Originally Posted by luna-p

There was no way Ashley could have hidden the look of extreme relief that crossed his face as soon as Rose said he didn't have to talk about it at all. He still didn't feel too much better, though. There wasn't anything cool or good about any of the things that happened to him when he wasn't paying attention, and he was glad to have attention off of it, very grateful for the change in subject.
Looking around again, he shrugged a little, trying his best to get back into a better mood. It wasn't often that he became upset, and so he wasn't the best at going from unhappy to bubbly in one step like Rose had done not that long ago. Still, she had done it, and so he was going to try his very best, because she hadn't run away like he still felt like he wanted to, so he wasn't going to either.
"You can dance if you want to," he said. Even though he was trying to calm down, he still didn't quite feel like bouncing anymore. "You can teach me another dance, yeah?" At least he could manage to put on a small smile, light blue eyes finally managing to stop trying to watch every inch of the room at once.