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#15 | Note
Passing notes, in Jason's mind, was completely and totally for girls. It seemed childish and kind of wimpy... that is until he realized just how scary it was asking someone to Prom. Especially when that someone was the prettiest and smartest girl in the senior class, and had been his best friend since Kindergarten. And he wasn't all the creative either like some of the guys in this high school, asking their dates in spontaneous, romantic, funny ways. Jason just wasn't that type of person.
So, here he was, in the only class he had with Piper, writing out a note, taking his time, making sure his handwriting was legible and nice, not even listening to what the teach was going on about. They sat in rows, and had assigned seats. Jason sat five desks down and two rows away from Piper, making delivering this note that much more difficult.
Now, Jason had supposed he could've just asked her at lunch or put the note in her locker or somewhere else, or worked really hard and thought a creative way to ask her out, but Prom was a week away and he and Leo agreed—after hours of discussion and debate—that a week before Prom was the cutoff for asking someone. And with Jason being busy with extracurriculars, school and home he was just too busy to plan some elaborate thing out to ask Piper. Besides, just the thought of going up to Piper and asking her to Prom made his stomach twist into knots. He'd even tried a couple of times but had ended up not saying anything or asking her something completely random instead.
Jason finished his note and folded it up into a neat little triangle before scribbling Piper's name on it and, when the teacher had turned away from write something on the board, tapped the person in front of him.
"Pass this to Piper." he whispered. It was a good thing he knew most everyone in this class and that he was quite respected. He didn't have to worry about people getting curious and opening it before it reached its intended recipient.
Jason watched nervously as the note traveled through the classroom and across rows, glancing nervously at the teach ever now and again, until it finally landed in Piper's hands. He looked down at this desk when Piper looked around the room trying to determine who could've given this to her but looked back up as she slowly opened it, Piper keeping one eye on the teacher as she did so.
Jason held his breath as she read it.
Piper froze when she got to where he'd signed his name.
Finally, she looked back at him.
He met her gaze nervously, starting to feel slightly dizzy from the lack of air, for he was still holding his breath.
Piper bit her lip and looked down at the note before looking back at Jason. A smile started pull at the edges of her lips as she nodded once that was almost imperceptible to the human eye.
Forgetting that he was still in class Jason exclaimed, "Yes!" before remembering he was still in class. The teacher turned and looked at him, crossing her arms. Piper quickly put the note in her pocket and turned toward the front, blushing but grinning, trying to hide her laughs as Jason's exclamation.
"Is there something you'd like to share with the class, Jason?" She asked crisply.
The whole class snickered and giggled as Jason tried to stuttered out an excuse before just settling with a lame, mumbled "No" and looking down at his desk, his face beet red.
Only Piper could make Mr. Calm, Cool and Collected not so calm, cool and collected. Only Piper.
I haven't read a lot about Jason and Piper's characters, so... I hope that it was okay character wise. Apologies if it doesn't match, I tried.
Thank you for everything,
TheBrightestNight