The festivities have officially begun and students of Green Grove wasted no time enjoying themselves " These props and decorations are pretty impressive " Danny plays with one of the hanging webs " Very spooky " Tyler shakes his head while massaging Jo's shoulders " Yeah Lacey did a great job putting this all together " Jo agreed and her smile appeared to be genuine , Danny took notice " She really did " his tone softened as he looked around the gymnasium " Hey you guys I'll be right back I need to go and put this bag in my locker …. this helmet too " " Okay but don't get adbucted by the boogie man " Jo teases " I think I can take him " Danny winks and walks off to go and put his belongings away when he spots Rico making his entrance all by his lonesome self , he looked down in the dumps so Danny decided to greet him " Well well if it isn't the rooteness tooteness cowboy in the wild wild wild west " Danny grins " Hey " Rico half smiles , he didn't really feel like talking to Danny " You're costume is pretty impressive too ….. vintage to some extent " Danny looks down at the armored vest and touches the centered medallion " Thanks man , I figured I already had the hair like Tommy so why not just throw on the costume ? " he shares a laugh with Rico " Nice thinking …. I'm gonna see what's happening so I'll see you around " he pats Danny on the shoulder " Enjoy yourself Rico " Danny watches him make his way through crowd before continuing his small journey to his locker .

It was already an hour into the party and Archie was still nowhere to be found , Lacey was beginning to worry because she could not even get in contact with or anyone else in their inner circle that included Sarita who should have been there with her from the beginning since she helped organize the event. " Ms. Porter " Principal Tang's voice alerted her " Oh , Principal Tang how are you " she smiled catching her breath " I am well , sorry for frightening you " he laughed " I just wanted to let you know that you and your team did a great job and everything appears to be going well , you should be proud " " Thank you Mr. Tang , it means alot " she nodded " Enjoy the rest of the night dear " he responded before walking off . Lacey was leaning in the embarrassment zone as she watched everybody else mingle while she was still waiting for Archie so that she could dance with him , all she wanted was to be with her boyfriend and enjoy the night , it was bad enough Archie refused to attend Fall Fest led to her attending alone, she had become so emotional worrying that he was going to stand her up like he did a couple of days ago.

Danny closed his locker after placing his items inside , the hallway was empty and quiet " Very Freddie Krueger … ish " he joked to himself when suddenly he saw a pale blue figure at the end of the hallway " Lace ? " he whispered to himself as he went to seek her , she could hear footsteps behind her so she turned around to the suprise " Danny ? " " Lacey , what are you doing out here ? " he asked with a slight authoritative tone , Danny already knew that Archie once again stood her up " It was really crowded inside and I just needed to step out for a moment " she held on to the rail of the staircase " What are you doing here ? " Danny looked into her eyes which appeared to be slightly swollen and red " Lacey , were you crying ? " he dodges the question to express his concern for Lacey " No … " she did not want to engage in this conversation with Danny but she also knew that there was no point in trying to lie to him yet she gave it a shot " No I wasn't crying " she breaks eye contact " I have a bit of a headache that's all " Danny steps back , he doesn't believe anything she is saying but he understands what she is trying to do so he backs off " I'm sorry ….. I have something you can take if you need it " he offers " I'll will be okay , thanks Danny " she nods " Well how are you supposed to have fun with a headache ? " he crosses his arms , he was sick and tired of Lacey putting up Archie's nonsense and was interested in her next answer " I made it through this much right ? I will be okay " " Maybe you should go home and lay your head down , you look really tired " Lacey knew what Danny was trying to do and she wanted him to get lost , ever since they were children she hated when he was able to get her to admit things she didn't want to " I have to stick around , besides Archie isn't here yet " she bit her lip nervously as Danny just snickered " What's so funny ? " Lacey asked " Nothing , I just can't believe that Archie is showing up fashionably late ….. you know Aladdin would never leave Jasmine waiting … I'm just saying " Danny raised his hands and shrugged and Lacey rolled her eyes " Did you come here to rub this in my face ? Archie will be here soon so you can stop being a smart ass Danny " Lacey storms past him " I'm sorry Lace " he goes after her " That was really out of line on my end " Lacey pauses as he admits his fault " That was really uncool of me and I am truly sorry " he walks up behind her and places his hand on her exposed shoulder " I shouldn't pretend like I know about you and Archie's relationship , but I don't want to see you get hurt " Lacey releases a sigh and turns to Danny " You didn't seem to care when you did what you did 5 years ago … why the change Danny ? " Lacey tries everything in her power to fight back her tears " Why do my feelings matter to you all of a sudden ? " Danny was not prepared for those words , Lacey was his world but he did not know how to respond to such a question from the person he was madly in love with " … That's not fair " he gulped as he tried to guilt trip her , Lacey just shook her head " I knew you would say something like that …. I appreciate you checking on me but I really don't need this " Lacey tries to walk off but Danny grabs her wrist " Lacey don't go … " he begs " Please …. " she looks up into his powerful dark eyes causing hers to widen , she felt her body warm up as he held her tiny wrist in his hands and pulled her closer to him " Danny …. " she whispers biting her bottom lip and suddenly he just grabs her by her small waste and then embraces her " I'm sorry " he whispers in her ear and continued to hold her , Lacey was caught off guard by his strength but she felt so safe in his strong arms " It's okay " she loosened up her body , rested her head on his chest and clinged closer to him.