[center][sup]Collab with: [@Silent Observer][/sup]
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[h3][b][color=181313]Jareth[/color] [color=de5d83]&[/color] [color=181313]Temperance[/color][/b][/h3]
[b][color=181313]Location:[/color][/b] Outside in the Halls → English Class
[b][color=de5d83]Interacting With:[/color][/b] Each Other

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[indent][i]“...just wait until she’s sleeping, then ya kiss her.”[/i] 

Jareth shook his head at the thought of Christopher Robin’s words. At least he was good for comedic relief, if not legitimate advice. CR had tried, and Jareth truly appreciated the sentiment, it’s just that not [i]everyone[/i] finds their soulmate by stealing a kiss from one of their childhood best friends. Yes, that’s how it really happened for Pooh, and it was story that even Jareth found endearingly charming, though he would never admit that.

That was enough dwelling on that, he had a task to focus on. A real task, and it was life or death, man. Of course, the possibility of finding someone that [i]might[/i] sleep with you as an awkward teenager always felt like life or death, didn’t it? Was he an awkward teen? Teen - yeah, awkward - okay, maybe a little… he had to work on that. 

[i][color=181313]Try to look cool, Jar.[/color][/i] Jareth gave himself an internal pep talk, because someone had to. Doing his best to follow his own instructions, Jar hooked one of his thumbs in the pocket of his skinny jeans and walked with his shoulders loose and comfortable. He appeared confident, definitely no trace of the internal anxiety showing through, at least he hoped not. Temperance was waiting a few paces away from the entrance to english class, presumably waiting on him. [i][color=181313]You got this.[/color][/i] he thought to himself and strolled over to her.

[color=181313][b]“Hey… what’s up?”[/b][/color] Jareth opened casually. In all of his two full minutes of over thinking, he had not prepared an opener. [i]Fuck[/i]. He sounded like an oblivious idiot. Girls were hard! This was hard! Even still, he met her gaze and the corner of his mouth lifted in a friendly smile.

Temperance could feel her heart beating a thousand miles a minute as her trembling knees brought her over closer to the alluring form of Jareth Wells, maybe a bit too close. Why did she think this was a good idea?! She’d never been on a date or asked anybody out, and yet here she was! Stupid Lala and her stupid peer pressure! The anxiety-ridden girl’s green eyes peered up at the taller boy, her lips half agape as she wondered how to begin.

[b][color=de5d83]“H-hey, Jar. Soooo…”[/color][/b] There was really no easy way to get the words out. She went silent for a moment and awkwardly twirled herself about, expecting something to just pop into her head. Nothing came though, and there she stood, just milling around in front of Jar. [b][color=de5d83]“Uh… I’m just gonna… uh... “[/color][/b] Temperance felt like a fool since she didn’t know what to do, her eyes wide like a doe in headlights. Quickly, she tried to get back on track. [b][color=de5d83]“Er… What I mean is... Do you like food?”[/color][/b]

Jareth watched the nervous blonde stumble around her words. It was cute, really cute, actually, and it helped to settle his own anxieties. He laughed a little, nothing more than a breathy chuckle, and then nodded. [b][color=181313]“Yeah, I love food.”[/color][/b] Jar grinned and pulled in his lip rings, a nervous tic, before saying the next part. [b][color=181313]“Why? ... would you like to go get some, sometime, maybe?”[/color][/b] Wow, Jar, really smooth… honestly, this is why you only ever dated Desi. Even then, that was probably out of friend pity.

[b][color=de5d83]“Oh… Yeah, food is really great isn’t it?”[/color][/b] Really, she felt like the dumbest blonde on the planet right now. [i]Everybody likes food.[/i] Wincing at her embarrassing blunder, her cheeks flushed red. And now he was turning the tables on her, indirectly asking [i]her[/i] on date! Oh boy, little Miss Temperance was hardly prepared for this! Her fingers coalesced together, and her hands pressed against her chest, like a clumsy nun during prayer time. [b][color=de5d83]“Er… I’d love if you’d… do me.”[/color][/b] Her extremely awkward reply had her cheeks erupt an even brighter crimson. [b][color=de5d83]“I mean I’d really love if you’d do that [i]with[/i] me! Alone, without people and stuff! Not the other kind of [i]do[/i]! Unless, well… um… Nevermind!”[/color][/b] This had to have been the strangest clusterfuck of a date proposal ever. Leave it to Temperance to do it too… Lala undoubtedly would give her grief about this moment forever.

Jareth remained silent for a moment. Sometimes it was best to stay quiet, this was probably one of those times. Not that he could say anything if he wanted to, as Temperance rambled on in an attempt to bury her miswording, and he was also stunned silent with eyes as wide as saucers. [b][color=181313]“Uhm… okay. Yeah, uhh.”[/color][/b] Jareth finally stuttered unintelligently and then cleared his throat. [b][color=181313]“Let’s just start with a date, yeah?”[/color][/b] Not that Jareth would [i]totally[/i] mind if they jumped right to the other stuff, but, there was an order to these things. That and Remy would [i]totally[/i] kill him if Jar just casually slept with his soon-to-be sister. They’d cross that river when it comes… if it comes.

[b][color=181313]“We could get pizza, and go bowling, at [i]King Pin[/i]?”[/color][/b] Jareth offered as a potential option, chewing at his lip again. He would offer to go to some place in Littleton or Denver, but he didn’t have a guaranteed car to get to those places. Not to mention that he [i]just[/i] passed his driver’s test on Saturday - he hadn’t even told his friends about that yet. He had kept it a secret just in case, you know, he failed… that would have been embarrassing. It was still best to keep it local for a first date, in his opinion. [b][color=181313]“Or if there is something else you had in mind?”[/color][/b] It was her who passed the note, after all.

Temperance breathed an internal sigh of relief when it was obvious her slip up hadn’t scared her date away. In fact, he was making all the plans, which was absolutely great, since she didn’t have a single thing planned. Winging it, that was her modus operandi! [b][color=de5d83]“That sounds great! Friday evening probably works best for me. My mom wants me to go shopping with her on Saturday, I think anyway.”[/color][/b] She wasn’t sure if Remy would be working Friday, but if he was then well… it wasn’t bound to be a problem. Suddenly, the tardy bell began to clang, much her to chagrin. [b][color=de5d83]“We should probably… get in class.”[/color][/b] she uttered. Impulsively and perhaps a bit prematurely, the blonde stood up on her tiptoes and planted a kiss on his cheek before quickly ducking into the class, leaving him no time to respond. At the very least, she hadn’t headbutted him… What a surprise!

Just when they had finally settled to a calm, normal human conversation, she did [i]that[/i]. Jareth’s eyes were once again wide, and his cheek felt hot where she kissed him. He liked to think that it wasn’t because he was blushing, what a horridly un-emo thing to do, but he was probably doing just that. Maybe if he was prepared for it, he wouldn’t have, but how could he have known she’d be that bold? And then she just spun around and left him there.

[i]Wait![/i]

Friday wouldn’t work, it was game day. He had marching band and - Jareth’s stupefied smile was replaced with a grim scowl - [i]other things[/i] to do for the game. Unfortunately he couldn’t tell her that, because he just got kissed and ditched. Was that even a thing? It was now. Oh well, he still had an upcoming date, specific weekday to be decided, and that was a reason to smile. So, Jareth strutted into English class, fashionably late, wearing a huge cat-that-ate-the-canary grin, and took his seat beside his bestie. This day might not be so bad after all...

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