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"Oh." Cambria said. At once completely at a loss for words. "Oh, okay." Her mismatched eyes wide at Fred's statement. Apparently Fred was possessive. Hot. Really Hot.

She couldn't knock the silly smitten grin off her face even when they started dancing. Cambria couldn't think of a place she'd rather be. Or anyone she'd rather be with.

Hank sat down. It was all he could do when he saw Adeline; last time they had been at the ball, it was different; Adeline had been practically grown, while he was just a child. She had been stunning then, and she was stunning now.

Hank just sat and watched her for a minute - was that creepy? He couldn't help it. But he couldn't just sit here all night and watch her; that got him no where. He had talked to her before, he had asked her out (but never followed up god he was a jerk), he had to do something.

Hank stood up suddenly, and almost knocked over the chair. He grabbed it, steadied it, and wiped his palms on his pants. Time to move.

He headed toward the heliotropic vision, and stopped a foot or so away.

It took him a false start or two before he could speak.

"Hi, Adeline. How - how have you been?"

If Aiden and all his family agreed he made a good knight, Edmund wasn't going to bother to worry about his costume anymore. He made an agreeing hum about the school work being taxing around now.

"That's good then! I've been spending a lot of time wandering around on the grounds though.... that's not new for me at all. I'm looking forward to winter though."

"Winter will be nice... though I always seem to have so much more time in the winter. Not as much gardening work." He sounded disappointed about having less work to do rather then relieved. "But Christmas is always good, and hopefully it snows at least once."

Then it was as if Willow's bee radar went off and she turned her head just a bit to catch a glimpse of the boy she was crushing on. Looks like he was headed over to talk to Gavin. This wasn't shocking, though her stomach started turning in knots wondering if and when he'd notice her. If he did would he come over and talk to her, or would she have to go chase him down? Maybe Gavin would be an exceptional brother and lead him over here. She tried not to get too distracted though and turned back to Aiden with a smile.

"Snow would be wonderful. Ooo I'd love to go walk in the woods if it snows."

Gavin meanwhile paused in his "decorating" to look at Theo who had finally shown up.

"Whoa look who finally made it. Dressed to the ******** nines too." He gave Theo a wide grin in greeting. In all seriousness he approved of Theo's costume choice, even if he hadn't gone too far out of the box. Any more effort then that and Gavin would have wondered if it was actually Theo standing before him. "Never fear Theo my friend I'll make sure you know all the places in which you can get properly victimized if and when you want. Or wait it might be you doing the victimizing here."

Gavin gave a shrug and another grin, he didn't really care who was doing the victimizing. As far as he knew if things went the way he thought they were going to, it was going to be a very mutual and willing "victimization". "But why split hairs? Here I'll show you the spots." He started pointing around the room to where he'd already put some up and then shook his bag thoughtfully. "Think I missed any important spots?" Then another thought came to him. "Oh speaking of victimizing, someone put something in the punch. Didn't look like alcohol so I'd avoid it unless you're feeling adventurous."

"Yes you made the sweater much more 'Silas', which is always good." And it was true, in Nadia's eyes anyway. She wouldn't go out anywhere with him like that for fear she might have to knock some heads together. Not that she'd totally mind doing that but she didn't want to see Silas get upset. Her eyes traveled over to see who he was pointing at. Looks like Ask had worn a horrible Christmas sweater too. She snorted softly. Kei was going to flip his lid. She wasn't sure what Ask's motive was but anything involving Kei being upset or annoyed was entertaining to her.

"His is nice, but yours is way better." She gave a grin to Silas before scanning the crowd a little more. Looks like River was talking to Isolde now. She had planned to steer Silas over with her to go talk to him but now she wondered if she should. Isolde had seemed out of sorts lately and Nadia thought that maybe waltzing over there and stealing River for a dance would not be helpful. Then again Isolde and Silas could talk a bit too, it was a dilemma. "So Silas, shall we go over to the table to get a snack, or would you prefer to try out your dance moves I've taught you?"

Meanwhile, Kei had managed to snap himself out of his horrified stupor as Ask spoke to him. He realized he hadn't even properly greeted him, just stared at him in horror. That needed to be made up for. He took his hands and placed them on either side of Ask's face gently and peered at him.

"My beautiful, darling, dearest, Ask. I am thrilled to no end to see you, but I hope you know that sweater is going to end up in tiny pieces on the floor when I'm through with it." This was all said in the most tender of tones, though Kei ripped his eyes away from peering lovingly at Ask's face a moment to glare at the offending article of clothing again. Then he turned his eyes back onto Ask and gave him a kiss hello.

Phyllida shakes her head "He Tick only gives out presents to Tock make us forget what terrible things he does to babies! Don't Tick you know where they come from?" Yes, Phyl was about to start a tangent.

Frederique tried to dance gracefully, but occasionally stepping on Cambria's feet. Luckily the both of them were wearing boots, but Frederique blushed and apologized all the same "T-this is my first time dancing...sorry I'm clumsy"

Tori hears Vic and Tobias talking in front of him, relaxing when he realized they're both boys. He pulls up the table cloth very slightly, peeking up at the two of them before hiding once more. The tall, tanned male's bird had a happy pink hue to it, but the wings were tinged with a yellow longing. perhaps he wanted something. The small boy however, had a pure black bird, the color of anxiety.

"Supposed to be?.." Alexander looks around, at all of the other guests, noticing they're in costumes. "Oh! Um... um... Give me one sec'!"
He looks around for a bit, trying to come up with a quick disguise before straightening his back in realization. "Oh! I know!"
Alexander slides off his coat right then and there, hanging it by the tag on one of his horns, the weight causing him to tip over a little towards Echo. "I'ma coat hanger! Nice to meetcha, Echo!"

Adeline had just been considering the snack table and all it's contents - too much sugar for her tastes at the moment - when she felt a sort of disturbance in the force. Maybe not, but at the very least she felt her hair snakes poof up a little in anticipation of something. As coolly as she could manage, Adeline looked over her shoulder just as Hank approached and smiled in relief, realizing at least that the snakes' reaction wasn't one of dread. As soon as he started talking, however, his nervous energy hit her like a ton of bricks, and she began to fidget with her costume a little in an attempt to dispel it. "Oh, hey Hank! It's good to see you again. I've been fine..." she paused to nod her head, as if reassuring herself it was the correct answer, "...yes. Fine. But what about you?" She couldn't help but squint her eyes a little to examine the look on his face, as he was looking more than a little freaked out. In the back of her mind she wondered if she should have asked him if he needed some water or something.

With a lazy look on his face, Theo held his arms out as if to glorify his arrival and damn good 'costume'. His friend happened to be right, it would be really out of character for him to put any more effort into anything he did tonight. "You're damn right I am, I thought about it for a long time and realized, why mess with nature? Why mess with perfection." He shook his head to accentuate the point, then let his attention wander back to the newly-hung mistletoe. Gavin had really gone all out, he had put it in some places nobody would notice until it was too late. Which was exactly the point. "Wow, no, I think you've gotten it pretty taken care of already. I bet you're going to get your a** kicked for this though." He had come to realize that not everyone thought this brand of prank was funny. Actually, Theo fell into that category as well if he wasn't in on it, hence why he demanded to know where it was safe to stand.

At the mention of the punch being spiked, he gave the other pixie a quizzical look. "What the hell, seriously? And you're not the one who did it? This is a pretty messed up school party already, and I just got here." He spat out a sharp laugh, although his curiosity was piqued. What WAS in the punch?