Sorry it took so long to update! Life and writers block got in the way! Hope you enjoy it though.
Isabelle and Keith had been texting back and forth all afternoon trying to coordinate the details of their evening out.
Izzy: So are we all going to be doing things together the whole evening?
Keith:Probably not, I think someone would be dead by the end of the day.
Izzy: Good point. What type of attire should we wear? Formal, Casual, etc?
Keith: Ugh....why are you asking me all of the fashion questions? Do I look like I am a model or something?
Izzy:........... I don't know if I will respond to that!
Keith: You just did!
Izzy: You are incorrigible!!
Keith: Does that mean that I have lots of courage? Haha
Izzy: -_- Okay smarty britches, I will see you tonight if your cockiness doesn't get you in trouble first!!
Keith: Looking forward to seeing you to lass!
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“Are you sure that taking the girls to a one of our sponsor parties is such a good idea?” Emmet said with slight concern as he struggled to tie his necktie perfectly.
Keith's none too gentle slap on the back totally messed Emmet up in the middle of the process, glaring at Keith he sighed and started again.
“Of course, who would not love a party with high society, movie stars, and famous people of all sorts? Myself included of course.” Keith added with a toss of his blonde hair.
“You forgot to mention crazy fans and paparazzi,” Colm muttered as struggled with his own tie, “How did you manage to get yours so perfectly anyway Keith?”
Keith grinned and proceeded to unzip his tie which did not affect the perfectly tied top portion at all.
“That is cheating mate!” Damo said trying to grab it off of Keith's neck.
“Can't breathe...” Keith gasped out as Damian managed to snag it and give it a yank.
“This is why its just the four of us and not the newbie going to this,” Emmet said, “And why have you held out on us when it comes to perfect ties Keith? You know how much we struggle with them!”
“It would get rid of most of the evenings entertainment,” Keith said with a laugh, “Though hopefully the girls are having less fun then we are!”
“You did let them know it was very formal?” Colm asked, “Considering how you are about “Telling” people things....”
“Never fear,” Keith replied, “With Izzy on my case there was no way she wasn't getting every possible detail about what is going on out of me!”
“True,” Emmet said, as he decided he had tortured his tie enough, “she does have a way with that.”
“And off we go the Three Musketeers....” Damian said linking his arms with Colm and Emmet, and....whatever the blonde farm dudes name was, the one with the broken down horse!”
“Hey!” my boat and or bug is not a broken down anything!” Keith exclaimed.
“Simmer down,” Emmet said, “We don't want to freak the girls out now, the party will do that as it is.”
“Such worry warts,” Keith tsked, “This is going to be the best night ever!”
“I hope so,” Colm said, “And its a beautiful full moon, what can possibly go wrong?”
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“That ride was even scarier then when Jayna drives.....” Alli said catching her breath and having Emmet put a supporting arm around her as she wobbled a bit standing up after getting out of Keith's car which she, Emmet, Isabelle, and Keith had been in.
Jayna, Colm, Danielle, and Damo came up behind them, “Are you kids drinking and driving? Damo asked Alli with a grin.
“If the can of Monster that Emmet gulped down on the way here counts then yes!” Alli replied.
Each of the lads offered their arms to the closest girl, “May we escort you lovely ladies to the castle?” Emmet asked wiggling his eyebrows.
Even Danielle burst out laughing at that, “You seriously have caterpillars above your eyes there!”
“Fred and George are NOT caterpillars!” Emmet exclaimed indignantly.
“You NAMED them.......Dude you need a life!” Keith said rolling his eyes.
“Shush we are getting to fancyville,” Jayna noted at that moment.
Emmet mouthed a quick thank you to Jayna, truly grateful for her rescuing him from any more slagging in front of the other girls.
“Um are there always this many fancy people and cameras?” Isabelle asked nervously as they approached the hotel entrance.
Walking into the fancy hotel where the dinner was being hosted the girls all felt nervous, out of their depth, and like they probably stuck out like sore thumbs.
Even with the lads insistence that they were gorgeous being surrounded by all the preened and picture perfect people was quite intimidating.
To fit in with the formalness of escorts they all had paired off, Keith led the way with Isabelle, followed closely by Damian and Jayna, Alli and Emmet trailed close behind them, while Colm and Danielle took up the rear.
“Okay divide and conquer lads,” Emmet muttered a somewhat plastered on smile appearing on his face.
Colm wondered again why they had thought it was such a great idea to bring the girls to an event like this.
Danielle whispered to him, “Is this one of the hard parts of being famous?”
Shrugging a bit he replied, “You get used to it, some people like the glitter and pizazz more then others do.”
“Can we sit near the side or back please?” Danielle requested, “I might faint if I become the center of attention somehow!”
“Of course,” Colm said guiding her kindly to one of the tables closer to the corner where Emmet and Alli were already sitting.
Alli smiled weakly at Danielle as they sat, “What is all involved with this evening anyway?” she asked Emmet.
“Oh, fancy dinner, chatting with a bunch of fancy and important people, pictures, dancing, fans....all of the perks of celebrity life in one night!' Emmet replied trying to make light of some of the not so appealing parts.
By that time some other guest had filled up the table around them, so they had to focus on chatting politely as they waited for dinner to be served.
Damian and Jayna had gotten distracted in the lobby as Jayna had wanted to just stroll around in and among the guests and take in the atmosphere.
Damian had to smile at her zest and enthusiasm as she soaked it all in.
Finally he led her into the dining room, but by that time there were no seats available by the rest of the lads, so he led her to a table on the opposite side.
Jayna glanced nervously around the dining hall while clutching Damian's arm a bit tighter.
“You okay?” Damian asked a little concerned when he noticed her normal energy draining a bit and her nervousness.
“Yeah, totes,” Jayna said flashing a quick smile, though Damian could tell it was halfhearted, “Just never thought I would actually be in a place like this with real celebrities....”
Seeing the hurt look in Damian's eyes she quickly tried to cover up, “Not that you hot lads aren't totes celebrities, just you are special while these people...think they are above the likes of me.”
Seeing what was bothering her Damian replied gently, “You are just as important to this world and to those who care about you as anyone else is in this room. More so even because you have the guts to be you when all they do is put on a mask and act for their whole life. You have the better part you know.”
Jayna's eyes glistened a bit and she mouthed a silent “Thank you” as he pulled out her chair for her and they sat down at a table.
Somehow Keith had ended up as one of the guests of honor so Isabelle found herself being led up to the head table.
“Let me settle the kids in and I'll be back in a moment luv,” Keith said with a grin, Isabelle frowned a bit as he drained a half a glass of wine and then sauntered off to find the rest and make sure they were settled in.
“Hallo there Katrina,” he greeted the woman next to Isabelle familiarly, “So glad ya made it here tonight.”
“So am I”...Katrina murmured, she was dressed runway model dress, perfectly manicured hands with fingers tapping, reminding Isabelle way too much of some type of evil catwoman villainess as she examined Isabelle from head to toe.
“So how many kids do you and Harkin have?” she asked with a smirk.
“What!? Isabelle spluttered almost choking on the mouthful of water she was drinking.
“Nothing to be ashamed of darling, I have to say I am very jealous of you, smoking hot men like Harkin are a rare find!” Katrina said nonchalantly.
“Mr. Harkin just asked me to accompany him tonight,” Isabelle retorted sitting up stiffly and glaring at the woman next to her, “It should be none of your business what he does in his personal life, but regardless I am insulted by what you implied just now!”
“Obviously you don't know Harkin like you think you do!” Katrina said doing nothing more then raising an eyebrow in amusement at Isabelle's angry retort.
A spark of doubt wormed its way to Isabelle's brain right then, but she pushed it to the back, this was not some rabbit hole she wanted to head down.
“Come darling.... I think you could use some help powdering your nose before dinner,” Katrina said getting up gracefully.
“I don't believe that is necessary.” Isabelle replied icily, “Besides, I can't go running off and not let Keith know where I am.”
“Nonsense, No one will miss us,” she said practically digging her nails into Isabelle's arm as she 'helped' her to her feet.
“That's what I am worried about,” Isabelle thought to herself as she glanced desperately around the room trying to spot Keith, or one of the other girls or lads.
Luckily at that moment Keith seemed to magically reappear, “You two seem to be getting close.” he commented.
“Like two peas in a pod,” Katrina replied with a beaming smile, “You have such a charming date tonight Keith.”
Isabelle breathed a sigh of relief, they all sat down as the meal was served.
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The meal itself was very fancy, and Danielle wondered at the small portion sizes that fancy restaurants served as apposed anywhere else she had eaten.
“What are these round squishy things?” Alli asked as she popped one into her mouth, “They have a slightly fishy taste.”
“That is because they are fish eggs,” Emmet replied in amusement.
Alli nearly choked on her food and went white.
“Are you okay?” Danielle asked with concern, “It wasn't nice of the boys to throw that at you like that!”
“I need to go get some fresh air for a moment,” Alli said looking a little green.
“Lets go out front for a bit then,” Emmet said pulling her chair out for her like a proper gentleman.
Emmet hoped to give Alli a nice quiet walk outside of the hotel, but it was not to be.
As soon as they stepped out the door Colm was surrounded by Celtic Thunder fangirls clambering for autographs and pictures.
Alli gave him a questioning look, he shrugged helplessly as he tried to fill as many of the requests as possible so they would leave him alone.
Alli strolled down the sidewalk a little ways, a few of the fangirls followed her though.
“Are you dating Emmet Cahill !?” demanded one of them, “I so have to put this on twitter!” she exclaimed snapping a picture of Alli blinding her with the flash momentarily.
At that moment Emmet decided enough was enough, grabbing Alli's arm he led her to one of the cars they had come in, opening the door and helping her in he then got into the drivers seat and drove off.
“Where are we going?” Alli asked in surprise, “Won't the others miss us?”
“We are getting you away from this stupid party,” Emmet replied, “And we are going to go do something you can enjoy, what movie would you like to see?”
Alli just gawked at him for a moment processing everything that had happened so quickly, “The Fault in Our Stars,” she replied without hesitation, “Though I have to warn you I will probably cry for the whole thing!”
“I would much rather have a sappy chick flick night then hang out with the posh people anyway,” he replied with a grin.
“I'm betting that you won't be able to keep from crying at least once during it,” Alli said with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
“You are so on!” Emmet replied, “How bad can it possibly be?” he thought to himself.
“Let me just text the girls to let them know where we are so we don't get the whole L.A. Police force out looking for us,” Alli said as she proceeded to do so.
Emmet grinned, this was going to be much more fun then the boring dinner had been, or at least he assumed it would be.
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Dinner was just wrapping up and Danielle was getting nervous with no sign of Emmet or Alli returning.
“Don't worry,” Colm said, “Emmet can get lost on the way to the bathroom, even if it is just a connecting door away in the hotel room.”
“That is supposed to be comforting?” Danielle asked, “Wait don't answer that!”
Just then her phone dinged, pulling it out of her purse and checking it she breathed a sigh of relief.
“I”m assuming that is from Alli,” he asked, “They probably ran off to have some fun abandoning us here!”
“Pretty much,” Danielle replied, “They went to see a movie!”
The band that was present at the party had just started to play some slow dance music.
“Well I for one do not plan on letting them have all of the fun this evening,” Colm said, bowing somewhat awkwardly he asked, “May I have this dance my lady?”
Danielle giggled at his somewhat awkward attempt, but blushing she replied, “I can't possibly dance in front of all of these people!”
“Of course you can!” Colm countered, “You just need to step out of your cocoon, remember you are not a caterpillar anymore but a beautiful butterfly.”
“You lads are the biggest flirts ever you know.” Danielle said shaking her head even though she had the hint of a smile quirked in the corner of her mouth.
“Is that a yes then?” Colm said offering his hand to her and leading her towards the dance floor.
“I suppose since you will not give me any peace till I agree anyway. Though I have ulterior motives because dancing means that I can avoid talking to all of these strange people.” she replied.
“More then happy to be used by you that way,” Colm said with a grin, “It is much more enjoyable then being used by the other lads.”
“You sure know how to flatter a girl,” Danielle said rolling her eyes slightly.
“Maybe you could educate me,” Colm said thoughtfully as he and Danielle entered the dance floor.
Holding out his hand to her and wrapping his other around her they slowly swayed back and forth, he marvelled a bit at how perfect it felt.
Colm was a gentlemanly partner and though you could tell dancing was not his strongest suit Danielle relaxed more and more into his arms, by the end of a few songs she was having so much fun she actually forgot where they were.
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“I am so totes happy to see my sis having fun out there,” Jayna said smiling in the direction of the dance floor.
“Would you care to join me on the dance floor as well?” Damian asked gallantly.
Jayna burst out laughing and continued to do so till she had tears streaming down her face.
Seeing Damian's downcast look she took a few deep breaths and tried to explain herself, “It's not that I don't appreciate the offer Damian, its just that...well you can't dance...er I mean I don't want you to torture yourself for my sake.”
Damian blushed a bit, “You are totes adorbs when you are embarrassed!” Jayna said pinching his cheek a bit.
“What would you like to do then?” Damian asked seriously.
“Maybe get some fresh air on the roof?” Jayna suggested, “I've always wanted to see the city from this high up, and I'm sure that it is totes awesome under the moon.”
“Great, er I mean I would love to be the one to introduce you to it,” Damian said with relief as he offered her his arm and they strolled out onto the balcony garden.
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