Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story they all belong to Meg Cabot.

Authors Note: First off I just want to apologize for not updating sooner. I'm really sorry but exams have been the main thing on my mind for the past two weeks so I haven't really had anytime to do anything other than study. I hope you guys are still interested in my little piece of work and to make up for my lack of updates this chapter is longer than my others.

p.s. should I make a sequel to this? Its up to you guys.

December 22nd The Winter Dance

So here I am sitting in the back of the Limo with Tina and her date Landon complimenting me on my new dress, fancy hairstyle, flawless makeup, and expensive shoes. Sounds like a great start to magical night right? Wrong. Gavin stood me up! I don't even know the guy and he still stood me up. Tina say's that he had a family emergency but I know that he couldn't stand the thought of going to a high school dance with a big foot, flat chested freak.

Maybe this is an omen. Maybe it wasn't meant for me to get back at Michael. After all it wasn't even my idea. So in actuality I should be happy that he couldn't come its not like I wanted to go on a blind date anyway.

Who knows I might actually have fun sitting in the bleachers watching my friends have fun and avoiding Michael. After all that seems to be my life story lately. Maybe I shouldn't have even come tonight but it looks like its to late to back out now Lars just opened the Limo door for us, its time to face the music.

(Inside the dance)

Who thought that this night could start off any worse than it already had? I certainly didn't but guess who I managed to run into as I walked through the gym doors. Josh Richter and his buddies. Well Josh being Josh decided that this was the perfect time to bring up what happened at the last dance. He blatantly was speaking loud enough so the whole gym could hear his little speech. Well I was already in a bad mood and I was sick of always being the brunt of someone's joke so you know what I did? I kneed him…hard. Lets just say he probably won't be having kids for a LONG time. It was a great feeling to hear the whole gym laughing at him for a change and it really lifted my spirits until I looked across the gym and spotted Michael.

I tried to look casual as I got some punch and walked over to the bleachers but its really hard when you can feel the person you've been in love with forever even if he does some stupid things gaze on you. But amazingly I managed to make it without spilling punch everywhere. I glimpsed over towards him again and I was surprised to see that he was by himself that brightened my mood a little because if I did get the guts to approach him I wouldn't have to deal with Judith.

I sat in the bleachers for what seemed like hours watching Tina and Landon and Lilly and Boris, they would come over occasionally and ask me if I wanted to dance but I just didn't feel like it. I was really being a wallflower. So I was just sitting there lost in thought when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and there was Michael. Let me just say it was A LOT harder this time to keep my cool. He asked me if I wanted to step outside and talk. I knew what the conversation was going to be about he was going to do the whole friendship talk and I really didn't want to hear it but it is REALLY hard to say no to Michael Moscovitz.

We walked outside in silence and it was kind of nice because we could still hear the music from the gym.

"So what did you need to tell me?" I asked him as I leaned against the stonewall of our school bracing myself for the worst.

"Mia, First off I want to apologize for the way ive been acting towards you the past few days. After the "kiss" I got really confused. I didn't know how to act around you because I was afraid to admit that that kiss awakened feelings in me that I didn't know I had. I was scared. Scared that you would think I was a total jerk for kissing you. Scared that you wouldn't want anything to ever do with me again, and scared that you'd never feel the same way about me that I feel about you. I'm still scared about the last thing and I just need to straighten things out between us," He said in a rush a blush starting to form on his perfect cheeks.

Lets just say I was shocked. More like dumbfounded. I couldn't believe the words I was hearing from him.

"Mia, could you say something please?" He asked in a trembling voice.

"It took you long enough!" I said as I walked towards him and enveloped him in a hug. I could feel his sigh of relief and I was glad that things were finally starting to look up for us.

I pulled back from him and looked into his eyes. "Do you want to dance?" He asked me quietly as Lifehouse's breathing came through the speakers. My only response was to lean into his tall frame and sway with him to the music. In the middle of the song he pulled back slightly and bent down to plant a soft gentle kiss on my lips and that's when I knew that dreams could come true.