Art Class With Kylie

CHAPTER 3
I'll be the first to admit it- I'm nervous. I cleared everything with Ms. Kalli, and I had flowers. I absentmindedly brush my hair out of my eyes. She's already sitting down, coloring a picture when walk in. I walk up.
"Hey." She says, smiling. "Somebody's dressed up! That's good, whoever your asking will appreciate it." I nod, but I can hear a note of pain in her voice. Does she know I'm going to ask her? If she does, is she sad because she knows she will hurt my feelings when she says NO?! That would be so humiliating... The flowers are still hidden... Alice walks in. Desperate, I pick up the flowers, walk over, and blurt out-
"Will you go out with me?" There's a shocked silence in the classroom. Ms. Kalli flashes me a concerned look. Then her face is unreadable. Alice finally responds.
"Um... Ok..."
"So I'll pick you up at 8?" This can't be me talking. This person is too confident. My actions are the broken stem, collapsed beneath the weight of my rose-bud heart.