))) Hello again, my readers. This chapter needs a warning tag on it, so here goes:

Warning to all male readers: If there are any guys about to read this chapter, beware. May cause drowsiness, rolling of the eyes, or muttering about the opposite sex. Read at your own risk.

Enjoy! (((

"What about this one, girls?" Kitty asked above the laughter of the other three. She held up a short red dress with lacy frills.

"Oo, sexy dress, Kitty! I can't believe you own something like that!" Jean teased. She, Kitty, Kim, and Naddie had all congregated in Kitty and Rogue's room to find clothes to wear for the party the next day. Right now, they were looking for Naddie's outfit. Rogue lay stretched out on her bed reading a book and occasionally rolling her eyes at the group of girls giggling on the other side of the room.

"I don't think I could wear that, Kitty!" Naddie said. "What about you? What are you going to wear?"

"I picked out a cute pink blouse with an off-white skirt. It looks, like, so totally great!" Kitty said, then turned back to the red dress she had laid on the bed. "It is a bit short, isn't it?"

"A bit?" Kim asked incredulously. "My cheerleading outfit covers more skin than that!" They all laughed, Kitty most of all.

"I've never worn it," she said. "My grandmother gave it to me last time she visited."

"Your grandmother gave you that?!"

"Yea," Kitty said shyly. "She's kinda weird."

"Well, let me see if I can find anything that will look good on Naddie," Jean said, walking over to Kitty's closet. She began to look through the clothes.

"Ah, here's a gorgeous dress!" she said after a moment, and pulled out a flowing blue party dress. Everyone oo'ed and ah'ed over it.

"Oh, yea, I can't believe I, like, forgot about that dress," Kitty said. "That will look great on Naddie. Here, try it on!"

Naddie slipped the dress over her head and smoothed it out.

"How's it look?" she asked, twirling in front of the mirror.

"It's beautiful, Naddie," Kim replied. "But it's missing something. You need a necklace to go with it." Kitty pulled several jewelry boxes out of her dresser and they tried necklace after necklace, but none of them seemed to go with the dress.

"I wonder why nothing we try goes matches with this dress?" Jean wondered aloud. We've tried every necklace Kitty has!"

"You need a silver necklace."

"Rogue?" Kitty asked. They had almost forgotten the Goth girl was even in the room.

"All the necklaces you've tried are gold. You need a nice silver necklace to go with that shade 'a blue." Rogue continued. Everyone stared at her. It was true, they hadn't tried anything but gold-colored necklaces. Rogue pushed herself up off the bed and walked over to the dresser where they all stood. She opened her drawer and pulled out a small, simple jewelry box, nothing compared to Kitty's many jewelry boxes with intricate designs on the lid.

"Try this one," Rogue said, and pulled out a thin, delicate silver chain with a tiny silver rose on it.

"I LOVE it, Rogue!" Naddie said. "Where on earth did you get it?"

"Some boy gave it to me a few years back," Rogue said, helping Naddie put on the necklace.

"Some boy?" Kitty asked suspiciously. "You never told me about some boy?"

"Yea, well, it's not a big deal," Rogue said, trying to brush it away.

"If you say so," Kitty said, deciding not to pry, even though she was very curious.

"There ya go, sugah," Rogue said, stepping back to admire the necklace on Naddie. Everyone agreed that Rogue's necklace was perfect with Kitty's blue dress. Naddie reached up and gently touched the delicate silver petals of the rose.

"I, I can't wear this, Rogue, it's special to you," Naddie said.

"Don't worry about it, Naddie," Rogue said, waving her hand. "Ah don't wear much jewelry, so at least it'll be some good ta' SOMEone!" Naddie thanked her again. "No problem. Now, if you don't mind, Ah'm goin' ta' get back to mah reading now. You girls have fun!"

"Thanks for the help, Rogue!" Jean said. "Hey, Kim, come to my room, I have this green dress that should look great with your hair. By the way, who are you going to the party with?" They group was already walking down the hall towards Jean's room.

"Lance," Kim said matter-of-factly. She was tired of people acting all surprised whenever she talked about Lance, but none of the girls seemed surprised.

"SO not the drama, girls, what's up?" Kim asked. "A couple days ago you all would of jumped all over me for going with Lance.

"There was kind of a rumor going around school," Kitty said. "The surprise has kind of warn off by now."

"But he only asked me to the dance yesterday afternoon!" Kim protested.

"News travels fast," Kitty shrugged.

"Hey, Kitty, you're not upset at me, are you?" Kim asked. "I know you and Lance used to have a kind of, thing-"

"Lance and I never had a 'thing'!" Kitty said, almost angrily. The other three looked at each other. "It's not a problem," Kitty continued. "Kurt was probably going to ask me to go with him anyway."

"Uh, actually, Kitty," Naddie began meekly. "I'm. . . going with him." Kitty stared at her.

"Ok, that's alright," she said after a moment. "I'll figure something out."

"Sorry, Kitty," Kim said.

"Yea, me too," Naddie added.

"No, no, it's not your fault," Kitty said, but she couldn't hide her disappointment. Kim was wondering if she did the right thing. Naddie tried to comfort herself by saying Kurt had been Kitty's second choice anyway, so she shouldn't feel bad.

"Well, Jean, you're, like, going with Duncan, I bet!" Kitty said, trying to change the subject.

"Actually, no," Jean said, becoming somewhat angry herself. "He already asked Taryn! Scott asked me out instead," she finished somewhat gloomily. Naddie could see where this was going.

"Well, what's wrong with Scott?" she said quickly.

"Oh, nothing," Jean said. Luckily, before Jean could say anything else about Scott, Kitty noticed how late it was. Naddie was glad Jean wouldn't have time to talk herself out of going with Scott. They said goodnight to each other and returned to their own rooms, Kim and Naddie carrying their borrowed clothes.

))) nuther chappie up. Whee! Yea, I know, I need to get out more.

Like my pairings for the party? It should be quite interesting. Hehe Devyn, you got your wish, Kim and Lance are going to the dance together. You can interpret Kitty's reaction however you like.

I'm still wondering exactly what will happen at the party. Suggestions? I'm sure I'll be as surprised as you with how it turns out, we'll all just have to wait and see what I come up with! lol more soon! (((