Author's Note: I wrote this one before my Bal one and was planning on it being it's own one shot but as I was asked to write a Jay/Audrey one I thought I may as well upload it to this series. Also I feel I should add that these One Shots don't follow on from each other and will be set during various times throughout christmas (depending on the prompt I am sent). Hope you like it x
Jay and Audrey had been dancing around their feelings for months. The pair had each admitted to a friend they liked the other but it was certainly different things holding them back. Audrey, for instance, was worried about how her Grammie would react and was paranoid that Jay didn't feel the same way about her as she did him. She didn't want to have her heart broken if he rejected her so after admitting to Lonnie she liked Jay she decided to keep her feelings to herself. Jay however was more worried about how people would react to Audrey if she agreed to date him. He knew he could and would protect her but he was also very aware there where times when he didn't see her all day and anythign could be said or done to her in that time. He couldn't bare to see that happen and after Evie and Mal confronted him on his feelings for the brunette princess had told them to keep their mouths shut about it. He would rather be miserable if it meant Audrey was safe and happy.
What the pair hadn't counted on was that the three girls with the help of Mal's boyfriend, King Ben, had a plan to have them admit their feelings to each other. In her boredom Mal had created a type of containment spell that would trap two people until they completed the task set when the spell was cast. In this case to admit they like each other, kissed or both. Ben had been a little reluctant at first but had quickly warmed to the idea once the girls had explained what each had been told.
Jay should have known something was wrong that morning. Mal had an unusually large smile on her face at breakfast and Evie and Lonnie kept smirking at each other. But the ex-theif had brushed it off as he was being paranoid. It was christmas soon and they were probably just excited about it. They were staying at Castle Beast for a few days and having an early Christmas present exchange before Audrey, Lonnie, Jane and Doug left to spend time with their families. The VK's would be staying with Belle and Adam for the holidays.
Mal and Ben finished their breakfast early and headed out of the dining room. They had planned to lounge in the loving room for the day with Belle, Adam and their friends. It was the perfect time to execute their plan. Ben had given Mal some mistletoe to enchant with her spell and she had even worded it so the mistletoe would only trap Jay and Audrey underneath it. Mal couldn't help but be pleased with her spell as Ben hung the mistletoe from the ceiling by some string. He had managed to place it near the door so they wouldn't have a choice but to walk under it.
Back in the dining room however Audrey had picked up on the duo's quick departure. "Where do you think those two have gone?" She asked no one inparticular but received various shrugged shoulders in response.
"Considering it's Mal, who knows." Jane said eliciting laughs from all the teens around the table.
"Should be head into the living room now?" Evie asked trying not to let her feelings show in her voice.
"Yeah, I'm excited to watch some on these Christmas films you guys keep going on about." Carlos admitted. The AK's, Belle and Adam had been shocked to find none of the VK's had ever seen a Christmas film and after some persuasion from Belle and Audrey the four had agreed to spend the day watching various different films with them.
With that said they all stood from the table and headed towards the room where Ben and Mal were. Belle and Adam walked in first and having seen the mistletoe Adam stopped Belle and kissed her. Even after 27 years of being together (seven years dating and engaged, twenty years married) he still took every opportunity to show his wife he loved her. Each couple followed their lead until everyone except Jay and Audrey had passed under it.
The group watched, four smirking, as Jay walked directly under it and Audrey tried to get around it. Unfortunately for Audrey her hand brushed underneath it and activated the spell. A light purple, transparent force field emitted from the sprig of mistletoe and surrounded the young couple. Audrey looked confused at the force field, as if by looking at it it would answer her unspoken question, while Jay attempted to beat his way out of it. When that didn't work he rounded on his sister.
"What the hell, Mal!" Jay shouted at her causing her to smirk. "Let us go now!"
Mal watched as Jay attempted to intimidate her by glaring and everyone else looked to her for an explanation. Evie and Lonnie just sat in their seats giggling about the predicament the two found themselves in. "Mal, honey. Let them go so we can start out movie day." Belle told the purple haired teen.
"Sorry Belle, but I can't." She stated. It was then realisation caught up with Audrey.
"What do you mean you can't!?" She shouted. She really didn't want to be in this situation right now.
Rolling her eyes Mal realised she was going to have to explain the obvious. "I can't lift the spell. I enchanted the mistletoe so only you can break the spell." She informed the couple. Jay and Audrey couldn't believe the situation they were in. Both knew the spell wouldn't break until they kissed but Audrey wasn't sure she could keep herself from telling Jay how she felt if she had to kiss him.
Sighing deeply Audrey turned to face Jay. "We may as well get this over with, Jay. We could be stuck here all day otherwise." She stated, causing a very shocked ex-theif to turn to her. Once Jay looked into her eyes though all his shock left his body. He could see her nerves but it was mixed with another emotion he couldn't place. He knew the brunette was right but looking at her he knew he would have to initiate the kiss. He stepped a little closer to the princess before cautiously placing his hands on her waist. He didn't want to push her too far but as this was their frist and probably last kiss (in Jay's mind anyway) he wanted to do it right.
Audrey followed his example and placed her hands on his arms. The pair kept their eyes locked on one another to neither noticed Mal cast a silencing charm on the the pair under the mistletoe so they could hear the group but the group couldn't hear what they were saying. She wanted to give them some privacy for this. Everyone on the room could see the love shining in their eyes as Jay leant forward and pressed his lips to Audrey's. Their lips moved against each other and they both became blissfully inaware of anything going on around them. They could only focus on each other.
When air became a necessity the pair broke their kiss and Jay leant his froehead against Audrey's. "Wow." Audrey breathed out. She wasn't sure she could say anything else until she got her breath back. They were both still so lost in each other that neither noticed the force field around them disappear.
After a few minutes Audrey had finally got her breathing to return to normal. "Jay, I like you. No, actually I think I'm falling in love with you." She told the ex-thief. She saw the surpised look on his face and quickly misinterpretted it. "It's okay if you don't feel the same I just wanted to tell you." She said already feeling her heart break.
"No." Jay quickly told her. As he watched her face fall he realised what he had done and tried to reverse the damage. "What I mean is I do feel the same. Except I've already fallen for you." He admitted to the brunette princess. Audrey couldn't help but smile at him as she felt her heart leap for joy. He felt the same way and that's all that mattered to her. "It's just, won't people bully you for dating a VK?" He asked her. It was the only reason he had not told her sooner how he felt.
"I don't care." She simply stated. As far as she was concerned everyone else could go to hell. She was entitled to be happy and if her happiness was in the former of a ex-thief VK so be it.
"Go on a date with me?" Jay asked her.
"I'd love to." Audrey responded, smiling broadly at him. Jay quickly pulled his brunette beauty in for another kiss, upon which Mal cancelled her charm so they would be able to hear the two. All the teens cheered for the two and the adults smiled at them. "If for no other reason, I love Chrostmas because of mistletoe." She stated causing laughs to echo around the room before the two went and sat with their friends/family to start their DVD day.
Author's Note: I hope you guys like this chapter. If you have any requests please feel free to send me them by review or PM. Please review and let me know what you think x
