While Elizabeth had been trying to slip away, she felt hands on her shoulders, and naturally jumped nearly a foot out of surprise. Just like she would've yelped in her surprise, but at the familiar voice, she instantly relaxed and stared forward instead. Elizabeth really didn't have time to ponder over how close he was, she was just relieved that he was there in the first place. She didn't speak, and just gave the slightest of nods. It was easy to feel his hands shaking, and it'd be impossible for her to miss the trembling of his voice. Was he... Scared?<br/><br/>She jumped again at first when hearing who she knew as William's booming voice, but Aleksey had already taken her hand to start leading her some place. She wasn't sure how they were going to get out of this one, but she still felt nervous just being there, seeing who all was there. It was frightening to tell all of who was there, who was a vampire and who was not.<br/><br/>Her own trail of thinking had been disrupted as a hand grabbed her wrist, and this time she did yelp quietly in surprise. Listening to this man, she very nearly could've been on the verge of tears. She just wanted to go -home-. Even if that was just her dorm. And now -this- was happening. At the booming of his laughter she jumped without meaning to, having been on edge all night.<br/><br/>She was about to try and defend herself, for whatever this man was accusing her of, but Jocelyn had come to the rescue, and got the man's grip off from her wrist. For once, she had been relieved to see the girl, which was certainly a change. But before she had a chance to relax, this man had turned and was looking straight at Aleksey. She felt herself freeze, and immediately felt as though her stomach dropped.<br/><br/>From the look of Aleksey, he was terrified. She had been around him enough to know when he was or wasn't scared. Not, that it was very often she did see him scared. But, that just meant that perhaps this man was really bad news. And she couldn't think of anything else to do, but possibly try to catch his attention on herself again, and hopefully give Aleksey time to run out. She could figure it out later.<br/><br/>"Excuse me, sir," She started, daring enough to put a hand on his arm as she had stepped into line of his gaze. And even if he was taller than her, she was hoping he wouldn't just look past her head. "May I ask exactly what you're talking about?" She knew what that man meant without a doubt. But she was sure William and Jocelyn didn't think she knew anything. Would they actually tell her?<br/><br/>"Because I think you might've mistaken something." She didn't mention Aleksey being her friend. That might cause more trouble. But even if she could get this man's eyes off Aleksey for a minute, that'd give him enough time to run, she hoped. But, at the same time, she was hoping he wasn't stubborn enough to try and stay, to make sure she'd get out as well. She cast a glance towards Aleksey right after having said something to this man, and was hoping he would catch onto what she was attempting to do. Then again, she wasn't sure she'd be enough to divert his attention off Aleksey or not, since he had seemed to ignore Jocelyn altogether.