Bottled it

[Jackson Cade]

Somehow, Jackson had managed to pluck up the nerve to ask Heather to the Yule ball, he even managed to get through the whole process of asking her the question only to bottle it and add the stipulation that they went as friends at the end. Jackson hadn't wanted to ask her as a friend yet he found himself waiting at the top of the dungeon stairs waiting for his friend to arrive for their 'friend date'. Perhaps the Ravenclaw could get the nerve to say something to her during the dance but his recent track record made it seem unlikely. Jackson nervously waited for his date to arrive and while he did he couldn't help but wonder how she felt about the situation. Had she been relieved when he said he wanted to go as friends, was that the only reason she agreed? Would she have turned him down it had been a proper date. Those were not the type of questions Jackson wanted to be asking himself minutes before Heather showed up but the longer he waited the more he got in his own head.

 

[Heather Danville]

Heather was initially excited for the Yule Ball. Excited to see her friends, excited to dance, excited to see what everyone was wearing and mot importantly, excited to spend time with Jackson. When he first began to ask her to the ball she was relieved, he had finally picked up on all her signals and decided to do the right thing. Except he didn't. He ended the conversation with "friend". Friend? Heather huffed as she thought about it. Of course she wasn't going to say no to him after he had asked her even if it was just as friends.

She smoothed down her dress and with one last glance in the mirror she left her dorm and walked up the Entrance Hall where she would meet her friend. She saw him standing there looking very good in his suit and she felt the familiar rush of butterflies that she had whenever she saw the Ravenclaw. She took a deep breath and walked towards him "Hey Jackson" she said, smiling at him. All the hesitations and annoyances about the whole "friend" situation seemed to melt away the second she saw him.

 

[Jackson Cade]

Jackson took a sharp intake of breath when he saw Heather appear at the top of the dungeon steps. She looked stunning, he knew she would but he was still in awe of her. "Hey Heather," He said a little awkwardly. He replayed the moment he asked her to the ball in his head, he had been so close but he just hadn't been able to stick the landing. Looking at her in that moment the nervous he had felt previous seemed to melt away and in a moment of madness he closed the space between them and pressed his lips to hers.

Then he realised what he'd just done. "I'm so sorry," Jackson said pulling away from her. He had potentially ruined whatever it was they had because of a moment of madness. He took a deep breath and waited to see how Heather would respond.