Isaac and Miette
Isaac and Miette arrived at the hall where the UK YIRAAS people were holding the ball.
"Mi!" a voice called.
Katie would have come bounding over, except her dress made that particular activity rather difficult. She gave Miette a hug.
"Hi Katie," Miette smiled. "This is my boyfriend Isaac, Ike, this is my friend Katie."
"Hi," Isaac smiled.
Katie looked him up and down.
"Hey," she grinned. "You look familiar..."
"He's from the band Hanson."
"Oh! Are you alien?"
"Dathrian. Telekinetic."
"Huh. Cool. I had no idea."
Isaac grinned.
Miette introduced Isaac to her friends and they got to dancing. A little later in the evening, Miette spotted Dale.
"Dale, hi!" she waved.
Dale
Dale turned around from alking to a girl whose name he couldn't actually remember and spotted Miette.
And her boyfriend.
"Hey Mi!" He waved back, hoping that if introductions were in order, the girl who he was with would say her own name.
Isaac and Miette
"Dale, I'd like you to meet my boyfriend, Ike. Ike, this is my friend Dale," Miette said.
Isaac held out his hand to Dale.
"Nice to meet you."
Dale
"Likewise." Dale shook Isaac's hand and his smile faded as he realised he still couldn't remember the girls name.
"This is..."
"I'm Rebecca. Hi."
Isaac and Miette
"Hey," Isaac said.
"Hi," Miette said cheerfully. "I'm Miette, but everyone calls me Mi."
"Makes for lots of good jokes."
"And makes for lots of people saying that."
Dale
Rebecca smiled, gave a tiny wave and tottered off.
Dale shrugged. "So how've you been?"
Isaac and Miette
"I've been good," Miette smiled. "I had so much fun in America last week."
Isaac sensed something was a little... odd here. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but there was defintely something out of place.
Dale
"Oh yeah, the US Ball. Kate told me about that. Well I'm glad you had a good time."
Dale looked at Isaac for a second, wondering if she'd told him about the kissing at the party. Well, it hadn't meant anything. To her, at least. Meeting Isaac, of course, made Dale feel ten times worse about it.
Miette and Isaac
Miette grinned.
"Dale has this cool stretching power," she told Isaac. "And he's a hybrid too."
Isaac nodded.
"Cool. I have telekinesis. I'm also full-blooded."
Dale
"Cool. So... staying in England for awhile?" Dale asked.
He spotted a drink that was a little far out of reach and snagged it, stretching his arm the extra distance.
Isaac
"Fun," Isaac remarked, impressed. "I'll be here for a bit over a week."
Yep, there was defintely something amiss here.
Dale
Dale was trying to avoid Isaac's eyes, feeling really guilty about what had happened. Would Miette have told him? Because he was being awfully nice. She probably hadn't told him.
Dale looked around while taking a sip of his drink, trying to find his date. He spotted her talking to a bunch of friends on the other side of the room.
"Well, there are some parties coming up, you should come, guys."
Miette and Isaac
"Cool," Miette smiled. "But don't let me have any more kero."
Isaac laughed.
"I remember you mentioning that. And you still don't remember anything?"
"Not a thing," she giggled.
Dale
"Well you passed out. And fell over a few times."
He paused and grinned cheekily. "Oh and sold your liver on the black market. But that's all, I swear."
Isaac and Miette
Isaac laughed and Miette looked a little embarrassed.
"Well, I hope whoever gets my liver appreciates it."
Dale
Dale nodded.
"Yeah, in all seriousness, you didn't sell your liver. I just took it," he joked. "But thanks, I do appreciate it."
Isaac and Miette
"Well, it was for a good cause. After all, considering all the kero you drink..." Miette trailed off with a grin.
"Now, see, I think that's a funny word. Keroholic," Isaca mused.
Dale
Dale chuckled.
"Yeah, I can see that. 'Hi I'm Dale and I'm a keroholic.' Fun."
Isaac and Miette
Isaac laughed.
"Hi... my name... my name is Dale... and I'm a keroholic. I like all kinds of kero, but my favourite is the '94. It's just so, so..."
Miette gave him a friendly whack.
"Knock it off."
"Aww."
Dale
Dale chuckled again.
"Nah, I'd say my favourite was the '95. Better... um vintage?"
Dale grinned. He liked Isaac, he seemed pretty cool, which didn't help the guilt that was burning in his chest at the moment.
Isaac and Miette
Isaac laughed, and Miette smiled, happy that they were getting along so well.
"Well, I'm hungry," Miette said, raiding the buffet.
"That makes two of us."
Dale
Dale grinned.
"Well, I might catch up with you both a bit later. I should probably go find my date, good meeting you Isaac."
Isaac and Miette
"Okay, cool, it was nice meeting you," Isaac said.
"See you later," Miette said