I FINISHED THE EMERALD ARC! RAAHH!

The last chapter was pretty long, this one is pretty short. Makes perfect sense. I'm not serious.

There is absolutely NO reason why I took so long to get this chapter up other than the fact that I am extremely easily distracted. I mean look at it! If I had focused unconsciously like I only ever do when I feel that I have taken too long (3+ days) to update, this chapter could very well have been up 2-3 days after the last update!

*Fourth Period*

"Is that the last one?" Pearl asked, breathing heavily while setting down a large box on the floor. All of the boys had been asked to carry boxes into the gym.

"Huff…think so…" Red said, leaning against a wall and sliding down to the floor. Just then, a woman approached the boys.

"Oh thank you, boys. We never would have been able to get everything in here without you guys!"

"No problem, Ms. Lorelei." Red said.

"But what's in these things anyway?" Gold asked, sitting down on a box.

"These are supplies for the dance." Lorelei answered with a smile.

"Huh? Supplies?" Most of the males answered.

"So there's food in these?" Diamond asked, excitedly, opening some of the boxes.

"DIA! No, DIAMOND! STOP OPENING THESE BOXES!" Pearl yelled, slapping him.

Lorelei giggled. "No, no. Sorry, Diamond, but no food. When I say supplies, I mean the decorations. Some men are going to come around later to decorate the gym for Friday."

"Why couldn't some men come around to lift the boxes? Those were heavy and I got all sweaty!" Ruby whined.

"Not that you carried the bigger boxes anyway." Some of the others thought.

"There's also some specially made silverware." Lorelei said.

"Huh? The stuff in these boxes is what Silver wears?" Diamond asked, with a shocked expression.

"Is that even a pun?" Pearl mumbled, sweat dropping. Silver was as well, plus glaring at Diamond for joking about him.

"Just how rich are the Berlitzes anyway? I mean, damn, this stuff looks expensive." Gold said, looking into some of the boxes. "What's this stuff made out of?" he asked, picking up a plate.

"Platinum." Lorelei said, casually. Most of the guys' eyes widened.

"WHAT? You mean-REAL PLATUINUM?" they exclaimed.

"Just for the plates?" Pearl exclaimed.

"Wow, that's a fancy Plate-inum for the dance." Diamond said, earning a slap from Pearl.

"DON'T CONFUSE THOSE WORDS!" he yelled. A couple of their seniors and even Lorelei laughed.

"Well…at least that one was a pun…" Pearl mumbled, sweat dropping, again.

"Well, you all were a very big help moving these boxes for us. As thanks, you can come next door and get some doughnuts." Lorelei said smiling. Diamond's eyes widened and his tongue hung out of his mouth.

"Doughnuts?" he exclaimed. Pearl put his arm around Diamond's shoulder.

"Come on, Dia. Let's go get you some food before you rip all of these boxes open." He said, following Lorelei.

"Bring us something back!" Gold called. He, Ruby, Red, and Silver stayed in the gym to rest their arms and legs.

"I still can't believe the Berlitzes are this rich!" Ruby said. "Look at some of the things in these boxes!" he said, holding a box open to look inside. "These blue curtains…seem to have sapphires sewn on!"

"They spend so much on just that?" Red asked. Gold reached into a box and pulled out some cups that appeared to be made from real crystals.

"Aren't they afraid this stuff'll break?" Gold said, examining the cups. Silver then punched him in the arm.

"That's why you should stop touching it, you idiot!" he scolded. Gold rubbed his arm.

"Tch, chill out, man." Gold said, putting the cups back into the box. "And anyway, why do you care? Are you even going to the dance?" Silver looked away in his normal, uninterested fashion.

"What? You aren't going to the dance?" Red asked. "C'mon, you've got to!"

"Is it because you've nothing but that drab attire of yours that you usually wear?" Ruby asked. "Because if that's it, I can absolutely whip something up for you."

Silver glared at Ruby, causing him to sweat drop and back away slightly.

"Ha ha! He probably doesn't want to go since he'd just be going by himself." Gold laughed.

Red sweat dropped. "Uhh…is…is that the reason…Silver?" Silver stayed silent.

"Is there…someone you want to go with?" Red asked, still sweat dropping.

"…I've been asked to the dance…" Silver mumbled.

"WHAT?" Red and Ruby exclaimed.

"HUH?" Gold exclaimed, falling backwards off of the box he was sitting on.

"Y-You have?" Ruby exclaimed. Silver nodded.

"By who?" Red asked. Silver was silent for a while.

"…It was Soul…" he said.

"SOUL?" the other exclaimed. Silver nodded. The boys were silent for a second. Ruby scratched his head.

"Well…uh…I guess that would make sense." Ruby said. Red nodded.

"Of course it would! I totally knew that!" Gold gloated.

"Liar…" Silver thought.

"Liar!" Ruby thought.

"Liar." Red thought.

Red cleared his throat. "Oh. So you're going to the dance with Soul, then?" he asked.

"I never said I agreed to go…" Silver said, looking away from the group yet again.

"WHAT?" The others exclaimed and Gold fell from the box again.

"What do you mean?" Gold exclaimed.

"I didn't say I'd go." He said, plainly.

"You mean you even got asked and you don't want to go?" Red asked.

"Why should I? Just because I got asked doesn't make me want to go. What would I do at the dance?" Silver said.

"Silver, are you really saying that you wouldn't want to go to the dance will all of your friends?" Ruby asked. Silver was quiet for a second. Gold then jumped up.

"Yeah! And you've already been asked to go by a girl." He said, causing Red and Ruby to sweat drop. "You should probably accept, it's not likely to happen again." He smirked, smugly.

"Huh?" Silver said. He'd have said something about the insult if Gold didn't interrupt him.

"Accept and go to the dance with Soul!" Gold explained. "Find her later and tell her you want to go to the dance with her.

"Unless…you just want to tell her 'no' and see how that goes…" Gold smirked. Silver's eyes widened for a second.

He'd never thought about what would happen if he told her 'no' until just now".

"Would she be upset? What if she asked why I said it? What would I say then? Will she be…offended…and not want to talk to me anymore? Wait…why would I care about that…"

"HELLOO? You listening?" Gold said, poking Silver in the head with his pool cue. Silver pushed the stick away.

"So…you're gonna accept right?" Gold smirked. Silver replied with "hmph." and turned away from the group.

Red and Ruby looked at Gold.

"What do you think he's gonna do?" Ruby whispered. Gold glanced at Silver.

"He'll accept." He said. "If he doesn't, he's a bigger idiot than I thought."

"Well, hopefully he does. So he can have some fun for a change." Red said.

"Hey, Senior Red…are you going to the dance with anybody?" Ruby thought.

"Eh? Well…I don't know." He chuckled.

"What? You don't have a date?" Gold exclaimed.

"Should I already?" Red asked. Ruby face-palmed.

"Red! The dance is Friday. Today is Tuesday. That doesn't give you a lot of time to get a date." He explained.

"Unless…you already have someone in mind…?" Gold asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Uhhh…" Red said, with his mouth hung open.

"Hmm, let's see." Ruby said. "The girls that Red is with the most are Yellow and Green."

"Yeah, so if those are your closest girlfriends, you've got to want to go with one of them." Gold smirked, though Red looked flustered when he said "girlfriends".

Red was silent. Ruby and Gold stared at him.

"SOOOO…" they said.

"What?" Red gasped.

"WHICH ONE ARE YOU GONNA ASK?" They exclaimed.

"Well…um…I don't know. Both of them are good friends of mine. Uhhh…" Red said scratching his head.

Ruby and Gold looked at each other.

"Looks like our senior needs a little help." Gold smirked. Ruby nodded. Ruby and Gold moved to the right and left of Red.

"Hey, senior, what about Straw-Hat Girl?" Gold suggested. "Don't you two talk to each other in homeroom and study together sometimes? And don't you two walk to school together?"

"Well, yeah…" Red said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Or maybe Senior Green?" Ruby said. "Isn't she always hugging and flirting with you? If one of the prettiest girls in the class if flirting with you, that's a pretty good sign."

Red blushed a little. "Well…uhh…"

"Hmmm?" Gold and Ruby said.

"Uh…! I don't…." Red stuttered.

"Or if you can't decide, why don't you just ask both of them?" Silver smirked.

"AAAAHHHH!" Red said and grabbed his head.

"Man, this guy's getting worse than Black." Gold said.

"Speaking of which…." Ruby said, turning away. "Black!" he called. Black had been on the other end of the gym with Wally, Emerald, and Hugh.

"Huh?" The four thought.

"Is he gonna be okay?" Wally asked. Black nodded.

"Yeah. Once Musha clears his mind by eating his dream," Black said, petting Musha. "…he'll be fine."

Musha was happily biting down on Red's head in order to clear his thoughts.

"What an adorable Pokémon!" Ruby said, hugging Musha.

"Ruby! Hug it later! You could mess up Red's brain!" Emerald said, trying to pull Ruby off of Musha.

"What happened to senior Red, anyway?" Black asked.

"Well, Red here has yet to get himself a date to the dance yet. And when we tried to help him narrow his choices down," Gold pointed to Red. "…that happened."

The other guys looked shocked.

"Huh? Red doesn't have a date yet?" Black exclaimed. Gold nodded.

"Yeah! Seems like we're the only ones who can get one." He smirked. Black chuckled.

"Hmm, you mean you haven't a date, either, Ruby?" Hugh asked Ruby. "I would have thought you would have asked that girl you always hang out with. Ruby cringed. Gold sat up.

"Oh yeah! I forgot about you and wild child girl." He said. "Have you already asked her out? Or did she have to ask you, prissy boy?" Gold smirked.

A vein appeared on Ruby's head. He was about to say something, but Emerald jumped into the conversation.

"Oh, didn't you know? Sapphire's with Diamond now." Emerald said, folding his arms on top of Ruby's head. [If you've forgotten, everyone else is sitting on the floor]

"Get off of my hat!" Ruby said, pushing Emerald off of his head and straightening his hat. Gold's eyes widened and even Silver raised an eyebrow.

"WHAT? The chubby kid and wild girl?" Gold exclaimed. "How did that happen?"

"It didn't happen!" Ruby snapped.

Emerald shrugged, ignoring Ruby. "Beats me. Ruby says he's the one who saw him carrying her down the hallway once. Not to mention they were eating together the other day." He said, emphasizing certain things to irritate Ruby.

"SHUT UP, EMERALD!" Ruby yelled, in an annoyed manner.

"Hmm…wait a sec…'carrying her down the hallway?'" Gold thought. "Is he talking about that day when we snuck into the kitchen? When I left Wild Girl with Diamond before I ruffed up Silver's old man?"

Gold chuckled to himself. "Diamond must have seen Ruby soon after that. Well, the best thing to do in this situation is to...make this interesting by pretending that I have no idea that that happened!" He laughed to himself.

"I have to admit, I didn't see that one coming." Gold smirked. "Especially since the chubby kid's always been known to hang with Rich Girl and his bossy friend."

Emerald leaned on Ruby's head again. "Yeah, but now that he's got Sapph, Pearl can have Lady! That fixes everything!" Emerald laughed and he and Gold high fived.

Ruby pushed Emerald off of him yet again.

"Oh, if you haven't noticed…he's pretty jealous." Emerald said. Gold smirked.

"Well then, pretty boy, what are you gonna do to get your girlfriend back?" he asked. Ruby flushed, but looked down and frowned, unsure of a reply.

Suddenly, Diamond and Pearl returned from the room next door.

"We're back!" Pearl announced. "Don't worry, Dia didn't eat all of the snacks."

"Here guys, take some." Diamond said, holding out a box of dougnuts.

"Thanks!" Black said, with a few other chiming in. Once all of the doughnuts were gone:

"Is that everyone?" Diamond asked.

"Well...not everyone." Emerald said, glancing at Red.

"Hey, what's wrong with Senior Red? And what's that Pokemon doing on his head?" Pearl exclaimed upon noticing Red and Musha.

"Dont worry about it." Gold said, waving his hand, causing Diamond and Pearl to sweat drop.

"Well the only thing we have left are these apples." Pearl said. "I brought them from next door in case we ran out, but..."

"That'll be fine." Gold said and took the two apples from Pearl. "We'll give Red the yellow one," he said, putting the apple in the unconcious dexholder's hands. "...and he can have the green one." Gold finished, looking past the group and tossing the apple. Blue, who'd decided to use his time in the gym to study for a test next period, caught the apple without even looking up.

"Well, that settles that..." Pearl said, still sweat dropping. He and Diamond then sat down in the circle. "So, what's been going on in here?"

"Actually, we were just talking about the dance." Emerald smirked. "You two are going, right?"

"Yeah, we're going." Pearl said.

"Hmm...so, are either of you taking a date?" Emerald asked.

"Huh? A date?" Pearl said, and he and Diamond both blushed lightly. "Funny story..." Pearl said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Huh? What is it?" Black asked.

"Well y'see, after the dance was announced, Sebastian called Dia and me into his office that day and told us that we'd would be escorting Lady to the dance."

"You mean the both of you?" Wally asked.

"Well, kinda. Sebastian says that we should still act as her bodyguards, though he said that her father said it would be okay for her to have a date." Pearl explained.

"He said that the dance is gonna a fun occasion and we shouldn't be burdended with having to be her bodyguard during it." Diamond said.

"So what he said was that sometime before the dance, Lady's going to ask one of us to go as her date and the other will be allowed to do whatever he chooses." Pearl finished.

Ruby's eyes widened.

"So you mean, she's just going to choose one of you? How does she make her choice?" Gold asked.

"Beats me." Pearl said. " Though it kinda just sounds like asking out a guy to the dance, not choosing a bodyguard."

"Sebastian's still a bit protective." Diamond said, sweat dropping slightly.

"Seriously. Isn't this place gonna be guarded by Lady's mansion's security, anyway?" Most of the others thought.

"Well, I guess that's that then. I guess it just depends on what Lady does." Emerald said, folding his arms behind his head.

Ruby still sat in silence. He glanced over at Diamond.

"So...if what they say is right...I just have to make sure that Lady chooses Diamond. Then, he won't be able to go with Sapphire! But how..." he thought.

Suddenly, the bell, sounded.

"Awww! Time to switch classes!" Emerald complained.

"W-Wha-? What happened?" Red suddenly asked, waking out of his sleep. "What's going on?"

"The bell just rang." Wally said, standing up.

"Here, eat this. It'll help your head." Gold said, shoving the apple at Red.

"Huh?" Red said, drowsily.

"Hey!" Gold said to Silver, before he stood up. The two just glared at each other for a second until Silver stood up and walked out of the gym, leaving Gold with a satisfied smirk.

After he was a few steps out of the gym, he started fiddling with his PokeGear.

"You hear all of that, sis?" he asked, into the PokeGear.

"Yep! Tee-hee! Good job, Silver!" the person on the other end, responded.

Soul was putting books into her locker when she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Eeek!" she shrieked and quickly turned around. When she saw who it was, she was immediately relieved.

"Oh, Silver. It's just you." She said and smiled. "What is it?"

Silver, finding himself feeling nervous, didn't make much eye contact with Soul.

"Soul…I…" Silver started, before Soul interrupted him.

"You're going to go to the dance?" she said, smiling excitedly. Silver sweat dropped.

"How did you…" he said. Soul giggled.

"Well, since you didn't outright say what you wanted…it's what I assumed it was what you were going to say." She said, somewhat shyly. Silver just blinked.

"So…you're going…with me?" Soul asked, pushing her fingers together. Silver blushed lightly and nodded, resulting in an immediate hug from Soul, causing him to blush a deeper shade of red.

"Oh yay, Silver! We're going to have such a good time! I promise!" she said.

"Yeah…" he said. Mentally, he was grateful for the fact that Soul herself had brought up the dance as he'd been unsure of what he was going to say to her. Soul giggled and released Silver from her embrace. She then grabbed his hand.

"Huh?" he thought out loud.

"Come on, Silver!" she said. "We don't want to be late for class!" she said, laughing as she dragged Silver down the hallway.

Silver's OOC [I mean really, why does he not want to go to the dance with all of his friends (or at least Green)? Even if he just sits there, he'd at least go, right? So then again, wouldn't Blue?], so is Gold, I think, but I was informed that Gold wasn't being enough of an a-hole. In fact, I think I only did Diamond and Pearl decently.

Glad that Soul said it for you because you didn't know how to, Silver? NO, the fact is that I could not think of what to make him say. Sorry, I know that scene was lame because of that. Maybe I shouldn't be pointing these flaws out to you before you stop reading this story.

…"Hmm, you mean you haven't a date, either, Ruby"…obviously, being forced to read the RSFRLGE chapters in the Singaporean English is causing me to pick up their odd use of contractions.

The severe lack of SoulSilverShipping in this story makes half of this chapter useless! I'd say I'd go back and add some, but I clearly haven't been keeping my promises in doing this due to lack of creativity. So I'll just let your minds add additional moments of SoulSilverShipping in past chapters.

Also, you may have noticed that every time Ruby appears he has his hat on. Well, it's not that there's any actual point in this story where the hat rule is actually enforced after CHAPTER 2! What is wrong with me? (Of course; the hat rule was only made for shameless MangaQuestShipping and apparently only enforced by the jerky old-lady teachers.) I even forgot to make a scene in the last chapter in which Red was supposed to take his hat off.

And plus, that whole thing at the end with Dia and Pearl was stupid. So sorry about that~

I seriously have to stop commenting on my own chapters and saying all of the things that all of you want to say, therefore cannot say, therefore, as a result, causing me to get less reviews and suffer writer's block!