Once they'd found their seats, two plates were set infront of Mark & Alex much like the ones from the previous night. Mark dug in, while Alex looked around the room again 'Ok, not going to be depressed, not going to be depressed' she kept saying over in her mind when she couldn't find Boromir anywhere in sight. Mark looked over at her, smiled with a mouthfull & mumbled something along the lines of "This is good!". Alex hadnt taken a bite yet, so Mark put a forkfull of roast up to her mouth. She made a face at him, and said "Mark, you know I'm vegetarian, get that outta here". Mark stood up and playfully tickled Alex, trying to get her to open her mouth so he could force the bite in. She was laughing, and trying to shove his hand away from her ribs. Little did they realize that practically everyone in the hall was watching them by now. Mark kept saying "Oh come on now, open up, you can do it, it's just a little bite.." all the while putting the fork closer and closer to her laughing mouth. Alex fell out of her chair onto the floor from trying to get away from Mark. He grabbed her ankle and said "HA! Caught you!" Alex squealed as Mark mercilessly tickled her, and took a piece of meat from his plate to shove into her mouth. Once he'd gotten it in, he stood up, raised his hands above his head saying "OH yea baby, I'm the champ!". Alex was spitting meat out of her mouth, and Mark stood above her still, laughing as he offered her his hand.

She stood up to see several people laughing at her, shaking their heads in shame, or just ignoring everything that'd just happened between she & Mark. Afterall, there were at least a hundred people at the tables eating. Mark sat back down, still chuckling. Alex got back into her seat,punched Mark in the arm, stuck her tongue out at him and said "You are such a moron..what was that all about anyways you jerk?". Mark looked up at the ceiling (his fake-innocent look) and said "Oh, nothing at all..". Alex just nodded her head, then looked across the table to the other side of the room to see that Boromir had been seated and he was done with about half the food on his plate, making Alex realize that he must've seen she & Mark wrestling on the floor. He caught her eye, shook his head then looked away. Alex felt her heart sink deeper than it had ever been in her life. He was dissapointed in her. She could tell. She knew that Mark had teased her just as a show, to make Boromir feel distain towards her. Alex threw down her napkin, glared at Mark, then started to leave the hall. She felt like she could sink no lower in anyones view.