Originally Posted by Gryffindoll

Braeden nodded his head as Charlie shared her break with him. "Sounds good," he said with a smile that turned into an awkward chuckle when she said he looked handsome, 'like usual'. Akjhjsdhfj. The boy blushed once more and found himself looking around for a moment, awkward as ever, before returning his gaze to the little blonde Hufflepuff in front of him.

"Oh, everything was fine," said Brae with a shrug when she asked about his break. "Didn't really do anything crazy or out of the ordinary… played around at making some short films," he said. He wished he could tell her a more interesting story, but he had nothing. Besides, he was too nervous. And why was he nervous, anyway?! This was Charlie, for Merlin's sake!

And then she was asking him about that promise he'd made last term.
Braeden felt a brick drop into his stomach at that moment, and his expression filled with both surprise and guilt - guilt that he hadn't kept his word and surprise that Charlie remembered that promise. Gah… she hadn't actually… waited for him or anything, had she? Sigh. When exactly had it been that they began to drift apart? It was so strange. He couldn't point at a specific time when he looked back on it now.

"I'm sorry…" he muttered, looking like a little boy who'd just been caught stealing candy. "I… I-- just-- I-- Well--" His right hand messed around with his lion's mane in nervousness. "To be honest, I don't have an excuse," he finally confessed, looking up from the ground and to the Hufflepuff girl. Who would hopefully not punch him in the face for being a big fat promise-breaker.