((Gloria Benson from A Proper Dinner )) Gloria had been hunched over her desk, drawing in the corner of her notes. She'd began with random circles, but that had evolved into a face eventually. Gloria frowned very slightly, tongue poking out from between her lips as she added more shading and definit...

((Celeste Beaumont continued from Looking For Something?" )) Well, this was something Celeste hadn't done in a while...Celeste set the bags down from her shopping trip, having found some time to stay out longer. She still had a little ways to go before she'd get hungry, and she didn't much feel...

"Y-Yeah, you're right..." Gloria mumbled, nodding. She looked around, spotting a road that led to the mall. "So...let's get to the m-mall and eat, huh?" A thought suddenly struck her as she began walking, and she stopped, turning around to face the boys. "S-Simon...if you ha...

"I...there's a burger place at the mall...not too f-far away," Gloria stammered, smiling a little. Ah, yeah. Burgers! "A-And they're cheap, too...I eat there sometimes." She suddenly stopped, blushing a bit. She'd just assumed they'd want burgers, not anything else. "O-Or yo...

"Anyway, it's still pretty early if you guys want to do something else. Yep, definitely a bit more time." Gloria smiled a bit more at that, but before she could say anything more, her attention was grabbed by Dirk. Apparently giving the movie's various scenes his own input. Gloria's eyes w...

Gloria nodded, standing up, face dry at last. "Y-Yeah, I'm coming." She walked outside, putting her glasses back and giving one last sniffle. Well, this day had gone in an unexpected direction, that must was certain. She dropped her food and drink in the trash on her way out, and gave the ...

"My grampa woulda been right next to him, talking through the whole movie." Gloria wiped her eyes a bit more, giggling at the thought of it--her father and Dirk's grandpa sitting in the theater with them, his grandfather talking all through the film. Mr. Benson wouldn't have liked it, but ...

Through her sniffles, Gloria could hear Simon speaking to her, trying to soothe her. She covered her mouth with her hand and bit into it, so she could quiet herself enough to hear him. "You know, Gloria, I think the two of you are..." There was a pause, and she briefly wondered what he was...

"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't know." Gloria shook her head at that statement, her arms lifting up to her chest as her hands balled into fists. She stared at the floor, tears collecting in her eyes. Of course he didn't know. He couldn't have known...But even so, it still hurt. She wasn't surpris...

"I think so." Simon answered simply, making Gloria smile a bit. She looked at her hands for a moment, picturing her dad again, and nodded. Yeah. She and Simon were both right. He'd have made a fantastic Iron Man. Dirk moved in front of her to help her up, and she let him. Gloria was about ...

At Simon's words, Gloria clammed up, looking at her hands sheepishly. He was right...She really didn't have to apologize. Not to him. He wouldn't get mad at her, wouldn't hate her. Simon doesn't leave, she told herself. "Anyway, we should stay a bit. Somebody told me there was something after t...

"It's ok Gloria. You didn't really interrupt anything," Dirk reassured her. "Seriously, it's fine," Simon agreed. "Um...you're shaking." Was she? Gloria looked down at her arms. Sure enough, she was shaking...pretty badly, by the looks of it. Simon's hand was on the arm...

"I'm sorry," Gloria whispered as the two boys helped her with her popcorn. "I'm so sorry...!" The poor girl looked near tears, her body trembling somewhat. She'd just ruined their good time! Simon would forgive her, she knew that...He always forgave her for little things like thi...

As the film went on, Gloria started to see fewer and fewer similarities between Tony and her father. Well...All she had said was that they looked something alike, but she soon saw they acted completely different. This was both a good thing and a bad thing for her--the good thing being that she could...

The explosion took Gloria completely off-guard, and she noticeably jumped in her seat, fingers tightening on the armrests. Her eyes went wide behind her glasses, unable to look away from the action scenes happening on the screen. Who was the good guy and who was the villain? It was a little hard to ...