After some moments of awkwardness, Pearl finally broke the ice, "I thought we were supposed to go there together...."

Zane replied not hiding his frustration, "We were... But 'Miss Bestfriend' must have decided to keep Adora all to herself, yet again! and had planned to come together, just the two of them," he declared with a huff and folded his arms while Rosangel tried to comfort him by stroking his arm gently.

"Actually..." everyone turned towards Neo, "Callista already told us yesterday that she was supposed to come with her parents, so she might be late." He pulled out his phone to show our group chat, "she even messaged us in the group". 

Thanks to Neo, everyone stopped the ruckus and felt guilty for their mistake. "But you can't blame us, they mostly end up leaving and coming together," Diana added for Zane, "It has happened 10-12 times approximately", Danial corrected her, "13 times if we also count when we all went to Callista's farm house but when we were about to leave, she asked Adora to stay over and offered to drop her later."

Wow, they really are made for each other, I thought to myself.

"Exactly my point!" Zane's words brought the conversation to a halt. After some moments of painful silence where time seemed to drag itself, Neo cleared his throat, " But I don't know anything about Adora..."

"Huh?'

That came as a shock to all of us.

"Didn't she tell you Nathan?" inquired Pearl. I wish she had, " I am afraid not," I mumbled slumping my shoulders dejectedly.

"She always inform someone," Diana stated the obvious. She always inform at least one of us and usually do not leave or come alone. Actually, we asked her not to after we heard about the group of some students stalking  her, which was rather easy as she lived alone. So, it was rather unusual for her not to tell anyone of us.

I was about to call her but Neo already beat me to it, and with a shake of his head said 'powered off'. We all grew worried.

"Her society members have been pestering her to go out, maybe she went with them to the ball," Neo tried his best to sound confident but couldn't hide his anxiousness.

 "Oh!" Rosangel suddenly perked up, "Maybe she went with.." please don't say what I think you are about to say, not him please... But to my despair she ended up saying it, "Michael."

My blood started to boil at the mention of that name. I closed my fists so hard my knuckles started to turn white. It's not like I hate him or anything, the boy himself is way too good for that and everyone love him but I just have my reasons.

"Rosey…" Pearl gave her a look, Rosangel immediately understood her mistake and added," With other members of the society, if not them, he must had his buddy along for sure, not that he would come for her alone." She tried to ease my anger but the damage had already been done.

 I took deep breaths to compose myself, feeling uneasy by the whole conversation," I hope so...". It was a possibility that James would be with them as the third wheel, they mostly went together everywhere being roomies and childhood friends. It was somewhat of a relief but I still felt uneasy at the thought of them being together.

 "So... what's the plan for tonight?"  Neo completely turned the whole uneasy environment, everyone gladly joined in to give their ideas and plans. I gave him a grateful nod and he just gave me a thumbs up. He really know how to lighten the mood, I mentally gave him friendship points.

And so, the conversation went on, our group once again filled with laughter and chit chat until we reached the parking area.

"Just to make sure, does everyone have their invitation cards and don't forget your masks", Neo asked while putting on his mask. Always the responsible one "All checked", Diana and Danial responded simultaneously.

"Okay guys..." I said while getting out of limo, "let's brighten the night". Zane smirked and marched forward, while Rosangel tried to balance on her heels and follow his pace. So, we finally made our grand entrance.