Tapping a pair, so as they don't blow up in their face again, he looks up at her, "I just wanted to ummmm, ask you if you..."

Turning a little pink, he ducks his head "If you'd like to go steady." he adds quietly.

Even though there was no one else in the room with them, he was still very self-conscious. At least there's no one here, to hear if she says no... he thinks, though he hopes that she won't, he is determined, to accept whatever her answer is.