What Is This Shit: Kat attends to ball with her secret admirer and finally discovers his true identity.
If Kat were the sort to get nervous, then she would surely be feeling it now. As it were, she only felt a slight flutter of anxiety in her stomach that was blissfully hidden underneath lashings of excitement and anticipation. The idea of the ball itself had been enough to get her smiling, and the invitation from her secret admirer served to sweeten the deal. Finally, she would be coming face-to-face with the person who had been a pleasingly constant fixture in her life for the past few years. She had a date and she would be able to sate her curiosity at last; what more could make the ball an exciting affair? Luckily for Kat, shopping with Scarlett and Grace for outfits and getting ready with them that evening had only heightened her good mood, and she didn't even let Scar's warning talk of where best to knee her date in order to get away phase her.
Having made her way down to the Entrance Hall with her friends, Kat watched happily as they were met by their own dates and left her alone (her own insistence, much to Scarlett's objection), and found herself repressing the urge to look around for her mystery man. They had agreed on a time and place and she knew without question that he would be there no matter what. It was simply a matter of waiting. Still, she was unable to keep her eyes from wandering as her fingers fiddled idly with the silver flower in her hair; its matching partner sure to be pinned to the front of her date.