Jaden looked over when he heard someone talking in his direction. It was pretty much impossible for there to be any confusion as to who she was speaking to, but he still looked around just to be sure. The girl may not have bothered getting dolled up, but Jaden still thought she was probably the cutest girl in the room. Of course, this may have been due to the overabundance of drunk people in the room. He felt his heart begin beating at least twice as fast as it should. He tried to think of something cool to say. Something that would make him memorable, but all he managed at this time was a nod. His mouth tried to open, but only the nod was clear.
In his head he kept coming up with things to say to her, but shot each thing down before they even approached his lips. Not only was he completely thrown by this girl talking to him. He was also thrown by the fact that she recognized him. Did that mean something, or was he just reading too into it. Maybe she had noticed him as being some weird kid. Maybe, like that Annika girl had originally known him, she knew him as the friend of the loud mouthed Asian drummer.
After a few seconds had passed, he swallowed and tried again at the whole talking thing. "Hi," he managed finally. He wasn't sure what to say. The only references he had to trying to flirt was Mao, and he knew that Mao's way was not going to win any girl over. "Um... yeah," he continued, "I just...um... Yourereallyverylookkindofnoreallynicetonightareyouhavingagoodtime." He realized the string of words may have come out too fast. Now he looked like an idiot again. "I... I mean, you look nice."