to be determined

“Then let’s dance.”

***

“You’re such a dork, I swear.” 

“Yeah, she’d be fine with it.”

***

“Okay. Then . . . yeah. That’s be nice. Thank you.” 

“I mean, you can dance with me. I can’t be the worst, right?”

***

“Would your date be okay with that?” 

“Usually, when it happens, one of us is mad at the other? Seriously, what’s up?”

***

“There’s nothing ‘up,’ and I’m not mad at you.” 

“We don’t usually go a whole week without talking, even when I’m busy with Charming Business… and last time we did talk, you had to go out of no where. Oh and you did just bite my head off about how you weren’t talking to me so… that’s all a bit strange.”

***

“But it’s happened before – us not talking for a little bit. And I did have to go somewhere. And I was talking to someone else. It’s just . . . yeah.”  

“I wanted to ask you… why have you been acting so… weird?”

***

“Weird? I haven’t been acting weird.” 

“Yeah, and somehow every year I’m blindsided by it.”

***

“It’s fine, Caspian. I get it.” 

“I’ve been wanting to talk to you all week, it’s just been crazy busy around here.”

***

“As it is every year with your family’s ball.” 

“I’m pretty sure my date is with her parents making the hello rounds.”

***

“So you so graciously decided to come bother me instead.” 

“Well I’m sorry for chasing off…. the guy that I didn’t see. But I would notice if you left.”

***

“You have a date, don’t you? You should probably be focusing on that instead of whether I’m here or not.” 

“Then who were you talking to?”

***

“It was the guy I’d been talking with, but apparently he decided to run off the second you got over here.” 

“You… said it loud enough for me to hear”

***

“And? That still doesn’t mean it was meant for you, nosy.” 

“I’d notice.”

***

“I . . . I wasn’t talking to you.” 

CASPIAN: And Cam acted super weird about it.

CASPIAN: Oh... okay...

CASPIAN: Yeah, actually it was kind of weird.

CASPIAN: She's more Camden's friend than mine.

ISABELLA: Right.