Candice Haynes

"All black, then," Travis agreed with a slight nod. Black was an easy color to find, it shouldn’t be too impossible for him to pull something together for the ball. "They’d all suit you," he commented on her choice in colors, never really an expert on women’s clothing. He’d just learn to compliment whatever they chose to avoid sparks flying. It had always worked pretty well, so far. 

"Not all black, white shirt. If you wear a black shirt too it would look funny. Okay?" A grin came over her face when he said that they'd all suit her, she already knew that, but she looked that he said it anyways. It made her feel good. Grinning she wrapped her arms around herself and shivered slightly looking back to the house, "Oh um, did you wanna come inside?" 

"One should always be able to zip oneself up," Travis grinned, rolling his eyes to show he wasn’t serious, "It’s the first thing I check when I think about buying a dress." He had never bought a dress. Perhaps it was more complicated than it looked, but then again, perhaps girls overcomplicated it a bit. "Ready to go, then," he offered Candi his arm, ready to get going, "After you, Miss."

"I'll be sure to remember that next time." Candi told him while she grinned. "I expected Tiffany to come get ready with me, but she was too busy... I guess she just wanted to get ready alone." The girl frowned for a moment before nodding at him and taking his arm with a grin. "Yup, I'm all ready." Candi walked out the door, making sure to pull it tight behind her, and looked up at him, slightly curious about what they were going to go do, "I've never been to a ball before, do you think it's like a school dance?" 

"And somehow you still look better than most of the women in this town," Travis shrugged. He spoke the truth. He’d seen many of the women here, both in various states of mess, and ready for a night out. They all tried to hard. Natural beauty was a lot nicer than a face caked in beauty product. "I’ll wear a suit," he grinned at her, nodding slightly, "Any color I should coordinate with, Candi?"

"Because of the honey, I would assume. I didn’t really research it." She laughed. She’d just looked up the recipe, rather than looking into but, as Candi went over the cake she pulled out her phone. "It’s rumored the sweet honey attracted bees and that the original maker was stung because of it." She made a hm noise and nodded. “If you want.” Of course she could make it too, she just needed to work on it instead of going by the computer recipe, but Candi liked helping and letting her help once wouldn’t hurt anything. She laughed. “That’s sort of the point of sugar.” A playful grin lit up her features. Candi was a bit… ditzy but she was as sweet as the sugar she enjoyed so much so Chrissy couldn’t hold it against her.

He chuckled when Candi turned around, reaching out with his free hand and quickly tugging the zipper shut, “Technical difficulties?” Travis pulled the flowers out from behind his back as she turned to face him again. “Do you even know what the occasion is, for this ball?” he asked, making small talk, as well as legitimately not knowing why the town was throwing a party. “Anything else you need to do before we leave?”

Candice wiggled her waist and then up her back and her shoulders while grinning. "Thanks." She told him while fixing her hair again and nodding. "When I tried it on Tiffany was with me, so she zipped it, I didn't think about having to zip it by myself." Candi grinned at the sight of the flowers, taking them from him with another thanks as she moved to put them in a vase, "Actually, no, I don't. Maybe it's just because." Candi shrugged while she danced back over to the door and smiled at him. "Nope, I'm ready if you are." 

"No broccoli for you, then," he told her, standing up straight once again and letting of her hand, just moments before he laughed at her eagerness, "Sure. Sushi sounds good to me," he nodded slightly, "There’s a decent place on the other side of town, unless you know of a closer one." Travis didn’t get sushi often, it was among the more expensive foods in Storybrooke, but he relished it when he got the chance to eat it.

Candi giggled while she bounced around in front of him and nodded while she started to walk. "I'm glad that I met you Mister." She told him while smiling brightly. "Sometimes it's nice to have some friends. "I have Tiffany and Floyd, but sometimes I just like people that aren't them too." She held out her fingers to him while smiling innocently, "Will you hold my hand while we walk there?" 

He handed the girl her shoes when she walked up to him, smirking triumphantly despite her pouting. “Chrissy always makes the cupcakes. They’re her life’s work or something like that. Uncle never makes ‘em, don’t know why, so it’s almost definitely Chris’ work.” Floyd shook his head slightly, eyebrow furrowing, “I don’t think so? But it’s your guys’ schedule, not mine, I just hand around here when I’m bored.” He stuck his tongue out at Candice, but let go of the door, letting her in, because he wanted dessert too. “I want a cannoli so…”

"How come you never hang around here when I'm working?" Candi asked him while making a face while she skipped inside. "I'm really friendly, we can talk and eat yummy snacks. I'll ask Chrissy for the schedule so I can tell you when to come in, okay?" She didn't wait for his answer as she climbed behind the counter and started to poke around. The girl got herself a cupcake and looked over at him while she licked the frosting from the top. "If you want one than you just gotta go get yourself one." 

Zane had always had a really hard time with the heads of all the cliques in school. He hated them more than he hated anything in the world, and he’d always tried really hard to be a good person and not hate things or people. But individuality, originality, had always been one of the most important qualities that could ever be possessed. “Sounds like you do,” he murmured, crossing his arms over his chest as he avoided looking at the girl. As much as Zane hated queen bitches, he couldn’t stand to make a girl cry. Or anyone cry, for that matter. That was the worst. “Sorry… it’s just…” he bit his lip, trying to find a way to stay true to his point, but not completely upset the girl, “Touchy subject for me…”

Candi looked at the boy for a moment, he seemed sad. Very sad and she wasn't sure how she was supposed to fix that. He seemed to hate Tiffany, but she couldn't figure out why that'd be. Tiffany was great! The best really. When he crossed his arms over his chest she couldn't control it anymore. The overwhelming urge to give the boy a hug. She made a face and looked around for a moment before moving forward and leaping onto him. Candice hugged him for a moment before backing off and smiling. "Don't be sad be happy." She told him while she started to move back out from the water. "Don't worry, you're gonna see me again soon, but I gotta go for now. You should try to meet Tiffany, you'll really like her." Candi gave a small hop out of the water and onto the sand before she gave him a wave and started to go back towards her house. 

"It’s not my cup of tea," the cat shrugged, brushing some hair out of his eyes, "I avoid it when I can." Maybe it was the two lives spent as a cat, but if he still preferred getting food himself, not picking it up from a refrigerator, wrapped in plastic packaging. But that wasn’t an option, for humans. Niko shrugged slightly, "Anyone can be smart, given enough time." Two lives was more than enough to be wiser than most humans would ever become. "Just keep observing, listening. You’ll learn a lot more than you realize."

Candi just nodded while she listened to the man, he was smart and she liked that about him. Plus he didn't seem to think she as just completely stupid, which was something new. "You know what Mister? You're right! I can be smart. I just have to wait a little bit longer." The girl stood on her tip toes and kissed the man on cheek before bouncing back a few steps. "I'm going to do that and pretty soon I'm going to be just as smart as you. Okay? You'll see." She tossed one more grin at him before waving and skipping on her way, she wasn't quiet sure what she'd gone to the park for, but now she knew that she needed to tell Tiffany she was going to become smart. It was a very important fact after all. 

Dance All Night || WTSC Grand Ball || Candice and Travis

Candice sat carefully applying her make up while she waited for Travis. She'd spent at least an hour curling her hair, making sure that each curl was going inward, perfectly framing her face. It wasn't easy, but Candi knew that she needed to look nice. Even if she wasn't going on a real date, just a friend date, Something about the night just seemed as though it where going to be special, so she needed to make sure that she looked special. If that meant that she spent the entire day getting herself ready than so be it. 

Travis was about to answer the question, when the girl paused him, disappearing from the window, and giving him a moment to walk over to a nearby tree, leaning against it as he waited. Why? he grinned at the question, amused. Because she was his friend. Because he didn’t want to go alone. Because it always looked good to have a beautiful woman on one’s arm. But mostly because he enjoyed her company, despite Candice being a bit childish sometimes. She was sweet, fun to be around, and made him genuinely smile. And if that wasn’t a good reason to ask someone on a date, even if it was only a friend-date, then one didn’t exist.

Candi just smiled and rocked from side to side while she looked up at the boy in front of her. She hadn't really expected anyone to ask her to go to the dance with her, not that it would be surprising for her to date, she just didn't think anyone would ask her. Most of the time she just did things with Richard and Tiffany. They were all she needed in the date department. She'd been on a couple in her time, but those were real dates, where the boy paid for everything and kissed her at the end of the night. Then there were friend dates with her two friends where most of the time she paid for the things she wanted. A friend date with someone new sounded more than a little exciting. 

Gray all but threw the water down, shooting the girl a glare before he closed the bottle, sticking it into his bag again. He wasn’t sure which would be better: to offend her into leaving him be, or giving her the cold shoulder until she gave up, but so far it seemed as though neither would work on the girl, and physically harming her was not an option so… He continued to studiously ignore the girl’s every attempt. trying to forget that there was anyone there other than him, much less a chatty, frustrating little twit. If only she would go away.

Candi jumped as the water bottle threw to the ground and took a step back. Her hands fumbled over each other while she watched him move around. She didn't follow his this time with anything other than her eyes. Candi wanted to keep following him, but she was worried that he may actually not like her, which was weird. Everyone liked her. "Umm..." Her voiced was quiet, but she was sure that he could hear. "Did I do something wrong?" She asked him while biting her lip and reaching up to play with her hair. "I'm sorry... "