Akane tried on the gown Akane found herself quite pretty as she looked at herself in the mirror. "I think this was from Kasumi....." Akane said to herself

February 14.

*Gee. I haven't seen Ranma and Nabiki the whole day.....* Akane thought, as

she walked down the stairs. "Kasumi, what time is it?" Akane asked. "5:15 pm." Kasumi replied while giving her little sister a smile.

Akane ran up the stairs, got a back, put her gown in it, and headed down the stairs Akane was about to run out the door when Kasumi called Akane.

"Yes Kasumi?"

"Oh Akane, here are some snacks , and..... its quite early, are you sure you should leave now?"

"well you know what they say, the early bird catches the worm"br "Akane- chan, I cant help but ask..... are you ready for the dance?" br "Of course I am" br "Do you have your gown?"

"Yes"

"Shoes?'

"um...."

"make-up?"

Akane shook her head; she was read with embarrassment "Akane, ill help you with those things, just stay a bit longer okay?" Kasumi said. *I can't help but feel that Kasumi is up to something* Akane thought.

6:27 pm

"Akane-chan you look so beautiful" Kasumi said with a sigh. Akane blushed. Akane did look lovely "Thanks Kasumi, but now the shoes...." Akane said while looking at her feet. "Kasumi smiled, and she pulled out a pair of strappy gold shoes from her closet Akane hugged Kasumi very tight and she walked out.

Many guys would stop whatever they were doing just to ogle at Akane. *I wonder how Ranma would react....* Akane thought When she stepped into the school grounds, she looked around, hoping to find Nabiki and Ranma. She saw a few girls, and a few guys. Akane checked her watch, *7:13* "I suppose not much people are here at this time." Akane muttered to herself.

Akane sat on the stone bench by the gym, the place where the dance was held * I wonder when Ryouga will be here...... I suppose not to soon.....you can't rely on a guy like him to be here on time* Akane thought, she shrugged and looked at the gate in hopes she might see Ranma, Nabiki, or Ryouga. "Akane-chaann!!!" Akane looked up and saw Ukyou running towards her.

"Akane-chan have you seen Ranma?" Ukyou asked

"Nope...." Akane replied...."I was hoping you knew" she added

"I want to at least have 1 dance with him" Ukyou said

"RANMA –SAMA!!!" Ukyou and Akane turned around to see Kodachi running in the school gate.

"Have any one of you seen my darling Ranma?" Kodachi asked the 2 girls. They shrugged and shook their heads. Then they heard the sound of a bike bell, Ukyou and Kodachi turned, while Akane looked down on the floor, for she already knew who that was.

"Nihao Ukyou!

"Hi Shampoo..... wait, you don't go to this school.....in fact you don't even go to school.... why are you here?" Ukyou said in a scornful tone

"I want to be with Ranma" Shampoo said

Akane stood up and walked away *Too much talk about Ranma*, She walked in the gym, it was decorated with streamers and balloons and all sorts of fandanglers and other sorts of party stuff

Akane sat in one of the chairs in the gym, and slowly watched the gym fill up with people Akane looked at the clock situated on the wall of the gym *8:57* Akane sighed and walked out.

"when im inside, there is nothing to do but go outside. But then when im outside, nowhere to go but inside" Akane mumbled, then shrugged, and sat on the stone bench that was now deserted.

*9:55 pm*

Akane was nearly asleep when suddenly she heard girls arguing

She looked up to see Ukyou, Shampoo and Kodachi, clinging on what seemed to be a guy

"Ranma" Akane muttered

"Ranchan will you dance with me?" Ukyou said in a sugary voice

"NO! Ranma is dancing with me!" snapped Shampoo

"AHAAHAHA! Ranma-sama will dance only with me" Kodachi said accompanied by her obnoxious laugh

Ranma soon said, "Ah..... girls, gomen. Im afraid im dancing with my date" Akane didn't want to be seen by Ranma so she Ran behind the bushes, but then Ranma saw her Ranma walked over to the bush were Akane was hiding, and he said "Yo Akane."

Akane ran off, she was trying to avoid talking to Ranma

"Wait Akane!" Ranma yelled

Akane kept on running, but I suppose you know that running in heels isn't quite comfy nor that good to run in, so as expected

she tripped

"Akane are you okay?" Ranma asked while holding out a hand. Akane slapped his hand away, and got up and tried to run off, but Ranma stopped her.

"Akane I want to know..... why have you been ignoring me lately"

Akane said nothing, nor did she try to run away

"Akane?"

"Ranma, im sorry" Akane said, and then she sat down on the ground and her eyes welled up with tears

Ranma smiled and sat down on the ground and handed Akane a hanky

"Nabiki told me I would need this.." Ranma said

"Ranma, can I ask you something?"

"what?"

"Are you in love with my sister?"

There was silence, and soon Ranma started laughing

"Why would I be?" Ranma asked

"Because you have been spending an awful lot of time with her"

"I will tell you why I was doing so in a moment..... but you thought I was in love with Nabiki?"

Akane nodded

"No.... [laugh] Im not, besides im already in love with-"Ranma didn't finish, he blushed a crimson red blush.

Akane smiled, then she asked, "So why were you spending time with her?"

"well, I wanted to ask this girl to the dance but I was not sure what to do, make her say yes, and other stuff Nabiki told me to buy stuff for her, she said flowers and chocolates were quite corny, so instead I bought her a gown. Actually Nabiki bought it, I just gave her the money, and she had to choose since I didn't know how to do that sort of stuff" Ranma said

Akane felt her heart stop

and Ranma continued "When I bought It, I kept this book with me, as a sort- off, scriptso I could practice what I could say.... I know its weird. But then something happened, the girl I wanted to ask out was taken, so I thought I might as well lose hope, but I knew I still had some hope in me, as I knew the guy was..... odd" Ranma said and he was blushing a very deep red

"Now let me ask a question, why were you ignoring me?" Ranma asked

Akane blushed and said, "This guy, who I wanted to him to take me to the dance, was acting funny He would spend time with this other girl, and I got suspicious, I heard them talking and I thought he was taking her, so I tried to not make such a big deal about it so I tried to forget him by asking another guy to the dance...... thinking I could forget him, but the truth is, I can never forget him....i just think of him morning, noon and night"

The two of them were quiet, then Ranma asked "So this means you love me?" and he blushed a deep shade of red

"Ranma..... yes Ranma, I do" Akane blushed and she hugged Ranma

They were locked in that embrace for awhile, then Akane soon moved her head and it was parallel to his, and she felt the two of them getting closer until they heard a yell "RANMAAAAAAA!!", they both turned to see the 3 girls, all enraged, and another person

it was Ryouga.