Violet smiled as her brother ghosted over picking at the yellow cheese. He was a handsome young man, tall with probing eyes. He shifted around the background of his sister seeing what she was up to. No one thought him the life of the party exactly and when he wasn enjoying himself it seemed everyone else was bored or intimidated. Except for Violet. She could think like him. He didn't want to be around strangers. He wanted to around people who knew him, his peculiarities, his bad humor, his way.
the girls were talking about their favorite places to shop when he caught the other girls eye. Then continued spearing grapes with a small fork stolen from the shrimp plate. This would take forever!