Mari, being the ever compassionate and accepting soul that she was, absolutely loved hanging out with Rory. She had always been able to look past his disability and see him for who he truly was, a nice young man. Her special education classes in school only further enhanced her ability to be caring and kind to everyone no matter what they looked like or what sort of problems they might have had. It was probably why she felt so strongly about defending Dietre. People were questioning him just because he was different, but Mari had faith in him somehow.
But as she approached Rory's house, all those thoughts of Dietre disappeared into the back of her mind. She was determined to have a good time tonight. It had been a stressful enough few days to have to spend yet another night worrying senselessly about what could happen. Her mother and sister had promised they would call if anything happened, and with Sasha's electromagnetic abilities, Mari felt just a little bit reassured of that. It didn't take long before Rory opened the door for her, and Mari smiled, reaching over and giving him a gentle hug. It was natural for her to hug everyone and kiss their cheeks.
"Hey you. How are you doing?" She looked inside to see who else was about and spotted Giorgio."Hey Giorgio," she said, going over to say hi to him as well. That was the thing about Mari. She was not embarrassed about being friendly to people and usually said hi to everyone whether she really knew them or not. It was only polite after all, right?