An idea
Katie had the idea that she needed to somehow ask Dan to prom before time would run out and some other girl would do it. Dan was a popular boy at school and was a hero on the high school football team. Katie knew that some other girl had her eyes on him as well.
So she had a plan to ask him as soon as possible, that way no one else would budge in. But was Dan ready to take that step with her? She knew that they were good friends, maybe this would send the wrong message and ruin their relationship. She needed to try regardless.