::Ibn returns to Diana.:: "Thank you letting us talk. Matters between us have improved greatly. Now, I believe I owe you a dance."

Mar'i holds her ground as Ibn approaches her, escorting Diana. Her fists clench ... why did he ask her? How did he know her? And did he know the Graysons had also been invited?

Her chin raises as they stop before her.

Jefferson Pierce is one to show up early at these things. He never mastered the art of being "fashionably late," and besides, he's got too much going on, and wants to watch people with his own eyes. He's distracted upon arrival by Senator Neptune Perkins, and the two idly talk politics and "No Child Left Behind" for a short while ( Read more... )