;;Let There Be Light

“Of course you weren’t.” She mused with a roll of her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest as he sat down in one of the other seats. “Well, I had to. Gotta make an entrance here one way or another. I think I had only been here for a week before the Christmas ball started.” She teased, a smirk on her face.

Riley once again glared at him, moving towards one of the tables to sit. She figured they would still be able to keep an eye on everything that way even if they were sitting, they could still act if necessary. “Damn, you caught me. I just really wanted to impress you. Especially after we met my first day.”

“Which really wouldn’t surprise me either way.” Riley laughed, shaking her head at him as she waited for him to return from setting his coat down. She glanced down at her shoes, “Eh, these ones aren’t that bad. The ones I wore last year definitely weren’t the most practical. When you’re a girl, you learn to get used to it.” She mused with a quick wink.

“You’re just trying to make my head bigger aren’t you? To get back at me for doing it to you so many times.” She retorted with a joking glare, closing her eyes for a moment as he kissed the top of her head. “It was. And if I remember right, you were picking fun at the fact that I wasn’t going to be able to do my job in heels.” So much had happened in just that short year that Riley really couldn’t believe it herself. 

So far so good. No villains were breaking in, nobody was getting attack. Everything was going according to plan. While Riley was confident that nothing would happen, or that they would be able to handle anything that might happen, she was still a little on edge. So when she saw Kyden make his way over, she smiled. Shaking her head at his statement, Riley let out a snort. “Must be their problem that they can’t stop staring then.” She smirked, shaking her shoulders a few times. “No need to be jealous though because this is all they get to see.” Riley quickly teased, adding a wink for good measure.

The Christmas Ball had well been in swing by the time Riley arrived in the ballroom. Once again, she was working, but this time, she really didn’t mind. After all, she was the one that made the schedule herself. With all of the recent attacks, Riley felt like it was absolutely necessary to make sure that she was there just in case something were to happen. She knew all of the other guards were fully capable, but Riley just felt the need to also be there to help. She was dressed, once again, in a black, thigh length dress as she moved more into the center of the room, her eyes scanning back and forth as she began to make her way around the party guests.

“Well shit, you certainly just attempted to dissect everything that I’ve said.” Riley mused with a laugh, standing up from the position she was in and crossing her arms over her chest. “Perhaps I was just adding that to give you some sort of hope that you would. I don’t think that you will.” She challenged, moving towards the kitchen and leaning against the wall.