C86 ASKING HER OUT

"W-w-w-ha... I mean..." she tried to form a coherent sentence, but her mind went blank. She stared at him, her heart pounding in her chest. They both seemed to be assessing each other's reactions, trying to gauge what the other was thinking.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity of silence, Mikayla blurted out the one thing that had been on her mind the whole time