A/N: hey HEY heyy!!!!! Really sorry for not updating… we've been pretty busy with Thanksgiving. And I wanted to update before I go back to school. Sooo... Happy Thanksgiving!

On with the story… personally, I didn't think this chapter was that amazing, but oh well.

So this chapter is January 13... or around there. So it's awhile after the last chapter. I might do that a few times before the pace picks up. So yeah…

Disclaimer: don't own MR
Claimer: Maggie is MINE. and so are Matt and Anna.

The Elements

Chapter 2 : Maggie POV

I woke up to the blaring television, along with the smell of fresh coffee and French toast. Sitting up, I noticed I wasn't in my bed. I must've fallen asleep on the couch…

"Good morning sunshine!"

"Anna? How'd you get in?" I asked rubbing my stiff neck.

"We got in because you left your back door unlocked, genius." That was Matt. My other best friend. They're both high school seniors. (A/N remember she's 19. she took a year off to start writing a novel. she'll be starting college next year)

"Oh. Whoops… Wait – what's today? What about school, you slackers?" Matt threw the Sunday paper at me. He never appreciated my sarcasm. "Rawr."

I saw that Matt was about to flip a slice of French toast over to Anna, so I jumped up, grabbed a plate, and caught it in midair. Anna glared, but she knew better than to challenge me. I've got them trained already!

When I was done eating, Matt spoke up. "Can I talk to you, Maggs?"

I glared at him and said, "It's Em. Or Mack." I stood up and walked out back, with him following suit behind me.

He sat in the sand down by the water, looking all calm and serious. Weirdo. "Okay. As you know, the Snow Ball is coming up in about 9 days." I opened my mouth to immediately object, but he cut me off. "Before you say anything, listen. You know all about the Court. King and Queen are seniors, Prince and Princess are Juniors, Duke and Duchess are sophomores, and Lord and Lady are freshmen. Let me remind you that you were crowned Lady and Queen. I'm in the Court to be King." He grinned. (Let me just tell you, though, that I was never one of the "popular people." Actually I didn't like all the peppy, preppy girls. They annoyed me. A lot.) "... Anna already has a date..." He sighed nervously and played with his shirt. "Will you go with me?"

I contemplated the situation for a minute. In the end, I figured it couldn't hurt. Damn, was that stupid.

"On two conditions…" His smile got huge at that point. "One, we go just as friends andnothing more." I swear I saw the smile in his eyes fade. "And two, if I have a suck-ass time, you owe me BIG."

"Sweet!! Yes!"

"Okay. So, yeah – I'll go."

"It's a costume ball, though. So we were thinking Cinderella and Prince Charming?" At that moment, I was about to say 'we who,' but Anna came out holding a stunning pearl-colored dress and shoes. The dress had two thick over-the-shoulder straps. It wasn't a cupcake dress that totally poofed out at the hips-down, but it wasn't straight either. The skirt didn't have any of that frilly, itchy stuff under it – there was just a lot of fabric to it, so when you spun, it flared out in a circle. Minus the straps, it was one single piece of fabric, so there were no seams around the body. The top was a slight V-neck that fit tight to my body and down to my hips. Then it started fanning out into waves of silky cloth. Like I said. Stunning.

"How cliché. It's not like I have much of a choice, do I?" He smiled again as I took the dress from Anna and started back to the house to try it on. When I got to the door I felt the heat of someone staring at me, so I turned around… but Anna and Matt were facing the other direction, speaking inaudibly. I looked around once more and shook my head.

When I tried it on, it was perfectly smooth and without any wrinkles. I would've totally believed them if they had told me it was pure silk. I twirled, and just as I had thought, it spun out to a circle around my knees.

To make matters worse – and more cliché – I felt that even if I didn't look like royalty, I felt like it. Ich…