Matthew and Gilbert were young eighth graders. They had been dating for a short time and Gil, though very nervous, had asked Matt to their school's Valentine's Day dance. When they arrived (Mattie's mom dropping them off with embarrassing comments), the two simply stood off to the side, fiddling with the hems of shirts and looking at anything but each other. After three songs passed and a slow one popped up, the two turned to each other.
"Do you maybe wanna-"
"Hey, why don't we-" the two started speaking at the same time, then quickly recoiled and pressed the other to go first. Finally, Gil took a deep breath.
"Mr. Williams, would you like to dance?" he said in his most calm voice, as he charmingly extended his hand. Matthew laughed and took the hand, feigning a curtsy.
"Oh, I'd be most delighted, Mr. Beilschmidt."