Nice Night. [ Maxwell]

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley was so nervous. The last time she had seen Max was at the beach and things didn't turn out so well. Ashley had changed her mind, about what Max had asked her, but she was not sure if he would accept, considering what she had done to him. Aslhey had told Max to meet her there in the rose petal lane, the other night. She was excited and nervous all at the same time. She took a seat on one of the many benches that there were and waited.

She did not have to wait long. After a few minutes she spotted him. She took a deep breath then waved to him letting him know where she was. Ashley thought to herself,"Its now or never."

[max]

Maxwell basically ran from his dorm out of the passage and down past the great hall to the grounds. He was so happy. Ashley told him to meet her at the rose petal lane. but as happy as he was, he was also scared that she was just apologizing more. So he kept it on the bright side and shook that idea out of his head.

He looked around when he got there and saw her waving to him. He walked over and looked at her. He helped her up and hugged her. he let her go. "Hey im sorry about last night, i was just upset, but now i totally understand if your not ready. I was just caught off guard by what you said. But you were right! we can still be friends!" Max told her smiling. He was in a much better mood than last night, but not all of what he had said was true, he was still sad and wanted to be more than just friends. But that was alright.

[Ashley Tapping]

Max walekd over to her and helped her up, she smiled and said,"Thanks." After that they hugged. Ashley listened to what Max had to say. Now she was nervous. It was her turn to talk, Oboy. Ashley thought to herself,"Ok im just gonna come right out and say it." Ashley took a deep breath then let it out, "Ok...." Man she did not relize how hard it was to say it. " Last night,," she took a big gulp,"I made a huge mistake on my anwer, I hope you forgive and, I hope you will join me at lunch in hogsmeade sometime." There she had said it, well at lease she think she had asked him out, either way she was nervous of what he was going to say. Ashley really liked him, more than her other friends. She waied for his reply.

[max]

Wow this was not what he expected. He cleared his throat. "Oh, well I-I understand...he paused...but you...Well i can see that since it was unexpected last night you said no." He scratched the back of his neck. "Sure!" he said smiling. He could see that she was nervous.

After this he wrapped her in another hug. He could feel his happiness rushing over his whole body. It felt so great. "You are amazing." he whispered in her ear.

[Ashley Tapping]

"Sure!"....... There it had finally happened, she loved the feeling. SHe was so happy she just wanted to get up and dance.
He then whispered in her ear,"You are amazing." Aslhey ginned and blushed at the same time, she then said to him,"So are you." She was just so happy right now she couldn't explain it! "Hey do you want to go for a walk?" She asked wnating to spend more time with him.

[max]

She whispered the same thing back to him. He smiled. and let her go of the hug and grabbed her hand. She asked if he wanted to go on a walk. "Alright!" He said still smiling (he just couldn't stop!). They headed the other way. where it was less crowded. The way that goes to the lake. "So we should learn more about each other!" Max said looking to Ashley. He felt like the world had stopped and they were the only two moving. "Okay, whats your favorite color?" He asked. By now he felt like he knew everything about her, though he didn't. "On the way should we go down to the lake once we get there?" He added. He felt like he had asked too many questions, but he figured it would be okay. She could ask him as many as she wanted.

[Ashley Tapping]

Max said alright for going on a walk and then said,"So we should learn more about each other!" Ashley replied,"Yeah we should." They continued to walk down the path towards the lake,"Okay, whats your favorite color?" Asley thought about it for a minute and then replied,"Green, Whats yours?" she then asked still smiling."On the way should we go down to the lake once we get there?" Max asked, Ashley replied,"Yeah that woud be fun!" and they continued off down the lane.

[max]

"Alright cool! Mine would have to be turquoise!" Max said smiling, which he had been doing all day. "Cool we'll take a short cut to get there. Right up there." He said pointing a while further. They were holding hands as they walked down the lane and he liked it. He now remembered when he saw the other couples and felt jealous. He now wanted other people to be jealous of them. Not to be mean. But because of how happy they looked. "So lets see what is your favorite animal?" he asked thinking of other things he would like to know about her.

[Ashley Tapping]

Turquoise, Ashley thought about it, that was one of her top five favorites, "Cool we'll take a short cut to get there. Right up there." Max said pointing a head of them, Ashley replied,"Ok thats great!" they continued to walk hand and hand, then maxed asked,"So lets see what is your favorite animal?" Ashley had to think about that one, she liked so many of them,"Um... that would have to be a dolphin." Aslhey loved dolphins, she didn't know why though. "Whats yours Aslhey asked returning the question again.

[max]

Ashley replied with dolphins. "Alright, dolphins are cool!" He said "Yeah um. lets think." He said scratching the back of his neck. "I would have to say im a dog and horse lover! I grew up on a farm. So i raised horses! It might sound corny for a guy, but then just call me corny!" Max said laughing. "I really don't care what people think of me." He said. He did not want to sound to perfect, or too much like a role model, but that was just who he was.

Max felt weird asking so many questions. But he did not want her to have to ask any unless she didn't want to. "Hey here it is." He said pointing to a trail to the side of the road, that you would not have seen unless knowing it was there. He pulled her into it with him and it felt like they had left the world. He still felt all the happiness inside of him and it kept growing. "This was an awesome night so far!" He said stopping in the trail and grabbing her other hand and looking her straight in the eyes. The trail was kind of small, but he did not mind. He looked at her. and it was silent. He hugged her randomly and just didn't care if it was for no reason.

[Ashley Tapping]

"Horses! thats what i was deciding from! and i do not think that is crony at all!" she said smiling. they kept on walking until Max said,"Here it is." the both walked down a narrow path and then Max hugged her. Ashle ydidn't mind she hugged back she just loved it just being her and him! Thats all taht mattered to her. was him.they kept on waling and then slhey asked after they hugged,"So where do you live?"
[sorry short!]

[max]

They kept walking after for a while and she asked where he lived. "Oh i live in England." He said smiling. "And yourself?" He asked. They kept walking for a while until they came to a large opening. They turned and went to the beach. It was nice and calm. He was uneasy about being here because of what had happened the other night when he had asked her, so he looked around.

"Come on!" He said motioning in the direction he was running to. He looked back to where he was running. It was the hangout park. He had a great idea. They could play there. He laughed and hopped on a swing as Ashley followed.

[[that is fine!]]

[Ashley Tapping]

"Same here i do to, well i used tolive in the USA but when my family got the owl saying i was excepted we moved here." They came up to the beach, they could see the park from here, Ashley thought that she hadn't been there in a while.
"Come on!" Max said running,Ashley smiled and ran right behind him. he laughed and jumped on a swing Ashley was right behind him and jumped on a swing as well and started to pump. Ashley was laughing, she was just having so much fun with him.

[max]

Max laughed along with her as Ashley jumped on a swing too. He was so happy. He jumped higher and higher until he was high enough to jump down. It seemed like he was flying. Though his insides were already flying earlier. Max jumped on a bouncy ride that goes back and forth and tumbled off of it. He was having such a great time with Ashley. He laughed and went back over to where Ashley was "Come here!" He said motioning with a huge smile.

[Ashley Tapping]

They swung higher and higher. Max jumped off and ran over to this ride that goes back and forth and then fell off. Ashley was laughing the whole she jumped off into the nice cool brezze and then landed hard on the ground, right when Max came over to her and said smiling,"Come here!" Ashley followed right behind him. She was having so much fun with him. It was amazing. It didn't even make her think about the other night at all.

[max]

Max ran over to the play structure and had her follow him. "Close your eyes and ill lead you." He said smiling. He held her hands and led her carefully making sure not to have her run into something. they got to the top of the slide and he turned her to face him. "Keep your eyes closed!" He said laughing. He then took a box out of his pocket and took out a necklace from in it. "Here, let me put this on you, but keep your eyes closed!" He said taking the necklace and opening the hook. He draped it around her neck. He closed the clasp and grabbed both of her hands. "Open your eyes." he said gently. He had had that necklace to give her for a long time. (This is what it looked like:"http://idoidotiaras.com.au/catalog/images/imgbig/Heart%20necklace.JPG"

[Ashley Tapping]

Max told her to keep her eyes closed, she did as she was told. SHe was totally trusting Max, she had to walk up a few steps. Max was holding her hand he said,"Here, let me put this on you, but keep your eyes closed." Ashley said,"Ok i will," He then put something around her neck and closed it on the back of her neck saying,"Open your eyes." she opened her eyes and looked down. It was a beautiful necklace she loved it."Thank you so much i love it!" she told him. She ethen rapped him in a hug. She closed her eyes and just didn't want to move form that spot.

[max]

Ashley said that she loved it and he blushed. She hugged him and he hugged her back. They didn't let go for a long time. "Look i feel really bad about what i did after you said no the first time. It was really mean of me and i know i really hurt your feelings." He whispered to her. He did not want to bring this up, but it felt like he needed too.

[Ashley Tapping]

"Look i feel really bad about what i did after you said no the first time. It was really mean of me and i know i really hurt your feelings." Ashley replied,"Hey it is cool, here do you want to go down the slide?" she asked wanting to try to change the subject. she smiled to him and waited for his reply.

[max]

"Um, yeh. Sure." He said smiling back to her. He sat down behind her and they went down together. "So anything else you want to talk about?"

[[sorry its soo short!!]]