"No, nothing like that," Daizi laughed, hugging Alec before ushering him off, "I did speak to a nice old couple. Not a couple, but, the two of them, who are always found together. And a couple of racists, and sexists... As for gossip, there was one secretary having an affair with her married boss, and she touched me without permission and got angry when I established boundaries." She shrugged, and then smirked at Xander, leaning down slightly closer to his level, "Habibi, sometimes it is more fun to watch you suffer than it is to bring you home icecream." The she straightened up, laughing, "or maybe I'm just treating my daughter. Either way, you should go wash your face. You too, darling."
"I will," He replied, but didn't move, "You really do look wonderful tonight."
"Thank you... Are you okay?" Daizi asked, stepping closer to him and reaching out for his hand.
Dark thought for a few moments, checking himself as he had learned to do, "Honestly? Yes. It was nice just... spending time with them. I did miss you, though. I wish I could have been in both places. Or you could have been. Or we both could have been. You just look so lovely..."
"We'll go out together sometime soon, somewhere fancy so I can wear this out with you," She replied sweetly, "and soon we have our weekend away, and then it'll be just us. It's good you spent time with the boys, I need to do that. Go hang out with Cooger, let me be with them for once. I love them too. But we can talk about all of that later," she dropped against him, "I have to go change and you need to wash your face. My back hurts."
Dark embraced her warmly and then led her upstairs so they could both get ready to settle in for the rest of the evening.