Mitchell couldn't help the small smile on his face at what Lia said about the other witches. Yet he wasn't upset that things had never worked out with the witches in the West. It wasn't like he hadn't been with women or even came close to marrying one or two. Though things hadn't worked out for one reason or another. He had been alive for six hundred twenty five years after all. Smiling a little he changed the subject to the ball itself and the fact she wasn't fond of dressing up. Mitchell nodding his head at her question. "Well most of the women I've went with or accompanied at least. Were eager to dress up and look pretty with all the men's eyes on them." He answered with a slight roll of his eyes, there had been a few of those comments that had been made before his dates left with another man for that matter. The only other woman he heard complain about been his sister, but it had been for a very different reason then Lia.

Mitchell laughed a little nodding his head again. "Yes, I have seen just now quickly you change." He answered still smiling. "At least you will be able to pick how you want to make your dress look though, so you could make it a little bit more comfortable to wear all night." When Lia thanked him for the comment Mitch nodded his head, though it was the truth so it probably was a nice complement, Lia always looked very beautiful when she dressed up and went to the meetings with the elders before she went and changed. Well she always looked beautiful for that matter, but she showed it off more when dressed up.

Mitchell couldn't help that the small smile came to his face as Lia said she wouldn't feel comfortable going with anyone other than him after they had finished dinner. It was a rather nice complement really, it was rather nice to know that he might her feel that comfortable. That she could think of being in a room full of blood vampires and still be comfortable because of him being there to guard her. "See its a good thing Att couldn't find a dress than." He said starting to actually feel more like himself, the comment about the East had been mainly a joke, but this he nodded his head to her words. If there was anyone that could show her that was in fact true, it would be Izzy.

He watched her as she started towards the stairs, though he wasn't sure what he had done to earn her thanks. "You're welcome, thank you for dinner." He said after she told him she would be back. With a quick glace around him Mitch let out a soft sigh and walked over to his bag and dug around in it until he found the book he was reading. After all if she was going to be working on Kat's lessons, he knew she was going to go quiet again, he needed to keep his mind on something other that what had upset him earlier. As he heard the dance music start playing upstairs a small smile came to his face as he looked above him for a moment before sitting his book on the coffee table and doing the small bow as if there was someone else in thee room with him. Closing his eyes he let a soft sigh out of his lips and started moving to the music, his hands positioned as if he was holding a partner to lead her. It was a little awkward but it really had been a long time, and it wasn't everyday that he got a chance to dance with Lia. Though in a way it was funny. It had been hundreds of years and yet the sound of the music always brought a memory of when he was still learning to dance to his mind.

[I]The candle lit lanterns that normally lit up the large living room of Hollyfrost had been blown out and Mitchell's father had to used his magic to give the room a dim glow little the small spread out coven Greenwatch normally had at their balls. Both his mother and father where still busy moving the furniture as Mitchell sat at the kitchen table with his sisters finishing up dinner. Hearing Malaika sigh Mitchell looked over to her for a moment before asking her what was wrong, only for her to pick at her food for a moment. 

"I don't want to do this again. I really hate dancing with dad. I would so much rather lead." Malaika said frowning down at her food.

"Well you could always ask mom to saw you how to lead instead. Or after you get down the following." Mitchell suggested giving his twin a small smile.

Malaika signed baking her head though. "A proper lady shouldn't lead in the dance but follow the gentleman." She answered her tone mockingly repeating what their mother had told her more times than she even cared to count. Before smiling a little bit as Mitchell said that was stupid.

Isolde let out a laugh making Mitchell look at her frowning. "You freak shows don't have anything to worry about." She said as she stood from the table and took her plate to the sink. "You can' t be good dancers in the room, because no one wants to dance with you anyway." Her words made Mitchell's eyes blacken before he looked to his twin who was staring a hole into their elder sisters back. Reaching over he tapped the top of her hand getting attention before she could be pushed to the point of causing a fight again. "I'll figure out a way to get mom to teach you to lead. Just watch." He said making Malaika smile as she took their plates to the sink.

As they finished up they dinner the two of them went into the living room and Mitchell's hand was grabbed by his mother, and she gently pulled him to the middle of the room and tested him with a curtsey before Mitchell gave a low bow, and took her hand putting his other hand where she had told him it needed to be. Which wasn't the easiest as she she was most taller then his ten year old self. 

After the first ten times of Mitchell stepping on his mothers feet she let out a frustrated sigh. "Mitchell sweety are even trying at this point?" She said putting her hands on her hips and Mitchell looked up at her frowning and nodded his head. "Because this is a very important thing to learn. What are you going to do if some girl you like wants to dance and you can not." His mother scolded making Mitchell look down at his feet for a moment before his father pipped up.

"Arlessa, give the boy a break. He'll get it down, and be a great dancer, he's a Anderson." He said before looking into the kitchen and adding. "Besides, life's about proving people their wrong to doubt you." Both Mitch and Malaika smiled before his mother sighed and told Mitchell to start again.[/I]

The sound of Lia's footsteps coming downstairs brought him back to reality and he grabbed his book and quickly sat on thwe couch and glaced up briefly from his book at her as she sat her stuff down on the table, before looking down and starting to read. Though hearing the music start playing again he looked up at her before smiling slightly at her request and putting his book down. "Of course, its been  a while a refresher is always nice." He answered her as he stood and looked around. 

"Hmm I'll move this back but let's make more room, okay." He said thoughtful before moving the coffee table against the couch. As he turned to look at her he gave a relaxed smile before putting a hand behind his back and giving a small bow holding a hand out for her to take. Once she curtsied and took his hand Mitchell gently pulled her closer to him and put his other hand on the small of her back as he started to dance with her. His body actually rather relaxed as he moved to the music leading her. "This is a lot better than dancing by myself to the muffled music from your room." He said smirking a little bit at her, it was always easier to talk when getting the hang of dancing again, your mind not worrying about where your feet were.

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Kathleen of course noticed a few of the people at the table smile at how excited she was about the ball. Which after the little bit of harshness she had already had to deal with from Issack is was rather nice to have people staring at her. She was sure that this one was going to end on a less sad note than the last one....yes she was sure of it.

Kathleen couldn't help  but smile as she watched Cassandra stifle her laugh before laughing a little at her response to her question about easterners, because honestly that made sense to her. Mitchell had to be the most talkative person she knew and even he stopped to take a breath every now and then she thought looking back over to the other end of the table seeing it was just Atticus and Checkov talking now. Though she wasn't paying the most attention to them as she was talking to Cassandra, looking back to her before checking to make sure she would be at the ball as well. 

When she confirmed that she was going to be at the ball, Kathleen smiled happily at her. "Good there will be someone interesting to talk to." She said as she started eating some more of her food. When she said that she would even come earlier than usually she smiled and nodded her head though truly between Ophelia and Atticus she was always well taken care of. Though perhaps she was talking about stuff for the ball itself. "Honestly the only thing I'm worried about, is the dancing part." She admitted quietly with a small laugh. 

Kathleen couldn't help but be  a little surprised that Cassandra could tell she was a autumn child, seeing how almost everyone thought she was been in the winter. However, she smiled great big and nodded her head to the question. "Yes, actually. My birthday is day after tomorrow. Which means a easy lesson coming up so yay." She answered, truth be told she was actually very happy about that. Though they didn't really celebrate her birthday, at least Ophelia started making sure that the lesson was easier on her birthday since she let it slip out that it was her birthday a  years ago. In a way it was like a present, or at least Kathleen tried to see it that way.

When Atticus stood and excused himself, she looked at him in confusion for a moment before he pulled at her chair and excused her too. In that brief moment before he had pulled out her chair though, she knew that something was wrong, she knew Atticus long enough to be able to get tell by the look on his face. Looking at Cassandra she gave a tense smile before nodding to her. "It was nice to meet you." She said quietly before heading outside with Atticus, because she already figured that they wouldn't be coming back. Though at least she had eaten half of her dinner.

When the two of them get outside, she looked up at Atty for a moment as he leaded up against the wall, before giving him a soft look as he talked. "That's okay Atty, I wouldn't have wanted to stay there without you anyway." She answered softly, and now that it was just the two of them away from the others she could almost feel the darkness pouring out of his aura,  it made she tilt her head a little and she could see a sight paleness in his face as well. Kat let out a soft sigh. "Oh Atty. If that Issack guy was bugging you bad enough to make your aura go this dark we could have left sooner." She added softly shaking her head.

Without even much thought about she reached her hand up and cupped the side of his face. "Let's see if we can get rid of that headache." Kat said her voice soft and quiet before closing her eyes and starting to chant quietly and pulling engery from the rain, as she put him in a illusion.

[I]"The loud noises and lighting from the rain storm were gone though she could feel the engery still being pulling from it. The two of them stood in front of a pound, the water dimly lit with a soft greenish glow as if their were lights under the water, as small sliver fish swum around the light reflecting off their scales. Softly cello [url=https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=Eh1m3vCCGdA]music[/URL] played in the background as if coming from nowhere, and she can smell honey suckle sightly filling the air around them. With a small smile showed on Kat's lips as she sat in the soft lush grass pulling him down beside her. "You aren't allowed to tell anyone about this okay? This is my calm place that I make for before I go to bed or after nightmares." She said looking at him. "Hopefully it will help your head.'[/I]