May I have this dance? (Camelia)

[Stefan Lorenzo Cavaliere]

Stefan perked up when he heard music playing and turned to his "date" with a grin. He'd dragged his best friend here under the pretext of Side-Along Apparating him back to their shared apartment that night, when he was sure to be drunk off his ass. Camelia had threatened to put out her cigarettes on his arm, but she'd gone with anyway.

Little did she know, he hadn't touched a drop of alchohol all night. He'd just wanted to spend time with her.

"Cami," he cajoled in a sing-song voice. "Dance with me? Please?"

[Camelia Ashette Esposito]

Camelia looked at her best friend like he was insane. She didn't really want to dance, she would much rather be working on one of her many projects that she had yet to finish. She'd been dragged to this 'party' with out being told that she had to dance.

Little did she know, she was actually going to have to dance.

"Must I?" she asked pleading not to.

[Stefan Lorenzo Cavaliere]

"Dance with me!" he repeated insistantly. "You and I haven't danced since we were, what, fifteen? You owe me a dance, woman!"

He sprung to his feet with a lightness uncommon in him since Aura died. Though a lucid drunk, Stefan was never in top form with too much alchohol in his system. He was sure that Camelia was tired of him falling into drunken, sobbing stupors on the couch. He meant to make up for that to her.

[Camelia Ashette Esposito]

"If it will shut you up, I'll dance. Nothing fancy, got it?" Camelia crossed her arms and stood up. "Then you have to get me something to eat, because I wanna do a few tricks with the fire. And you're not allowed to drink."

She held out her hand expanantly. She wasn't going to just sit and wait for him to decide when he wanted to dance.

On the other side of the room, Tonks was sitting on a couch nursing her need for food. She was starving, and eating for two. Looking at the two new comers, Tonks looked over at her friend.

"Lisa, how much to we want to bet, she's going to end up punching him at the end of the night?" she said, her head lolling back.

[Stefan Lorenzo Cavaliere]

Stefan laughed and took her offered hand, helping her stand. He was used to Cami acting this way; he suspected that it was the result of growing up in the orhpanage. She was tough, but that was part of the reason that he loved her. Stef needed someone to be tough on him, or he'd get himself killed. He'd drink himself to death or get in a motorcycle accident or something like that without Cami to say "What the hell are you doing? Knock that off!"

"What on earth made you think I'd try anything fancy?" he scoffed. "Of course I'll get you something to eat; you act as though I don't know you, Miss Blackhole-For-A-Stomach."

Lisa glanced over at the pair that Tonks had pointed out, picking at her own food absentmindedly. Tonks seemed to have more of an appetite than she did that night.

"Oh, she'll definitely punch him," she agreed.

[Camelia Ashette Esposito]

"I dunno, maybe the fact that you'll be wasted by the end of night? Shut up. Atleast I don't drink myself insane almost every night." she retorted. "Jeeze I swear, you really have no idea how to control your self when it comes to your alcohol do you?"

Camelia shook her head. She really wanted to go back to a shop and work on a few cars and maybe go back to bed but she apperently had to go to this horrible party.

Tonks nodded and pouted, "Think he'll get drunk first? Where's my husband? I want some chocolate?"

[Stefan Lorenzo Cavaliere]

"I have not touched a drop of alchohol all night," he informed her as he lead her to where the others were dancing. "I'll admit that I didn't deal with Aura's death well; luckily, I have such a loving, nurturing best friend."

He shot her a teasing smile over his shoulder. Cami was so far from being loving and nurturing that it wasn't even funny; he was convinced that she utterly lacked any maternal insticts, at least where humans were concerned. She seemed rather caring towards animals, like dragons. That had been why they initially got along so well, actually; they both excelled at Care of Magical Creatures.

"I'm not sure; he's been drunk rather often lately, hasn't he?" Lisa mused. "And I was actually just wondering where Fred and Remus were, now that you mention it..."

[Camelia Ashette Esposito]

"You say that now, but I have a feeling that when you get my food, someone will have put out firewhiskey and you'll forget anything about food." Camelia pursed her lips, "Oh ha. Ha. Jerk. Can we leave yet? My feet and I want to go home, I do have other things to do right now."

Cami really just would like to go home. She had a few dragon eggs she was watching over for for a few days that needed constant care. And not being there, constituted as not watching them! She looked at the few others dancing, many of them seemed to be close to their partners, where as there was quite a bit of space between her and Steph, inwardly she was saying thank you. She didn't want people to think she actually liked someone.

"As far as I've seen, he's been drunk each time." Tonks nodded. "Times like this would be when muggle appliances would come in handy. Like those pager things some of them have."