Ziyal watches over her glass as Garak attempts to explain a point to Julian, Jadzia is watching with interest whilst holding the knife she had taken from Kira two minutes into the dinner. She ponders if she should take Kiras fork too when Garak turns his conversation to her, but no Julian kicked him under the table as a reminder to be polite.

She wonders if anyone notices how childlike they are being, if they notice that she is watching them like a show. Jadzia is teasing Julian now, and he is blushing so Garak stays quiet and Kira joins in. Kira is smiling so wide she can see her teeth, she loves it when she smiles like that.

The food is okay, not as good as Jakes dads, but good. She gets caught up in thinking of the illustrations she is doing for Jakes new piece, so she misses whatever Kira says to get some pudding thrown at her. Within seconds the room devolves into madness, food is being flung everywhere and she joins in laughing. It feels good to be so carefree, Jadzia gets a face full of Julians dinner, and Julian in return gets covered in Kiras drink.

Even Garak is joining in, smiling as close to his real smile she's ever seen in front of anyone other than her or Julian. She sneaks a sip of Garaks Kanar whilst he is busy ducking a bread roll thrown at him, it's horrible, and she can't help but make a small "ugh" noise as she sticks out her tongue. She only realises her mistake when she notices how all the adults are smiling at her, holding up her arms she tries to run to the door but just as it opens she gets hit by some pudding. She keeps running wondering if they'll chase her, or if she can get some ice water from the closest replicator.

When she hears footfalls behind her she smiles and only runs harder, Julian is the unfortunate soul who caught up to her first, his clothes are sticking to him and his hair is soaking. He's smiling however, and holds up his finger to his mouth before throwing the jug that came with the water over the other three and laughing in glee when Garaks hair falls out of place. "We better run" he laughs at her and together they run off holding hands, looks like it's team games tonight.