Julien felt Everett pull his sleeve away from his hand only to grab onto it and lace their fingers together. His face went bright red at that gesture. He slowly turned his face towards his friends, completely embarrassed.<br/>‘My hot date to homecomecoming.’ That really didn’t help his embarrassment at all, this is how he was asking him? He gave him a slight look before stifling a small giggle, both a nervous laugh and a genuine one.<br/>“You’re asking me that now? I was hoping for something more romantic.”<br/><br/>The deep breath that Everett took also made Julien take a deep breath, knowing immediantly what he was going to say. However he couldn’t let it back out, he was practically holding his breath while he waited for their response. The looks on both their faces filled him with concern but Maddison broke the tension with a ‘Oh that’s all?’ He gave a slight smile of relief until that is, Case’s outburst.<br/><br/>It all happened so fast that it left Julien reeling. He had to steady himself on Everett, gripping his hand tightly and pressing against his body. It was like his worst fears had just come true, he was furious. All the colour had drained from Juliens face and he was so stunned he couldn’t even say a word as Case stormed out of the room.<br/>“W-wait-“ But he was already gone. There was nothing he could do or say. Juliens hand went to his forehead, shoving his hair back and gripping the locks tightly.<br/>“W-what do we do? I knew this would happen! I just knew it!” He was starting to completely freak out, that anxiety in his gut from before was swirling out of control.<br/>His friends had seen him like this before, several times in fact, though it was normally over his artwork or a test. He would go into full blown panic mode if things weren’t working out just according to plan. And this situation was very much not according to plan.