Alright, so the witch has found out that she is gone. Now it's time for the date. Oh boy this is going to be fun. That's all I'm going to say. Enjoy and review!

Mark POV

The date was set up for Saturday and that day came all too quickly. I had managed to find a date with little effort. Yet as much as I prepared for this date, Saturday came to quickly.

But I had made a promise. So when the time came I got up and got dressed.

"Hey where are you going?" asked Charlie

""I'm going on a double date," I answered

"With who?"

"Sally and Luke,"

"Those two are going out?"

"Yeah,"

"Does she know about?"

"No, but she will, I've got a plan,"

"Well, good luck," he said, as I grabbed my coat and left.

In town, things were pretty close to one another. Some people like me owned a car, yet most walked. The restaurant that Luke picked was nearly half-way across town. So after picking up my date, and few other things, we traveled to the Swing-and-Dine restaurant.

When we arrived, we met Luke and Rapunzel outside. Rapunzel was wearing a yellow sundress, she had her hair in a very long braid. Luke was dressed in a causal business like manner. Sports jacket, gelled hair, the works.

"Hi Mark, it's so great of you to come," said Rapunzel, running up to hug me.

"We'll, I wouldn't miss this for the world," I said, trying to pull off a convincing smile.

"Sure you would," muttered Luke

But Rapunzel was too excited with the next guest, to hear.

"Eve, what are you doing here?" she asked

"Mark asked me to tag along, and with the promise of free food, how could I refuse," she joked

"So are you two here as each other's dates or as..."

"No I have my own date," said Eve " This is Bethany or Beth."

Bethany was a shorter woman with a 1920's crop hairstyle. She dressed liked Eve a sort-of darker formal type wear.

"Wow, I love your hair, how do you get it to stick to the sides of your face?" asked Rapunzel

"Curling iron and a couple cans of hair spray," shrugged Beth. "And your hair is so... unique."

"Thanks,"

"You sure that that hairstyle isn't a little too 20's?" asked Luke

"Be careful what you say, or your one night stands might end sooner than you think," warned Beth

"What are one night stands?" asked Rapunzel

"Hey, where's your date Mark?" asked Luke, nervously

Just then my date came stumbling out of the car.

"Guys, this is Carol," I introduced

"Charlotte," corrected Charlotte

"Right,"

"I'm sorry, that I took a little too long in the car," she rambled

Charlotte was a girl who some would say was very similar to Rapunzel. She had a very perky and happy personality, though she could be forgetful. She had short curly red hair that reached her ears.

"Oh my god, I love your dress and your hair is so long! How did you manage to braid all that?" she squealed.

"Thank you! It takes a few hours, but if I leave it in over night it creates a great..."

"Why don't we continue this great conversation inside," suggested Eve

"Good idea," agreed Beth

So while Rapunzel and Cathy- I mean Charlotte walked in,still chatting away, I pulled Eve to the side.

"What!" she snapped

"I need you to tell Sally about Luke," I said

"Why can't you do it?" she asked

"She might get the wrong idea, besides you're her room mate,"

"Right, cause you wouldn't want her to think that you liked her,"

"It would just be better if you did it,"

"Alright, alright," she caved

So we caught up with the rest of the group, inside the restaurant. The Swig and Dine was decorated to look like a 1930's club. Most the room was a wooden dance floor with a band playing jazz. Around the dance floor were rounded booths. There was no loud music or blaring lights, like in other clubs. Here it was quiet and low lit.

"Hi, table for six?" asked a brown haired hostess.

We all nodded.

"Right this way," she said, leading us to a booth that had a good view of the dance floors.

We all crowded in. I found myself wedged between Charlotte and Luke.

"Your waiter will be along shortly," she said

For the first few minutes we just sat there in silence.

"So, Sally where are going to school?" asked Beth

"Oh, I'm taking some time off to look at other schools," she lied

"You decided to start at the beginning of a school year?" asked Charlotte

"It's a really bad school," she said

"Oh, what about your major?" asked Beth

"You first,"

"Political Science and Government," she answered

"Really?"

"Yeah, I'm thinking about becoming one of our politician or maybe a lawyer,"

"Huh, what about you Luke?" asked Rapunzel

"Oh every few weeks it changes," he said causally

"Well what is it now?" I asked

"Oh, I think education or something like that," said Luke "What about you?"

"Business and Management," I said "Got to get the right education for the family business."

"Oh right the Prince of Smells has to take the throne of perfume and cologne," teased Eve "I thought you were working for a major in the culinary arts?"

"No, it was just a minor," I corrected

"You want to be a chef?" asked Rapunzel

"It's just a back up plan," I muttered

"Hi, I'm Tommy and I'll be your waiter for tonight. Can I get you guys started with some drinks?" asked Tommy

"Yeah I'll have a coke," said Charlotte

"Make that two," said Beth

"I'll just have water," I said

"You wanna split a bottle of wine?" Luke asked Rapunzel

"Is it like beer?" she asked

"No, it's very different," he said

"Though it is alcohol," informed Eve

"Oh, then no, I'll just have water," she said, clearly remembering the start of the term party.

"I guess since no one's drinking, I'll have a glass of wine," he said

"Dr. Pepper," said Eve

"Alright, I'll be right back and hopefully you'll have made a decision," said Tommy

Eve POV

So while Tommy our waiter was getting our drinks. We all looked at the menu. So when he came back, everyone focused on him.

After he left, that's when the chaos started. First it Luke's glass of wine spilled on Rapunzel's dress. That may or may not have been Mark's fault. Then, well...

"Hey, Sally you might want to move your hair a little to left," suggested Mark

"Okay," said Sally

Next thing we know, the waiter carrying a few of our salads trips. And I swear all this seemed to happen in slow motion. The salads in the waiter's hands flies up and though some of it got on Luke and Mark, the majority of it fell on Sally.

"I'm okay, I'm okay," she protested, shooting a dirty look at Mark, who shrunk down in his seat. "I just need to wash it off, that's all"

"Here, I'll help you," I said, getting up.

Ignoring the apologies of the waiter, we made our way to the bathrooms.

"Ugh, if only the dressing weren't there," complained Sally

"Well, it could have been worse," I said

"How?"

"Could have been dessert,"

"Good point, I guess,"

"So um, how are things with Luke?" I asked, trying to get a rather large stain off her dress

"Good, I mean we haven't know each other that long but he's really sweet," she answered, picking pieces of lettuce out of her hair. "Why do you ask?"

"Luke has a bit of a reputation," I said

"What kind of reputation?" she asked

"He's a player,"

"What's so bad about him playing a sport?"

"I sighed, she was so innocent. "No, I mean he tends to lead women on. He makes them think that he likes her then breaks her heart in the end."

"Really? That doesn't sound like the Luke I know," she said

"But you said that you didn't know much about him," I protested

"I know enough, to know that he isn't like that," she said "He's spent time with me, he even bought me this dress."

"That is sweet of him but some people are able to make people think of them differently,"

"Why do you care so much?"

"It's just that I don't want to see you get hurt,"

"No I think it's more,"

"No it's not,"

"Yeah there is,"

"No just that I... I dated him," I muttered

"You what!"

"It was a long time ago, he was sweet then turned sour,"

"Oh, well maybe he's changed," she offered

"Yeah, maybe,"

"Look, I know you don't want me to get hurt, but I really want to date him. Please be okay with this, for me," she begged with a sad puppy dog face.

Looking at her puppy dog face for a few seconds was all I could take.

"Okay," I caved

Yea!" she squealed, pulling me into a tight hug.

"Oh, yeah, yea... you can let me go," I said

We finished cleaning her off and got back to see that our dinner had arrived. After eating and engaging in the latest gossip, though I stayed quiet, we all finished.

"So Sally if you're up for it, you wanna dance?" asked Luke

"Sure," she giggled

Rapunzel POV

So this night hadn't been perfect, like I had hoped, yet when I danced with Luke it made everything disappear.

"So you having a good time?" asked Luke

"Well at first no, but know I think now I'm really enjoying it," I said

"Well, I have an idea on how we can make this night even better," he said

"What's that?" I asked

"We do this," he said, lifting my chin and bringing his lips to mine.

My first could be described as sweet and light. Yet deep inside there was something missing . But all I could think about was that the boy who I had just barely begun to know was kissing me! ME!

When we broke apart, I couldn't help but blush and look down.

"It wasn't that bad, was it?" he teased

"No!" I blushed

"Then maybe you wouldn't mind doing it again," he offered

"It wouldn't hurt," I said

So we stood there, swaying to the music, kissing. It felt like it was only me and Luke in the entire room, no in the world. Until I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to see Mark standing there, looking either uncomfortable or angry.

"Hey Mark, what's up?" I asked

"Could I talk to you for a second?" he asked

"Um, um yeah sure," I said "I'll be back in a minute."

I followed Mark over to a vacant corner of the dance floor.

"Are you stupid or something!" he yelled, when we were out of earshot.

"Excuse me?" I asked

"Didn't Eve tell you about Luke?" he asked

"Yeah, but people can change," I protested

"Listen," he started

"No you listen! I'm surprised at you and Eve. I thought that because you guys were my friend that would be a bit more supportive. You especially! I finally get to do something for myself and you're trying to control it. If you are really my friend then you'll let me do this for myself, wether or not I get hurt in the end," I yelled

"A... You're right. I'm sorry, if you want to date him then go ahead," he said

"Eiee! Thank you!" I yelled, giving him a brief hug then running back to Luke.

"Sorry if that too long," I panted

"No problem. Now where were we?" he asked

"I think that we were...hmmff!"

I never did get to finish my thought, but I didn't care. I was too busy kissing my first boyfriend.

Okay I'm gonna end it here. I did have a different idea on how to end this chapter, after thinking about I realized that it wasn't really necessary, cause I put the initial idea in the next chapter. I think the next chapter will be a little one shot-ish.(SPOILERS) Probably a collection of dates leading up to a choice then inevitable breakup, but we'll see. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and once again I'm sorry for how long it's taken me. Even though it's summer I have to prepare for a class and do volunteer work so my time will be limited so I'll try and write up as many chapters as I can before I have to get to work. Once again enjoy and review!