Emily and Ashton and OPEN
Emily's smile relaxed into a soft one as she watched Ashton mull over the fact that she took his hand. The small smile grew a little bit when he tightened his fingers around hers. She was going to give it a squeeze but with Ashton's dragon strength she didn't want to risk it. Not that she feared him breaking her hand she was more afraid that he'd get frightened by the implication. He seemed always afraid that he'd hurt her if he touched her. Part of holding his hand was her telling him that she trusted him not to hurt her and he could touch her without fear.
"Well..." she glanced around the room taking in who was here. She saw Ollie and Sara splashing each other in the pool and she gave a little bittersweet smile at that. She was glad he was happy. She decided to push that aside for the moment, they'd grab them later. Who else. She saw Barclay and held in the groan. "We can mingle with whoever...we can talk to Barclay if you want. I know he's your friend and I can tolerate him for you. I don't mind."