Re: Barbara and Dick
The look she gave him was rather skeptical. "Take it easy on them, would you? My father has a hard enough time keeping up with the King, take it easy on his men?" But she knew that the chastisement would be taken in the right way. While her father had no trouble making sure that the House of Wayne's scion and sons were kept safe, his men did have some trouble keeping eyes on them. The boys were just too good at sneaking away. This one especially... "Come up there with you? You know as well as I that no one would be happy with that," her smile was a bit more solomn than before.
It was futile and she knew it. "Let's just say that I may need a few minutes before I feel ready to brave the floor." She was putting it lightly. And she was rather certain he'd be able to tell. Still at least here there weren't people giving her looks and whispering behind her back. No, the Fates were doing that or her instead. "You can always sit with me, though if you wished to find a more able dance partner, I would understand."
She saw the look on his face change, she wasn't certain if it was because of what she'd said or something else... If it weren't or the fact that the two had practically grown up together, she knew that he wouldn't care so much. If she left he would be one of the people she missed.