Asking the Right Question

*** A short Story ****** A Sweet Romance ***Some things are hard, others are terrifying. … My stomach dropped to my knees. This had gone way to far way to fast. No way was I asking Dereck Jackson to the school dance. The man was at the top of the food chain. Devastatingly handsome, built like a rock wall, super cool, with killer blue eyes – I am a huge sucker for killer blue eyes – and thick sandy brown hair that made a person want to run their fingers through it. No way was I asking him out. The rejection would be so quick the earth would stop spinning.Besides, if he said no, correction when he said no, all of my secret hopes and dreams would be squashed like a bug on a windshield. Nope, not going to happen. …