The Back to School Dance at Hiddenville High was one day away. James's eye had mostly healed, but Phoebe said she could cover up what was left with make-up so he could comfortably go. Billy was really excited since he had never been to one before; Phoebe was able to get Link to take her, but Max, however, was actually feeling nervous. He only crashed Junior Prom last year, he didn't actually go, so now he wasn't sure how to present himself, last time he felt like this, it was when he met Allison's parents.
"Ok, ok, ok. It's going to be fine. You're going to be fine. Everything is going to go just fine." Max said to himself, pacing back and forth in his room.
"Gee, do you think it's going to be fine?" James said, getting annoyed. Max had been pacing and repeating himself for almost an hour now.
"I know you're mocking me, but yes." He said, sitting down on the edge of his bed.
"Are we calm now?"
"Yeah, yeah, of course." Max said. He tried sitting still, but before long, his leg started shaking and, quickly after, he sprung to his feet and began pacing again. James let out an annoyed grunt, Max was really getting in the way of him working on some new gadgets. "Oh shut up, how are you so calm?"
"Because I'm focusing on something else right now. Maybe you should try that, you got all of tomorrow to worry about the dance. You know, I'd never take you for the worried type."
"Well, I've only ever crashed a dance. And I went home right after." Max explained.
"Well that explains it." James muttered to himself.
"Hey," Nora said breaking the silence. She and Billy had been sitting upstairs watching TV for the past hour or so, not really doing anything else.
"Yeah?" He asked, not taking his eyes off the TV.
"So, you're going to the dance with James tomorrow?"
"Uh, yeah, why?" He was started to get nervous. There's no telling what could come out of his sisters mouth, she's easily flipped on a dime before.
"Tell me, even though you're with James and he's living with us, I'm still your best friend right? We can still play together?" She asked looking up to meet his eyes.
"Of course. Why would you think otherwise?" He asked confused.
"Well, it's just that, ever since you met him, you've been spending almost all your time with him. You barely even talk to me now. I guess I just miss hanging out with you." She finally admitted.
Billy sat quietly for a moment thinking. "Nora, I'm sorry. I've never felt this way before and when he's around I just drop everything. We'll always gonna be friends. More than that, we're family. The next time you're feeling alone, just tell me. You know I'd be happy to spend time with you whenever."
"For realsies?" She asked looking back up at her brother.
"For realsies." He said, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Billy!" Chloe said barging in. "You forgot to race me to Mexico today!" She said pouting.
"D'oh, sorry Chloe." He said, face palming.
"Now, it's a race to Russia!"
"Sigh, ok, ok." He walked over next to her and got ready to run. "Three…two…one!" And like that, they were both gone. Then, she reappeared a split second before he did.
"I win! I win!" She said jumping up and down.
"Good job. But I totally would've won if I had more time to prepare."
"You're just a sore loser, baby!" She said with a big smile before walking out.
"Did you let her win?" Nora asked.
"No, she teleports, I can't go that fast. Maybe if my powers evolve like yours did."
"You really don't have to walk me home." Link said to Phoebe outside his house. "Technically I should be walking you home."
"Well, next time, you can." She said looking up into his eyes. The two leaned in to kiss when the door opened and the two jumped away from each other when they saw Harris standing in the doorway.
"Hey bro," Link said acting casual.
"Phoebe!" He said hugging Phoebe around her waist. He had grown a bit, but he was still pretty short being a year younger than Billy.
"Hey, I'm excited to see you too buddy!" She said hugging him back.
"Harris, can I say 'bye' to my girlfriend now?" Link asked.
"Sorry," He said, letting go of Phoebe and walking inside.
"I guess we'll just kiss a go?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah, that sounds like the best plan." He responded. The two leaned back into each other and shared a quick, but passionate, kiss.
"I'll see you tomorrow?" She asked, still being held in his arms.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." He said with a smile. They separated and Phoebe walked off. Link walked inside his house. "You were listening weren't you?" He asked Harris who was acting innocent while sitting on the couch.
"Maaaayyyybe." He said with a smile.
"Not much that interesting for a thirteen year old." He said walking past him.
"Not out on the doorstep anyway…" Harris said with a smirk.
"You little perv," Link said with a chuckle.
Phoebe returned home where her mom greeted her. She quickly said "Hello," and rushed passed her and upstairs. She entered her room and went to her closet to make sure nothing happened to her dress (especially, something Max related). Luckily it was still intact, not much would've been lost anyways since this wasn't a fancy occasion, but she still wanted to look nice.
Downstairs, James had finally managed to calm Max down. "So, tomorrow, what are you going to do?" He asked.
"Tell Allison she looks great even if it's a lie."
"And…."
"Ask her to dance."
"Right. Tomorrow's going to be…"
"Fine. No, it's going to be great." Max corrected himself.
"There you go." James said, clearly tired from going over this for about an hour. "Oh, Billy's gonna borrow you old leather jacket again."
"Again? When did he borrow it the first time?"
"Where do you think he got the one he wore first day to school?"
"He didn't even ask." He said to himself.
"I know, made it hotter." James said smirking.
"Can you not talk about Billy like that when I'm around? Like seriously, I really don't want to know what goes on in your head when it comes to my brother." He said grabbing the old jacket and heading upstairs. He walked up to Billy's door and knocked. "Hey, I got something for you." He called inside.
Billy opened the door and looked surprised. "I was just gonna grab it like last time, but thanks." He said, taking hold of the jacket.
"Yeah, about that; don't steal my clothes again. Just ask bro." He said before he walked off
~the next day, two hours before the dance~
James was in Phoebe's room, getting what remained of his black eye covered up when Billy walked in. "Guys, I need advice."
"What's up Billy?" Phoebe asked.
"How, should I wear my hair tonight? I kind of like how it looks naturally, but I was also thinking about slicking it back again." Phoebe finished up with James and they both turned to show Billy. "Cool, can't even notice it. Now what about my hair?"
"Stop being such a girl Billy." Phoebe told him. Both he and James looked at her confused. "What? I'm a girl, it's ok for me to say that."
"Anyways, slick it back BillBill, it works better with that jacket." James said.
"You think so?" He asked.
"Definitely. Remember how hot I found it first day of school?" He asked getting very close to him.
"Ok, take it outside you two. Also, I need to change." She said, her hair already done like it was last year for junior prom.
"Well, never thought I'd say this Max, but you look damn good." Dr. Colosso said, clearly impressed.
"You sure? I'm not really sure about the jacket. I don't even play sports." He said. God knows how or where, but DR. Colosso had managed to find an old sports jacket that had the villain logo on the back of it. "And, I'm not even a villain anymore. It's kind of misleading, don't you think?"
"Fine, you don't need the wear the jacket, but put on this tie." He said handing him a crimson colored tie.
"Why? It's not a formal dance and this shirt doesn't even have a collar."
"Exactly, that makes it look more relaxed."
"How does that make any sense?"
"Far too complicated for you to understand."
"You gotta stop using that as an excuse. I do like the look though." He said admiring himself in the mirror. His look was pretty simple. Just a white t-shirt with shiny, silver, basketball shorts. "Wait!" He said running over to a drawer. "Where is it? I know I kept it. HA!" He said pulling out a gold chain necklace. He removed the tie and put the necklace on. "Now, I look good."
"You looked like a fuck boy." Colosso bluntly stated.
"Who asked you?!"
Billy and James were changing in his room. "Do I have to wear these?" James asked, trying to slip into the skinny jeans Billy wore on the first day of school.
"If you can, then yes. I wanna see you in them."
"I know, I know. They're just so damn tight." He said trying to pull them up his legs.
"You wanna know something else tight?" Billy asked in the best seductive voice he could.
"BillBill, don't make me think about that right now. It's going to make it impossible to put these on with that on the brain."
"Sorry,"
"Got it!" He said finally getting them on.
"Almost, you gotta button them too Jamie."
"Can't do that Babe, I need to breathe." He said.
"Alright, hand them back, I'll wear them." James slid them back off and gave them back to his boyfriend who managed to get them on quite easily.
"How can you do that?"
"Skinny legs I guess." James shrugged and pulled out a pair of black jeans from his suitcase.
"What do think?" James asked.
"Didn't Mohawks die off in the eighties?" Billy asked with small laugh.
"Maybe, they need me to bring them back." He said with his signature smirk. Billy carefully looked over James's choice in his outfit. Besides the Mohawk, he had the black jeans he just put on as well as a gray t-shirt with a black collar.
"One thing's out of place." He said before un-popping the collar of the shirt. "There we go." James blushed and smiled shyly. "Stop being cute!"
"You do it all the time, it's my turn." He told him while beginning to laugh to which Billy joined. They slowly stopped and stared into each other's eyes. Before they knew what happened, the two were on Billy's bed, heavily making out with James on top. They only broke for air for a second before they looked back at each other and went back to it. They almost went further before the heard a pounding at the door.
"Hey, what'd Dad say about the doors? Now stop sucking face and come downstairs. We gotta go." Max said from behind the door. The pair looked at each other and slowly got up and headed for the door.
"You know, I can see why you didn't want to think about…that stuff. These pants are pretty tight now." Billy said, feeling embarrassed. They walked downstairs where they found Max, Phoebe and Link waiting. Phoebe was in a short tie dye dress with orange, yellow, and red as the colors while Link was in a faded orange, button up top with plain jeans.
"Finally ready?" Phoebe asked. The youngest teens nodded. "Good, let's go." She said, grabbing on to Link's arm. And heading out.
"Where's Allison?" Billy asked Max.
"She said she'll meet me there." He simply said before walking out the door. Billy and James joined hands before following the others.
"Lord Mayhem, my team and I have arrived in Hiddenville and are ready to attack." Lady Web reported to Dark Mayhem with Strongdor and Son of Scalestro at her side.
"Excellent. Let the young heroes enjoy their night at first, once their guards are lowered, attack and take them all out."
"Understood my lord." She responded back. And once this night is over, it's back to investigating that samurai. She thought to herself.