26.Oct.20, 10:03 PM
The trio meandered through the booths, fresh cocoa and sweets in hand, when R’dal suggested leaving. Aederyn nudged him with such force that she risked spilling her cocoa. “Don’t you dare!” She said with mock severity, letting her smile show that she didn’t intend to be mean or demanding. “At least, not until I get at least one dance with you. You’ll allow that as a ‘thank you’, right? Once the harpers start up?”
She pulled the group lightly toward a sitting area with some tables, just a stone’s throw from the dance floor where harpers were beginning to tune their instruments. The entertainment would be light and easy during the day while the more intense dancing, whether soft and romantic or fast and enthusiastic, would be reserved for the evening when more people who’d had more to drink would be taking the floor. Bright, simple tunes would be better for now, whenever they actually started.
No matter. She was spending time with family and her best friend. She almost choked on her drink at that when she realized she wasn’t sure who she was actually thinking about, Ali or R’dal… Ali had been her best friend for as long as she could remember, but R’dal had certainly been there for her at the Weyr. For her, the line had been fuzzy between friends and family, as her only friends had been family, other than Rudi…with a satisfied smile behind her cup, she determined that both terms could be applied to both people. Friend and family. How close R’dal considered her to be didn’t particularly matter to the redhead. She liked him and considered him as good as part of her own. She snickered at him. “And I promise I won’t step on your toes.”
Waiting for the harpers and enjoying the food and drink, she turned to her brother, eager to hear how he’d been. “What have you been up to?”
She pulled the group lightly toward a sitting area with some tables, just a stone’s throw from the dance floor where harpers were beginning to tune their instruments. The entertainment would be light and easy during the day while the more intense dancing, whether soft and romantic or fast and enthusiastic, would be reserved for the evening when more people who’d had more to drink would be taking the floor. Bright, simple tunes would be better for now, whenever they actually started.
No matter. She was spending time with family and her best friend. She almost choked on her drink at that when she realized she wasn’t sure who she was actually thinking about, Ali or R’dal… Ali had been her best friend for as long as she could remember, but R’dal had certainly been there for her at the Weyr. For her, the line had been fuzzy between friends and family, as her only friends had been family, other than Rudi…with a satisfied smile behind her cup, she determined that both terms could be applied to both people. Friend and family. How close R’dal considered her to be didn’t particularly matter to the redhead. She liked him and considered him as good as part of her own. She snickered at him. “And I promise I won’t step on your toes.”
Waiting for the harpers and enjoying the food and drink, she turned to her brother, eager to hear how he’d been. “What have you been up to?”