Her face was mostly controlled now, smooth lines, not even a twitch from the corner of her lip. Grey eyes fluttered toward Chase when she heard that sound. It was something she heard often with Cordelia – he was laughing at her.

What? Had she been THAT funny? Still, watching him pull an empty goblet from the table only to have to fill it with magick’d water made her grin. Smirked really. Without much effort she had managed to lean back against the table, twisting just slightly so that she could look him straight in his comical Disney princess eyes.

”Oh please, you’ll know” she nodded a couple of times, ”because I actually like spending time with you Spenley,” she gave his shoulder a solemn pat this time, as if she were finally going to say something true. Beyond true even. ”you are one of my only friends” there was a slight pull to the edge of her lip, as if she were pausing deliberately…because she was, clearly, she had friends. Raising up her index finger as if asking more telling him to wait just a moment she began speaking again. ”that gets my dramatic flair…really, you might even be AS dramatic as I am.” she smiled, really smiled, there wasn’t a smirk in place at all.

Wait he was giving her life advice? THIS, and possibly not only this gave her an idea.

Oh, yes this was brilliant. ”if you were up for it…and I’m not sure you are – because of y’know…reasons” she began playing with her perfectly CLEAN nails as if she were thinking about something very, utterly, and direly important ”would offer you the much sought after label as being my dramatic life coach – you’d be replacing K O W A L S K I.” she looked up at him face a mask of INNOCENCE. ”who knows S P E N L E Y, I may even listen to your advice – about A N Y T H I N G…” seeeeeeee she could be very friendly and helpful under all the theactrics.

Turning to look back toward Stella she just BEAMED, her grey eyes twinkling. ”you will, and I’m going to be a not-so-secret cheerleader for you – we can even come up with a theme song for you…something obviously better and more realistic than go Stella she’s the best she shoots lightning from her chest? See it doesn’t work. Sadly, if you do shoot lightning I’d love to see it – heck I’d sell tickets for you.” seeeeee helpful and friendly even if most of Beth’s attention was set to teasing Chase a little right now.

It was then, as she sat there that she noticed something off. The staff table. What was? WHAT. ”SPENLEY LOOK” she whisper hissed and pointed toward the staff table – something was going on?