After getting off of the phone, I had to calm my shaking hands. Oh, it was one thing to sound confident like that, but I had been nervous as hell. Quite honestly, I was surprised at myself. I did not think I had that in me. I was grinning at my own temerity as I made myself dinner. I chewed a couple of bites, and then pulled out my phone again when another thought struck me.
I called Todd. We had never been really close friends, but I had been over to his place a few times over the years, and he had been to our house. It seemed prudent to let him know what was going on, and make sure we were still cool.
"Hey, man, it's Daniel," I said when he answered his phone. "Look, Brittany asked me to go with her to Brad's party this weekend. I just wanted to let you know and make sure that was cool
