A week went by. The Halloween dance was getting closer and pretty much everyone had a date… except for Victor. He was far too scared to ask the one girl he wanted to go with, Elsa. He knew he had written to Shamus asking for advice, but he didn't get a response yet and now he felt like he couldn't wait any longer; he had to ask Elsa sometime soon or else he'll be too late.

At school, Victor sat at his desk with his head buried in his notebook; it had a long list of possible scenarios on how he could ask Elsa to the dance.

"What are you doing?" A voice asked.

Victor looked up and saw Toshiaki standing at his desk with a raised eyebrow.

"May I help you?" Victor asked.

"…You want to ask Elsa to the dance." Toshiaki whispered. "But you don't have to do any of these pointless little schemes to do it."

"Well… what would you do? How did you ask Mae-Lee to be your date?"

"…I just asked her."

"That's it?"

"Yes. It's as simple as that. Think it over; it is worth a try. And I suggest you do it soon; it's now or never."

He went straight to his seat.

"Hello, Elsa." The Weird Girl, Mindy, said to Elsa just before they entered the classroom.

"Uh, hi Mindy." Elsa said uneasily.

"…You want Victor to ask you to the dance, don't you?" Mindy asked.

"H-h-h-how do you know that?" Elsa nervously inquired.

"Edgar told me… before he asked me to be his date."

"Edgar?"

Mindy blushed and smiled nervously; Elsa gently nudged her in the ribs and smirked ay her. Then Mindy's blush faded and she shook her head; she was getting off track.

"This isn't about me." She said before turning back to her friend. "This is about you and Victor."

"Well… so what? It's no big deal, really." Elsa retorted embarrassedly.

"It is a big deal. You like him, don't you? AND you want him to ask you to the dance, right?"

"Well, yeah but—"

"But nothing. And if he doesn't ask you, then you should ask him."

"No! I can't do that! What if he says no? What if he laughs at me? What if he never wants to talk to me again?!"

"He won't."

"How are you so sure?"

"Because I've seen the way you two look at each other. You're closer than any other two people I've ever known."

"Girls? Get your hindquarters in here; it's time for class." The teacher said before entering the classroom.

"The dance is in TWO DAYS, Elsa. It's now or never." Mindy said before she and Elsa entered the classroom and took their seats.

After class, Victor stood at his locker and thought about Toshiaki had said to him… and he decided to take his advice and give it a try.

'Come on, Victor.' He thought. 'You have to do it now or you'll never get another chance. This is no time to be a wimp.'

He looked up and saw Elsa walking down the hall towards him. He froze.

'Oh man, there she is…' He thought.

'Maybe Mindy's right. Maybe I should step up and ask him first. It'll be quick and easy, I'm sure of it.' Elsa said to herself before she glanced up to see Victor. 'There he is now.'

She walked over to him, her face turned bright red as she bit her lip. Victor glanced away from her and nervously grinned as a blush started to form on his own cheeks.

'You can do this, Victor. You can do this, you can do this.' Victor said to himself before clearing his throat.

"Hey." He said.

"Hi." Elsa replied.

"So… the Halloween Dance is this Saturday."

"…Are you gonna go?"

"I'd like to, yeah but, um… d-do you think we could, oh I dunno… maybe you and I could…? I-I mean… Oh boy."

"What's wrong?"

Victor took a deep breath and looked Elsa dead in the eye.

"Elsa?" He asked.

"Yes, Victor?" Elsa questioned, a smile creeping onto her lips.

"…Will you go to the Halloween Dance with me?"

"Yes, yes, YES!"

Elsa grinned and wrapped her arms around Victor in a hug before regaining her composure and pulling away from her friend; their faces turned bright red.

"I-I mean, uh… yeah, I'd love to." She stuttered.

"R-R-Really?" Victor asked with wide eyes.

She nodded and smiled before they heard the bell ring.

"Wanna head to class together?" Victor asked, offering his hand to Elsa.

"Why not?" Elsa replied before taking her friend's hand and going down the hall with him to their next class.

"Nice one." Toshiaki whispered as he watched from afar.

When the day of the Halloween dance came, everyone at New Holland Junior High was getting ready. That night, Victor decided to wear a black button-up shirt with a neon green necktie, a swamp green jacket, fingerless leather gloves, black and gray striped pants, his regular shoes, and a pair of goggles from his lab in the attic; his face was painted bright green with little scars scattered about and a pair of fake bolts were attached to both sides of his neck. When Victor was ready, Susan couldn't stop taking pictures of him.

"You just look so handsome, Victor!" Susan gushed with the camera in her hands. "My little monster!"

"Ugh, mom! Would you stop?! You've already taken like, 300 pictures already! It's getting embarrassing." The boy groaned.

"Nonsense, I've only taken—" Susan said before Edward stepped in.

"Honey, Victor has a point." He said. "He's going to be late."

"Oh, you're right. I'm sorry." Susan chuckled. "Well, I hope you have a good time at the dance, sweetie."

"Thanks, mom." Victor said before heading towards the door. "I'll see you guys later."

"Just be careful out there." Susan commented before handing her son a flashlight.

"Bye, son." Edward said.

Sparky, Hades, and Raven barked happily as Victor headed out the door, leaving Susan in tears of joy.

"Oh, our son has grown up into a fine young man, hasn't he?" She cried.

"He has." Edward replied, wrapping an arm around his wife's shoulder. "Thankfully, he has such a great mother to help with that."

"And, of course, his dashing father helped too." Susan playfully said as she hugged her husband.

"No doubt about that."

Victor towards Elsa's house and knocked on the door; Elsa's father, Jonathon answered.

"Good evening, Mr. Van Helsing sir." The boy said.

"Why good evening, Victor. I assume you're here to take my daughter to the Halloween Dance." The man said politely.

"Yes, sir."

Jonathon smiled, turned his head, and called out in a sing-song tone,

"Oh Juliet! Your Romeo has arrived!"

"Dad!" Elsa's voice cried out in embarrassment.

"Excuse me; I'll be just a minute." Jonathon said before heading back into the house.

Coal, Anastasia, and Persephone bounded towards Victor in joy; he smiled at the three dogs.

"Hey, you guys." Victor said, kneeling down and scratching their bellies and behind their ears; Persephone licked his face affectionately, thankfully his makeup didn't smudge.

"Hi, Victor."

He was so focused on the dogs that he didn't hear Elsa approach; he quickly got back onto his feet.

"Hey, Elsa. Ready to…?"

Victor looked and what he saw made his eyes widen. Elsa wore a purple Victorian-style dress with a black bodice, fingerless fishnet gloves, a simple black choker necklace with a cameo pendant, pale gray tights, and black ballet slippers with ribbons laced up her legs. Her long black hair was in a big ponytail with streaks of purple and white and it was held together with a silver ribbon. She even wore a little makeup that gave her face a slight glow. When Elsa looked at Victor, her dark eyes seemed to sparkle.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

'Whoa…' He thought.

Victor opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. Elsa glanced down at her costume.

"Is it too much?" She asked.

"What? No! No way!" Victor blurted out before pulling himself together and clearing his throat. "Y-y-you look… amazing."

"Thanks." She said, blushing.

"Oh, hello Victor. Don't you look cute?" Elsa's mother, Lydia said as she and Jonathon made their way to the pair; she was holding a camera in her hands.

"Not again." Victor mumbled in embarrassment.

Lydia then took about twenty or thirty pictures of the two of them together and after bidding Jonathon and Lydia goodbye, Victor and Elsa were finally off to the dance. Lydia had started to cry, Jonathon grasped her hand.

"Our little girl is growing up!" She wept.

"It's hard to believe, I know. But it's true; Elsa has become a beautiful young lady." He replied before giving his wife a kiss.

They headed back into the house with Persephone, Anastasia, and Coal following close behind.