Halloween Dance!

[Odion Martins]

Odion hadn’t played any practical jokes on the student body of Hammel. Doing so just wasn’t worth his time. But if stealing things counted, then he had been busy indeed. He would never steal candy though, that stuff was pretty disgusting if you asked him. Halloween was so much more spectacular than all this. He would have to bring Lani to France on a Halloween night, then the telekinetic would really enjoy himself.

Lani went for the punch, along with a number of other people. Whether knowingly or not, there would soon be some silly things happening at this dance. Odion stayed away from his own flask for the time being. Besides, he might not even touch it all night, depending on what the circumstances called for. If they slipped out of the school and went around dressed up, he might want to be drunk for that. He hadn’t thought about Caroline attending, though judging by her quiet nature, he though she wouldn’t come at all. If she did, he might have to accidentally spill the punch everywhere. Odion, the school’s biggest klutz.

Odion had wondered if Adrianna would show up with a different date. Really, how much could Lani have meant to her then? Especially after she told her roommate about what happened to the three of them, even if it was just focused on her. It was all very interesting to think about, and Odi had spent plenty of time doing so when he wasn’t practicing on speeding through time and into the future. Now that things had settled down a little bit, that part of the training was going better. Luckily for him, training could happen all by himself.

It was truly a shame that Odi had left his cell in his bed.

Watching Lani was amusing to say the least. He went from pacing, to texting, to waiting and fidgeting. Odion had to purse his lips together to stop the laughter. It wasn’t very often that he got to see Lani anxious in waiting. He sighed, supposing he couldn’t keep from his friend any longer. While getting himself another cup of water, he decided against getting one for Lani as well. He didn’t make a big deal about sneaking up on Lani, for the fact that the blonde had been here this long already and hadn’t noticed him was surprise enough.

“Looking for someone?” He asked, knowing that out of all the people here, only one would really know his voice. Odi smirked at Lani like he had won something, and indeed in his mind he had. But still, there was something dreadfully unnerving about that painted on smile of his.

[Richard McAuliffe]

Having never met his date, Richard wasn't sure what to expect. Truth be told, he thought it would be typical if he ended up with a bad-looking, socially awkward nerd. Prepared for the worst, the sight he saw when the door opened... surprised him. His eyes widened and he almost dropped the cigarette from his mouth. She was stunningly beautiful! "Hey!" he greeted her while looking her in the eyes and smiling. "Yeah, i'm Richard. Nice to meet you Tak!" he said, grateful to her for solving the issue of remembering her name right away.

Offering her his arm, they linked them together and started walking to the auditorium where the dance was being held. He made sure to flex his arm's muscles slightly because he knew some girls really liked that. "Oh... not long. I'm a new student here at Hammel" he responded to her question. "I've been at Kocher in Switzerland for the past years" he added before asking her about the same. "What about you? Been here for years?"

After just a few minutes of walking, they entered the auditorium. Immediately after entering, he started moving slightly in rhythm to the music. Reeking with confidence, he knew that this dance was his chance to make some friends at the school so he tried his best to make eye contact and greeting as many people as he could with a smile and an upwards nods.

Noticing that his date was already humming along the music, he decided not to waste time. She seemed to be in the mood to dance and so was he. "Come, let's dance!" he told her smirking and motioned her towards the dance floor with his head..

[Lani Hunter]

Lani would count this as a trick. He was nervous and he was already contemplating ways to get back at Odion. He had a few in mind but really the aftermath was what he was concerned about. Like how much Odion would murder Lani if he snuck into the redhead’s room? Not to take anything but rather to place something inside to startled the usually calm and collected time traveler. But then Lani would want to be there to see it, which meant that he might have to do a little bit of running. Or a lot of it, it really depended. Lani’s impish grin was only accented by the one he had drawn on, it was a good thing it was Halloween or Lani would look like he was planning something, or maybe he was.

Really Lani would be all for spending a night out on the town, especially if Adrianna showed up. He had caught wind she was supposed to come with someone but he was willing to take that with a grain of salt. He just didn’t think she was that kind of person. But then if he could have that opinion of her, she could have that opinion of him. But he was meeting a friend here. Then perhaps so would she. Really Lani would be happy to see her and then avoid her all night. The break up hadn’t been good to either of them, but Adrianna had had a point once upon a time. He was independent and he was coping rather well with the split. It was a terrifying reality and though he missed spending time with her he knew that he would be alright.

Lani couldn’t see through physical masks and he had kind of been counting on Odion coming up if he recognized him, especially if he himself was wearing a mask. The V figure moved and Lani raised a brow and pretended to ignore the approaching person. Either it was Odion or it was someone else he knew. Lani was having a hard time measuring height from his own exaggerated height. He kind of liked being this tall, he could see over everyone’s head and he towered over the approaching figure. Normally their height difference wasn’t so apparent but now Lani felt a small smile growing on his face. He raised a brow at V and half of his lip twitched upward into a sly smile, he’d know that accent anywhere. “Yeah, redhead, about yay high, annoying,” he said putting his hand on Odion’s head and giving him a wink.

“Nice costume,” he said glad that for once he was at an advantage, with a painted face his blush didn’t show through and though he was sure that his face was more heated than normal. He had liked that movie, it was different and interesting. He stooped a little to peer through the eyeholes trying to see the blue eyes behind the mask. Odion really had done a good job and Lani straightened to admire the job. It was a well done impression of V and he looked good in the get up and cape. Lani’s smile fell away as he absently surveyed his masked friend and was distracted for a moment by the situation and how overwhelming it was. It was almost too bad that they didn’t have a party separately for the older teens and that the decorations had to be downplayed for the younger children. “It seems like someone’s already spiked the punch,” he commented when lack of anything else came to mind. Small talk?

[Lilly Love]

As Live stood there she looked around trying to see if she spotted anyone she knew. There was a couple random people she thought maybe she had been in class with before but no one she really knew. At least not yet. The was probably a good thing considering most of the people at the school she didn't really get along with. She was especially glad that she hadn't seen Odion. Last time they had run into each other she had punched him in the face which ended with her in trouble of course. She probably wasn't even really suppose to be at the dance but she didn't care. She was hear to at least attempt to enjoy herself. That was even possible for someone like Live.

When she spotted some random girl staring at her in, well, fright she turned and gave the girl her best glare. Live's face was perfect for a vampire and she literally looked like she was contemplating sucking the girls blood. She wasn't mad at the girl, just having some fun and yes, in Live's mind that was fun. She gave the girl an evil smirk. She was going to freak her out even more when something out of the corner of her eye caught her attention.

Live had been standing by the snack table, which was where the punch bowl was located. As she stood there, she noticed someone standing by it looking extremely suspicious. She turned her gaze slowly away from the girl and to the guy spiking the punch. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at this. Maybe she would have a little of that punch but not a ton. Live hated being drunk, even though it was something that recently had been happening.

She watched the boy, not saying anything to him but looking right at him. His costume was quite something but she really didn't care. Her's was a total cliche so she really couldn't judge. Not that that meant she wouldn't judge anyways. Live eyed him, her gaze on him by body still facing the other girl, her arms crossed. She gave one last menacing glare to the girl. Live gave off an eerie aura almost. Maybe it had something to do with being so closely connected with the darkness around her. Probably did.

[Odion Martins]

Lani would be pretty dead if he ever snuck into Odi’s room, especially if it was just to twist his mind. And if Lani didn’t find himself actually dead, the games would just get worse, and eventually he would be dead. For example, if Lani switched things around in Odi’s room, Odi would steal all of Lani’s clothes and replace them with various colored clothing of the rainbow. Then Lani would probably steal Odi’s cards and the whole thing would escalate. No one would win. It was best avoided at all costs. Odion was just as good of a runner as Lani. The ginger liked to think he knew Lani, and had come to expect that no matter what, Lani was always planning something.

All that Odi knew about Lani and Adrianna was from the bits of gossip going around Hammel. Mostly Adrianna and Venn getting close in the auditorium. But whatever had happened between her and Lani, Odi wouldn’t ask about unless Lani wanted to tell him. He was through with digging around between the pieces that made up Lani to see what was holding him together. And whether Lani was single or not didn’t matter, because Odi knew there was always going to be something else holding one or both of them back. Odion was still aching from when he first fell for the impish teen, and he wasn’t going to let it happen again. Even after their forced heart to heart on the training field, Odi wasn’t sure what to do with the information that wasn’t really breaking news anymore. It was best avoided at all costs.

Odion was that much more amused when Lani attempted to ignore him. Odi downright smirked as he had to look up at Lani in order to catch the other’s smirk. This was all very strange. Neither of them really looked like themselves at all. Letting out a singular laugh, Odion made eye contact with Lani, or should he say, the Pumpkin King. He shrugged, “Can’t say I’ve seen them.” Odi coughed a bit and cleared his throat. “What I meant to say was,” he deliberately changed the intonation of his voice to sound American, “Can’t say I’ve seen them.” Odi had done this just to let Lani know that he could’ve changed his voice to start, and that he wanted Lani to know it was him all along.

“Likewise,” he said in his normal voice, his eyes averting to the other people around him as he took a swig of water. Lucky for Lani, Odi wouldn’t be able to see behind the mask he had painted on this evening. But Lani was invading all kinds of personal space as he stooped to peer into Odi’s eyes. Different and interesting – Odion would’ve like to hear those attributes, instead he was left a little shell shocked and equally glad to have a mask on at all. It seemed all they had left between them were actual masks, not metaphorical ones. Lani pulled off his costume rather well, but Odi wasn’t going to babble about it. Though Lani didn’t seem too shy about staring... Odion went back to looking at the dance floor and pretended not to notice.

“Beat me to it,” he jested, his hand pushing back his cape slightly to showcase the hipflask, not that it was going to be drained anywhere other than his lips. But really, they weren’t going to talk about that, were they? Odion could mention any number of things. Declyn coming with some dingbat named Cameron Osiris. Or how Ms. Love, aka the dance’s very own vampire, was synonymous with the person who punched him in the face mere weeks ago. His mind settled upon something else, since his mind was on Lani now anyways, especially after having watched him. “Worried I wasn’t going to show up?” He teased, finishing off what was left of his second cup of water. At this rate he’d be in and out of the restroom all evening.

[Dakota Clemson]

Kota had been extremely reluctant to go to the dance. She had spent two whole nights taking herself into signing up for the matchmaking thing because she knew if she had a date then she would go. However, when she didn't get paired she couldn't have been more relieved. Kota was probably one of the most socially awkward people alive and going on some blind date would have been a disaster. That didn't deter her though. She was determined, even without a date, to push herself to go to her first school function. She had never been to one before so this would be a first. She just really hoped that it would be a good experience not a bad one like so many other things.

It had taken her forever to decide on a costume. She didn't want something to flashy considering she didn't want to be the center of attention but at the same time she wanted to stand out. Yes, the logic of it seemed to an oxymoron but Kota wanted people to notice her. She wanted to make friends and have fun she was just painfully shy. It was hard to explain and you sort of just had to know Kota to understand it all. Even then though, she was such an odd person it was hard to figure out just what was going on inside her head.

Kota had decided on something simple, elegant, and maybe a little showy. She had some money saved up that she had nothing better to spend it on so had gone to a cheep dress shop and bought a beautiful shiny gold dress. It was long and sparkled just enough but wasn't blinding or completely over done. Kota had decided to wear just a pair of red flats she had laying around. She was still short in the heels but at least they added a couple inches to her just over five foot frame, though she still looked so little. Her face had been a little harder to do. She had taken little gold sequins and added them around her eyes to make almost a mask. She then teased her hair a bit so it was sort of fluffy and finished it off with a pair of wings. It wasn't really much of a costume but Kota liked it. She felt almost pretty in it, something she normally didn't think about herself. Maybe tonight would actually be fun.

Once she entered the dance and looked around. Luckily she didn't feel like her costume was to out of place. Kota was sort of a fairy person and it worked for her. She looked beautiful and almost mysterious in her costume though she though she just looked alright. She really lacked self confidence. Kota scanned the room trying to spot someone she recognized, not that she knew anyone at the school really except for Cam, Dec, and Jez. Other then that, she hadn't even really talked to anyone and even those she had talked to it had only been like one or two conversations. Not much a friendship but maybe a start.

[Sayaka Ito]

Yeah...the girl had to be a vampire. Of that, Sayaka was certain. Sure, the young female had yet to see her actually b ite someone, but who would really wait for proof like THAT before deciding someone was a vampire? Only idiots in movies would pull something like that and Sayaka was no idiot, or at least she liked to believe that much.

Why, just right then Live had smiled at her! No, not smiled, practically glared, and she looked oh so much like a vampire that Sayaka paled even more, clutching her outfit tightly. Oh why oh why hadn't she gotten paired up with someone? At least then she would only be risking an embarrassing moment rather than being eaten alive by a vampire! Sayaka was panicking so much, in her mind at least, that she didn't even notice the boy doing something strange to the punch. That would be her downfall, later. Sayaka was hoping the vampire had lost interested in her, but...apparently not. Another glare was sent in her direction, and that was about when Sayaka lost it.

With a leap of panic, she bolted for the nearest exit...and ran almost straight into another, different girl who had been standing around, looking as if she had been looking for someone. Of course, owing to her small size, Sayaka was the one that was easily knocked to the ground. And by a "fairy", no less. "Oof...sorry. I didn't want to get eaten." Sayaka gestured towards the supposed "vampire" as she picked herself up.

[Jez Steele]

Jez slowly walked into the auditorium for the annual Halloween dance, and in her mind, annual birthday party. She had dressed up as a belly dancer. She had spent hours getting ready thinking she was going to have a date only to find out that the matchmaker hadn't found her anyone. She would just fly stag, like usual, it was nothing new but it was getting old fast. Jez had curled her hair then brushed it out to give it that curly, fly away look. She wore a sky blue skirt that fell to the floor and spun out around her when she spun. She had a matching top that really only covered her chest as it tied right under it, but according to school rules, she put on a white spaghetti strap shirt underneath.

She wore two silver coin bracelets, a silver coin anklet, and a white sash with silver coins tied to it. Every time she moved, breathed even, she would make noise, and that's just what she wanted tonight. So she stopped by the refreshment stand to grab a cup of punch before muttering, "Happy birthday to me," and downed the whole thing in one gulp.

[Takchawee Ominotago]

Tak could tell Richard's arms were tensed, and she laughed quietly and made a point to stroke his bicep briefly with her free hand. He was quite fit, she had to admit. "Oh wow, really?" she asked about his change of schools. "That's so cool! What's it like in Switzerland?" She wondered briefly how badly he missed it - the change from her reservation school to Hammel had been far from pleasant, but she at least was still in the same country. She nodded at his question. "Yep, going on four years now," she told him. "So if you need any help getting around or whatever, let me know!" So far, so good - she was actually managing to act somewhat normal around this new guy, unlike her usual quirky self. She wanted to impress.

As they entered the auditorium, Tak noticed Richard moving slightly and greeting people. She quirked an eyebrow. "Quite a people-person, are we?" she asked, grinning. That wasn't her - she usually avoided making new acquaintances, for the most part, except on nights like these when there was a social event involved. This should be interesting.

At his invitation, she beamed. "Let's!" Letting him lead the way, they found an open spot on the dance floor and, since the song was quite catchy at the moment, she held both his hands in hers and stepped lively to the beat. She looked around briefly, hoping to catch sight of Kouji, but either she couldn't find him or he wasn't there yet. "Just a warning - be careful of the punch," she told Richard over the music. "Somehow, it seems to always get spiked. Unless, you know, you're looking to get a little tipsy." She laughed, spinning around before pulling herself more closely to her partner. "I might have to get some later myself."

[Dakota Clemson]

Kota looked around the room nervously. Maybe she shouldn't have come to the dance. Maybe it would have been simpler just to stay in her room like she normally did or gone out and drawn a picture or something. As the place began to fill with people she started feel almost claustrophobic and was just about about leave when she was almost run over by someone. The girl was small but so was Kota. The other girl feel down but she was able to just barely stay on her feet. For half a second, due to the shock, Kota disappeared. It was merely for moment though and she was fully visible by the time the girl looked back to her. That had been happening often but hopefully that would be coming to an end.

The statement by the girl threw Kota off. Get eaten? By what? However, she was far to shy and flustered to ask exactly what the girl meant. All she really got out was an "Oh..." As she the girl got to her feet. She was silent for a moment before realizing what she should have said the instant she had collided with the girl. "Are you, uh, alright?" Kota got out quickly as if in a rush to make up for not asking the question right off the bat. She didn't know who the girl was but either way felt very bad for running into her, even though anyone who saw it would have said it was the other girls fault. Kota just wasn't one to give out blame, she just automatically took it upon herself.

Kota looked at the girl then back down. If she hadn't looked awkward before she looked awkward now. She fidgeted with her hair and her eyes moved about the room, unable to find something to settle upon. It was a sharp contrast to her costume which was elegant and shiny and almost had a confidence of its own. Kota looked beautiful but she just felt small and out of place. Now she was really wishing she had just stayed at home in the first place.

[Richard McAuliffe]

Feeling Tak's hand briefly stroke his bicep, gave Richard a slight sense of victory. In his own experience, tensing his muscle's like that could either impress girls or have completely opposite effect. It was after all... well a bit cliché maybe. "Yeah," he said nodding to her question. "It's a bit different. There's a lot more of different cultures since people come there from all over Europe." For a second he contemplated telling her about how soccer was a much bigger thing over there than in America, but in the ended decided not to because he didn't want to bore her by talking about sports. "Thanks" he said when she offered him her help if he needed directions or something. "You're really sweet Tak, y'know?" he added sincerely, looking her in the eyes.

"I guess," Richard responded when Tak asked him if he was a peoples-person. "Surprised?" he asked her. He never really had understood why some people had so much trouble socializing. Why was it so hard to just open your mouth and talk with them until you found either a mutual interest or not. Then you'd either become friends or just walk away. Richard was typically a person that could very easily either make friends or enemies. It all sort of depended on how cool they were to him.

Leading the way, he walked his date to a open spot on the dance floor. Holding each other's hand, he started dancing in rhythm with Tak. Really liking both the music and his dance partner, his dancing slowly escalated until he music take control and move his bones for him. Richard kinda liked dancing. Mostly of course because he loved being with beautiful girls, but also because he was a pretty decent dancer. Besides, Tak was pretty good looking.

Richard chuckled when Tak warned him of the punch. "Doesn't sound so bad" he said and looked to his side where the punch was. As a professional athlete (in his own mind) he tried to avoid smoking and drinking too excessively when he was at parties. But despite that, he couldn't deny a drink or two.

When Tak took a spin and then pulled her self a bit closer to him, he decided to try and be a bit bold. Gently, he pulled her slightly closer to him self and placed his hand on her hip. With a lopsided smile he leaned closer to her with his eyes closed and spoke in a soft voice, but loud enough to be heard through the music. "Let's dance for a bit... and then have some of that spiked punch."

[Declyn O'Callahan]

School dances were lame. They had been lame at Kocher and they would continue to be lame at any school, meta-human or just normal human alike. There was only one reason Declyn had decided to go tonight and it was because he'd been asked. If he hadn't been asked, there was just no way in hell he'd have willingly shown up. Not even if it meant keeping an eye on his brother and the blonde telekinetic that was unfortunately single now. It took a lot for Dec not to like someone and that particular telekinetic had done more than enough to get on the Irish boy's bad side.

But he wasn't going to focus on that. Tonight was supposed to be fun.

And it would be because he did have a date. His date would be one of the best looking guys there no doubt and it would be the first time Declyn would actually have gone out with someone of the same sex. He was nervous, incredibly so, but he was also excited. As long as he ignored the lyrics of the crappy music, he'd be able to (attempt) dancing to the songs and honestly he'd probably ignore everyone that wasn't Cameron.

As he placed his green top hat that finished off his stereotypical costume, he looked in the mirror and smirked. Okay, so maybe it was a little different than a stereotypical leprechaun, but he couldn't be dressed like a moron. He had to show off a bit and thanks to his somewhat muscular build, he filled the costume out quite nicely. The knock on his door gave indication that Cam had arrived and Dec had to admit his heart started racing a bit.

After being greeted by a very attractive wizard, Declyn smiled and kissed the boy back. "You look very nice, how 'bout me? Look alright?" He asked giving a little twirl to show all sides of his costume. There was no way he'd really be able to look better than Cam, but at least now he could look like he deserved to be with such an attractive guy.

[Lani Hunter]

That would be a nightmare! Lani would never leave his room, or just keep washing what he had until he was able to hunt down where Odion had stashed his clothing. He loved the games but he didn’t want to do something that would really mess with his mind. He was a trickster but he wasn’t cruel and he knew how much organization meant to Odion. But that didn’t mean he was above playing tricks either. He wouldn’t mess with Odion’s stuff but so much at least to get the redhead’s attention to where Lani wanted it. But perhaps he would just plan something now. There were plenty of opportunities lying around but it really kind of ruined the trick when people knew he was a telekinetic. That didn’t mean that Lani was out of idea, no way.

Lani wasn’t sure why he had neglected telling Odion that he and Adrianna had split. Perhaps he was afraid that Odion would tell him that was better for the both of them. Despite how right that probably was Lani wasn’t ready to face that fact yet. He didn’t know how to make things ok, all he knew was that he needed to give himself distance between people and especially relationships as he tried to figure out who it was that he was. Because if he couldn’t love himself how could he ever hope to have someone else love him? Lani sighed at the inward thought. No Lani was single and he needed it to stay that way, no matter how much his emotions might disagree he needed time to not only think but just to figure out where he was in life.

Laughter bubbled out of Lani’s throat and he twisted it a little into more of a cackle. He completely loved tonight, it let him do things that normally he never would. When Odion changed his voice Lani’s eyes sparked with surprised and grinned at the boy. “Ah, well, that’s too bad, I’m going to have to throttle him for bailing,” he shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal at all. Lani glanced up at the rapid movement and Sayaka bolted toward the door and into someone. Lani’s eyes slid to the culprit and he frowned. The woman dressed as a vampire. Lani ground his teeth a little and forced him protective nature to stand down, it was Halloween, people were supposed to be scared, but Sayaka was just a little girl, that was uncalled for. He sighed and shook his head turning back to Odion.

Taking a step back Lani spread his arms and looked down at himself. It was pretty simple all things considered. “Thanks,” he grinned and followed Odion’s gaze around the room. “There seem to be a lot of different ideas of costumes around here.” He wrinkled his nose at the hobo. Really? That was the best he could come up with? Lani shook his head a little, even his bed sheet ghost idea would have been better. Lani grinned, he knew he was breaking the personal space rules but that was what Odion got for delaying his approach. All in all Lani was in a good mood tonight and he was really not expecting it to stay like this so he was going to enjoy it while he could. Chances were as soon as he saw Adrianna he’d want to run and hide.

Lani frowned at Odion and shook his head, “I don’t know, Odion, there are kids around.” For someone who lost his innocence at a young age Lani was determined to make sure that everyone else kept theirs for as long as possible. “But hey, I don’t know I should have brought something. Might need it,” he said with a little bit of a laugh. “Hey, is your brother coming?” He asked, he had yet to meet the mysterious twin to his best friend. Lani smiled a little as Odion drank his second cup. Was he dehydrated or something? Odion’s claim was true but now it sounded ridiculous. He snorted a laugh and shook his head. “I’m always worried about something but it was more along the lines of how I was going to make you pay if you didn’t show up,” Lani tossed a grin at Odion, “You certainly are going all out,” he said gesturing around his face to indicate the mask.

[Adrianna Carstyn]

The feeling of wanting to puke was extremely prominent tonight. It was the first time she’d be in the same vicinity as Lani, Odion and Venn all together. Of course her and Lani were okay, still friends, but it was an awkward friendship. She was hoping things would even out, but it was still early on. The thing that worried her most was having Venn and Lani in the same room. She trusted them both to be well behaved, but Venn had a temper and Lani wouldn’t put up with it. Her main goal was to keep them both from going after each other.

Oh and to have fun.

Tonight was going to be the first night her and Venn would be going out (as ’friends’). That added onto her nervous butterflies in her stomach feeling. Ever since her and Lani had ended things and since Venn had told her how he felt, she’d gone back and forth between feeling like a whore if she acted on her developing feelings for him to actually really considering telling him how she felt. Adrian did like him. She had for a while, but she was afraid of a repeat issue of being hurt like she had with Craven. Venn wasn’t Craven, but still, the fear was there.

With so many things on her mind, she was also worrying about not having any fun. Honestly, the girl needed one day without thinking. Her own thoughts were going to get her in trouble just like they always did.

It didn’t take long for her to get ready. Her costume was bound to be a hit. She’d straightened her hair, fixed up her makeup and was ready a few minutes before the knock on the door came to reveal Venn. Upon seeing him, her mood brightened and she gave him a wide smile and a big hug. Not long after, they made their way out of her dorm and towards the auditorium. As they walked, Adrian’s hand itched to take his, but she kept from doing it because her mind was still at war.

Her eyes scoured the room with all decorations making the auditorium seem like a haunted house. It took her a few minutes, but finally her eyes found the familiar blonde haired boy. Adrianna;s head hurt with the overflow of powers rushing to her, making it next to impossible to decipher who was talking to him. Just thinking, she could guess that it was Odion, but she wasn’t sure. Her hand reached out instinctively and she took Venn’s hand to keep him from charging her ex. “Venny, do you promise to be good? Please?” She asked looking up at him with pleading eyes.

[Takchawee Ominotago]

"That's really neat," Tak commented about the diversity. Being from a population of mostly Native Americans, she had found it unsettling at the amount of white people at Hammel. Of course, there were others as well, but for the most part, white was the highest population. And his compliment, she gave him a smile and a pat on the arm. "Anytime, hun. I know what it's like to move to a new place.... Meeting people, trying to figure out your surroundings. I don't have a lot of friends, but I'm sure I could introduce you to some people too." Why was she being so generous tonight? It must just be the adrenaline rush of a dance in the air, or something like that. And plus, it was always nice to bond with a new hot guy.

At his question, she shrugged slightly, giving him another small smile. "Not really, I just think it's admirable. I'm not the most talkative person, usually. I could probably do with learning some social skills." Hah, that probably wasn't ever going to happen. She liked being on her own too much. Having lots of friends could be a risk, and she didn't trust very easily.

Following his steps, Tak followed his gaze to the punch and smirked. His reaction amused her; he seemed to be a little rebellious, which, in her mind, was a great trait to have. They continued to dance until the song changed, this time to a much slower, more melodic beat. As he pulled her closer and his hand trailed down to her hip, Tak tilted her head and, still smirking, rose her arms to loop around his neck. His head dropped closer to hers, and she turned her face slightly to catch what he said. His words had her laughing. "Sounds like a plan to me," she told him, swaying back and forth. She wouldn't drink a lot - just enough to help her have some fun tonight.

She toyed playfully with the hair on the back of his neck. "Have you had any girls at school catch your eye yet?" she inquired, curious. Tak wouldn't admit it, but she was a huge fan of school gossip.