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The next morning -the morning of the dance- I woke early. I knew that the girls would be over soon to torture me, and I wanted to be fed and calm before hand so that I wouldn't end up torching them when I became annoyed. So, the first thing I did, was grab my carton of cigarettes and head outside where I sat on the porch in the cool morning. The sky was all gray clouds, and not even a hint of blue sky, it made me feel a little better to think that the sky was in a downer kind of mood too. I was in the kitchen making some french toast when someone knocked on the front door, so I ran quickly to get to it hoping that my toast wouldn't burn.

"Good morning, Kat." Diana said when I opened the door. She wasn't alone, all the girls except for Faye were standing on my lawn. I didn't even bother asking where Faye was.

"Hey, come on in." I said, and with that I hurried back into the kitchen to flip my toast. The kitchen was soon filled with teenage girls. "French toast?" I offered and there was a chorus of yeses. As I worked on the toast, Diana smiled at me, then grabbed a serving dish out of the cabinet and sat it down beside me so I could stack the toast, then she set plates around the table in front of each girl. "So, what's on the agenda for today?" I asked, and everyone began talking at the same time. Diana and I exchanged an amused glance.

"We thought that you would like to see your dress." She explained, interrupting everyone else. They all made sounds of agreement. I finished the last of the toast, grabbed the dish and some honey before setting them in the middle of the table and taking my place among the girls.

"Don't worry, Laurel." I said as she examined a piece of the toast. "It's all natural." She glanced up from the toast and smiled at me. Cassie and Suzan snorted.

"Thanks, Kat." She said happily biting into it.

"Just trying to do my part." I replied dryly. It surprised me when Deborah cracked a smile at my joke.

The rest of the morning was spent listening to the girls describe their dresses, shoes and dates. Before I knew it, it was time to head up the road to Suzan's house to start getting ready. It was a little weird when I realized how nervous I really was about the dance. I had a feeling that compared to the other girls, I would just look silly in my dress.

"Don't you think it's kind of odd, that both you and Nick magically disappeared from school during the same period, yesterday?" Deborah surprised me by asking. She was glancing at her reflection nonchalantly beside me, as if she was just checking her make up. I gave her a teasing smile.

"Why yes...That does seem a bit odd." I said, her lips quirked a little. "Must have been a flu bug or something." I added, my smile growing. She snorted, looking into the dark green eyes of my reflection, a small smile turning up the corners of her mouth.

"Yeah, guess so." She said before turning away. I was still smiling as I soaked in the tub in the steamy bathroom, I wasn't using any oils to allure, just rose water with a hint of mint, and I used the same to rinse my hair. When I got out though, Laurel was trying to put all kinds of magnet oils and stones on me. I held up my hand to stop her.

"Laurel," I said, trying to remain calm, "I don't want to attract anyone. I swear to the great goddess that if you come anywhere near me with those things, I will burn this house down." I finished, letting flames erupt over my arms -I just hoped that my robe wouldn't catch fire. Her eyes went wide, but mostly in annoyance. It was Deborah who came to my rescue.

"I don't think she's bluffing." Her eyes were a little wide as they took in the flames. "Besides, she doesn't need magic to catch a guy." She added, just as Faye walked into the room wearing a clingy red dress that left nothing to the imagination. A sneer crossed her beautiful face, but Deborah just rolled her eyes and turned back to situation. Laurel was looking doubtful.

"Yeah... I guess you're right." She muttered. I gave Deb a very grateful smile.

"Damn right, she's right!" I snapped and with that I left the room to get into my dress. It was a gray off the shoulder dress with little flecks that sparkled silver in the light, the corset bodice was a little tight, but the skirt hung loosely, flowing almost all the way down to the floor and I slipped on a pair of gray ballet flats and a thin silver necklace with a small gray-blue angelite stone - it's used for aligning the physical body with the Aura, and helps us to speak our minds and be more assertive. It is also supposed to help us be in touch with our spiritual guides- hanging from it to complete my outfit. I really didn't want to admit it to myself as I looked into the mirror, but I was actually quite surprised to see how pretty I looked. Melanie had worked my hair into an elegant bun with little twists of hair hanging loose, and my dark red hair looked really bright against the gray making my eyes seem a little brighter too. I took a deep breath before opening the door, and stepping back into Suzan's huge bedroom, all the girls froze taking my look in, and they all -except for Faye of course- broke into huge smiles. Most of them were dressed now too, Suzan in a tight orange dress, her hair sculpted beautifully into braids, Deborah in a short yellow mini dress her hair hanging wildly down her back, Melanie is a dark green dress about the same length as mine her chestnut hair styled in smooth waves, Cassie wore a long elegant blue dress that made her wavy copper hair shine, Laurel was wearing a purple dress that's skirt stopped just below her knee, her brown hair pulled up in an artfully messy bun, and Diana was wearing a simple white dress that only touched her shoulders and the rest hung down loosely -the complete opposite of Fayes. Her hair was elegantly french braided. We were all standing there admiring each others beauty when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." I said before leaving them to finish up and headed for the door. After another deep breath, I opened the door to reveal the boys.

"Kat, you look great." Adam said with a polite smile. I smiled back.

"Thanks. You guys look great too." I replied. They were all wearing suits -except for Nick who was wearing a dark black sweater and black jeans.

"Oh yeah, Kat. You look..." Doug started, he and Chris were looking over me in a way that made me want to cringe. At the same exact time both Adam and Nick smacked each of the Henderson's in the back of the head. Apparently they were more alike than they cared to admit.

"Ouch!" They yelped together, and I had to press my lips together to keep from smiling, Sean let out a snicker. I met Nick's deep brown eyes, there was a small smile on his face as he took in my appearance.

"So, the girls should be headed down here in a few minutes." I told them, and as I finished saying so, all the girls began filing down the stairs. I stepped to the side so that they could be admired. Adam took in the sight of Cassie and they shared a smile that showed they loved each other more than anything in this world. Nick smiled politely when he saw Diana and she smiled back after glancing back to where I was watching everyone with a small smile of my own. Sean was gazing at Faye with wide eyes, and the Henderson brothers were staring between Suzan and Deborah.

"Alright!" Laurel said, "Lets go!" And so we went, all piling into the awaiting cars and started toward the school. It was exactly what I had expected, lame paper decorations, and cheesy music, but it didn't seem to make the dance any less fun for the rest of the club. Adam and Cassie immediately went to the dance floor, Diana and Nick stood off to the side watching and making conversation with Faye standing a little ways away as if she were waiting for the opportunity to steal him away from her. Laurel, Melanie, and Suzan went to find their outsider dates, Sean practically ran up to one of the pretty outsider girls, and she nervously accepted his dance offer. Deb, Chris and Doug were standing with me watching everyone.

"So, you guys play poker in the boiler room?" I asked, glancing over at the three of them.

"Used to." Deb said and Chris and Doug nodded.

"Until Cassie found Jeffrey Lovejoy hanging from a pipe down there." Chris explained, my stomach rolled. Poor Cassie.

"Oh...right, I forgot about that." I said quietly.

"We usually go to the old science building now." Deb added.

"Come on, Kat." Doug said suddenly, he was holding out his hand. I smiled.

"Okay." I said taking his hand, and he led me out onto the dance floor and I have to admit, it was fun. Deb and Chris joined us not long after, and when I looked over I saw Nick and Diana dancing too. Than after a couple dances, Deb, Chris, and Doug headed to the old science building for their poker game. They invited me to join and I told them that I might later, but for now I just wanted to watch everyone. So, I walked over to the refreshment table and was pouring myself some punch when a large hand caressed my waist, and I knew instantly that it didn't belong to anyone in the Club. I turned to find the jock I'd threatened on my first day of school standing behind me with a devilish grin. "What the hell do you want?" I snapped, slapping his arm away from me.

"Well, well well, I thought if I touched you I'd be losing something." He said stepping toward me, I stepped back and bumped into a couple of his friends blocking my path. The first guy started reaching toward me, and before I even had time to think Adam and Nick were by my side. Nick shoved him away while Adam turned to face the others, and I glanced up and saw Cassie and Diana watching from the sidelines. Luckily no one was really paying attention to what was going on, I imagine the only way anyone would have seen the small commotion was if they had already been watching.

"What the hell do you think your doing?" Nick asked, his voice cold as ice. The jock locked eyes with him a dangerous look on his face, before backing away and leaving the area. His friends followed him, all with similar looks of hatred. Nick and Adam both turned to face me.

"Are you okay?" Adam asked, glancing quickly over at Nick before looking back at me, I nodded and gave him a small sad smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied meeting Adam's eyes. He was thinking the same thing I was. It was confirmed that we were all thinking the same thing when Cassie spoke.

"It's never going to end.." She said in a quiet voice.

"It never will." I stated, looking over to where Diana stood silent. Her eyes shown with sadness, and I forced myself to walk over to her, squeeze her hand.

"We should have a meeting..." Nick said, a solemn expression on his handsome face. Diana nodded in agreement.

"Alright, I'll see if I can round everyone up. Where should we meet?" He asked, looking between Cassie and Diana. They consulted each other with their eyes. I hesitated.

"We can go to my house. Granny is over at Laurel's with the crones." I offered.

"Okay." Cassie agreed, "Its too cold to go to the beach anyway." Nick and I both looked at each other then and smiled.