Chapter 4
They arrived at the refreshments table and the man handed her and mystery man a drink. They decided to retire to the balcony. They were happy to see that no one was there.
"Mind if I take off my mask?" Kitty asked, "It's totally hot and you already know who I am." She sounded a bit irritated at the last part of the statement. He simply nodded and she removed the mask, shaking out her long brown hair and breathing in gratefully. After removing her mask she sipped greedily at the punch. Dancing exhausted her! She sat down on one of the nearby chairs and gratefully gave her feet a rest. He sat down beside her.
"So uh. . . .what should I call you?" she asked, suddenly aware she couldn't properly address him.
"I don't know," he said, "What do you want to call me?" She thought for a while, her finger placed on her chin, looking rather cute, he noticed.
"Well I've been referring to you as mystery man," she said, more to herself than to him. He smiled from under his mask.
"That's fine," he replied. She nodded.
"Mystery man it is then," she said and stretched her arms. He watched her closely. She was very beautiful.
"Man, what time is it?" she asked, "is it time to unmask yet?" He shrugged.
"I don't know," he answered, "Ready to go inside again?" She groaned.
"Yeah I guess," she said reluctantly, "time to put the mask back on." She placed it over her face and stood up. He stood and held out his arm for her to take. She smiled and linked arms with him, letting herself be led into the ballroom. There they danced for an hour or so until Duncan stood on the podium, followed by Jean.
"Listen up people!" Jean said into the microphone "Five minutes until unmasking, everyone on the dance floor!" The dance floor soon crowded with masked people.
Four minutes passed in an incredibly slow amount of time. Suddenly Jean's voice once again boomed into the loud speaker.
"All right everybody count down from fifteen and unmask at zero!"
*15!*
Kitty looked up at him.
*14!*
Her eyes were twinkling through the holes in her mask.
*13!*
He looked down at her as well.
*12!*
"It's time to tell me who you are, mystery boy."
*11!*
"Nope I still have five seconds to go."
*10!*
"Ok fine, stall all you want but in the end you still gotta tell me who you are."
*9!*
"As long as you keep your end of the bargain."
*8!*
"Oh I will, as long as you're not someone totally creepy like Todd."
*7!*
"I can assure you I'm not Todd."
*6!*
"Well that's a relief. Are you anyone creepy?"
*5!*
"That depends on your idea of creepy."
*4*
"Whatever, you don't sound creepy."
*3!*
He laughed.
*2!*
"Ok go ahead."
*1!*
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****REVISED****
~K.K.L
They arrived at the refreshments table and the man handed her and mystery man a drink. They decided to retire to the balcony. They were happy to see that no one was there.
"Mind if I take off my mask?" Kitty asked, "It's totally hot and you already know who I am." She sounded a bit irritated at the last part of the statement. He simply nodded and she removed the mask, shaking out her long brown hair and breathing in gratefully. After removing her mask she sipped greedily at the punch. Dancing exhausted her! She sat down on one of the nearby chairs and gratefully gave her feet a rest. He sat down beside her.
"So uh. . . .what should I call you?" she asked, suddenly aware she couldn't properly address him.
"I don't know," he said, "What do you want to call me?" She thought for a while, her finger placed on her chin, looking rather cute, he noticed.
"Well I've been referring to you as mystery man," she said, more to herself than to him. He smiled from under his mask.
"That's fine," he replied. She nodded.
"Mystery man it is then," she said and stretched her arms. He watched her closely. She was very beautiful.
"Man, what time is it?" she asked, "is it time to unmask yet?" He shrugged.
"I don't know," he answered, "Ready to go inside again?" She groaned.
"Yeah I guess," she said reluctantly, "time to put the mask back on." She placed it over her face and stood up. He stood and held out his arm for her to take. She smiled and linked arms with him, letting herself be led into the ballroom. There they danced for an hour or so until Duncan stood on the podium, followed by Jean.
"Listen up people!" Jean said into the microphone "Five minutes until unmasking, everyone on the dance floor!" The dance floor soon crowded with masked people.
Four minutes passed in an incredibly slow amount of time. Suddenly Jean's voice once again boomed into the loud speaker.
"All right everybody count down from fifteen and unmask at zero!"
*15!*
Kitty looked up at him.
*14!*
Her eyes were twinkling through the holes in her mask.
*13!*
He looked down at her as well.
*12!*
"It's time to tell me who you are, mystery boy."
*11!*
"Nope I still have five seconds to go."
*10!*
"Ok fine, stall all you want but in the end you still gotta tell me who you are."
*9!*
"As long as you keep your end of the bargain."
*8!*
"Oh I will, as long as you're not someone totally creepy like Todd."
*7!*
"I can assure you I'm not Todd."
*6!*
"Well that's a relief. Are you anyone creepy?"
*5!*
"That depends on your idea of creepy."
*4*
"Whatever, you don't sound creepy."
*3!*
He laughed.
*2!*
"Ok go ahead."
*1!*
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****REVISED****
~K.K.L