Collaboration between Lily Kierstrider and YoshiSkittlez --------------------------- For a split second, Giddeon felt his tense nerves ease up a bit as the blonde in front of him had confirmed seeing Kallian; but it didn't last very long. As he followed the girl's gesture to the bar stool where she had spotted Kallian sitting in earlier and finding it empty, he felt his heart drop once more. He couldn't help but to look around the Juice Bar once more in hopes that he would spot his little sister walking around somewhere nearby and was so engrossed into it that he hardly heard the girls apology. "Huh? Oh..." He tried to bring his attention back from the crowd of people and back to the blonde in front of him. "No, no it's okay, it's not your fault." He shrugged his shoulders casually, catching a small group not too far from them whispering his name in between one another. He had to wrap his up and quick before everyone in the bar knew who he was, or maybe that's exactly what needed to happen. "Could you give me a sec?" He asked the blonde before politely excusing himself and made his way directly to the karaoke area that was currently going on un-used and picked up the microphone. He tapped on the mic a few times, getting the DJ's attention and the music that had been playing was abruptly cut off. Nicole watched the man thoughtfully. He seemed very disturbed over his sister's disappearance. It was actually kind of sweet. She was surprised when he left, walking over to the karaoke area. "Um what are you..." Nicole frowned. She doubted he was planning to sing for everyone. She glanced at the other people in the bar, who were still staring, as he took up the microphone. She wondered what he was going to do. "Can I have everyone's attention please?" Giddeon called out to the floor. There was no shakiness in his voice, no signal at all that he was nervous about speaking in front of a bunch of people like ninety percent of the human population would given his situation. "My name is Giddeon Zelinsky, most of you might know me as Vincent Zelinsky's son, or maybe you know me from my few years of playing for the Tuscon Padres or hell, let me really go out on a limb here and say that most of you [i]should[/i] know me for my Nightclub I opened up downtown called Verdant..." This seemed to cause the group to stop whispering amongst themselves, and caused a pretty big quiet in the Juice Bar. Nicole's jaw dropped. She was shocked at the new revelation. The man - no [i]Giddeon[/i] - was famous? That would explain all the attention he was drawing earlier, but it still surprised her. She also felt a sense of pride. [i]That famous guy was talking to[/i] me[i]![/i] It felt good after years of being treated like crap by every other guy in her life, but still... She looked down at her red glow stick and bit her lip. "But I'm not here for any of that. I'm here looking for my sister Kallian. She was here just a few minutes ago. Her phone has been misplaced for a few days now, so I've been unable to contact her that way but it's crucial that I find her quickly as we have had a sudden family emergency. Any information any of you have will be appreciated, and if it's useful information-" He stopped to look over at the DJ for a moment and held up his free hand. "-not trying to take away from Mingle here, but I can offer free drinks at Verdant for a night. Again, I'm sorry for interrupting you're quiet evening here, but this is pretty important. Thank you." Giddeon set down the mic where he got it and stepped down from the stage, immediately swarmed by the group in their opportunity to speak with a celebrity. It took a while to get through everyone, and only one or two people had any [i]real[/i] information to give to whom he wrote out a voucher for as he had promised earlier. His statement about having a family emergency was a complete lie, but he wasn't about to drag his little sister's name through the mud in front of everyone by calling her out on what she really was. Finally able to push through everyone, he approached the blonde once more with a rather dejected look on his face. "Well, she left here with some punk with tattoos. I...I don't know what to do from here..." Nicole felt a flash of pity for Giddeon. He cared about his sister so much it hurt her to watch. "Let me help you find her. I'm sure she couldn't have gotten far," without realizing it, Nicole had reached out to take his hand and was staring intently into his eyes. She couldn't stand to see any guy looking like that. [i]Yeah, that's it,[/i] she thought, trying to reassure herself. [i]I just don't like it when guys get upset like this, that's all...[/i] She couldn't lie to her racing heart though. Giddeon took a moment to look at their connected hands and wasn't able to keep a small smirk off the corner of his mouth. Especially since that red glow stick couldn't have been shining any brighter in that moment. Suddenly realizing she was still holding onto Giddeon's hand, Nicole quickly pulled away. She rubbed her palms together tensely and stood up, grabbing her purse and swinging it over her shoulder. "So what are we waiting for?" Nicole attempted to put on a bravado and failed epically when her voice spiked at the end. [i]Smooth.[/i] "Only if you can promise me that your boyfriend won't surprise me with a fist in the face." He replied with a light laugh, only held back by the worry of his sister's whereabouts. "Um yeah," Nicole replied tersely. "Wait, I mean no. I mean... I don't know what I mean. Nevermind." Again, she dropped her gray eyes to the floor. She couldn't tell Giddeon the truth: that she wasn't actually taken. That would raise too many questions. After coming here, she wasn't even sure why she did it anymore. It was stupid to try and avoid the guys at Mingle anyway. "Let's just go find your sister," Nicole murmured and started walking towards the door, hoping Giddeon wouldn't try to bring the subject of her red glow stick back up again.