Sora and Kairi finally reach the school and notice a banner hanging across the front of it. Upon closer inspection, it said "THE BIG DANCE". Sora and Kairi exchange looks with each other and smiled.
"Well, we've only been here a short time but a dance sounds like a lot of fun!" Sora said as Kairi began nodding in agreement. Tucker however, stood by the door and asked every girl that passed him out to the dance.
"Hey there, I-" He started to say to one of them before she gave him the ol' 'Talk To The Hand' gesture.
"No!" She said. Upon asking several other girls, and all of them saying no, Tucker had to just admit defeat.
Sora couldn't help but laugh as every student went inside and began their school day.
Before they knew it, it was lunch time. Everyone grabbed their lunch and sat outside on the nearby picnic tables. The group, except for Tucker, sat down and decided to watch as Tucker tried with the ladies yet again.
"Strike 3, Tuck?" Danny said as Tucker finally sat down next to him.
"Try strike 3,000!" He said as he drooped his head a bit.
Sam however, rolled her eyes at her two friends. "I don't know what the big deal is about going to some stupid dance. I don't need to be asked to some dance to know I'm special. I-" She started to say before Danny and Tuck started to stare longingly at a girl coming out of the school.
Kairi and Sora turned around to see a tan-skinned girl with blue eyes. "Who's that?" Sora asked.
With no hesitation the boys said in happy unison, "Paulina".
Paulina was now walking down the pathway while other boys stared distractedly at her. One boy on a bike crashes into a tree, while another walks into a guy sitting on a fountain and they both fall into the water, only to sit up and continue staring. Danny and Tucker were both now standing as well.
"Oh, please! Paulina?! Girls like her are a dime a dozen!"" Sam said in detest as the boys continued to stare at the Latina beauty.
Danny and Tucker dig through their pockets and pull out some change.
"How much change do you got?' Danny asked Tucker. Sam gave herself a nice slap to the face.
"Ha ha! Very funny. Just remember: you can't judge a book by its cover." She said as Tucker stood Danny up and fixed his clothing. "Well, there's only one way to find out. Go on, Danny. Go to that library and check out that book!"
Danny got all red faced and stuttered. "I can't! I get weak-kneed when I try to talk to cute girls."
That earned a nasty look from both Sam and Kairi. They appeared to not like the choice of words Danny just used. "Oh, and you have absolutely no problems talking to me and Kairi!"
In a rather annoyed manner, Sam pushed Danny towards Paulina to get it all over with.
"This should be good…" Sam said to Kairi in a rather hushed voice.
The four of them watched as Danny walked over to Paulina, who was sitting under the tree eating her lunch.
Danny stumbles over to Paulina and leans against the tree with one arm. He began to take a deep breath as his arm began to fall through the tree. It caused him to lose his balance and fall straight to the ground.
"Oh Please! Don't say you've suddenly fallen for me. That line is soo 'last semester." Paulina said as Danny quickly collected himself and stood right on back up. Danny's pants suddenly glow green for a moment, then become invisible and fall to the ground to expose his boxers.
The other students in the yard laugh, along with Paulina.
"This isn't looking good.." Sora said as he laughed along with everyone else. Sam tried to stop laughing as she made her way over to the embarrassed hero.
"A gentleman usually tips his hat, but I'll give you points for originality." Paulina said behind some chuckles. Sam reached Danny and put her hand on his shoulder
"Kudos, Danny. You just set an all-time speed record for drowning in the shallow end of the gene pool." Sam said, earning a disgusted look from Paulina.
"Oh, no! You did ''not'' just call me shallow, did you?!" She said as Sam began to say something else to retaliate. "If you mean do I think I can stand in a puddle full of you and not get my feet wet, then yeah."
Sam finally took Danny back to the lunch table while Paulina spoke silently to herself.
"On the other hand, I'm not so deep that I couldn't lure a boy away from a goth geek. And I will!"
