Shindig | Lydia

[Virginia Grace]

"Gosh," Genie mumbled as she walked up to the Dionysus cabin. "Talk about fancy…" The girl shook her head as she watched the crowd arriving. A loud bass beat thumped steadily from somewhere inside and from the look of things bright lights were flashing hypnotically. The beat of the music, the bright lights and the press of the crowd seemed to surround the Hephaestus girl and it was all she could do to stand for a moment and just take everything in.

For a girl who didn’t go to parties much Genie couldn’t help to feel a little bit out of place. She liked the idea of parties and this one certainly looked like it was fun what with everyone laughing and drinking and having a good time but on a whole this party thing seemed far too fancy for her. Genie was a simple girl who had simple tastes. She wasn’t really hip or fly if that’s what her fellow demigods were saying these days. If there was ever any doubt on this, one merely had to look at the long pink chiffon dress that Genie had worn to the event.

Needless to say Genie was slightly overdressed for the occasion but the dress, which she had worn to her prom last year, was pretty and her favorite color and it was the dressiest thing that she had to wear so why wouldn’t she wear it to her girlfriend’s big shindig? Granted it wasn’t Lydia’s shindig so much as the whole Dionysus cabin’s but she had been invited and Genie rarely turned down any chance to see Lydia. Besides, it seemed like this party was going well. She didn’t know why Lydia was always complaining about them.

Now, with the moment of wander passed Genie decided she would head on inside so hitching up her dress she joined the flow of people heading in that direction and if any of them were giving her looks at her somewhat more formal appearance Genie for her part didn’t seem to notice. She didn’t know how she was supposed to find Lydia in all this chaos but there was only one way to find out and she figured they would bump into each other at some point surely.

[Lydia Shepard]

John Peters was back at camp, again, which meant the parties would start up, again. The Dionysus cabin always had parties, but there was a clear difference between a normal party and a John party. Lydia personally hated when John threw the parties because it always got more out of control than normal. Lydia decided she would do more of her counselor duties than actual partying, but she did let Genie know that it was going on tonight. She stood in a corner with her arms crossed over her chest as she watched the party like a hawk. She was dressed up in her party attire of a sparkly top and black leggings with heels, but she needed to make sure that nobody was doing keg stands or, gods forbid, blowing up the cabin.

As she watched the party, she kept an eye on the door. But that's when she saw her walk in. She looked like a fairy tale princess, but Lydia was also being biased. She decided to move from the corner as she walked over to Genie. "Hey there Cinderella," she said as she approached Genie with a smile and a giggle. "I'm glad you showed up tonight."

[Virginia Grace]

Genie couldn't get over just how much fun everyone seemed to be having. Everyone was laughing and dancing and drinking and...drugging? Yeah, she would go with that but everywhere she looked the party was definitely hoping and Genie was swept up in it all. In fact, she realized that the party was so distracting that she hasn't been making much progress on her original goal which was to find where her girlfriend was hiding. Fortunately though Lydia it seemed could find her.

"Were you talking to..." At the sound of a familiar voice Genie spun around still wearing her star struck smile. When she saw who was standing there in her sparkly top she couldn't help but be surprised. "...me?" Her voice trailed off as her eyes found Lydia's and her mouth fell into a little 'O' of surprise. She looked so cool and... "Shiny. Wow Lydia you look great I uh...I'm glad you invited me." She said happily. "Looks like the party is really going."

[Lydia Shepard]

"Of course I was talking to you," Lydia teased a bit as she nudged Genie's arm playfully. "You're the prettiest one at this party after all." Lydia looked around the party quickly and her comment was right. Genie was the prettiest girl in the room and she was glad that she was hers. "I'm glad you showed up. It makes this party a lot more fun than it was before." Lydia looked back over at her as she offered her hand. "You want to dance?" she said as she listened to the music a bit and bopped her head along. It was lively dancing music. Not a slow song, but not a song that they couldn't dance to anyway.

[Virginia Grace]

Genie smiled at the teasing. Lydia always knew how to say things real nice and she had definitely turned the niceness up to full blast tonight. “Aww shucks I didn’t do nothing special.” She said obviously still not used to the whole compliment thing. Compliments on her forge work or inventions she could understand but her looks? She had never really thought of that as her strong point. Sure she didn't think herself ugly but it took someone special to see through the gunk and grease. Fortunately Lydia seemed to be that person.

A lively song started though and Lydia saw that as an opportunity to ask Genie to dance. That gave Genie a pause. On some level she knew there would be dancing at the party but she hadn’t actually thought that she would be involved with it. She didn’t mind especially if Lydia wanted to but perhaps it would be good to let Lydia know what she was getting in to. “Lydia, I uh…I don’t really know how to dance. I mean it looks real fun but my momma always told me I had been born with two left feet. Guess she knew I was better at fixin things than hittin the dance floor.”

[Lydia Shepard]

Lydia raised her eyebrows up at Genie as she waited for her answer. Even though that Lydia was there to make sure that the party didn't get too out of hand, that didn't mean she couldn't have a little fun in the process. She laughed as Genie admitted to her two left feet as she took Genie's hand and gave it a gentle tug towards the dance floor. "Don't worry about it too much. People here are usually too hammered to notice. Just take my lead."

So she led her to the middle of the dance floor as she bopped along to the music. It was a jam by the Disciples called "On My Mind", but Lydia was really digging it. She slowly rocked her body from side to side as she used their connected hands to get Genie to loosen up and dance along with the music.

[Virginia Grace]

Well Genie may not have been much of a dancer but she wasn't going to turn down any invitation from such a pretty lady that she liked so much. That being the case when Lydia took her hands and tugged her out on the dance floor she let herself go willingly.

The music was good and Genie vaguely noticed the lyrics talking about having someone on your mind all the time. That made her smile but for the most part she only had eyes for her dance partner. She watched Lydia's movements and tried to mimic them as best she could. She wasn't very successfully at this always being a beat or two behind Lydia but she was having fun and that was all that counted.
"I didn't know you were such a good dancer." Genie said with a little giggle. "What other secrets have you been keeping from me?"

[Lydia Shepard]

Lydia giggled as Genie danced along with her. She was definitely giving it her best shot, but Lydia didn't like her for only her dance moves. She smiled as she kept swaying her hips and moved her hands up into the air a bit. But was she a good dancer? She really didn't think so, but as long as her girlfriend thought so, she was willing to roll with it. She giggled a bit as she lowered her hands and moved them to Genie's hips. "Oh, I have a few of them," she said with a smirk as she moved to press up against Genie as her hips rocked side to side against hers.

[Virginia Grace]

The music was fun and being out on the dance floor with Lydia was even more fun than that. It was nice that Lydia didn’t seem to mind her goofiness or the offbeat way she shuffled her feet to the beat of the song. Instead her girlfriend slipped her hands down around Genie’s waist and pulled her closer. That was certainly different than a few moments ago but as they swayed together now much closer than before Genie had to admit she didn’t mind at all.

“This is nice.” Genie said as she looked Lydia in the eyes. She was really enjoying the closeness of the other girl and the way they seemed to move together like they were the same person. “I didn’t know dancin could be so nice.” For a moment it seemed like it was just the two of them out there on the floor which would have been just fine with Genie. If they were though this night might be going a lot differently because Lydia looked really cute right now and frankly it seemed like she needed a kiss. “umm…” Genie said in a sudden moment of self-consciences. With a nod to the crowd that had suddenly taken interest in the dancing couple she continued. “Don’t look now but I think we’re becomin the main event.”

[Lydia Shepard]

This was nice, wasn't it? Dancing with her girlfriend in the middle of a crowded dance floor. Lydia was so focused on the two of them that she didn't notice that they were becoming the center of attention. She was just having fun with her girlfriend and making sure that Genie was having fun as well. However, something bothered Genie and Lydia glanced off to the side. It did seem like they were gathering the gaze of quite a few people.

Lydia giggled a bit as she looked back at get girlfriend. “Let them look,” she said as she ducked her head towards hers. “They're probably jealous of my dance partner.” And with that, she snatched up Genie’s lips into a passionate kiss.

[Virginia Grace]

Yeah people were beginning to look. Genie guessed it didn’t matter that much, not really. There were much better things happening right now than a bunch of gawkers but the daughter of Hephaestus didn’t have too much experience with being the center of attention. Then again maybe that was something she would have to get used to when Lydia was around because she certainly was worth it.

Genie giggled a little at the suggestion to let them keep looking. There was no telling who would be watching them but it was kind of fun to know Lydia didn’t mind. She didn’t have too much time to think of a response however as all thoughts were quickly silenced as Lydia suddenly leaned forward into a kiss. Genie gave a contented sigh at this and closed her eyes to enjoy it further as they continued to sway together on the dance floor. Several cat calls and whistles rang out around the crowded cabin but she didn’t really notice. All those other party goers were distant memories right now.

When their lips parted a few moments later Genie leaned her head against Lydia’s and opened her eyes. “I know I would be jealous after that. My dance partner is a really good kisser too even if she is a little bit of an exhibitionist.” Genie tickled Lydia’s ribs a little to go along with the teasing hoping to get the girl laughing and the nodded towards a nearby table where she could see someone getting snacks. “How about we get something to drink before we make things too steamy out here.”