Twenty minutes after the conga line, everybody finally settled down, and had some birthday cake. Oona and Deema were eating together at a round dinner table, with the rest of the guppies, and a couple of crabs.

"Vanilla!" Deema exclaimed. "I love it!" She took a big bite out of her cake, and wiped off the crumbs on her face. That left her lipstick smeared on her cheek now. She glanced at Goby, and waved at him.

Oona shook her head. "That's it. We're going to the washroom," The pig-tailed guppy took her arm, and led her into the ladies room. "I'm not going to let you embarrass yourself," She then faced her friend in front of the mirror.

"Oh my god!" Deema exclaimed as she looked in the mirror. Her black eyeliner was running down her cheek, up to her lip. She touched it as she rubbed it as fast as she can. She started to rub her face with both of her hands.

"Nothing is working!" she shouted.

Oona then reached into her friend's purse, and looked through the products. She found some makeup remover pads, and threw one at the yellow-haired guppy. "Wipe it off with this,"

She took a sniff. "Ack! That's strong."

"Trust me, it will work."

Deema shrugged her shoulders, and wiped the cloth against her skin. She closed her eyelid, and wiped her makeup off. Afterwards, she opened her eyes, and gasped. Deema then touched her cheek softly, with her hands, and gasped.

"I look.. beautiful," she whispered. Deema looked at the dirty cloth, and made a disgusted face. She then threw it into the trash, and hugged Oona tightly.

"Oooh you were right! I do look better without the makeup! Thank you, thank you!"

The pigtailed guppy put her arms around her friend, and smiled. "You're welcome." Oona then let go of her friend, and picked up some lip gloss from her friend's bag. She opened the lid, and applied it on Deema's lips.

"That's pretty much all you need." Oona said. She put her hand on the yellow-haired guppy's shoulder. "Now go get your man!"

She grinned. "Thanks! You get yours as well!" Her purple-haired friend raised an eyebrow at her in confusion. Deema then grinned. "You don't need to pretend!"

. . .

Oona opened the door from the restroom, and she and Deema found the dance floor flooded with sea creatures, and their classmates. Goby tapped Gil's shoulder, and directed their attention to Oona and Deema. The merman's both waved at them in a friendly way. The girls waved back, and swam to the floor. Molly caught up to the girls, and they started to dance to pop music.

"Having fun?" Deema shouted to Molly over the loud partying noise.

Molly put a lock of pink hair around her ear, and looked at Deema. "Oh yeah! This is the best party ever!"

Meanwhile, Oona swam up to Gil. He quickly fixed his hair, and put his hands behind his back. "Hi, Oona!"

"Hi, Gil. Did you notice something about Deema?"

He turned his head to Deema to see that she was swimming up to Goby. His eyes grew wide when he saw she didn't have makeup on.

"Yeah. Her makeup is off! Ive also noticed how well she and Goby are hitting it off."

Oona nodded. "It's pretty incredible."

The lobster DJ quickly ran to his turntables, with a CD, and slid it into the slot. He then put his headphones on, and grabbed the microphone. "Okay everybody, it is time to slow.. it down. Real down. So grab that special someone," He lowered the microphone closer to his mouth. "and don't let the go." The DJ put on the song 'Down' by Jay Sean.

Deema and Goby made a 'Yikes' face at each other. "See ya,"

They both ran off into opposite directions, and Gil stopped Goby from running anymore. "What happened? I thought you wanted to dance with her!"

He sighed. "Yeah, but I'm worried she might turn me down,"

Gil put his elbow on his shoulder. "If you really like her, then you can dance with her. You've known her long enough. I'm pretty sure she likes you too. Don't worry you got this."

Meanwhile, Oona stopped Deema from dancing with Goby. She had a very worried look on her face.

"I can't dance with him. What if he's not interested?"

Oona look at her kindly. "I'm pretty sure Goby likes you. Don't worry, I know it's scary, but you'll be okay. You can do this."

Gil pushed Goby to Deema, as Oona pushed her to Goby. Goby then swam up to Deema and asked her to dance. She accepted shyly and they both started to dance.

"Aww," Gil and Oona said in unison. They were both sitting on a bench looking at the couple dancing (Kind of like the cover picture, except for the outfits). They both looked at everybody else dancing ad sighed. The two guppies then looked at each other.

"I didn't see you there, Gil!" Oona said.

"I didn't see you either," Gil replied. They sighed again and looked around. They were one of the only people that were sitting. Gil then stood up.

"Oona," he asked sweetly. "Do you want to dance with me?"

The purple-haired guppy had a surprised look on her face as she looked at Gil's hand. Molly was watching all the action from the table. She looked at them in a dirty way, but no one saw. As Oona was looking at his hand, she thought of when Gil rescued him from the hurricane. She finally put her hand on Gil's hand. "I would love to," She got up, as he directed her to the dance floor. They then looked at each other for a while looking lost. Oona then put her hands on Gil's shoulders, as he put his hands on Oona's hips.

"This night has been kind of crazy huh?" Gil started.

Oona nodded her head. "You can say that again,"

Gil grinned at the mermaid in front of him. "You look beautiful tonight,"

"Really? Thank you,"

Molly and Nonny were sitting next to each other admiring the dancing couples. Molly then nodded her head. "I think they look good together,"

"Yeah, Oona and Gil are really looking good together." Nonny said.

"No, I meant Deema and Goby. Her head is on his shoulder! I can't stand Gil and Oona."

Nonny looked at Molly. "Geez, that's a little harsh."

"Yeah, I guess you're.." She then cut off herself. She narrowed her eyes at the couple to find Gil putting a lock of purple hair around Oona's ear, and leaning in for a kiss. Molly swam as fast as she can to the two, and before she knew it, she pushed them both away from each other with her hands.

"STOP!" Molly yelled. She yelled so loud it made everybody stop and stare at her. Oona had a shocked look on her face as she saw her friend run into her and Gil.

"I WAS MEANT FOR GIL, AND I ALWAYS WILL BE MEANT FOR HIM!" Molly continued. She then started to bawl her eyes out, and she sat on the ground, but not because Gil and Oona were dancing, because she realized her mistake.

Everybody else was murmuring in confusion, as Gil and Oona ran off in different directions.

What have I done? Molly thought to herself. I just blew it for my best friend! They are never going to be together because of me, and most importantly, they won't ever forgive me.

Mr. Grouper swam over to Molly quickly, and reached his fin out to her. Molly got up, and tried to refrain herself from sobbing.

Thanks for reading this chapter! I know this chapter is longer than the other so I hope you like it. If so, please leave a review telling me what you think and/or what might happen next. Don't worry, this story is not done yet. Stay tuned for more "fin-tastic" stuff!

See ya later!

-Natalie