<i>Oh no, why did she decide to come over?</i><br/><br/>Chester quickly fixed his hair as he watched Silvia approach, anxiety flaring to the point where he knew talking was going to be difficult, and it was crazy that both her and Vivian recognized him once they realized he was the one who ordered the drink for the former. "Be natural, and I got more people that I need to serve, so just shout if you need me." Be natural, so he had to act as if he was either streaming on Twitch, on a panel at a convention, or talking to the crowd while performing a live show... which sounded easy enough. He had to act fast mentally as he watched her approach, and once she did, it was clear that she felt just as anxious as he did. "I know, it's not typically my scene, but I kind of got dragged out here by a couple friends. Not that I'm complaining, or ever was complaining, but please, sit." He motioned for her to sit in the empty seat beside him, and once she did, he started to answer her question. "My life? It's been pretty good, and I decided to actively pursue music, which got me the chance to meet so many people. What about you?" How he didn't stutter, it wasn't clear, but it was definitely obvious that he was a little nervous as he spoke despite how amplified it was mentally. "By the way, you look amazing tonight. Not that what I remember you normally wearing took away from how you looked before... because it definitely didn't make you look less amazing, and I should probably shut up now before I make a bigger fool out of myself." Chess grabbed his drink from the counter, and as he took a few sips in an attempt to calm his nerves, he could feel Silvia's eyes on him as he knew he had to clarify.<br/><br/>"It's non-alcoholic, and I still don't drink since I'm still an active part of the LDS church." That was another thing, Chester could remember a few times where more popular kids tried to dissuade Silvia from talking to him because he was active in the church even then, and it seemed religion was stupid when it was anything but the normal sects of Christianity. Besides, it probably felt like the start of a joke with anticipation for the punchline, but he was used to it in case she wanted to make a joke about it. Right now, it was clear he wanted to listen to her talk more than anything, and when he felt her knee graze his, he could swear he felt the sparks despite the clothing, knowing that it was a rare event when<i>anyone</i>made him feel sparks at all. He took a few more sips of his drink, enjoying it now more than he usually did, and carefully pushed his glasses back up onto his nose as he realized that they had slipped a bit, and he realized that he had a chance to ask what he was wondering after all these years. "Silvia, if this isn't too personal of a question, why did you move after freshman year of high school? I'd tried to see if you'd ended up in that one teacher's class that you looked forward to potentially being in for English, Mrs. Walker, if you remember her, but she told me that you'd moved since I had her sophomore year." He took that moment to look into her eyes as he spoke, something he didn't like doing often since it felt personal, but it was something he wanted to do since it was proof he was actually listening to her. Chess noticed that they were changing up the music, going from more modern to some of the classic hits, and he had an idea that a part of him wondered if Silvia would be bold enough to do.<br/><br/>"Hey, they don't really play music from the eighties anymore at clubs. Do you maybe, I don't know, want to dance... if you want to?"<br/><br/>It felt like a stupid idea to bring up, but for Chester, it seemed like something to do in an attempt to get Silvia to relax more. He knew they had a bit of a height difference now, but at the same time, at least she might feel more comfortable being around a guy who could keep an eye out for trouble. "It's alright if you don't want to, but if the reason is because you think you're a bad dancer, then you and I might remember the Winter Semiformal very differently." He'd been too awkward to attempt to dance at the time, even with Michael encouraging him to do it, but he'd remembered that she got up with Vivian and a couple other girls before they awkwardly began a dance routine they'd rehearsed for Best Song Ever by One Direction. Yet when it had switched to Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men shortly after, she'd pulled him out there for what had become his first slow dance, and what he'd thought was just a minor crush he could ignore had ignited genuine feelings that resulted from the same sparks he was feeling tonight. It was at that point he had set his cup down, the only thing remaining after taking another sip being ice, and the sparks were there as he accidentally grazed her hands with his fingertips. Chess felt his face heat up shortly after, and while he could blame Silvia for it in a sense, there was another part of him that wanted to blame himself for how easily a crush had developed in the first place, which apparently decided to bring those feelings back to the same strength they were the last time he saw her.