Wait to see if there's someone better

Karen said Amy liked him and she had nice legs. But she still looked like she'd been kicked in the head by a horse. Matt figured he'd do better waiting for {if Wendy>0}Wendy{else}a better looking girl{endif}. So, he picked an empty seat a few rows in front of where Amy was sitting and waited.

{if Wendy>10}Wendy smiled when she got on the bus and noticed him. She grabbed the seat next to him and started talking about trigonometry. A few minutes into the conversation, though, she stopped. "Uh, Matt. I was wondering if you were going to the dance this Friday."

"I'm not sure," he admitted. "How about you?"

"Well... I was thinking about it."

Matt wasn't a genius when it came to girls but he knew two things. One was that girls weren't real good at inviting guys to do things. They'd been slut-shamed and called unfeminine and all sorts of other things when they did. The other thing he knew was that Wendy wanted him to say 'yes,' he was going.

So he did.

"You know, if I knew for sure you would be there, I would definitely go," he said.

"Uh, yeah. I guess I'll see you there, then." Her smile showed he'd definitely given the right answer.

{elseif Wendy>0}Wendy glanced at him uncertainly.

Matt patted the seat next to him. "Hi Wendy. I think I got my trig right but I was hoping I could go over the answers with someone smart. Would you mind checking with me?"

She smiled and grabbed the seat next to him.

{elseif missedfirstday=true}A couple of stops later, a cute redhead got onto the bus. Matt smiled and patted the seat next to him... but he might as well have been wearing Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility. The redhead walked right past him and sat next to a dishwater blonde. The two girls started chatting like old friends and Matt spent the rest of the ride staring at his phone wishing he'd just sat next to Amy after all.

{else}Matt realized he must have discovered Harry Potter's invisibility cloak because when he patted the seat next to him, Wendy walked right by.{endif}