[*I already feel sorry for this poor girl. Don't think about it too much, just say it how you practiced. Nothing wrong with dinner.*]
After a few more minutes of practicing the speech in his head, forming the replies he would give depending on her answer, he gathered up the courage to open his mouth and tried to sound as natural as possible.
"Hey, Jo."
"Yep?" She raised her head from her phone.
[*Remember, "do you want to have dinner with me?" It's only eight words long.*]
"Do you wanna be my girlfriend?"
"Huh?"
* * *
[*You have to be kidding me. After all that practice, you couldn't say a simple 8-word sentence?*]
"I PANICKED."
Lukas was sitting in Javi's car riding home from the match after confessing to Joanna.
Luckily for him, he didn't have to hear her response — the rest of their families joined them before she could say anything.
