Alaxander looks at Ruby as she walked in. Nodding his head but made no movement to run. His heart was racing but he was trying to be brave. It wasn't something he knew how to be but he wanted to try. He looked at Aunt Ruby as she spoke. He really didn't get it. He looked at Uncle Victor. Nodding his head. He backed up a step but other than that stayed still. Shaking his head about dancing with her. He tried waving at Amanda but that was as far as he could get with that. He was trying to figure out the skeleton in the closet thing. In a way it was actually kind of cool. Mostly it was scary to him. He was such a coward. It was no wonder people wanted nothing to do with him. He watched him put it away. "It is scary but kinda cool that you guys have a skeleton in your closet...literally." He says softly. His voice trembling but he really meant it.<br/><br/>He looked at Aunt Ruby when she said ghost. He paled a bit and just stayed quiet. "I can't help but be afraid..." he says sadly. He looked down. He wasn't brave like Chester. He was just barely above jumping at his own shadow. He didn't mean to be such a scaredy cat but it was why everybody hated him. Why they made fun of him. Why nobody wanted to even be friends or play with him. He was lonely but Chester never had time to notice since he was always so popular with everyone. So he withdrew more because of that. He blinked as Ruby grabbed ahold of his hand. He looked at her and began to dance with his aunt. He found she wasn't as scary as she had seemed upon first meeting. He was only shaking a little bit. "This place really scares me...but I want to adjust. It is just going to be hard." He says honestly. Looking up at her. "I'm not afraid of my family...not really. I'm just a scaredy cat in general. So its not you personally...I just scare extremely easy. I'm not at all brave like Chester." He says sadly. He looked up into her eyes. "I believe you Aunt Ruby." He says softly. Dancing in the circle with her.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry I'm afraid Aunt Ruby...it isn't personal...I promise." He spoke softly. He didn't want his Aunt or the rest of the family to hate him. Everyone hated him and it made him sad. If they didn't hate him they were always making fun of him for being different. For being a scaredy cat. "I know how it feels...to have people judging you. Having people not wanting anything to do with you. Everyone always made fun of me back home...cuz I was different and even more cuz I'm a scaredy cat." He looked at her. "I feel I'm a girl in a boys body and everyone made fun of me because of it. They picked on me even more and pushed me around because I'm such a scaredy cat."<br/><br/>He sees Victor dancing with Amanda and when it wasn't catching him off guard it was actually kind of funny. He giggles a bit. "It is kinda funny seeing Uncle Victor dancing with a skeleton." He says softly. Looking down. Jumping as the ghosts appeared. He pressed in closer to his aunt. He watched them dancing. Then realized it kinda reminded him of a movie. "It kinda reminds me of that scene from the Anastasia movie." He says softly. When he thought of it that way it didn't seem so scary. He looked up at her. "Okay." He says softly. He was a bit tired after the dancing was over. He hadn't known he knew how to dance. He kinda liked it.<br/><br/>He watched his brother and cousin come into the ball room. He shivered at the headless dolls but didn't scream. He was shaking a bit but other than that hadn't reacted. When again he was ignored by his cousin he couldn't kept the pained look from crossing his features. He looked down. "Just like back home..." He says softly. He saw his brother get dragged away by his cousin. He looks at Ruby. "I might be a scaredy cat and her games might scare the hell outta me...but it would be nice for once for someone to want to include me. Everybody ignored me and wouldn't even play with me back home. Any time I would try to play with other kids they would laugh and call me names. Chester never noticed because he was always surrounded by friends." He looks down sadly. "I can't help I'm not brave Aunt Ruby."<br/><br/>He hadn't told Chester that because his brother never took the time to notice he was always alone and people walked away from him. He had been starting to feel hungry but the sadness chased away hunger once again. He looked at her. "Okay..." He says softly. Holding onto his Aunts hand. Letting her lead him to the garden. It looked very scary so he just pressed into his Aunt. "This isn't a normal garden is it? These plants are huge." He says softly.