[h2][center][color=orangered]~ Carmen ~[/color][/center][/h2]

Carmen stood with her legs crossed, casually sipping her Cabernet. As predicted, students and faculty alike began trickling into the ballroom. It didn't take long for Edric to approach the skylark, though as Carmen turned to see a girl with wet hair huffing away from the boy she suspected shenanigans. Either way, she now had someone to chat with, who...wait.

[i]Edric.[/i]

Carmen remembered the name. She hadn't met him before, but Lily had said the name before. She said it because-

[i]Ah.[/i]

This boy was apparently Lily's son. Carmen decided it was best to just chat normally, as if nothing was up. She was good at that, anyhow. She smiled at him in greeting as he began to speak. Her ears perked up at Edric's statement about being in one of her classes.

[color=orangered]"Oh? Is that so? That would be [i]lovely[/i]. Intro to Fashion, I presume?"[/color] she guessed as she expertly glanced, grinned, and nodded at Criston as he passed without faltering in her speech to Edric.

[i][color=orangered]You'd think I would know my own class rosters by now...[/color][/i] she thought, but she hadn't been sent anything yet.

Lily presently showed up in...exactly what Carmen expected her to.

[color=orangered]"Hm...phoning it in, are you?"[/color] Carmen teased. [color=orangered]"You're lucky you're so pretty."[/color]

The skylark took another sip of her glass before squeezing Lily's free hand. [color=orangered]"I put on your favorite waltz,"[/color] she remarked, having obviously given Lily a sampling of waltzes to listen to to choose from at a prior date.