Uriah was leaning against the wall, he didn't have much else to do at the moment. But right now he was watching his kids. Esmae was clearly smitten, but Aaron, he couldn't tell what he was feeling. And he didn't like it. Maybe it was because of the whole dad feeling.
Katya mirrored Esmae's strange look at the mention of sisters. She was still not used to calling any of them a family. It was probably a part of the whole she never knew what happened to her biological family since they were gone before she got taken to the guild. Yeah, that was a thing she remembered. Most of her memories were still foggy, but it didn't bother her as much as it once did. She had been wondering for the past month or so if it was finally time to accept this little family. She took Aaron's hand, and gave him a nice smile to try and make him like her. She needed more friends, "It's nice to meet you too, Aaron." She spotted Nathan running over and gave him that smile grew a little. Finally, someone she knew other than Esmae, "Hey Nathan."
Luna looked over at Uriah for a moment. He seemed to be deep in thought, "Whatcha thinking about?"
Sparrow walked inside, leading Cyrus with her, as she looked for Uriah and Luna. Upon spooting them, she grinned and made her way to them. "Been a long time hasn't ut?" She said once she was close enough.
Nathan ran a hand through his hair again and smiled "Hey! Let's go do something! Sparrow– I mean mom said I had to behave but I'm too excited!"
"Ah," When Luna spoke, Uriah snapped out of his thoughts. "It's nothing really." He smiled and took her hand. Then he saw Sparrow walk over, "Hey, how have you been?" There was a small dance floor, but Uriah was a bit embarrassed to ask her. Ever since the limp he hadn't done much like that. If only he didn't have it. He also didn't want to embarrass her. Esmae turned and looked back at Aaron, but something seemed off. "Katya, sorry to interrupt, but would want to dance with me? Just one dance." Aaron asked still holding out his hand. Esmae's breath caught in her throat, but she managed to smile. This was not the night to start drama or get upset. "I-I'm going to.." Esmae looked around but couldn't really find anything to say. "Over there." She pointed in a random direction and walked away. Air, I need air. Esmae snuck out and went to the back of the building where there was a pond. She's always loved water, but thing is there was someone there already.
Nathan frowned and shook his head. "Katya is going to help me scare Vida!" He stated smiling at her. "Beisdes, you have Esmae." He said and looked at him pointedly
Sparrow gave him a hug and looked around. "Wow, they really went all out today huh?" She gestured to the lights and music
Katya knew Esmae really liked Aaron. Anyone with a brain would have figured it out at this point but at the same time. One dance wouldn't hurt anyone. She looked at Aaron and thought for a moment, "Um, sure. But only if you dance with Esmae too at some point tonight." There was nothing wrong with that right?
Luna gave Sparrow a smile as she walked over. Luna was definitely going to suggest Uriah and herself dance at some point. She knew Uriah enjoyed dancing before the limp, and she wanted him to have a chance to do so tonight as well. She looked to Sparrow, "Hey Sparrow. It has been a long time."
Sparrow gave Luna a hug and looked at the doors. "Cyrus is here, he should be out here soon with Vida." She said, frowning slightly. "He said his knee was acting up."
Luna gave her a hug back and looked at her worriedly, "That's not normal, is it? I'm sure he'll come in soon."
"I hope so, he really didnt want to be here, but came because I asked him to." She sighed. "Its because today Mark's two years since…you know."
(Wow, sparrow is 22 at this point)
"Great." Aaron took her hand and led her to the dance floor. The song was slower but not too slow. He put his hands on her waist. Katya was cute. He used to like Esmae, that was until she turned soft, he liked the tough hard to get along with girl, but that changed. "I'm glad you said yes." Aaron hadn't even noticed that Esmae left the room. He hoped he could get to know her better. Uriah smiled and walked over to the door. As soon as Cyrus walked through that door he wanted to be the first person he saw.
Esmae in her short red dressed walked over to the stranger and crossed her arms. "This is my spot." The boy with beautiful green eyes and dark brown hair looked up at her then back to the ground. "I'm sorry, I can't seem to find your name." He rested his head on his hand and smiled. Great, he's one of those guys. She rolled her eyes and walked to the opposite side and sat down. "Esmae right? You're pretty popular around here, along with your parents and the other kids." Esmae took off her back heels and set then to the side. "Okay… and what if it?" He definitely seemed like one of those types, the ones you don't want to get mixed up with. "I'm Caleb."
"I didn't ask." Esmae snapped. After that they sat there in silence.
(Uriah is like 23 or 24.)
(Luna is 19 and living life to the fullest.)
Luna gave a nod to Sparrow, "I figured as much. We'll make sure this night is worth coming for."
Katya was a little uncomfortable, but she shrugged it off to just her nerves. She put her hands on his shoulders while keeping her distance from him. She gave him a little smile, "You're welcome? Why did you want to dance with me anyway?"
"I like you." Aaron wasn't one to hold back. He sid if he liked something or not. "I know you probably don't feel the same, but I'm hoping we could get to know each other more?" He smiled. Katya was different from the rest and he liked that. The only thing was now he was going to have to dance with Esmae. It's not like he hated her, in fact she was his bestfriend, that's why it would be awkward.
Katya was a little bit shocked if she was going, to be honest. She wasn't attractive at all and she could find no redeemable qualities in herself. Hell, it was like Aaron said, they hardly knew each other. She was some stranger to him, right? Katya wasn't one to say no to anyone, "I don't feel the same, but I don't mind getting to know you."
(Poor esmae)
Sparrow looked around and leaned against the wall "so, what's new with you?"
Luna shrugged, "Not much since we last talked. Life's been fine and all."
"Do you still, you know, get nightmares about that night?" She asked quietly
"That's the first step." Aaron didn't mind taking it slow. It's been about a year since he started liking her, so a little longer was too much. Internally Aaron was super excited, but he didn't show too much of it on the outside. "So, I heard you got adopted, what's that like?"
Esmae stood and grabbed her shoes. It was awkward, and she didn't want to sit there anymore. As she stared walking back, Caleb stood and followed behind. "Could you stop following me?" Esmae was extremely annoyed by this guy. "I'm not, I'm just headed back to the party." Esmae sighed and walked faster. When she did Caleb smiled and chuckled.
Luna gave her a quiet nod and felt her mouth turn to led, "S-sometimes. I have p-plenty of other n-nightmare material."
Katya thought for a moment but gave a little shrug. She was unsure about how she felt about it herself. It gave her something like a home and a family, but overall she was still unsure. She spoke honestly when she responded, "It means I have a place to stay and people that care for me. I'm still not sure how I feel about it, to be honest."
"That's understandable. It's probably hard to get used to calling people a family, even if you have known them for awhile. How about Esmae, how is she taking it?" Just the Esmae walked in with a tall boy following behind. He wore black jeans a white button up shirt and a leather jacket. You could clearly see the annoyance all over Esmae's face. A strange boy was just following her around and messing with her. She looked around the room and spotted Katya dancing with Aaron. She thought Katya would say no, this didn't seem like something she would do. Whatever, they can do what they want. Aaron caught her eye but immediately turned back to Katya. "Come, let's dance!" Caleb grabbed her hand and pulled her to the dance floor before she could say no. "What are you doing? Don't you have someone else to dance with?" He put took her arms and put them on his shoulders and then Caleb put his hands on her waist. "Actually no. And you looked sad so…" Esmae gave him a look and he just smiled. "Oh come on, one dance isn't so bad, right?" Esmae gave in and started to dance with him. "Fine."
"Like a fish to water," Katya responded as she spotted Esmae re-enter the area. The song was coming to an end and Katya would go back to hang out with Nathan and Vida. She did notice how Aaron was asking her about Esmae. She commented on her earlier observation, "The songs almost over."
"Ah, right." With an awkward laugh he let go. "I'll talk to you later." He knew she wanted to hang out with her friends, so he wasn't going to stop her. Instead he walked over to a table and sat down, hoping at some point she would come to him. "Aw, how sad, the song is ending." Esmae pretended to sound sad but then, a smile crossed her face. "Whoa, wait. That was like 15 seconds." Esmae began to walk away. "One dance." Caleb grinned as she walked away. This only made him like her more. She walk over to Nathan, Vida and Katya. "What's up guys?"
Katya walked over to Nathan with a little smile on her face. She looked over and saw Esmae, it was like ripping a band-aid off. Aaron wasn't close by at this point, and Esmae deserved to know, "Nothing much. We need to talk later in, uh, private and Aaron owes you a dance. You're welcome."