"It's good to be home." Max said as she put in the password on the keypad lock to her apartment. She opened the door and stepped inside. "Hello? Anyone home?" she said, checking that no one was in the house. "Good, home alone." She took off her shoes and tossed them near the sofa, then laid her books on the kitchen counter. She walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed a soda. "That guy was kinda' cute. Grayson Price. Haven't I seen him at school? He looks so familiar… Oh well. His eyes were a pretty blue. Like cobalt." She took a sip of her soda and walked to her laptop. She booted it up and waited for it to connect to the Internet. Even though the thing was state of the art, it still took forever for AOL to connect.

"Welcome. You've got mail." It chimed.

"Great. Now to hack into the schools files and… bingo!" She had hacked into Columbia High's school files. Not like she hadn't done it many times before. She had to when a crime was involved with a student or a teacher. She never fooled around with grades or anything, not like she'd ever need it. Her fingers glided over the keyboard and typed in 'Grayson Price'. What she thought was confirmed in a matter of seconds.

"Grayson Carter Price. Born March 12. 18 years old. Son of Jasmine and Thomas Price, Plays on the schools hockey team and football team. GPA 3.6. …" She read out the information on him. "I had no idea he was on the football team or the hockey team. Maybe 'cause I'm not into jocks. That could be it." She continued to scroll down on the page getting deeper and deeper into his life files. He was as normal as they came. That didn't surprise her. She was about to click of Graysons' page when she heard a beep, signaling that new mail had arrived. She clicked it and waited for it to load. When it was done, she began to read it:

"Dear Maxine,
I hope that you will have fun tonight at the ball. I know you'll be the only girl worth being called Cinderella. Wish I could be there to dance with you and keep the guys at bay. Have a wonderful time.

Love,
Terry McGinnis"

Max smiled to herself as she finished reading the letter. He could be so sweet sometimes. A soft sigh escaped her lips before she clicked off her e-mail and shut down her laptop.

"Guess I should get ready." The clock to her right showed 5:47. She got up from her desk and walked over to her closet, reaching for her dress. "I wish you could be there too Ter. I wish you could be there too."