AN – I couldn't post my prologue before, so here it is.
Disclaimer – I do not own NDSSG. Yes life does suck.
It was the last dance of the school year for students of James Polk, and everyone was looking for a date. Ned was desperate for a last chance with Suzie before the year ended and Cookie wanted to ask the girl of his dreams. Moze just wanted to hang out with her friends and have a good time. That is until Ned came up with brilliant idea for a double date. Before she could protest, Moze found herself setup on double date, Ned with Suzie and her with Jock. Oh well, it's just a dance right? Cookie had managed to lock himself into another tight corner. He asked his dream girl, well lets just call her Jill, but she said no. The next person to ask him was Lisa Zimo, and seeing as how Jill had said no, Cookie couldn't see why not. So he said yes to Lisa, but not ten minutes later, Jill came back, saying she'd thought about it and changed her mind, she would go with Cookie. And so Cookie had yet again backed himself into a funny predicament. The rest of the day however, went by without much interest. Everyone was excited for the dance. And to save you from reading long boring hours about their science class, we'll just skip a head to Ned and Moze preparing for the dance.
It was six o'clock, one hour to the dance, and two teen neighbors were getting nervous. Jennifer Mosley, a tall girl for her thirteen years, was frantically pulling clothes out of her closet and throwing them on the ground.
"No I can't wear this! No I wore this to the last dance! No, Ned can't see me in this!" she screamed. Suddenly she stopped. Had she just said that? About Ned? No, surely she had meant Jock, she was just used to saying Ned. But something kept telling her otherwise. Brushing the thought aside, she glanced at the clock. 6:45! In five minutes she'd be meeting Ned! There was no way she'd be ready!
"I have to find something!" she cried. She hauled another dress out of her closet. It was a red strapless dress. She remembered when she bought it with Suzie. She loved this dress, but she didn't want to wear it to the dance. Still, it was the only good dress she had. So she put it on over her curled hair and ten minutes later she was walking down to Ned's car. But she didn't know what Ned had been doing for the last hour.
Ned Bigby lied on his bed staring at his ceiling. It was only an hour until the dance, but he still lied there, motionless, trying to see how he really felt. He thought he would have been much more excited to finally be going on a date with Suzie, but for some reason all he could feel was jealousy. A jealousy he had only felt a few times before, but could never explain. The only time he had felt jealousy like this was when he saw Moze with another guy.
"Don't be an idiot!" he thought, "You like Suzie, remember? Suzie! You only feel this way because you want to look out for Moze. She's practically your sister!" But even that didn't convince him. For awhile he had wondered if he did just think of Moze as his sister, or if there was something more. He glanced over his shoulder at the clock on the wall. 6:50. He'd have to go in ten minutes. He slowly got up and walked over to his closet. He pulled out his favorite
pants and a blue blouse. He gelled back his hair and walked down to his car. He saw Moze in the back seat, looking out the window and his heart almost stopped. In his opinion, she was drop dead gorgeous.
"You're with Suzie" he mumbled to himself. This was going to be a long night.
When they arrived at the dance, the front of the school was crowded the kids looking for their dates. Ned immediately spotted Jock and Suzie standing in the corner, talking. But there was a huge problem, Moze realized too; Suzie and Moze were wearing the exact same outfit.
"…Nice outfit Jennifer" Suzie said hesitantly, looking down at their outfits.
"Wow, you both look… exactly the same" Jock said.
"Why don't we get something to eat?" Ned said, finally breaking the ice. Everyone agreed and so they were off. While Cookie had his own problem. Trying to entertain both girls was a hard task for him, but he managed… for awhile.
After a half an hour of eating, Ned started to feel a little sick. Jock had gone to get more food, and Ned had gone to use the washroom. Moze and Suzie then got to girl talk.
"You know Ned still wants to kiss you right?" Moze said half jokingly, hiding the jealousy in her voice.
"Yeah, but tonight, I might let him. I actually kind of want him to" Suzie said. Moze spit her drink across the table. She couldn't tell that Suzie was gauging her reaction. Just then the boys returned, leaving no room for talk. Ned looked really nervous. They got up to go dancing because the girls were sick of sitting around, and Ned fell back a little. As instinct, so did Moze.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Uh… you know what happens when I eat spicy foods?" he said nervously.
"Yeah… you didn't! Ned, you know you get the runs every time you eat spicy food! Why do you insist on putting yourself through this every time? Plus Suzie wants you to kiss her" she added, looking away.
"She does?! Oh man, this is terrible! My one shot with Suzie might be gone" he sighed. Those acting classes were paying off big time.
"Don't worry, I'll get the nurse, you go to the boys bathroom" she said before hurrying away.
Cookie wasn't having much luck either. Both his dates wanted to dance so he waited for awhile, danced to a meringue song. But after too long, both girls left him, and he was even sadder than when he was rejected. He did however manage to dance with Lisa again later. (AN sorry I don't have much coverage on Cookie, but the plot's based on Ned and Moze)
On the other side of the school however, things weren't going as smoothly. Ned was still in the bathroom, clutching his stomach and moaning. That is until the nurse came. She gave him some pink goop to drink, and in under five minutes, he was back on the dance floor, looking for Suzie. He saw one girl that looked like Moze dancing with Jock. So the girl at the punch table had to be Suzie. Gathering up all his courage, Ned walked over to the punch table, grabbed the girl closed his eyes and pulled her towards him. They were locked at the lips for what seemed like eternity, until Ned opened his eyes. He pulled away with a start.
"NO!" he yelled. Moze looked like someone had slapped her. Hard. Ned turned and ran to the boys bathroom. Moze walked away, tears in her eyes, but she refused to let anyone see. She locked herself in the girls washroom and wouldn't come out until it was time to leave. That night she was up thinking about the next day. Wondering what was going to happen.