Islington Nest Christmas Party, Dec 17 [Open to all Nest members and their guests]

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline has worked hard to put together the evening's event, which is not only a Christmas party but also hopefully a chance for the Nest to celebrate its new leadership. The room at the Angelo has been decorated with a winter wonderland theme which, while not exactly original, is quite lovely.

A string quartet is playing a selection of Christmas and other classical music. Any attempts to feed on the musicians will result in the perpetrator getting thrown out the party, or worse. But feeding on any of the hired help or performers should be unnecessary, since several varieties of "blood punch" are available to drink. There is also food and other drinks available for non-vampire guests and anyone else who wishes to partake.

There is a strict black tie only dress code and Caroline will tell anyone who is under-dressed to go home and change.



[The event is happening on Dec 17th but I wanted to get it up early so everyone had time to do get involved if they so desired.]

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[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline takes her time before answering, since she has a feeling that the answer may dictate how the rest of this night goes. She'd told herself she was only curious when she came over, but that probably wasn't entirely true.

"It means," she says finally, "that I'd love to see what the private rooms at the Angelo look like."

[longterm]

There's a pause as Cesare looks at her in a moment of understanding. Right. So they're doing this. Good.

He smiles before tilting his head slightly, asking her to follow him. He leads her into an elevator to take her up to the top floor, and eyes her the entire time, saying nothing. To be honest, he doesn't entirely see the point of talking any further. They both understand one another and what they're about to do. Any further discussion seems unnecessary. He's happy to talk to her if she wants to, of course, but he doesn't consider it to be vital.

To be honest, he's half of the mind to start kissing her then and there, in the elevator. But he's not entirely sure she's that kind of girl and he doesn't want to offend by accident by making assumptions.

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline follows his lead and is fine with the silence - it gives her more time to be impressed by her own audacity. Her heart is pounding hard enough that she's sure they can both hear it.

She glances at him in the elevator, wondering if he would make a move. She'd be fine with it but she's not sure about making the first move herself.

"How long have you owned the hotel?" she asks finally, the quiet eventually becoming too much for her.

[longterm]

Cesare smiles and laughs slightly, looking at the floor for a second when Caroline speaks, obviously needing to fill the silence.

"Since it was built in the 1800s. I'm not sure precisely when, though it says on the front door, if you ever need to check."

The doors open and Cesare leads her through to a suite where he immediately pulls off his jacket and drapes it over the sofa before turning to her.

"I'll confess: I don't know precisely what you heard, but I think it may be misleading. I'm not quite the type to play too many games." He's more of a cut to the chase kind of guy. After all, why else would the two of them be in this room together?

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline nods. She's getting a bit better at guessing vampire ages, maybe. Or at any rate, she's not surprised that he has at least a few centuries on her - she suspects it might be more than a few.

Her heart is still racing when they reach the room. "I honestly didn't hear that much," she admits. "Just enough to make me curious."