(its fine. ^_^)

Despite her cool appearance Aria was frantic. She paced near the entrance to the ball room her hands gently holding up her large hefty skirts. Where was her escort? Where was Adrian's escort? They'd been preparing for this night for weeks and now their escorts were gone?! She exhaled slowly before lifting a hand to adjust her emerald green mask before she reached down shifting her skirts nervously. What were they going to do? Should they just go in together? No that would give the wrong impression. It would say they were closer than normal for a pair of royal siblings. And she did not want a group of gossiping royal elders talking about her like that. Soon they were going to announce their names and then they'd enter...If possible her pale skin got paler still. "I-i need some fresh air.." she murmured brushing past her brother and stepping outside and taking a deep breath as she slowly walked down the stairs. She wasn't going far. She was just going to wait and hope their escorts arrived.

Of course Aria was usually the calm and collectd one but that wasn't true tonight. After hearing her brother rant and rave about how everyone would be watching them the nerves had finally gotten a hold of her. Of course she was used to being seen and watched. Or she should be but clearly she wasn't. Swallowing nervously she peered down the slowly darkening streets silently hoping and praying that a carriage would arrive with their escorts.

Adrian watched his sister fidgeting nervously a faint smile on his lips. It was bad that he was enjoying his sisters mild discomfort so much but obviously she wasn't as calm and cool as she appeared to be. She was scared out of her whits. She'd finally come to realize just how important this night was. Grinning softly he opened his mouth to gently tease her but he never got that far because his sister all but flew out the grand entrance.

Once he reached her he rached out a hand to gently brush a stray curl out of her face. "They'll get here soon enough. We're near the bottom of the list. We've got plenty of times. And if they don't show up then we'll just go in together. No one listens to the old biddies half the time anyway. You've got nothing to worry about.." he murmured reassuringly. Of course he was just doing his job as an older brother-protecting his younger sister. They had plenty to worry about but he wasn't going to frighten her anymore. If anything he'd try and make it more fun for her.

(its ok ^_^)