Alone for once (Jesse)

Chase laughed when he bowed and flicked his hair up. She laughed and put her hand in his and the other one she hooked around his elbow of the arm holding onto her shoulder. She grinned at him. "It's ok, I've danced a lot closer with guys not nearly as good looking as you."She said giggling at him her eyes alight with happiness for the first time in days. She felt secure though, he was so stable, even in her clumsy, slightly gimpy way, she felt safe that she couldn't fall no matter what. Holding onto his hand a little firmer she swayed back and forth a goofy grin on her face. She looked up at him, one eye meeting his exactly, the other slightly to the side. It had been a lot more noticeable since her attack and she hated it. It appeared getting crucio'd brought out little quirks, like her slightly lazy eye. Which was even more significant in her body language than before. Never able to get a guys' eye contact completely. She laughed though and threw back her head letting the rain fall on her face, her hair flipping around her arm and splashing her in the face. "ooohh, I love the rain!"She giggled.

He smiled at her, seeing the happiness in her eyes, it was something special to him seeing her so happy like this. He grinned at her comment about her dancing with uglier guys "I guess you are right, I am pretty good looking." He gave a fake pose with his face and then laughed again. Then he smiled and he gently picked her up off her feet and spun her around in the air and said 'WEEE!" With a laugh. He gently placed her back on the ground and then continued to dance with her.

"So, I assume you are highly attracted to me, so I will allow you to ask me some question, three in fact, that I will answer with all honesty."

Chase laughed when he picked her up and spun her around. When he set her back down she almost fell against him and had to hide the look of pain that crossed her face as another shock of pain ran through her bones. She giggled when he permitted her three questions however. She thought for a second her tongue sticking out slightly as she thought hard. "Three questions eh?"She asked slowly. "First Question, why did you come to talk to me?"She asked looking up at him, her eyes glinting happily in the light her face dripping.

He continued to dance and he looked up into the sky, pretending to think really hard, shutting one eye like it was the hardest question he had ever had to answer. "Well, when I first saw you I thought to myself, wow look at her I bet she has no friends!" He grinned at her, letting her know it was only a joke "So this is just a pity dance." He smiled again, looking back at her directly in her eyes. "Honestly though, you looked like you could use some company and I am a friendly guy so here we are." He smiled again.

"Ok, question number two, lets hear it."

Chase laughed. "No friends indeed."She said giggling. "Hmm..Question number two.."She said slowly unsure of what to say now. She hadn't known him for long enough to want to know anything intimate. Without thinking she blurted out. "Do you have a girlfriend?" She felt her cheeks immediately go pink and she looked away. Looking back up at them though she smiled a very small nervous smile. "I hope that wasn't to much."She said looking embarrassed. She looked up at the sky carefully feeling the rain pick up momentum and the drops grew bigger. She looked at him and then grinned. His niceness seemed to shine off of him. She knew everyone everywhere had something good in them, in some it shined brighter. In him, it shined very brightly indeed.

He grinned when she asked him if he had a girlfriend. He again pretended it was the hardest question he had ever heard, but laughed halfway through knowing it was ridiculous. He looked at her with a grin "Oh its not a problem. I said any three questions you wanted, no limits on the questions." He smiled again at her then he answered "No, I do not have a girlfriend. As a matter of fact this is the first time I have held hands with a girl, and yes this does count as holding hands you know, in a long time. Unless you count first year when I said the wrong spell and the girl next to me was stuck to my hand for three hours." He laughed again, letting the story sink in.

"Why, you interested?" He said it in a joking way, not trying to make her uncomfortable. Quickly he went on to the next question "Alright, third and final question. Choose wisely."

Chase laughed when he thought about it really hard. Then told her he had no girlfriend. She laughed and then, without thinking pulled his hand from her shoulder and put both her hands to his, interlacing her fingers with his. "There, now you can say you actually held hands with a girl."She said giggling her cheeks felt like they were on fire. Looking at his hands she slowly pulled her hand away and looked up at him. She couldn't think of a last question though. Blinking carefully she said the first thing that came to her mind. "You know about the incident a few days ago."She said looking up at him. "Why haven't you asked me about it yet?"She asked pure curiosity in her eyes. "Everyone else did...but you're the first person who hasn't."She said looking at him her eyes glinting oddly.

He smiled big when she grabbed his hands and held his, his cheeks where now beginning to turn red, but it was hard to tell because of the rain. His hair was down in his eyes now, and her hair was soaking wet also. It was not a problem, they could use magic to dry up. Then she asked him that and his face turned serious, not able to come up with a response at first, then he spoke "Well, I figured that maybe for once you could be around someone who didn't care about what happened." He stopped for a few seconds, trying to finish what he was saying. "You know, to be around someone who wants to be around you because of you. Not because you were attacked by two crazy people, but because you are a genuinely interesting person, and I figured you deserved a little peace and quiet." He smiled again, trying to make her feel welcome.

Chase listened to him for a second her face serious and then she let a small smile play across her lips. Without thinking she reached up and hugged him around the neck. Not thinking that some guys thought of this as flirting. She just genuinely thankful to him. Everyone else had badgered her for details of the terrible incident. Making her relive it over and over. Which was mainly what brought her out to the lawns by herself. She had been tired of it. She hugged him around the neck silently for a minute then whispered. "Thanks." She moved away from him again her cheeks bright red now. Then she grinned at him. "Now you can ask me three questions that I will answer truthfully."She said holding out her hands for him to dance with her again.

When she hugged him, he gave her a hug back smiling, glad that he had accomplished what he had first set out to do and that was to make her feel happy. It would be a lie if he told her he did not want to know who did it, what happened, and all that jazz, but he would never ask her that unless she wanted to tell him, which he did not assume would be anytime soon. But if she never told him, well that was not a big deal to him. He smiled "Three questions, eh?" He thought about it for a moment before he asked her "Do you have a boyfriend?" He grinned widely.