Julian probably should have known better than to try and convince a girl he knew what he was doing in heels, but at least he was standing now. His knee bent, and he jerked, but quickly caught himself and straightened out. "Got it!" He exclaimed quickly, although he needed Nessa's shoulder to steady himself. He gave a encouraging half-smile, trying to reassure her.
The heat in his cheeks didn't dissipate when Ness flushed. He didn't know she was capable of blushing so hot (in temperature, he meant), but maybe that was just the effect of being in Terry's body. He knew he said something stupid, and wanted to facepalm at her reaction. He didn't though, simply allowed her to reach out and touch his arm. "Y-yeah! It's really neat..." Neat? That was lame. "There's a lot of amazing things Emma can do...!" He smirked, then wiped that smirk off his face. It didn't sound quite right either. He breathed through it anyway, trying to relax. "It's pretty cool. She could definitely stop trucks with this body!" He seemed to be on a fail roll today. "Not that I've ever seen it- Uh, seen her do it- stop trucks! But in theory... because well... diamonds... and yeah." He tried to laugh through it, even though it was really contrived. It was odd to hear Emma laugh though, he never had before and it surprised him, making it all the more awkward. "Diamonds though, go figure, right? That's so Frost." There were lots of other cool and powerful things that she could too, but he was kind of intimidated to try them, and didn't want to screw anything up. He thought hard about his skin, trying to will this diamond thing to go away before he fell in these heels (because it was going to happen, he had accepted this fact) and took a table out with him. Vanessa would be able to support a fleshy Emma Frost if he tumbled, but this diamond was going to crush her. With those thoughts alone, he was able to revert himself back to normal. "It never last too long." He added as he felt the shift and returned to normal, although he could now feel her warm fingers against his bare forearm. "see?" He smiled.
For him, their relationship was complicated. He knew Vanessa knew about Sofia, but he never brought her up when they were together - not really, except in passing, but he always downplayed it greatly. Since their relationship never really evolved or went anywhere, he wasn't sure what to make of what they did. He did have feelings for Vanessa, but was a little intimidated to pursue them. Every time they thought they were something more, she mentioned how they were such great friends. It was more confusing than anything, but it also hurt. Julian felt stupid that a girl like Vanessa would wanna get with him, although he portrayed an imagine of being a big pimpin' ladies man. She probably had a bunch of guys drooling over her at college. He wondered if she had a boyfriend, the way he had Sofia as his girlfriend. He would have been jealous and upset, but he knew he wouldn't be able to get mad at her for it. He wanted to know, but couldn't ask her. He always wanted to know how Vanessa felt about him, but never had the courage, and it's not like he could read her min- ...........
Experimentally... Julian re-opened Emma's telepathy that he had quickly learned to shut off. He promised himself that he wouldn't use it... but... maybe now was his chance to get a better feel about how Vanessa felt about him. He never figured out how to really work this mind-reading thing, but his respect for those with this ability definitely grew. He was having a hard time wrapping his head around the idea, and didn't even know where to begin when he thought about 'navigating' someone's mind. His eyes slightly widened when he felt the head-buzz - kind of a mixture of white noise and feedback as he switched his powers 'on'. Now... how was he going to get in that head of hers? He felt guilty immediately, thinking maybe he shouldn't be doing this. Thoughts were a private thing... but he was so... curious. Julian smiled, "So! We should probably take a few practice steps now, right?" Odd, his demeanor changed and he suddenly seemed very eager to get click clacking! Anything to distract Vanessa from what he was about to attempt.