George's sudden rise in pitch was somewhat alarming, and entirely unexpected. Was Mitchell's attendance paramount here? "I don't know." Nina replied was she went on watching George, with mounting bafflement. "Can't really say my plans really hinged on what Mitchell is doing tonight." She offered a false apology, her tone with an edge of sarcasm, she didn't doubt Mitchell shared her sentiments exactly. He probably couldn't care less for her plans in particular.
Despite the fact George's moon-eyed staring at Mitchell was somewhat hypnotic – Nina did catch sight of Annie's best attempts to garner some sort of attention from Mitchell, with the same amount of success that Nina seemed to be having with George. She shared a look with the Ghost, to agree. “Or maybe ..we should just leave you two to it.” She decided toward the boys, with a rising lilt in her tone – it was sort of a joke, mostly a joke. But there was something seriously off about George and she was beginning to think it wasn't quite mockery.