Chapter 12: A Date With Destiny

"I'm so exited! My 'date' with Danny's tonight." I was squealing like a fan girl. "Ugh. Maybe I should of stayed out of this. Your even more annoying now." Eevee had her head under my pillow. "What to wear? What to wear?" I was rummaging through my closet. "I'd say something formal but still cute. It'll be perfect 1st date attire." I looked back at her. "How many of my magazines have you read?" Eevee shrugged. "Ugh I got nothing like that in my closet! Ah Ha!" I grabbed my phone.

Latara-M.J I need help!

M.J-With?

Latara-I feel bad about canceling on you SOOO how about me head over to the mall?

M.J-Ok. But if it's out of your way...I mean it's really no big deal.

Latara-It's not out of my way. I wanna get a new dress anyway.

M.J-Sweet! Is noon ok?

Latara-Um...how about 1:30?

M.J-K. See you later.

"Why'd you postpone it?" "Cuz I got training. Bye." I suited up and went outside. I looked down to see an envelope. I picked it up and opened it.

Dear Latara,

Meet me at the movie theater

at 7:00 p.m.

Sincerely,

Danny

P.S Look inside the envelope.

I reached back into the envelope to find a ticket. "It's a ticket to the Demon Diaries movie..." I sighed. "Thanks Danny."

I got to C.O.U.R.T. "Hey Shadow." "Thought you weren't coming." "Well I was. And I'm here!" I looked around. "Hey where's Iron Fist?" "We have no idea." It's not like him to miss training. "I'm gonna regret asking this but where's Web-Head?" "He's doing an interview With M.J." "He just couldn't resist could he?" "Apparently not."

"Ok who wants to go 1st?" "I will!" Nova got in the center. Tiger pressed a button and bots were all around him. "Woah!" "You made some adjustments didn't you?" "Yep." After about 10 minutes of Nova flying around he finally destroyed the bots. "Power-Man?" "On it." Luke went next. It took him only 4 minutes and 12 seconds. "Shadow?" "You can go 1st." Tiger looked at me funny. "Please?" "Sure." She got in the center. "So um...how do I start it up?" "Just hit the green button." And so I did. Ava slashes every last bot. "Ok Shadow. You're turn." Nova flew over to me. "Unless your chicken!" He startled clucking. "I am not!"

I got into the center. "Start it up Tiger." Ava pressed the button. Just a few bots. Nothing much. I kept attacking. In a matter of seconds all the bots were destroyed. "Talk about slicing and dicing." "That was amazing." I blew a strand of hair out of my face. "Thanks." "How...How did you do that?" "I don't know. I was just really focused on...training." I lied. I wanted to get going ASAP. "Well how about another round?" "Sure." "I'm in." "Let's do it."

After training for another 2 and a half hours I ran to the mall. "Oh my God I'm gonna be late!" "May I ask why you're so worried?" "Because I feel so bad about ditching M.J. And besides I kinda wanna pick out a dress for-" "You're date tonight. I got it." "And the Valentine's Day Dance." "The what?" "It's a dance that the school holds every Valentine's Day." I ran in and found M.J waiting by the fountain. "M.J!" "Latara!" "Sorry I'm late." "No biggie. So where to first?" "Well...how about Totally Teen?" "Sure but...why would we go there?" "I kinda wanted a party dress." "Why?" "No reason. I don't have many dresses." "I can understand why." We started laughing.

I picked out a dress that was sleeveless. It was black with a hot pink lining. The bottom looked tu-tu like. I tried it on. "Cute." "I sure think so." I payed for it and we walked out. "Now to the formal section!" "Ugh." M.J started laughing. She knew how much I hated formal attire. M.J found her dress in a matter of minutes. It took me way longer.

The 1st dress I tried was Blue and...short. "I don't know it's a bit...revealing." "But it is cute." "Yeah...no."

The next one I tried was orange. A color I'm not to fond of. "I look like a carrot!" "But a cute...carrot?" "No."

Dress number 3 was purple. I don't mind the color but it definitely isn't a favorite. "The dress is nice but...the color..." "Oh my gosh! Just try on the next one!" M.J shoved me into the room with a red dress. "No." I stuck the dress back through the curtain. "This isn't a fairy tale. I'm not gonna try this dress on and be all like 'Oh my goodness it's perfect' so I'm not gonna waste time-" "Just try it on!" She stuck it back in through the curtain. "Fine."

The dress was long, sleeveless and, like previously stated, red. It came with red, elbow length gloves. "Well?" "Ok, ok. You were right." "Told ya so." "I just have one question." "Hmm?" "Bow or flower?" "Definitely flower." "Rose or tulip?" "Rose. And that makes two questions." "Two times in a row you're right? That's amazing." She started laughing. We payed for our dresses and left.

I looked at my phone. "6:48. Guess I should get going." I patted Eevee's head and left.

I was sitting on a bench. 6:58. Where are you? I felt a little tap on my shoulder. I looked behind me to see Danny. "Sorry I'm late." "No problem but I wanted to ask you...why weren't you at training?" Danny looked down. "I have my reasons." "Uh-huh..." "The movie's gonna start soon." "Right." We walked in.

We were walking back, laughing. "See I think if they kill the main character obviously they should bring them back but if it's some random person who we have no idea even got there they should just keep them dead!" Danny was cracking up laughing. "I mean it's like 'Hi I'm a random person who no one cares about. Oh no I'm dead' then in the next scene he's alive again!" "You know...you're nothing you lead on to be." "Neither are you, Blondie." "Guess you got a point." "I usually do."

We got back to the Sanctum Sanctorum. "Thanks for a great night Danny." I kissed him on the cheek. He blushed a bit. "I had a great time. See you tomorrow." "Bye." I shut the door, went into my room and fell on my bed. "Best...Night...Ever." "Sounds like you had a great night." "Yeah...I did." I changed then fell asleep.