The next Wednesday at school, the principal climbed up onto the stage in the auditorium. He was going to announce the two remaining couples for homecoming king and queen.

"Listen up! We are down to the final two in the homecoming king and queen competition." he said. He looked down at a sheet of paper.

"Ok. The first remaining couple, is Maggie Lorifice and Joel Carranza." he said, and they walked up and stood looking out at the crowd.

"The other couple, is…Max Ride, and Nick Lee." he said, and I almost spit my soda out onto Fang. We walked up, and turned to face the crowd.

"The voting for homecoming king and queen will begin after lunch today. The candidates cannot vote, and cannot influence others' decision. Dismissed." he said, and we stepped off the stage and out of the auditorium.

"I can't believe we're in the running for homecoming king and queen!" I said as Fang shut his locker. He nodded, and we started on our way toward gym. We were playing dodge ball, girls against boys. 'Oh great.' I thought. 'Fang will get me out!' I shook my head, and focused on getting a ball. When the teacher blew the whistle, I ran as fast as I could, so I could get a ball and have a little chance of getting somebody out.

I threw it as hard as I could at some guy I didn't know, and I hit him in the face. He dropped the ball and went to the sideline.

Soon, all that were left were me, Fang, Nudge, and Iggy, and I have no earthly idea how Iggy had stayed in at all, much less this long!

I grabbed two balls, and tossed one to Nudge. She caught it and ran to the half-court line and threw it as hard as she could at Fang. He didn't see it coming, and it hit him in the foot. He dropped his ball, and went to the sidelines.

It hardly seemed fair. Two girls, against one blind guy. But, hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. I ran to the line, and put all the power I had into this throw. To my surprise, Iggy caught it. At our school, that doesn't get you out, but it gets one of your teammates back in. Iggy called Fang back in.

Iggy and Nudge were soon out, because Iggy had missed a catch, and Fang had hit Nudge. So, now, it was boys against girls. I looked over at Fang. He had one eyebrow raised, and he put his iPod headphones in. He threw it as hard as he could at the same time I did, and both balls hit each other in the face.

His throw was so hard, it knocked me out. The last thing I remember seeing was Fang fall to the ground with a bloody nose.

When I woke up, Nudge was hovering over me. I sat up and looked around. I was in the nurse's office, and Fang was on another cot next to me. He was talking quietly to Iggy, who was nodding and talking equally as quiet.

"What happened?" I asked Nudge. She looked worried.

"Well…you and Fang hit each other in the face with dodge balls. He gave you a busted lip and a concussion, and you gave him a broken nose." Nudge said. I looked over at Fang. She was right, his shirt was blood stained, and he had tape on his nose. I suddenly felt guilty.

"Who won the dodge ball game?" I asked. Nudge smiled slightly.

"Teach called a tie. You also got dodge ball banned. Thanks for that." she said, but I knew she was kidding. I just hoped Fang wasn't as mad at me as I was.