lol one that girls seem to love is this, but you'll probably need to enlist some of her friends.

go to a petstore and buy 3 goldfish.

find some way to get them to her with the note (or you there saying it, however) "If fishes were wishes, and I had 3, would you go to homecoming with me?"

girls appreciate the over the top cuteness and romanticism involved.

but its also gotta be like a sure thing....

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You don't have to take that as a downfall. Now you established that asking her a simple question via texting is completely normal, and now she can text you about stuff like that without having to justify it.

However asking her a question that requires a definite answer is probably not going to start a conversation. She needs something to work with, and you need her answer to be something you can work with. Try asking open-ended questions, however don't just ask questions. It would seem weird if you started every conversation with a question. Simply tell her a funny story or something random that happened to you/you thought of. Just 10 minutes ago someone rang my doorbell, about 10 youths at the age of 15 asked what my house was made of. I couldn't help smiling, which made all of them smile, and I just said "wood". (Yes, it really did happen.) Then they walked away. That's a random and interesting story that a) is original and b) will force her to respond. It's completely in the humour category though, so it is nothing but a conversation starter. However by showing her you have a sense of humour and imagination, you're able to keep her entertained and interested. Since you're looking for a long-term relationship, this is positive.

My first advice to you though is to calm down. If you're so nervous about sending a text, you will also be very nervous when around her - and she will notice that. You don't want to display that to her, so take a chill pill and get comfortable with the thought that she is a girl just as much as the ugly one sitting at the back of your classroom.

Although you are putting your balls on the line a bit, which can be scary, I would say that the best way is not to beat around the bush.

You could send her a playful kind of text "Boo! Made you check your phone." and then when she replies, say something like. "Yo, come with me to homecoming!" Makes you appear spontanious and fun. Note that this is not for everyone, I believe it would work for my personality (which I can say is not too over the top, but I can be fairly spontanious and c/f appears in most of my interactions) but obviously I don't know you and your personality or more importantly, how others perceive you.

But the more you think about it, the more unrealistic it will start to seem to you, so i sugest you just go with anything and ask the damn girl! If you got stressed out by asking a classmate a completely nonthreatening question about homework, you are giving this girl far too much value in your mind.

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