Chapter 47

"So, why don't you ask Jade to dance?" I said, motioning my eyes in her direction where she smiled at Eli and Jet as they told her a story. He looked at her for a while before a blush crept its way onto his neck and face. Even his ears were pink. I cocked my eyebrow at him, waiting for his reply. "Because ... well - uh - hello, she's Jade," he sighed. "I can never meet her expectations." I pinched his cheeks while he scowled at me. "Oh, is the little blushing player finally shy? Has he finally found the one special crush?" I cooed. He swatted my hand away and his cheeks reddened. "Be quiet, Juli. You're so loud. She is the one! I just was too in denial to realize it sooner," he blurted out. Once my eyes widened and his mouth clamped shut when he realized what he just said, I pinched his arm. "Ow," he yelled, earning some glares from people. "Ask. Her. To. Dance. You. Idiot," I demanded, clenching my teeth and putting my hands on my hips. He looked at me in horror as I slapped his shoul