That smile grew, but he somehow didn't look happier for it; just more bemused. Cover up the uncomfortableness with extra energy!
"Well! Yeah! Who hasn't?"
Wetting his lips and looking down, scuffing a shoe, he quickly came back with, "I've, uh-- danced in my shower since I was seven. So I've got you beat by a year. Not that-- I still do that. I'm out of practice, anyway."
Nervous? Him? Nah, never.
Okay, maybe a little.
Since she was eight? Ahhhhhhh, heck.
"School dance? There's a, uh, school dance?" Rubbing at the back of his head, he glanced up, then smiled again. "I didn't know. If I'd have known, I definitely would have asked you already, right? And you definitely would have said..."
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That smile grew, but he somehow didn't look happier for it; just more bemused. Cover up the uncomfortableness with extra energy!
"Well! Yeah! Who hasn't?"
Wetting his lips and looking down, scuffing a shoe, he quickly came back with, "I've, uh-- danced in my shower since I was seven. So I've got you beat by a year. Not that-- I still do that. I'm out of practice, anyway."
Nervous? Him? Nah, never.
Okay, maybe a little.
Since she was eight? Ahhhhhhh, heck.
"School dance? There's a, uh, school dance?" Rubbing at the back of his head, he glanced up, then smiled again. "I didn't know. If I'd have known, I definitely would have asked you already, right? And you definitely would have said..."
Insert your 'yes' here, okay? Cool.