Chapter 11

As Josh approached his and Andy's table with flip flops in hand, he realized Andy wasn't there. Her discarded heels were kicked carelessly under her chair, her bouquet of flowers was gone, and she was nowhere to be found.

"Hey, Josh!" Greg exclaimed, slapping him on the back and sitting down at the table.

"Hey Greg."

"Man, Heather's great. Not to mention she's hot with a capital H. Why'd you ever let her go?"

"I never had her to let her go in the first place. Besides, I found someone better," Josh replied, scanning the crowd for Andy.

"Andy's okay, but, come on. Have you seen Heather's…"

Josh walked away. He didn't want to talk about Heather anymore. As matter of fact, he would be content if Heather's name never came up in conversation again.

He walked the perimeter of the ballroom, looking every which way to find Andy. He fought his way through the middle of the dance floor, wondering if she had perhaps gone to dance without him, but he couldn't find her there, either. Finally he spotted her through an open doorway in a room adjacent to the ballroom. She waved him over when she saw him.

"Hey," she said, greeting him with a peck on the cheek. He looked down at her feet and noticed that she was walking around barefoot.

"Hey yourself." He put the flip flops down on the ground. She lifted the bottom of her dress up slightly and stepped into them.

"Now that is much better. Thanks."

When she put the dress back down, she realized that, without the heels on, the dress was much longer. She made a mental note to try not to step on it.

"You're welcome. What are you doing in here?"

She pointed to the front of the room.

"Pictures," she said.

"Pictures?"

"You didn't think we weren't going to get our picture taken, did you?"

"I thought we already concluded that my mom took plenty of pictures at the house."

"Yes, but that was at the house. Now we're actually at the prom and every couple has to have the official cheesy picture from the prom."

"They do?"

She rolled her eyes.

"Yes, they do."

"We can't just go out there and dance?"

"No, but after we take the picture, we can dance all night long."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

Andy took Josh's hand and they got in line behind two other couples to get their picture taken. While they waited, Andy filled out the necessary form that told the photographer which package they wanted.

"Do you think the background will clash with my dress?" Andy asked, pointing to the backdrop of the pictures. It was a simple white background with black and red ribbons flowing in front of it.

"Okay, my girlfriend is definitely not this girly. Who are you and what have you done with my girlfriend?" Josh replied sarcastically.

She playfully hit his arm. "Trust me, she'll be back tomorrow. And she's never going to wear heels again."

After waiting for the other couples to finish, Josh and Andy were called over by the photographer. Andy handed him the paperwork as they both walked over to the taped X's that marked the floor where they were supposed to stand. The photographer approached them and helped Andy position the flowers in her arms. He put his hand on Josh's back and pushed him until he was right up next to Andy. Instinctively, Josh put his hands on either side of Andy's waist.

"A perfect couple," the photographer stated as he made his way back to his camera. "On the count of three. One, two, three." He hit the button and the camera flashed. "Wonderful!"

"I'm surprised you didn't break the camera," Andy joked.

"Ha ha."

They both stepped away from the background, making way for the next couple to take their spot.

"You'll receive your pictures in homeroom in a couple of weeks," the photographer explained.

"Thank you," Andy replied as they walked back in the ballroom.

"Now…" Josh said, putting his hands on her waist and pulling her towards him. "You promised me a dance."

"Just let me put my flowers down and you've got it."

"Tell you what, if you promise to not move an inch, I'll put your flowers down for you and then I'll be back and we can boogey all night long."

She burst out laughing. "Josh, people don't say boogey anymore."

"They will once they see us out there."

He took her flowers from her.

"Hurry back," she called after him. She watched him go, unable to stop smiling. It really was the perfect night.

"Andy!" Someone called out. Andy turned around and saw Lynn, the closest thing she had to a female friend, standing there.

"Hey!" Andy exclaimed, giving her a quick hug.

"You look…fabulous."

"So do you."

Lynn was wearing a modest, maroon colored gown that, although wasn't Andy's style, did look great on her.

"Are you having a good time?"

"The best. And the decorations are awesome."

Andy knew Lynn was on the decorating committee.

"Thanks. You know, I saw you and Josh dancing earlier. You really are one lucky girl."

"Yeah, I am."

"Well, I hope you don't mind if I steal my lucky girl away," Josh said as he walked up behind Andy. He placed one hand on her shoulder and pressed a kiss into the back of her hair.

"No, go right ahead," Lynn responded.

Taking her by the hand, Josh led her to the middle of the dance floor.

"She's right," Andy said as they began to dance to the upbeat song. "I am lucky."

"So am I," Josh agreed, really getting into the music. He took Andy's hand and began to spin her around. She giggled with delight as they continued to dance to the music.

Author's Note: In my original plan for this story, I wasn't going to do more than one chapter on the actual dance, but I was at work bored out of my mind one day and the words kept pouring out so that's where this chapter came from. I also took a lot of stuff from their dance out of things that really happened at my own senior prom. Hope you liked it!