07-24-2018, 08:55 PM
Danika thanked the couple that were so cool after she made an idiot of herself in front of them. The girl had a kind smile and the guy was dressed in an uniform that Dani did not recognize at all. When he went off to get a drink of water, Danika shifted in her seat uncomfortably. The girl tried to talk to them, but Danika put a hand to her lips and whispered a question for Marcus.
“You know how ethanol inhibits the antidiuretic hormone receptor?”
Her big brown eyes locked at him pointedly, a cheesy smile on her lips.
“Could you do me a favor and show me where the restrooms are?”
He luckily was kind enough to go with her most of the way. She reached for another champagne along the way, but somehow lost track of it soon after.
A warm smile thanked him before ducking inside. Once at the sink and washing up, the lady checking her hair in a mirror caught her eye.
“Are you the Consul’s date?” Her accent was so heavy, Dani wasn’t sure she understood. Sluggish thoughts were likely involved.
“I guess you could say so?”
She replied and checked her hair just like her sink-neighbor. The other woman, in a deep red dress capped with dozens of diamonds, blinked like it was her turn to not understand.
Danika nodded, “Yes. Yes I am.”
The woman gasped, “he’s so hot. I don’t know how you can’t keep your hands off him.” The woman left a moment later. Danika was alone blinking at her reflection. Marcus was … attractive, now that she thought of it. Not that she hadn’t thought of it, but the idea that putting her hands on him was even a possibility, let alone unable to stay off of him, seemed impossible until now.
They had danced, though. She recalled the swell of muscle beneath the cut of his tuxedo. She splashed a few drops of water on the back of her neck before leaving.
She caught the profile of him waiting patiently when she returned. The glow of crystalline light caught the planes of his jaw.
She smiled when she came closer. “Thank you. I may have had some drinks to take the edge off before coming tonight. I was pretty nervous.”
She laughed slightly more at ease now that they were freed from the confines of the grand hall.
[[Marcus moded with permission.]]
“You know how ethanol inhibits the antidiuretic hormone receptor?”
Her big brown eyes locked at him pointedly, a cheesy smile on her lips.
“Could you do me a favor and show me where the restrooms are?”
He luckily was kind enough to go with her most of the way. She reached for another champagne along the way, but somehow lost track of it soon after.
A warm smile thanked him before ducking inside. Once at the sink and washing up, the lady checking her hair in a mirror caught her eye.
“Are you the Consul’s date?” Her accent was so heavy, Dani wasn’t sure she understood. Sluggish thoughts were likely involved.
“I guess you could say so?”
She replied and checked her hair just like her sink-neighbor. The other woman, in a deep red dress capped with dozens of diamonds, blinked like it was her turn to not understand.
Danika nodded, “Yes. Yes I am.”
The woman gasped, “he’s so hot. I don’t know how you can’t keep your hands off him.” The woman left a moment later. Danika was alone blinking at her reflection. Marcus was … attractive, now that she thought of it. Not that she hadn’t thought of it, but the idea that putting her hands on him was even a possibility, let alone unable to stay off of him, seemed impossible until now.
They had danced, though. She recalled the swell of muscle beneath the cut of his tuxedo. She splashed a few drops of water on the back of her neck before leaving.
She caught the profile of him waiting patiently when she returned. The glow of crystalline light caught the planes of his jaw.
She smiled when she came closer. “Thank you. I may have had some drinks to take the edge off before coming tonight. I was pretty nervous.”
She laughed slightly more at ease now that they were freed from the confines of the grand hall.
[[Marcus moded with permission.]]