Rose watched Dirk head straight for Jake and Jane as soon as Karkat dismissed them. She had been hoping to stick close to him for self defense training, since he was the one who had invited her, but it seemed that wasn't going to happen. She couldn't exactly blame him. He knew exactly how little training and natural ability at self defense she had, and how distinctly unhelpful her possible "powers" might be in combat. It was sensible for him to concern himself with the more powerful party crashers.

She glanced over the crowd, looking for anyone else obviously bereft of a group. She was decidedly not looking for Kanaya. She could take a hint, and three ignored messages over the space of a week or two certainly seemed less than subtle. Besides, all of that had happened months ago. Rose was over it, she was capable of acting like an adult about the situation, and she was over Kanaya. Or at least, she believed she was until she noticed Kanaya coming towards her with a frighteningly determined look on her face.

Rose tried to wait for her to say something more, until she couldn't stand the silence any longer.

"I didn't realize that you would be here." Rose winced inwardly as she blurted out the first thing that popped into her head.