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Ronan stared at Doran, Doran stared at Ronan. Finally the older boo spoke.

"Uh.. hi. I mean. uh.. good evening. I'm here to pick up Doriana?" He took his hat off and fiddled with it.

"You aren't Mothew." The younger boo regarded Ronan critically.

Ronan nodded. "no... I am aware of that."

The pair fell silent once more. Finally the youngster moved aside.

"Come in, she's getting her hair made pretty."

Ronan nodded and cautiously came into the hall, looking around uncertainly.
Now what?

Ronan's grip on his hat tightened and he managed a stiff bow of the head to Doriana's uncle.

"I uh.. Good evening sir. My name is Ronan Aalto." He managed, sounding quite terrified. He looked to Doriana, relief flooding his face. Maybe now they could leave and not have to stand here under the withering glare of her uncle.

"t.. thank you?" He stared at her for a moment, then remembered something and unclipped a blue and white flower from his breast.

"This is for you. A er... beautiful flower for a beautiful ghoul." He sounded like he was reciting that from memory.

"I.. I hope so." Great, see? She DID have expectations. Now he'd have to be extra careful not to ruin things for her. He nodded once more to Doriana's uncle and offered a slightly trembling hand to Doriana.
"S...Shall we go then?"
He fidgeted with his tie, was it getting tighter?

"Woah...check out the school!" Kai pulled up to Monster High's student barking lot in his choice of chariot for the evening (which was, as always, his dad's van). Even without going into the grimnasium, it was obvious that the place was hexploding with lights and colors. Kai adjusted his tie, pulled the keys out of the ignition and stepped out.



"Here we are, m'lady!" Kai opened the passenger side door and helped Demona step out. "Are you ready for a night of partying down?"

Kai looked Demona up and down and laughed.

"Why am I even asking? Of course you are!" Taking her hand, the couple crossed the parking lot and headed for the big, balloon-covered entrance to the Grim.

"Thanks?" she took it as a good thing and got in their ride to the dance.

The awkward journey was made in mostly silence, Ronan had run out of things to say and had taken to just staring out the window.

It wasn't a long trip, Ronan got out and it was a few moments before he realised he was supposed to go open the door for Doriana as well. Mostly because the driver gave him a funny look and whispered "Hey kid? Door?" and indicated.

So Ronan held Doriana's door open, frowning slightly.
"Are ghouls unable to open doors?" He asked, musing how if this was the case, how they managed to function on a daily basis when no males were around to rescue them. Were there right now women captive in motor vehicals due to some physical inability to open their own door?

But there wasn't time to dwell on such thoughts. The school grounds were buzzing with activity. Students were congregating in small groups, giggling, shouting, gossiping. The lights from the grim drew everyone toward them like mothmen to a flame.
Speaking of mothmen... Ronan found himself idly wondering where Mothew was.

Willow had also been arriving at the school grounds, giving a bit of a nervous glance as other monsters went by. Ah, maybe she should have brought her hood, she'd be able to hide...She was a bit easy to scare.

"No no, that'd defeat the purpose of coming here." she muttered to herself, giving her glasses a slight adjustment as she approached the decorated grim entrance.