Ahh, The Effects Of Alcohol!

            Elizabeth walked towards the punch table, and grabbed a cup. She began filling it up with punch. She drank out of the plastic cup, gulping down the drink. She frowned, as she swallowed the drink, and sniffed into the cup. Her eyes widened with slight shock, and then she smiled, the punch is spiked!, she thought to herself. She frowned as she sensed Pietro on the other side of the punch table. "So, how was the kiss Betsy?" Pietro snapped.

            Elizabeth smiled, and placed the empty cup into the trashcan. She then placed her hands on the rim of the table, "Why, Pietro? Jealous!" She grinned.

            Pietro crossed his arms across his chest, raising an eyebrow. "You want these," She smiled, gesturing to her chest, before placing her hands back onto the rim of the table, "Don't you?"

            She laughed, smiling, as she shimmied her chest on the table. Pietro let out a laugh at her silliness. She then took her hands off of the table, and kept shimmying to him, "Yeah, you like that, don't you!?" She laughed. "Whoo!"

            She then stopped, and flipped her hair over her shoulder, as she turned to walk back towards the table where their friends sat. Pietro shook his head, smiling after her.

*~*~*~*

            Toad sat at the table, in a chair, with the friends he attended the dance with. He then sighed, smiling, "I'm hungry."

            Brian, next to him, sighed as well, "I'm thirsty."

            "I could hump a tree!" Tabitha sighed, with her hand rested on her chin, looking away from them in thought.

            Everyone at the table glared at her, and she suddenly gasped, realizing what she had just said, "Oh goodness. Did I say that out loud?" Tabitha smiled, as she blushed.

            Brian grinned, nodding. "That could be arranged, luv!" Brian smirked.

            "Oh please!" Rogue snapped.

            Elizabeth soon arrived to the table, and jumped onto Toad's lap. "Whoa!" Toad gasped, with a smile.

            "The punch is spiked! We've all been drinking on that punch all night long! It's tainted!" Elizabeth laughed, leaning towards her friends.

            Rogue and Wanda looked away from each other, spewing out the punch in their mouths. Rogue had spewed the punch onto Jasmine, accidentally. "Hey!" Jasmine hissed, wiping the punch off of her dress.

            Everyone at the table laughed, including Rogue. "Whoops! Sorry!" Rogue smirked.

            Wanda wiped the punch from her chin, "Oh geez! No wonder my head's feeling a little light!" Wanda laughed.

            Elizabeth glared at Wanda, sending her a telepathic message, Wanda, ask Toad to dance, please?

            Wanda looked up at Elizabeth, after hearing her message. She answered her in her mind, knowing Elizabeth would hear her, Why? I'm here with John.

            Because, Wanda. He really likes you, and it would make him completely happy if you just asked him to dance just once.; Elizabeth answered.

            Wanda sighed, and looked at John, who sat next to her, "John, I'm going to ask Toad for a dance, do you mind?"

            John smiled at her, shrugging, "I trust you, luv."

            Wanda looked up at Toad, "Toad, do you want to dance?"

            Toad's eyes widened with shock, and he glanced at Elizabeth, who smiled at him, nudging him, "Go!"

            Elizabeth stood, letting Toad to stand from his seat. He walked to Wanda, holding out his arm. Wanda smiled, linking her arm through his, and they walked to the dance floor. A slow and intimate song played throughout the gym. Everyone left the table that Elizabeth sat at, grabbing onto their dates, and moving to the dance floor. John sat across from Elizabeth. He then glanced at Pietro, who took his date's hand, leading her to the dance floor. "So!" John spoke, attempting to start a conversation with Elizabeth.

            Elizabeth looked up at him, smiling, "Yes?"

            John shrugged, smiling, "I think it's really nice for what you girls did for Toad, Betts."

            Elizabeth smiled, looking at her folded hands on the table. She shrugged, "I guess you can say I felt bad for the poor guy. He's such a gentleman when you get to know him. He deserves a break." Elizabeth smiled.

            John frowned, looking at his cell phone as it rang. He dug into the holder on his waist line of his pants, and took out the cell phone. He answered it, "Yeah?"

            Elizabeth looked up at him, as he talked on the cell phone for a short few minutes. "I'll be right there." He sighed, before hanging it up. He then looked up at Elizabeth, shrugging, "Business calls, I guess."

            Elizabeth nodded, leaning back in her chair. She watched John stand up from his seat, and walk onto the dance floor to explain to Wanda that he had to leave for a short while. She turned, and watched the couples on the dance floor. She looked around the gym, noticing she was the only person left out. She glanced at John, Wanda and Toad. Toad shoved his hands in his pant pockets, as Wanda slightly argued with John. She saw John apologizing, and slightly hearing that he will be back. Wanda sighed, and shrugged. She then nodded, and he kissed her cheek, leaving her with Toad. Toad glanced at her, and she sent him a telepathic message, Stay with her, you bloody fool!, she smiled.

            Toad raised his eyebrow, speaking in his mind, But what about you?

            Don't worry about me, this is for you, Toad! Dance you fool! I didn't work that hard for nothing!, she answered telepathically.

            Toad sighed, and turned to Wanda, "You still wanna dance?"

            Wanda turned to him, after watching John leave the gym. She looked up at him, and smiled, nodding, "Thanks, Toad."

            She wrapped her arms around his neck, as he wrapped his arms around her waist, hesitantly burying his face into her shoulder. As they danced, he glanced up at Elizabeth, and saw her smiling at him, giving him a thumbs up. Toad slightly smiled, and turned back to dancing with Wanda. He felt Wanda's grip on him tighten, and felt her face rest on his shoulder. Elizabeth smiled, tilting her head as she stared at Toad and Wanda dancing. Ironically, the song playing was Earth Angel, by Buddy Holly. She smiled as she heard the line, I'm just a fool; A fool in love with you. She knew that's exactly how Toad felt about Wanda. She glanced at her other friends, dancing intimately on the dance floor. She let out a laugh as she saw Tabitha and Brian kissing as they danced.

*~*~*~*

            Wanda pulled her face away from Toad's shoulder as they danced. She looked up at him, smiling, as he smiled down at her. She moved her hand to his hair, lightly stroking her fingers through it. "You look real nice, Toad." She smiled.

            Toad smiled, letting out a laugh, "Uhm, thanks."

            Wanda smiled, "You've always been such a good friend to me. You did everything for me, Toad." She looked up at him, sobering, "I never really got a chance to really thank you." She told him.

            Toad shrugged, "Nah, don't worry about it."

            Wanda smiled, placing her face on his shoulder, hugging onto him as they danced, "You're seriously my best friend, Toad." She then sighed, with contempt, "What will I do without you?"

            Toad sighed, and looked up, seeing Gambit hugging onto Rogue as they danced, giving him a thumbs up behind Rogue's back.