The annual Halloween dance was held a week or two after the first car ride so I brought my best friend from another school, Hannah, and we rode to the dance. Hannah was my faithful companion at all my lame school dances; we stuck together like glue.

I saw Rohn at the dance which was a pleasant surprise. I would have said hi to him but he appeared to be avoiding me completely. I knew something about him seemed different but I didn’t think much of it.

Then Chris Kendall suddenly came up to me, laughing hysterically. “Rohn wants to ask you something!” he said to me but Rohn was nowhere to be seen.

Then it clicked. Crap! I dragged Hannah off to the bathroom, our secret hideout and told her that, based on the funny looks he gave me and his total avoidance of communication with me, I had inferred that Rohn was going to ask me to dance.

We were both very excited but I was more nervous than anything. Hannah told me I should accept his invitation but I wasn’t so sure. I was very, very worried.