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Trinity, Blake, and Max were currently sitting in the dining room along with Tabitha (Boom Boom), Jean, Kitty, Rogue, Ruby, and Phoebe. They were all getting ready to discuss the Fall Formal and the various details that would set the stage for the whole event.

"Where exactly are we going to hold this dance at? None of the rooms in the school are big enough?" Jean asked Trinity who was sitting at the end of the large table in the dining room.

"Oh ye of little faith!" Trinity started shaking her head, "I talked to Beast and he said that he would make a Danger room program to fit any theme we come up with which brings me to my second point... what theme are we going with?" She asked looking around the room. Kitty raised her hand and Max gestured for her to explain her idea.

"Night in Paris? It's totally a classic!" She told them in her valley girl accent.

"Ok cool any other good ideas?" Trinity asked. Everyone shook there heads.

"Ok lets vote just to be formal... all for Paris?" She asked raising her hand, everyone else followed her lead, "All opposed?" she continued, to which nobody raised their hand.

"Good now we figured the best way to do this would be to divide and concur!" Max started explaining who would be doing what, "Be who would want to decorate would need to meet with Beast to help design the program, there are Nine of us so lets have three people on decorating." He finished pulling out a notebook and writing the word decorating with a line beneath it. Ruby, and Tabitha raised their hands. Max wrote down their names then wrote his own.

"Ok next is putting posters on all of the cork boards in the school. We need three people to make 'em and hang 'em up!" He told the group. Then wrote posters two lines below his name. Jean, Rogue and Phoebe raised their hands and he quickly jotted down their names.

"Last is the most important... we are going to have a Formal King and Queen and these three people will be in charge of ballot boxes for votes and for counting the night of!" Max said his final speech, "Trin, you, Blake and Kitty are last so you guys will be that team!" He wrote their names in the last section.

Trinity told him to flip to the next page and handed him a red pen.

"These are going to be the rules about Formal King and Queen, Number one only seniors get to run since its their last year here." She said and everybody nodded, then Max wrote down the rule.

"Number two nobody who runs can count ballots!" She told them to which they all agreed. He wrote this down next.

"Finally, you don't have to have a running mate! You can run by yourself if you want to." She said and they all nodded.

"Oh now that I think about it people who run need to confirm their running status with one of us three!" She told him and pointed to herself, Blake and Kitty, "So that's all, posters about running and poster with the date and theme should be designed at least by Friday and Beast wants to start meeting with us on Wednesday at five-Thirty to discuss the Danger room program." She told them as they all got ready to go.

"We'll be meeting again same time same day next week to discuss progress either outside by the fountain if the weather permits or back here in the dining room!" Max mentioned before they all went their separate ways for the day.

When Phoebe, Max, Blake and Trinity all stepped outside the door they saw Bobby Drake standing in the hallway.

"So there's gonna be a dance? Fun stuff... I already know who I'm gonna ask!" He told them and walked over to Trinity. She clasped her hands together in anticipation.

"Hey Pickpocket!" He started and she raised her brows, "Could I borrow your Geometry notes!" He asked her. She shook her head and spoke.

"Oh uh sure!" she said opening the panel on the Tube beside them, together they took it up to her room to get her notes. Max chuckled a little thinking maybe Bobby was gonna ask him.

Blake just rolled her eyes and told them she was going into town and that she would see them all later.

She had dinner plans with a certain speed demon.

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Blake and Pietro were walking down the side walked together and she was shivering. It was dark and long past her curfew. He looked over at her and smirked. Then he took off his jacket and wrapped it around her.

"I really enjoyed dinner..." She said to shy to look up at him. This was the first date she had ever been on and she was extremely nervous. He chuckled and turned to her.

"Yeah... I had a lot of fun with you tonight-" He started when he was stopped by the sound of footsteps and a gruff voice behind them. Suddenly two arms snake around Blake and held her tight.

"Give me all your money or your girlfriend gets it!" One of the two thugs who had so randomly appeared said to Pietro.

"Ok! Ok!" He said quickly and slowly reached his hand toward his pocket. Then before either mugger knew what was happening he sped forward and flipped the first one on the ground. Blake followed suite shooting out her Claws and slashing at the one who held hers leg. Both men started screaming about mutants and running away. Blake pulled her claws back and grabbed Pietro's hand. He quickly threw her over his shoulder and darted forward at his usual quick speed til he was at the gate of the X-Mansion. Then when he put her down he stared with wide eyes.

"Are you related to Wolverine?" He said Quickly. She nodded looking down.

"He's my dad... but so what your dad is Magneto!" She countered smirking a little.

"I definitely want to do this again but..." He started then looked around, "They can't know! We would both be in for it if either of them found out!" He told her taking her hand and pulling her forward a little. Then he laid another hand on her cheek and pulled her into a soft kiss. When they pulled away they both smiled.

"What do you say... want to repeat this, say Friday?" He asked her letting go of her hand.

"Absolutely... I have to go now... Good night Pietro..." She said as he pulled her into a hug.

"Good night!" He told her and then sped away after she got into the gate.

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By lunch hour on Wednesday the whole school was buzzing about the upcoming dance. Several people had been asked, Plus Scott and Jean had informally announced their candidacy for King and Queen. Currently Blake, Shylow, Bobby and Jamie were outside waiting on Max and the girls. When they arrived Max was the first one to speak.

"So Bobby I hear you haven't asked anyone to the dance yet! I thought you said you know who its gonna be already?" Max asked the Ice creator. Bobby nodded and turned to the last person any body thought it would be.

"So... Firefly you wanna go with me?" He asked Phoebe who looked up at him from the book she had been reading.

"Me?" She asked him in reply, he laughed and nodded, "Oh yeah of course Iceman!" She told him smiling he nodded again.

"Ok I've got a training session to go to during lunch I thought I'd just cross that off my list really quick... Bye guys, bye Phoebe!" He said as he started to walk back inside. Max and Trinity spent the rest of lunch in shock then when it was time to go they walked away in total silence.

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So that was that... Poor Breeze and Pickpocket, lucky Firefly! What will fate have in store for them!

-LB