Own the Night | Accalia

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie was slightly nervous, slightly anxious, and completely terrified. He had a date. His first legit date. He thought he was going to be kissed, but he got a date instead. He wasn't sure which one he preferred and he accepted his fate that he'd get both at the end of the night. And, of course, his siblings probed until they found out about this said date and he never heard screaming quite so shrilly. They had to help him get ready, which wasn't helping how he was feeling at all. He felt like a doll or something being stretched in every direction as they got him dressed and cleaned up. At the end of it, he had on slacks, a button down shirt, and a tie. He tried to argue against the tie, but his siblings weren't having it.

But soon he was out of the door with a bouquet of flowers. Who even brings flowers for a first date? But he couldn't argue. Not now. He took a deep breath as he eyed the Demeter cabin as he felt the butterflies stir up in his stomach. After a couple of moments, he headed towards Accalia's cabin. It was just dinner, right? Nothing too major. He liked Accalia... and that was what he was afraid of... he liked Accalia and he was going to screw it up one way or another. But there was nothing he could do about it now, especially he was on the porch on the Demeter cabin and knocking on the door, hoping she would be home.

(tag: Accalia Phillips )

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia had put on a simple pastel green dress with a short jean jacket, white ballet flats and one small white flower in her hair. She hadn't told a single person about this date and wasn't planning on making it a big event. She wasn't really sure she wanted news of her going on a date spreading around camp right now. Not since she'd been such a cold person lately... either way, she was sure that Charlies siblings would know. They could sense a date a mile away.

When he knocked she had been sitting on her bed tapping her feet with nervous energy. She jumped up and ran to the door before any of her siblings could get to it. She opened the door, stepped out, and quickly shut it behind her. The space between her and Charlie was rather tight as she flattened her hand against the door behind her and smiled sheepishly at him. "Hi," she said. Her eyes glances to the flowers in his hand and her smile grew, "those are gorgeous! Sorry, I'm a bit flustered," he admitted, praying none of her siblings were at the window watching her.

Charlie Webster
(AAAW these two troublekids)

[Charlie Webster]

Fear sparked in his mind for a moment as he hoped that one of her siblings didn't answer the door. He already had to deal with his and he wasn't quite sure how he survive hers. And he noticed that one of her sisters, a blonde girl, happened to be eyeing him through the door as she smirked a bit. Charlie visibly gulped before the door opened and Accalia stepped out. It was her and not one of her siblings. Thank the gods.

Charlie chuckled nervously a bit as he presented the flowers to her. "I think my siblings went a little overboard as his face flushed a bit as he noticed how pretty she looked. "You look," he gulped as he tried to stumble through the words going through his mind at that moment. "You look really... really nice, Accalia." He mentally facepalmed himself. He could've thought of something a little bit more original than nice. He glanced back at the window to see that the blonde sister was giving him a thumbs up as his face flushed even more. He looked back over at Accalia as his heart quickened a bit. "So you... you ready to go do this date thing?"

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia waited with wide eyes as he tried to get through the compliment. When he finally made it, she smiled and leaned forward, instinctively kissing him on the cheek. She tried not to pay attention to how red her cheeks got, or how the old her would have done something like that. She pulled away and spoke. "Thank you. Let's do this," she said, her voice oddly cheery as he asked if she was ready. She noticed his face flushed even more when he looked toward the window but she chose not to look back, knowing for certain that Harper was probably there making faces at him or something. She only hoped they were encouraging faces. "Lemme just... one sec," she stepped off the porch to one of the flower baskets under the window and placed the bouquet in it but not before taking out one flower and twisting it into her hair. She turned back toward him, smile wide. "They'll be save there til we get back!" she said, moving toward him. She almost linked her arm through his but... she thought better of it.

"Lead the way," she offered.

Charlie Webster

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie's eyes widened a bit as Accalia leaned in to kiss him on the cheek. He wasn't expecting that at all, but at the same time, it was very nice. His face went dark red as he reached up to touch his cheek where her lips were a few moments ago. If things like this was going to happen throughout their date, he didn't know how he would survive. And if they actually ended up kissing... Charlie quickly pushed that thought out of his head. He nodded his head to Accalia's suggestion before he took deep breaths. He couldn't help but watch her as she put the bouquet down, but pulled out a flower to put in her hair. Gods, she was even more beautiful, but Charlie wouldn't dare to verbalize that idea quite yet. Not until he knew that he wouldn't stutter through it, like he had the tendency to do so at that exact moment.

But it was time to go. Thank gods, because he didn't know how many faces he could take from Accalia's sister. He nodded his head and thought to offer his elbow for a moment, but then thought better of it. Was that too... formal? He didn't know, but he could also hear his siblings voices in his head telling him to do all sorts of things. He shook his head trying to clear his head before he started to step off of the porch and towards the mess hall where they would have their date. Date.

[Accalia Phillips]

"So, how was your day, Charlie?" she asked. Weren't you supposed to be polite doing this sort of thing? It had been so long since she had a date that she wasn't sure if she remembered how to do it. Plus, Jacob had just sort of swept her off her feet and she didn't even had to do much. Their dogs had brought them together and from that point on it was easy. Was it supposed to be easy or was she supposed to feel like she was actually making an effort? Either way, she knew she shouldn't be comparing this to Jacob but... when that was the last relationship you had it was hard not to think about it.

She tried to push thoughts of that aside as she and Charlie walked side by side, heading toward the Mess Hall it seemed. She was sure that when she returned Harper would ask her all sorts of questions and, oddly enough, she was kind of excited about that idea. Having someone to talk about. Something to talk about. Someone to smile about.

(hahhahaha harper hahaha)

[Charlie Webster]

A lot of thoughts were racing through Charlie's head as he walked towards the dining hall. He was hyper aware of how he was acting, breathing, everything. And the faces he was getting from Accalia's sister wasn't helping matters either. And the fact that he would probably going through an entire debriefing with his siblings... He nearly jumped when Accalia asked him the question, forcing him outside of his head. "I... umm..." he stuttered as he tried to compose himself. He took a deep breath as he ran a hand through his hair before looking at Accalia before giving her a sheepish smile. "My day was pretty good..." He said with a bit of a shrug. "Sorry... I guess I had a lot more on my mind than I thought. I don't do this... this date thing often."

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia was sure that wasn't a hard question to answer, but she also understood why he was stuttering a bit. She was trying not to stutter herself. Ugh, she used to be good at this! She patiently waited for his answer, and smiled when he said he didn't do this date thing often. "Neither do I," she breathed out, clearly relieved that he had been brave enough to admit that so she could as well. "Used to but... anyway," she shook her head, turning back to him with a smile. "I have an idea. How about we don't act like we're on a date. As in, we don't try to do everything 'right' or in a cliche way. Let's just be ourselves and have some fun together. We did that before, didn't we?" she suggested, stopping in her tracks for a moment in order to raise an eyebrow at him in question. "What do you think? You in?" she prayed he would be, because she couldn't try to do this 'the right way' much longer.

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie didn't want to admit that he never did this date thing ever. Accalia apparently had, but she was beautiful. He couldn't imagine her not getting a date. While he was awkward and quiet and he had a hard time just talking to people who were not his siblings. But she hadn't dated in a while, so she kind of related to him. But not really. He kissed before and she probably kissed thousands of times and the fact that they would probably do that at the end of this date...

But to not think about it as a date was probably the best option for him at the moment. He nodded his head a little too eagerly. "Yeah... I'm okay with a not-date... not-dates I can do," he said as his face heated up slightly. "I can do not-dates with you and just have dinner... that works out with me very well."

[Accalia Phillips]

At the excessive nodding of his head Accalia raised an eyebrow. he got his words out and she found herself smiling, trying to hold back a laugh. "Okay, dinner it is." She gestured for him to continue leading the way. She kept glanced over at him as they arrived, rather amused by his innocence in all of this. He reminded her of herself a while back, before Harper and everyone had left... but Harper was back now, wasn't she? Everything was okay again. Or, it could be if she'd just give this a change. As they arrived, Accalia turned to him once more with a question in her eyes, "so, what's on the menu?"

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie was probably making a fool of himself in front of Accalia at that moment, but that was okay. If this was a real date, that would be something to be concerned about, but this was a not-date. Not-dates, you didn't have to worry about embarrassing yourself, but it wasn't a date in the first place. He just was getting food with a friend and they happened to slightly dress up for the occasion. Nothing more. Nothing less.

And it was okay until they got to the mess hall and Accalia asked him what was on the menu. Gods, was he even that hungry? He was so nervous that he lost his appetite over this date. But it wasn't a date. It was a not-date and he could eat because he shouldn't be nervous over not-dates. He looked over at Accalia as he raised his eyebrows at her. "Cheeseburgers are sounding good to me right now, unless you're in the mood for something different?"

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia smiled at his suggestion and nodded, "cheeseburgers are fine, she said, giving him encouraging smile to lead on. Soon they had their cheeseburgers and were sitting down across from each other. Accalia leaned forward onto the table. "So, how was your day?" she asked. That's what friends did on non-dates right? Talked about their days, maybe made some jokes, maybe even sparred a little if they were dressed right... well, in Accalias opinion you always had to be prepared to fight in whatever you were wearing. The camp was attacked at a masquerade for heavens sake. She frowned at the memory, staring down at one of her fries for a moment...

[Charlie Webster]

Cheeseburgers were fine. That was great. More than great and Charlie could feel himself relax as they got their food and picked a table to sit at. They sat across from one another and Charlie dug into his cheeseburger. He was more hungry than he cared to admit, especially with all the nerves he had over this not-date. He was mid-bite when Accalia asked him a question and he had to awkwardly chew and finish it fast before he could answer. "My day was alright, except for my siblings intervening with this." He shrugged a bit. "How was yours?" He looked over at her to see her frowning at the french fry in her hand. He raised his eyebrows a bit before he hesitantly asked, "Is everything okay?"

[Accalia Phillips]

Accalia hadn't even noticed that he was mid bite until it was too late and smiled at the realization, biting her lip apologetically before the thoughts of the ball came into mind. Then he answered her question and she almost didn't notice he had spoken. He asked her how her day was, too, but she didn't look up until he asked if everything was okay. She blinked rapidly before nodding, "oh, it's fine. Just something crossed my mind," she replaced her smile but it was a tad more half hearted. "It was a good day, yeah. My sister is very... protective of me so I'm sure she's got spies all over," she joked. She wasn't even sure if anyone was talking to Harper save her and Charlotte right now... she should ask her about that.

She felt her mouth start frowning again and shook her head as if to wipe it off. "My memory is getting the best of me," she chuckled, "what about you, Charlie? Anything about your life you're willing to share?" she shrugged, as if this was a question she wasn't even sure about answering herself.

[Charlie Webster]

Charlie pressed his lips together as he slowly nodded his head. He hoped that the thoughts that crossed Accalia's mind weren't too troubling. Not like she would probably tell him anyway. He chuckled a bit as he shook his head and went back to his food. "My siblings are kind of the same, but probably not like yours. Your sister might be interrogating me later or something... Or her spies will come back with reports of what's in my underwear drawer." He realized that was probably not the most appropriate thing to say as he looked down at his fries as his face heated up.

He dared looked up at her when she asked him to share something. He had a lot of things to share, but he knew they weren't appropriate. Would she care to know his dad was a famous drug-addicted actor and his step-family was essentially something out of Cinderella? He knew better to keep his mouth shut as he tried to thing of other things to say. "I like walks through the forest?" he offered up, hoping it would meet her criteria for what she was looking for. "It's very quiet in there and it's also quite soothing."