So they weren’t going to talk, well fine then, if he didn’t want to even attempt to talk she’d stay silent. She turned her gaze to the couples around them, watching those who had been paired well and those struggling. If only she might have been paired with Ned. Or really anyone else would have been preferable at this point. Even Mr. Selwyn seemed to be making an attempt at it. The more she watched the other couples the more her simmering discomfort began to bubble and she could only be grateful that she was good at masking her emotions. She kept a placid smile on her face as he spun them around.

There was the trouble though, Cam wasn’t even trying to dance well. Sisse did her best to mask this, ignoring his feet stepping on her and his rough steering, attempting to cover the steps with her own graceful ones. But when he spun her almost into another couple Sisse honestly wasn’t sure how much longer she could keep this up. She might have accepted the apology if he hadn’t been looking at Sloane at the time.

She had to do something or she was apt to end up in tears, which would be utterly mortifying. So in a very quiet and gentle voice she murmured, “Just pretend you aren’t cross with me. It’ll make it easier.” And hopefully save their grade, although it wounded her pride to even have to admit that he was cross with her in the first place. Once they stepped away from each other for this class she’d never even mention the subject again, but they had to make it through this first.