After Class (Evelyn and Rayne/Open)

[nate]

Nate gave her a helpless look. He really was hopelessly infatuated with Rayne and truely did need help, it was obvious to anyone but himself. "oh.. good cause I don't think I could anyways.. I'd probably fall through the floor if I tried. How do I .. stay calm around her? I can barely even look at her without my mind getting all tied up and ..." he looked bashful for a moment, "and I can't help what happens when I'm close, I'm a mess." He looked almost pitifully embarrassed but he did want Evelyn's help.

[Evelyn Turner]

((OOC: LOL What can I tell him besides to, pardon the language, beat it. Is there really any advice I could give him?))

[nate]

((OOC: haha... yes.. use your imagination! he's perfectly fine talking to you..))

[Evelyn Turner]

She felt sorry for him, but understood. She was that way with Rabastan most days. Just looking at him got her all hot and bothered. But not fully knowing what went on in boys' minds, she decided to tread the water, instead of diving head first into suggestions. "What sort of things do you think about when you see her? Or even just think about her?"

[nate]

"That's just it, Evelyn. I can't think.. She's so beautiful and as soon as I look into her blue eyes my knees go weak and my heart pounds and my hands sweat. I can barely breathe let alone think. And it's not just that, she's so wonderful of a person but seem so untouchable all the time. And when I do try to talk to her I get all tongue tied and say stupid things. Why can't I talk to her like other girls? I get so nervous and sometimes I can't seem to control my thoughts from wandering, and that only makes it worse. I like her for who she is but I just .. I think my hormones get the better of me and I don't know how to deal with them." He looked at her with an almost desperate 'help me' look at spoke volumes.

[Evelyn Turner]

She chewed on her bottom lip as she took in everything he was saying, and there a lot. Clearly the first step was to just get Nate to be in the same room as Rayne and still function. Actually talking coherently to her might take a while. "What if you didn't talk to her, but talked to other people around her? Like if there was a big group of people, and one of them just happened to be Rayne. Do you think you could do that or would it still be just as bad? "

[nate]

"Um.. yeah did you just see me in there? You were there and I could still barely function." He banged his head in frustration on the wall. "Why can't I be one of those guys like Rystain or Rabastan who knows exactly what to do when they like a girl? Knows all the right words to say to make them feel all at ease and get them to agree to anything?" He paused sighing not really realizing what he was saying about Rab to Evelyn. "Besides all I want to do is ask her to the dance, and to just have her talk to me and ... Evelyn I really really like her." He still sounded a mess and he knew it. He sighed and just rested his head on the wall.

[Evelyn Turner]

"Oh! Nate stop!" He was hitting his head on the wall, and she knew from experience the best thing that could come from that sort of frustration was a headache, the worst was a trip to the Hospital Wing. Evelyn really didn't want to go there, even if they had told Rayne that's where they were headed. She'd rather keep that part a lie.

"Nate..." she started hesitantly, not really knowing what she was going to say. She put her hand on his shoulder and cocked her head to see his face which was currently pressed against the wall. "Come on, those guys aren't all that great." Aside from Rabastan. "You just have to start small. You know she told me you make her laugh. And she always smiles when you joke around with her. Heck, I can't even get that much when she's in a mood. But you seem to."

[nate]

Nate lifted his head... she really had said that about him? Rayne talked about him? He grinned.. "Really? she likes me making her laugh?" Well hell that was one of the easy things, he actually enjoyed teasing Rayne and trying to make her laugh.. but she liked it? Then why was she always pushing people away if she enjoyed smiling and laughing so much.... "She really talked about me?" He said in an almost boyish happy way with a grin to match.

[Evelyn Turner]

She nodded happily, seeing that her words had made him feel better. He looked so adorable when he was this happy. "But for the love of everything that is holy, please do not tell her I told you. Seriously, she'd murder me!" She laughed as she spoke, but again Rayne's wrath was known throughout the school and there was a touch of truth to Evelyn's words. "So next time you talk to her just try to remember, to yourself, that you make her smile. Maybe that will help some. And maybe..." She hated to say this but Merlin did it need to be said, "perhaps you should talk to some of the older boys about how to help with those thoughts when Rayne isn't there." She looked away as she said this last part, hoping he would understand without her having to go into anymore detail.

[nate]

"I'm okay when Rayne isn't there it's when she IS there that I have a problem with... those thoughts... her eyes are like sapphires and her hair like fire and when she laughs it's like...." He trailed off realizing he was babbling about Rayne.

[Evelyn Turner]

"Well," she said thoughtfully, "then just pretend that you're talking to me. You don't have a problem talking to me, do you? Maybe you just have to fool your mind, since its your mind that's not working for you."

[nate]

Nate looked at Evelyn wondering if that would work, he'd never thought to try that, he usually got too distracted. The only time he managed to be himself again around Rayne was when she was geting testy and he was teasing her about it. But maybe it would work.. as long as he didn't look into her blue eyes that is.

"yeah I didn't think of that.. it's worth a try at least. I really like her Evelyn, and I want to ask her to the dance. I'm just afraid she'll try to hex me if I ask her, she always gets all huffy when you try to talk to her about anything besides class. Like she doesn't want to talk about herself much. Did you notice that or is it just me? I just wonder if there's a way to get past her defensive wall and just .. I dunno... get to know her better. And maybe even see if she'll say yes to the dance with me."

Yes, it was worth a try.. maybe if he could stop acting like an idiot and be himself more, Rayne might actually let her guard down long enough to ask her to the dance at least. Or if he was lucky let him show her how much he cared without scaring her off.

[Evelyn Turner]

Finally she was able to tell him something that seemed to give him some hope. She truly hope it wasn't false hope. Knowing Rayne...well, as Nate had pointed out she probably didn't really know Rayne. She did not talk freely about herself, or her family. Evelyn knew the basics of course, but Rayne had always side-stepped any conversations that would become too in-depth. She frowned at this realization.

[nate]

"why the frown?" He noticed her suddenly frown at his words and wondered.. had she not noticed then how Rayne sidestepped or got upset about any conversation about herself? At least he wasn't the only one she did it to though.. at least he could make her laugh.