I spent the rest of the night at home texting Layla about the game and the kiss. We messaged back and forth a few hours and eventually our conversation landed on this Friday’s Valentine’s dance. Layla was planning on going without date, and she invited me along. However, once we dissected every detail about Todd and the kiss, our excitement grew at the prospect of me being asked to the dance.
He is totally going to ask you! I just know it. You got to see him tomorrow.
You really think so? The idea of actually being asked out was thrilling. Alex’s face kept emerging into my thoughts, but I pushed those aside. He was going with Angela, so that ship had sailed, not that he would have asked me though, even if he was free. He was way out of my league.
We continued texting i
