Ara turned to Michael. I thought he said he was practicing his power out here... she thought. But... whatever...
She smiled widely. "Sure, I don't see why not." She knew that asking her in front of Jacob wasn't exactly the nicest thing to do, but boys confused her sometimes, so she said nothing about this and kept the smile on her face. Besides, other than that, he seemed nice, so why not? "Just as friends, though. Nothing more, nothing less."