Demi x Nina
While she could have stayed happily taking up all of Dani’s time and attention, eventually Rose Paulsen had cut into their conversation and in an attempt to save Dani from the horrors of the Stepfords Demi had accused herself and allowed Rose to drag her off to be introduced to a woman whose name she had already forgotten, but whose husband was forever etched into her mind -- a corrections officer from La Quinta. The smiling brunette has been forgettable and the whole time while they talked all Demi wanted to do was shout at the woman ’your husband is a monster.’, but she didn't. Causing a scene was in fact the very last thing she wanted to do this evening.
When her nerves just couldn't take standing across from the woman any longer, Demi informed the two women that she needed another drink and quickly made her exit across the makeshift ballroom and over to the bar.
Everything about her posture in that moment said ‘leave me alone’ and she almost snapped just that as someone came up beside her. A quick glance to her right revealed a friendly face, one she very much needed go see right about now. “Nina!” Demi’s relief is evident in her tone. “God, am I happy to see you.” She exclaimed while turning her body towards the other woman. “Rose just had the nerve to introduce me to one of the correction officers wives, I had to stand there and pretend like I didn't intimately know just how much of a monster her husband is.” Said sign a grimace before Demi downed half of her wine glass in one gulp.
“So, please tell me your evening has been better than mine,” there was a pause before Demi added. “Oh! I saw Dani by the way.” Her run in with the UMCB lab tech was in fact her only bright spot of the evening so far.