakly.
"My dancing is so bad, I think I might start a fight by accident! But, Kitty likes to dance, so I'll risk it."
Kitty drags Michael back to the dance floor so he can make a fool of himself again. ;)
"I'm not sure if we should stick around to help when this gets ugly, or get out of here before it turns ugly," she said, watching a group of drunk lycans suspiciously.
Jaiye forcibly pulled Albin away from what would have been a fight to make him go get her more to drink. It just didn't seem right letting others pick on him. He was supposed to be her servant, not theirs.
Suppressing another smile as Kitty drags Michael back to the dance floor, Fei quickly puts the empty food containers away and then tries to keep an eye out for both the return of the teachers and for any more trouble brewing.
"I'm not sure if we should stick around to help when this gets ugly, or get out of here before it turns ugly," she said, watching a group of drunk lycans suspiciously.
"Yeah. Probably better to err on the side of caution. Let's go."
He will protectively usher Nala toward the door, using his clones to run interference if necessary...
Still observing, but not acting, Ghalen watches the drunken students with interest.
After dancing for a while and avoiding the punch, Krays sends to Ephebe
::Everyone is getting rowdy. Perhaps we should retire?::
::Yeah, I think that's a good idea. I don't think I trust either of our temper's in this mess:: she said, with a tinge of amusement in her mental voice.
Kitty drags Michael back to the dance floor so he can make a fool of himself again. ;)
"You get a real thrill out of watching me be bad at something, don't you?" Michael jokes. "I mean, at least at first Advanced P.E. was something you were better at, but now you know we're even if I've got trees, so now you've got me dancing. *overly dramatic sigh* Sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it..."
Somehow, someway, Michael's dancing is worse than before.
Kitty manages to be graceful enough for the both of them as she tries to keep him from bumping into anyone around them.
She just barely steers him clear of Albin walking through the crowd balancing several glasses of punch.
::Yeah, I think that's a good idea. I don't think I trust either of our temper's in this mess:: she said, with a tinge of amusement in her mental voice.
::Quite. We don't want an early reveal becasue someone tries to assault you again.::
Krays ports the both of them back to their room...for some private time :)
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Having successfully bluffed a group of older students into believing he was not only drunk but extremely off-balance because of it, Anthony finds out he is awesome at beer pong. Of course, he doesn't reveal this until he's won most of their gold and is forced to run before they take his hard earned money back.
If he could get away, they were drunk enough they probably wouldn't remember he had kicked their butts at a drinking game.
Jim watches intently, surprised at such a reaction from the C2H5OH molecule. Such a small thing could turn a party in such an interesting fashion. No actions concerning it though.
"As long as they don't ask, not telling your parents that Anthony-kun was playing a drinking game isn't actually lying right?"
"Um..." Michael says as he watches his little brother run past. "What? Oh, yeah. Probably. I'm not going to tell them. Maybe dad, since he'd think it was funny."
"Okay. RIght. So...it's okay to tell Dacamara-sama as long as your okaa-sama isn't there? But then wouldn't that be lying to her? I don't want to lie to Dacamara-sama....you know it's difficult not being able to lie. But I don't want to be a tattle-tale either," she said, sounding quite distressed.
"If the gist of that is 'don't tell my mom', then yes. Wait at least a year, then remind him we have blackmail later on in case we need it."
"Do....do you think that withholding information is the same as lying? That it might effect my visibility?" she asked, starting to look really upset.
Micahel takes Kitty in his arms and holds her close.
"Kitty, if I set up a surprise party for you, and don't tell you, did I lie?"
"I..I don't know. I mean, it's a deception, but a temporary one and for a good reason....is that okay? I mean, can I do something like that and still be visible? I'm so scared of going back to how things were," she said nearly in tears.
"I will never let that happen! Kitty, you were forgotten because you were pretending to be something you weren't! I'm pretty sure you can still tell lies as long as they aren't about you."
"You really think so?" she asked hopefully. "Cause it's really hard to never lie about anything and I've been so scared of accidentally doing it and going back to that....but I didn't become invisible when I waited to tell you about Anthony-kun, so maybe you do have it right. Oh, I hope so," she said, and then yelped in pain as someone stepped on her tail. She turned and glared at them.
Micahel glares at the offender, then winces, and then seems to mellow out.
"Okay, the beetle just stung me, so that's probably a good sign it's time to collect my brother, Saffire, and leave."
Kitty looked concerned. "Yeah, I'd say so. I think the party is starting to wind down anyways." She held her arm up and Saffire flew down from where he'd been hiding in the rafters.
"HEY, ANTHONY-KUN!" she bellowed and gestured for him to meet them by the door once she had his attention.
"I'm sure you do, but now you've annoyed your senpais enough. And we won't be here to look after you since we're heading off. Michael just got stung by his beetle when he got mad at someone who stepped on my tail and it's almost over anyways. So basically it's time to quit while you're ahead." :)
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"Ah, it's no biggie. I've got to go count my winnings and collect the rest of winnings from that minotaur. He said I couldn't do it, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let an easy challenge slip through my fingers!" ^-^
With a parting wave, Anthony heads off to his room, eating yet another mini-pie whole.
Kitty shook her head. "Well, at least he's adjusting well."
"Umm....do we need to refill your beetle now?" she asked as they walked down the hall the sound of music becoming fainter and fainter.
"He reminds me of Dad." Michael notes. "Dad is good at that kind of thing too."
"I can go fill it at my room. I got a a box of potions just before I left for the show."
"Well, that's good then....I'm trying very hard not to let you know how much I'm worrying about you. I love you so much. And I'm sure that you're going to get better. But I'm still scared," she said simply, taking his hand. "I'm just going to keep working hard on believing in you so I won't have to feel so scared, okay?"
"I'm okay, Kitty. It was just a lot of emotions in a row. Worrying about Anthony, worrying about you worrying, then getting angry because someone stepped on your tail... it was just a lot at once."
"I'm sorry for burdening you with my problems right now when you have so much burden of your own. I should be supporting you. I'll do better."
"I'm really glad you're still okay."
"Two way street, Kitty, so don't worry about it." Michael says comfortingly as they reach his room. He goes inside and goes over to a box by his desk. "Okay little beetle thing, fill back up."
The little crystal beetle crawls down from Michael's arm and hops into the box, and the sound of a vial being selected and opened can be heard.
"Are you going to be alright on your own? I'll stay if you want. I can sleep on the floor. I don't want you to feel like you have to deal with this all on your own."
She blushed. "I'm not suggesting anything untoward..."
"Um..." Okay, what was she trying not to say? "I wouldn't want you to feel like you have to or anything, and I know you usually sleep on the floor and I wouldn't feel right sleeping in my bed, so I could help you get your mattress here if you want."
"Umm...okay. That would probably work....I just....I'm not trying to embarrass you or get you in trouble with your parents or anything. I just...if it were me I wouldn't want to be all by myself feeling scared and alone. So I thought it would be better if I stay with you. Because I want to. I know I don't have to. And you don't have to accept my offer. Aagh. I'm totally babbling now," she said, blushing even more.
"The blabbing's cute." Michael says quietly, his face going slightly red as he does. He takes her hand in his as the beetle leaps from the box and wraps around his arm again. "If you really want to stay here for the night I, uh, don't see a problem with it. If you really want to, I'll just move my bed down tot eh floor and we can... um... what I mean is... share?" He asks carefully, fumbling for the right words as his face goes beet red. "J-just to s-sleep though, honest!"
"Yes, that would be fine...I don't mind sharing," she said, blushing even more. "And that's what I meant when I offered. Just sleeping. But there's no way to say it that doesn't come out sounding like something embarrassing."
"Ummm....can I borrow a T-shirt or something? These aren't really sleeping clothes. I'll, uh, change in the bathroom. Umm, I can help you move the mattress first."
"Oh, I can get the mattress! Force fields. Real helpful." Micahel says as he goes over to a chest and opens it up to get some clothes for Kitty. "You don't have to worry about them not being clean or anything, I haven't worn anything but the school uniform for a while. I didn't like my clothes getting ruined by the people messing with me."
"Well, I don't think that's as much of a problem now. I don't think anyone has tried to mess with you in at least a week. Ummm....I may have threatened Albin with a bear. It wasn't on purpose! It was while I was still trying to get the summoning under control. I didn't actually threaten him either. I just got irritated and poof! Bear. I apologized and sent the bear away right away, but I think he might have kind of taken it wrong and that might have a teensy bit to do with some of the avoiding. I, uhh, I think they think I'm a teensy bit unstable. And , uhh, I'll just go get changed now," she stammered, blushing furiously.
"They think you're the unstable one? Wow, you would think after I bit Albin during that fight I'd be the crazy one..."
"Apparently smiling and apologizing sweetly while your summoned creature is growling menacingly is more disturbing," she said with a wink before closing the bathroom door behind her.
She wasn't quite sure why she was feeling so nervous. Okay, so she was sleeping over. But they were just going to sleep. So why couldn't she get her heart to stop racing? At this rate she was going to need one of those calm emotions potions for herself. She took a few deep breaths and then got changed. And then got nervous all over again. She washed her face and took a few more deep breaths and finally came out of the bathroom.
"Ummm...okay, I'll just put my clothes over here," she said, setting her neatly folded pile of clothes on top of his dresser.
"That's fine." Michael says as he busies himself with trying to get the mattress straight. "Um, do you have a side of the bed you prefer or anything?"
"No, not really. I can pretty much sleep anywhere....I hope" she added under her breath.
"Am I the only one feeling weird right now?" she blurted out. "I mean, there's not really any reason why I should and yet I do and I was kind of hoping I wasn't the only one because then I'd actually feel less weird about it."
Saffire made a sound from his perch on the top of the bookshelf that sounded suspiciously like laughter. Kitty looked shocked for a minute and then laughed. "Okay, now I know I'm being silly. Even my familiar is laughing at me. Sorry. I'm fine now. I just panicked for absolutely no reason."