Hi guys! Guess what... I'm back! Yes, I know, It's been way too long, but my computer broke down. But now it's fixed, and I'm uploading! Enjoy, and review?

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Lilly sat on the gym floor, bored out of her mind.

"I haven't been in this story much. And when I am, it's so boring!" She muttered. Oliver looked at her.

"Who are you talking to?"

"Nevermind." Lilly rolled her eyes. Then she raised her voice to say: "What's gonna happen to the meeting?"

Sean looked at her, shrugging helplessly. "I really don't know. Miley's supposed to give us our jobs, but she's not here."

"Thanks, Sean. I didn't know that, and I just came here to sit on the floor."

Alex walked over. "Well, who's the vice prez?"

Everyone pointed to Nate. Alex smirked. "Well, then. Since the Princess isn't here, you can give us our jobs.

Nate pointed dumbly to himself. "Me?"

Alex nodded slowly. "Yes, Nathaniel. You."

"But why?"

Alex threw her hands up in the air. "Because you're the freakin' vice prez!" She sighed, exasperated. "Has being with Miley made you an idiota?"

"Idiota?"

"Idiot in Spanish. I tend to switch when I'm angry."

"Oh. Interesting."

Alex smiled, but shook it off and turned serious. "If Nate won't do it, I will. Okay, Sean. You start booking anything that needs to be booked. Will, you plan where everything will go. Haley, you and Lilly can make posters, and Oliver? You can start working on the DJ electronic thing that nobody else understands. Me, Mitch-o, and the Prez are going to buy decorations."

Haley, a blond girl whose hair waved into soft curls, smiled. "You know just what to do. Come on, Lilly. Let's go get some paper." Together, the two girls left for the paper room. Will joined them, while Sean headed over to the principal's office with a slip of paper that had everything he needed in his hand. Oliver started to work on the sound system. Alex turned and beamed.

"C'mon, we have to join Sean. Principal Grisham has the money for the décor."

Nate, Mitchie, and Alex ran to join Sean, and soon enough they were on their way to the mall.

"What should we get? Since this is a masquerade ball, I was kinda thinking winter wonderland theme." Alex said.

Mitchie nodded in agreement. "Yeah, me too. Lots of icy blue wall coverings, and like, fake snow things for the floor?"

"Yeah, that's awesome!" Nate approved. "And fake snowflakes hanging from the ceiling."

"Perfect!" Alex grinned.

After an hour of finding the perfect decorations, Nate, Alex, and Mitchie were back in the school. Nate was discussing with Will about their plans, Mitchie was helping Lilly and Haley color their photocopied flyers, and Alex was helping Oliver with the speakers.

"So…what's up with you and Lilly?" Alex asked.

"What?" Oliver stammered, losing his balance and tripping over the cords. Alex snickered.

"I mean, why aren't you guys going out? You guys are so cute together."

"Because," Oliver sighed, "she doesn't like me in that way. We held hands in kindergarten, but it was only because she wanted to get to my 64-pack of crayons, with a sharpener."

Alex gasped and dropped the bundle of wires she was holding. "No way! You used to have a 64-pack of crayons?! You're sooo lucky!"

Oliver was going to turn and raise an eyebrow at Alex, when he stopped. She was staring wistfully at nothing, with a glazed look in her eyes.

"You—you're actually jealous?" Oliver stammered, trying to stifle his chuckle. Alex whirled to face him, not realizing that she had begun to tangle herself in the wires.

"No duh I'm jealous! I love crayons! I love to color! It makes boring old drawings so pretty and beautiful!" Alex said, sighing dreamily. "The most I've ever gotten was the 48-pack. I've always wanted the sharpener! Grr you. You suck. Two thumbs down."

The whole entire time she was spinning and pacing, getting herself caught in the wires. Oliver noticed, and shouted, "Alex! Stop!"

But unfortunately, she had to whirl around one last time and say, "Wha—Whoa!"

"Alex!"

Alex expected a huge crash, and definitely a bruised nose. Something fractured was also a possibility. She squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the landing. It came.

But not in the way she expected.

She felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her, catching her. She fell into a soft pile of pillows that was so randomly placed in the gym.

"Geez, Alex, be careful next time, will ya? Someone could get seriously hurt," his voice laughed. Nate stood her up, and brushed himself off.

Alex grinned and thanked him, slapping him on the back in a pal-ish gesture. At least, she wanted to. But she couldn't.

Mitchie looked over at Alex. She was blushing a light pink, and had wrapped her arms around herself.

Is she okay? Mitchie thought. She gasped. OHMIGOD, maybe she likes Nate! Yes!

Then she saw Alex repeatedly punching her forehead.

What is she doing?

Stop it, stop it, stop it! Alex thought angrily, punching herself. You're going crazy! Yeah that's it. Alex, you're going coo-coo. Loony. Whack-o in the head.

Mitchie walked over to her. "What the hell are you doing?"

Alex looked at Mitchie, and grabbed her wrist. She ran like the wind, Mitchie just holding on for dear life. She needed to talk to her about this feeling. What in the world was it?

How was it? Hope it's alright!

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