DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the plot and the character of Meredith Oliver. Enjoy!

The day of the dance arrived. Rocky had successfully avoided Sally during the past few days. Rocky had a feeling she was scared Meredith would go all, as Tommy put it, 'Ranger on her ass.' He couldn't believe how he had behaved. He was also distressed to hear the Jason was going to return to Angel Grove to take Meredith to the dance. He was upset that he had behaved the way he had and was relieved that it had been a spell. He still felt he had to make it up to Meredith for the way he had treated her, but he wasn't sure how to do it. So, he planned to love her forever. Maybe THAT would make up for the way he had behaved.

Rocky grabbed his garment bag and headed to his room. His mom had picked up his tux and then announced that she had arranged for his grandmother to take the five youngest DeSantos children to her house so Rocky's parents could take pictures of Rocky before the dance. Tommy and Adam had decided to get ready at Rocky's house and let the girls have the Oliver residence. Rocky's mom had set out drinks and snacks for the guys, knowing young men the way she did.

Tommy arrived first, his tux bag hung over his shoulder. "You are going to wrinkle that thing, Tommy," Rocky's mom said. "Sorry, Dr. D," he said. Analiese smiled at him. She'd asked him to call her Ana or something but he usually said Dr. D or mom like Rocky. It warmed her heart that her son had found such wonderful friends.

Adam arrived, holding his bag up. "See Adam knows what to do," she said, laughing at the boys. They all went to Rocky's room, which was mainly the basement. Rocky had one younger brother, but they 12 years apart, so Rocky's parents let him have his own space.

After spending a few hours goofing off and playing video games, the guys decided the should be getting ready.

"What do you think the girls are doing," Rocky asked his friends.

"Knowing Kimberly, she's probably got hairspray all over the bathroom mirror and is insisting on doing Meri's hair. Those two are such good friends, but sometimes I don't know how they can be without killing each other," Tommy said. He smoothed out the lapels on his jacket. He was wearing a traditional tux with his colored accents being a white vest and bow tie. He knew he would have a pink flower on his lapel when he met up with Kimberly. It was a different looking tux that Meredith had helped him pick out. He thought it looked good, for a tux.

Adam was in a black vest, jacket, pants and tie. He looked pretty sharp sporting the tux. He'd probably get a yellow rose from Aisha for his lapel.

Rocky had a black jacket and pants, but he had red for a tie. His tux was different than the others. He had a red vest with a long tie in red. Tommy thought the look was really cool and he couldn't wait to see Rocky with the purple rose on his lapel.

The guys eyed the clock and went upstairs to get their pictures taken. They had rented a limo for the evening to pick up the girls and soon they were seated in the back on the way to the Oliver's to get their dates for the evening.

***Dance night. There is one more chapter before this one is finished. Then I'll work on the next installment in the Heartbroken series. Gotta love it!***-mereditholiver