"Hm?" The Lancaster girl made a questioning noise at the mention of her name. She expected Jake to speak once she had finished, even though she had wanted to go on about her distaste for Scarlet, but his reaction was not what she had been expecting at all. As the Ravenclaw leaned toward her, Esmè wasn't certain as to what he was doing. She looked at him, confused, but before she could open her mouth to speak again, he planted his lips against her own. She stared wide-eyed and silent as he kissed her, her own lips remaining motionless and unresponsive to his advance. She was in shock. What was happening? This was not what she had meant, not in the slightest. She had been willing to listen to him talk about his problems and try be as comforting as she was able, but he had crossed a line that should have never been crossed.
The shock passed after a moment and she regained control of herself, forcefully shoving Jakobe from her and leaping to her feet. How dare he just lean over and kiss her without any warning, like she was his to do with as he liked. Perhaps being a Prefect was getting to his head. "Have you lost your mind? What the **** do you think you're doing!?" Esmè screamed, wiping at her mouth in disgust. He had kissed her. Kissed her. Who did he think he was? She had liked him as a friend, sure, but nothing ever more than that. He wasn't her type, and someone else already had her heart. Oh, no. What if Vulcan found out? Merlin, she wanted to slap Jakobe. No. She was a witch, she could do more than that. Without needing to think about it any further, the Slytherin withdrew her wand, an action she was finding herself doing too often in recent weeks, and aimed it at the boy's chest. She all but shouted out the first hex that came to mind and immediately, bat-winged bogeys swarmed out of his nose and attacked his face. Not wanting to stick around to see the show, she stormed out, her cat already at her heels. "You're a freak. Don't you ever touch me again, Jakobe." She called over her shoulder as she left, slamming the door behind her.