Wow I'd never heard of this before but what a fascinating premise! A weird mix of mythical bible story palace intrigue and like Succession-type modern political machinations, even now I think this would be a bold new concept for television to run with. On 2009 network tv? Didn't stand a chance. Shame because there is so much potential in this idea.

Dude, you're WAY overstressing about this. If anything your nervous behavior after the first side hug is what probably made her uncomfortable, giving someone a side hug once is not going to make them uncomfortable unless they are particularly averse to that kind of thing. But another side hug, and the general kind of lurking near her? Sometimes when you are trying too hard to not be weird, it has the opposite effect.

But you gotta stop beating yourself up about this. I have been there before, I had similar situations when I was 19, give yourself some forgiveness. She still hangs out with you and clearly considers you a friend, so I'd say she's forgiven you. Now I don't think she's interested in you romantically but I also don't think that'd be any different if you didn't have the fu. If you really still feel bad about it STOP bothering Jessie about it. She is right that you're overthinking, and she shouldn't have to be your confidant to reassure you you didn't do anything wrong. Apologize to Emma about it if that's what you need to do to forgive yourself.