I wondered through the house and eventually found one William Herondale. "Are you lost?"
"No," Tessa replied shakily, "I just enjoy walking around houses with no destination in mind."
"I'll take that as a yes."
"I suppose you should."
Without warning, Will grabbed her hand and started walking very fast towards the way she had just come from. After bout fifteen right turns and two left, they entered a brightly lit hall with a very long dining table in the middle. Jessamine was sitting at the very end of the table checking her impeccable face for blemishes and smudges in her makeup. Jem was sitting in the chair beside her sulking. Tessa yanked her wrist away from Will's grasp and hastily walked over to Jem. "Are you made at me, Jem? I didn't mean to offend you. If I did I'm truly sorry. "
Jem's physical demeanor visually brightened at the sound of Tessa's voice. "Of course not Tessa! How could I possibly be mad at you?"
"Oh, no reason. Thank-you for the help again!" Tessa went around and sat herself across from Jessamine it seemed Will had been waiting for her to sit down before taking a seat..
It seemed Jessamine immediately perked up and Will sat down. "So, Will, have you asked anyone to the masquerade ball tomorrow night?"
"Jessie, I have told you this 67 times, once every other time you asked NO! If I did ask someone their would be broken hearts all over campus. We couldn't have that now could we?"
"I suppose not…" Jem replied with the tone of voice a kid has when he gets all socks for Christmas.
"Tessa, we must go into town tomorrow and get you a dress!"
Tessa, for her part didn't know how to respond to that. She couldn't tell everyone she already had a dress. "Sure, Jessamine, I would love to go shopping tomorrow."
"Well, I might just be wasting my time. The right dress might make you look almost pretty."