The next day Jay waited outside the dojo for Nya to come for her own training. The others knew his plan and had agreed to give him some space.
Jay was nervous. Thoughts kept racing in his mind. "What if the blossoms all fall before the day we have planned? What if she doesn't like the food? What if I put my tie on backwards...oh wait, I'm a ninja. I don't wear a tie."
Finally, Nya walked into the dojo courtyard.
"H-hey Nya!" Jay called.
"Hi Jay! What up?" Nya responded.
"Well...I was wondering...would you...well...would you..."
But in his nervousness, Jay's elbow hit the secret button activating the training equipment. His shirt got hooked and Jay found himself flying around and around as if he here on the blade of a ceiling fan. When she finally managed to free himself he went flying straight into Nya.
Neither of them were hurt but Jay was dizzy.
"That never happened in training..." he said staggering to his feet.
"If you were going to ask if I'd catch you after that stunt you should have finished before you did it." Nya joked also standing.
"NO! No that...that wasn't what I was going to ask!" Jay said quickly.
"Then what was it?" Nya asked.
Jay took a deep breath before continuing, "Will you...will you come and have a picnic under the cherry blossoms with me?"
"I'd love that!" Nya said happily.
"I understand. I...wait...really?" Jay stumbled.
"Sure! What day shall we go?" Nya asked.
"Say...Friday?" Jay suggested, "I'll meet you around 11:30?"
"Sounds good!" Nya replied.
Jay smiled.
"I'll let you train then. See you Friday." he said returning to the dojo.
His fellow ninjas stood waiting.
"Well?" Kai asked.
"It...didn't go quite as planned...I really hope this isn't an omen for the actual date..." Jay said unsure of himself now.
"So she said yes?" Cole asked excited for his friend.
Jay nodded.
"Congratulations!" Zane exclaimed, "But why do you fear an omen?"
"I...don;t want to talk about it," Jay said.
Bad move! Jay ALWAYS wanted to talk about stuff.
"Too bad, you're talking about it," Cole said sternly, "spill it what happened out there."
"Guy please! It's embarrassing! Look I'm not going to pretend I've ever been good with girls. Don't get me wrong I've always liked the idea of having a girl in my life, but things just go wrong, and if goes wrong now then, well I'm a ninja! Ninja's aren't exactly known for impressing girls. Nya could be my last chance!" Jay said babbling again.
"Woah! Jay you're getting ahead of yourself!" Kai said, "You just asked her out. Wait until the first date and see how that goes."
"Yeah...you're probably right..." Jay said calming down.
