Nibs had come to the ball...alone. That was his choice. He could have asked plenty of people to accompany him but it would have been as friends. There wasn’t anyone he was really romantically interested in. There was Wendy. She was cute and she made him laugh. He wasn’t really sure what that was supposed to all mean though. In the mean time why not enjoy himself? He was watching all the people dance and was itching to do so himself but didn’t want to look like a complete weirdo alone. He noticed another person standing along the wall near him and walked over. “Listen. I really want to dance but I came here alone and I have no one to dance with. Would you dance with me? Is that too forward to ask a stranger?”