“Um…no.”
He wasn’t sure why this made him so damn nervous. Asking his best friend to come with him to the office holiday party really shouldn’t be a big deal. It wasn’t like they’d never gone to a party together. Not a work event, but still.
“Oh.” Luke flicked his gaze up at him. “Then, who’re you going with?”
Before answering that, Henry started mixing another bowl of batter. Just for something to keep himself occupied with even though he was pretty sure the twenty-four he’d already made would be enough.
“Well, I, uh, I thought maybe you might wanna come with me?”
The noise of the mixer probably drowned out the actual question since Henry turned it on right when he got to the point.
“What?” Luke shouted over the mixer. “What’d you say?”