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cake.ninjak · 02-26-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by hermygirl

"Evening Benjamin," Alina greeted their fellow division head. She noted the tuxedo and again felt slightly underdressed, though it did cross her mind how smart Benjamin usually turned up for work. It also reminded her of how Theo looked all dressed up for these sort of occasions, and she felt a pang of guilt. Here she was enjoying a department party, when her husband was stuck at home looking at Nathaniel. It was double edged. She needed some time to chill and lets her hair down - things had been stressful recently at work and at home - but at the same time this party was only on due to her husband's departure. Not that she could do anything about it, so she might as well enjoy herself.

With that, Alina let herself relax, and started to bob to the music. It didn't take much to noticed that Benjamin was doing quite the opposite and standing rather still. "Not your kind of music?" she asked with smile.

"Not a fan of the limelight then?" Alina said with a small wink, turning towards him and away from the rest of the room. "How you finding it here then? I haven't had time to ensure you've been settling in okay and that so far."

"Good evening, Alina," he said stiffly. You uh...you look nice." Not only was he a work-a-holic and completely lacking in the social skills department, but he had NO idea how to compliment a woman,regardless of whether or not he was interested.

Not sure of what to do with himself, he simply widened his stance slightly and stood with his arms crossed, much like a sentinel or body guard. "I don't dance," was all he said in response to her comment about him not dancing.

"Again, no. I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to do my job, and to do it well." He may have sounded rude to her in that very instant. In fact, he PROBABLY did, but he wouldn't have known it. Despite being somewhat of a wunderkind, being in a position of leadership at his fairy young age and all, it was obvious that his prefrontal cortex had not developed. Would it ever? Stay tuned to find out! *dramatic music*

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cake.ninjak Kelpie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: BUE - Left Coast Posts: 26,240	Big Tuna \| Booger \| Team Men \| Chris's SS!BFAM \| Jules says I'm RAD \| #Superman \| Dustbin Quote: Originally Posted by hermygirl "Evening Benjamin," Alina greeted their fellow division head. She noted the tuxedo and again felt slightly underdressed, though it did cross her mind how smart Benjamin usually turned up for work. It also reminded her of how Theo looked all dressed up for these sort of occasions, and she felt a pang of guilt. Here she was enjoying a department party, when her husband was stuck at home looking at Nathaniel. It was double edged. She needed some time to chill and lets her hair down - things had been stressful recently at work and at home - but at the same time this party was only on due to her husband's departure. Not that she could do anything about it, so she might as well enjoy herself. With that, Alina let herself relax, and started to bob to the music. It didn't take much to noticed that Benjamin was doing quite the opposite and standing rather still. "Not your kind of music?" she asked with smile. "Not a fan of the limelight then?" Alina said with a small wink, turning towards him and away from the rest of the room. "How you finding it here then? I haven't had time to ensure you've been settling in okay and that so far." "Good evening, Alina," he said stiffly. You uh...you look nice." Not only was he a work-a-holic and completely lacking in the social skills department, but he had NO idea how to compliment a woman,regardless of whether or not he was interested. Not sure of what to do with himself, he simply widened his stance slightly and stood with his arms crossed, much like a sentinel or body guard. "I don't dance," was all he said in response to her comment about him not dancing. "Again, no. I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to do my job, and to do it well." He may have sounded rude to her in that very instant. In fact, he PROBABLY did, but he wouldn't have known it. Despite being somewhat of a wunderkind, being in a position of leadership at his fairy young age and all, it was obvious that his prefrontal cortex had not developed. Would it ever? Stay tuned to find out! dramatic music