"It's raining on prom night, my hair is a mess,
It's running all over my taffeta dress,
It's wilting the quilting on my maiden form,
And mascara flows right down my nose because of the storm,"

"Comin'?" Derek asked her.
"Wha…" Sapphire choked. "Derek, you – you were kissing her!"
"Well, at least her eyes work." Delilah smirked.
"Hey, don't worry, it was nothing special." Derek assured Sapphire. "I promise."
"Nothing SPECIAL?!" Sapphire growled. "How dumb do you think I am?! Derek, if you didn't want to come to the prom with me you shouldn't have asked!"
"Oh yeah, like you could get anyone else." Derek answered. "You may look pretty but you're still the same person with two left feet."
"I –" Sapphire felt utterly humiliated. "… I hate you!" she shouted, and stormed off. Delilah burst out laughing. Derek chuckled a little.
"Geez, what a temper."
"I'll say!"
~

Gonine, who had seen the whole thing from the other side of the room, watched Sapphire run across the dance floor, and past the others.
"Sapphire?" Cherry saw her run past them, heading for the girls' toilets. She looked at Jock. "Was she crying?"
"I couldn't really tell." Jock replied.
"Natasha –"
"We're not speaking to her." Natasha frowned.
"But she looked really upset…"
"I'm not surprised, look!" Terek pointed to Derek and Delilah. Cherry gasped.
"That cheat! He must've broken Sapphire's heart…"
"Well she should know what his type are like." Natasha looked away.
"Natasha, please. Sapphire needs us right now, we have to go see if she's alright." Cherry pleaded. She looked at Jock and Terek. "You don't mind do you? It'll only be for a moment."
"I don't mind, Cherry." Jock smiled.
"Yeah, sure." Terek shrugged. Cherry looked at Natasha.
"Please?"
"…" Natasha sighed. "Alright fine, but I'm still mad at her!"
"Thank you." Cherry smiled. "Come on!" she headed for the toilets, followed by Natasha.

"Sweet on her, eh?" Terek smirked.
"Huh?" Jock looked at him. "What do you mean?"
"I don't mind, Cherry." Terek imitated with a sweet smile.
"Ah, shut up…" Jock mumbled.
"Heh heh." Terek grinned.

~~~

Sapphire tried to wipe the tears from her eyes but more tears only came to replace them. She felt like such a fool, she'd be the laughing stock of the entire school for weeks. Her father was right… Prom Night is stupid.
"Sapphire…" Cherry's gentle voice entered the room. Sapphire didn't look at her.
"Hi Cherry." She said.
"Geez, look at the state of you!"
"… Hi, Tasha." Sapphire still didn't look up.
"Are you alright?" Cherry asked. "Terek saw Derek and Delilah…"
"… I should've seen it coming." Sapphire replied miserably. "I was such a moron."
"No!" Cherry walked over and put her arm around Sapphire. "You're not a morn – it's Derek that's the moron! Right, Natasha?"
"… Yeah." Natasha's voice was a little gentler. "I mean, choosing her over you speaks for itself. He must be stupid to not see what a mistake he's making. I bet he didn't even notice that you made the effort to look nice for him, right?"
"… He did say I looked nice…" Sapphire mumbled.
"Oh, puh-lease!" Natasha rolled her eyes. "I bet he says that to every girl, he's too dumb and shallow to use anything but pickup lines."
"Yeah, but I didn't think that…" Sapphire said. "I thought he cared about me." She wiped more tears from her eyes. "Just shows how dumb I am."
"No, Sapphire." Cherry replied. "You're not dumb, there's nothing wrong about trusting people."

Sapphire shook her head.
"I was such an idiot. I was horrible to my dad… I stopped training, I called him names… I was horrible to Gonine. I ignored him, I hurt his feelings… Why are you guys even here? I was a jerk to you too, I tried to ignore you."
"Yeah, and I'm still mad at you for that, by the way." Natasha told her.
"Natasha!" Cherry scolded.
"It's alright, Cherry. I wouldn't be surprised if you two wanted to break up with me…"
"… Hey, listen…" Natasha walked over to her. "Look at me, Sapph."
"…" Sapphire raised her head and looked at Natasha.
"I may be mad at you, but I still care about you. Nobody's gonna be doing any of that braking up stuff, okay?" Natasha said.
"… Thank you." Sapphire smiled. "I'm really lucky to have friends like you guys."
"Well, sure you are." Natasha smirked. Sapphire laughed.
"Are you coming back out?" Cherry asked.
"Without a date? I'll just go home, thanks." Sapphire said.
"You can hang around with us, right Natasha?"
"Sure." Natasha shrugged.
"… Nah." Sapphire shook her head. "Thanks, you guys… but I think I'd rather go home."
"… Alright then. Well, do you want us to go home with you?" Cherry asked.
"No, it's okay. You guys go, I'll be out in a minute."
"Okay…" Cherry and Natasha left the room.

~~~

Gonine watched as Natasha and Cherry came out back onto the dance floor – without Sapphire.
"Huh?" he uttered. Was Sapphire alright?
"Gonite, we stop dancing." Lara commented. Gonine didn't bother correcting her pronunciation, he was too distracted.
"Yeah, yeah…" he said. He looked at Lara. "Listen, I'm gonna go talk to my friends, I'll be two seconds, I promise."
"But I –"
"Lara, I SWEAR I won't be long." Gonine headed off. Lara frowned, and put her hands on her hips.
"Disgrace!" she said. She turned her head to see if there was anyone else around, and saw a boy standing on his own.
"Ah, dance partner!" she beamed, and made her way over.
~

"Hey, guys." Gonine joined the crowd.
"Oh hi, Gonine." Cherry smiled.
"Where's Sapphire?" Gonine asked. "I saw her crying before, Derek and Delilah –"
"We know, she's crying her eyes out." Natasha told him.
"Well has anyone been to talk to her?"
"Of course!" Cherry nodded. "Natasha and I went in."
"I think she just needs to sort herself out, know what I mean?" Terek told Gonine.
"Yeah, I guess…" Gonine mumbled. "I hope she's okay…"
"Gonine, can I have a word with you?" Cherry asked. "In private?"
"Uh… sure." Gonine said.
"Thanks." She pulled him away. Terek watched them, frowning in confusion.
"What was all that about?"
"Beats me." Natasha shrugged.
"Yeah, me too…"
~

"What is it?" Gonine asked.
"I know Sapphire really wants to stay, but she feels really bad and humiliated." Cherry told him. "And she doesn't have a prom date."
"Yeah, I know…" Gonine said. "Well anyway, why did you have to tell me that in private?"
"Gonine, earlier she was saying what fool she'd been – which she hasn't," Cherry began. "And you were among the people she said she'd hurt."
"And…?"
"Gonine, I know Sapphire cares about you, and I know you care about her too."
"Wait – you're not saying –"
"Mm-hm." Cherry nodded. "Why don't you dance with her?"
"But I already have a date…"
"Do you love her like you love Sapphire?"
"Love?!" Gonine's eyes widened. "Hey – I'm not in love with Sapphire, she's my friend, okay?!"
"You can fall in love with your friends." Cherry smiled. "Didn't you know?"
"Yeah, but…" Gonine reddened.
"I think she loves you too." Cherry told him.
"She does?" Gonine looked at her. "You sure?"
"Of course I'm sure, you two are great together."
"Yeah… well…"
"Oh, it doesn't matter!" Cherry shook her head. "The important thing is that Sapphire needs you right now – and I know there isn't anyone you want to be here with more than her."
"…" Gonine sighed. "You're right." He said. "I wanna be here with her…"
"Do you love her?"
"I'm not sure…" Gonine mumbled. "I don't think so…"

"Well, you need to go see her now."
"Where is she?"
"The girls' bathroom ^_^"
"Huh?!" Gonine jumped back. "You want to me go in the girls' BATHROOM?!"
"What's wrong?" Cherry asked. She giggled. "Are you chicken?"
"No!" Gonine frowned. "Fine, I'll go."
"Go on." Cherry smiled. Gonine nodded, and headed for Sapphire. Cherry watched him leave, and went back over to the others.
"What was that all about?" Natasha asked.
"Gonine's gone to get Sapphire, she can stay after all." Cherry told her.
"But… isn't Sapphire in the girls' bathroom?"
"Mm-hm."
"Hey – she's in the WHAT?!" Jock grinned.
"The girls' bathroom?" Terek burst out laughing, joined by Jock.
"Oh, grow up!" Cherry frowned.
"Aww…"

"Hey, the slow song's coming on." Natasha stated.
"Ooo! Yippee! Come on, Jock." Cherry beamed.
"Sure!" Jock smiled. He took her hand, and led her away. Terek looked at Natasha.
"Ah… wanna dance?" ^_^'"
"I don't see why not." Natasha half-smirked, and linked his arm with his.

~~~

"Every now and then we find a special friend,
Who never lets us down,
Who understands it all,
Reaches out each time you fall,
You're the best friend that I've found,
I know you can't stay,
But part of you will never ever go away,
Your heart will stay,

Gonine stepped into the girls' bathroom. There were girls people already there, who's eyes widened when they saw him.
"Eep! A boy!"
"Like, get OUT, pervert!"
"You are NOT allowed in here! This is FEMALE territory!"
"…" Gonine ignore them when he saw Sapphire in the corner of the room. He made his way towards her.
"Hel-lo!" the girls frowned.
"Are you even listening?!"
"Who ARE you?"
"…" Gonine stopped in front of her. "… Hey, Sapph." He said.
"Gonine…?" Sapphire raised her head to look at him. "What are you doing here?"
"Wanna dance?" he asked her.
"What?"
"I said do you want to dance."
"Yeah, I know." Sapphire replied. "I mean… look at me! My make-up's all smeared. I look a state…"
"You're beautiful." Gonine smiled. "You always have been."
"…" Sapphire was speechless. "… Thank you." Was all she could think to say.
"Heh." Gonine uttered. He held out his hand to her. "So what do you say?"
"… Maybe I won't go home just yet." Sapphire smiled, and took his hand. Gonine led her out of the room.
"Yeah, that's right!" the girls growled.
"Get outta here!"
~

"I'll make a wish for you,
And hope it will come true,
That life will just be kind,
To such a gentle mind,
If you lose your way,
Think back on yesterday,
Remember me this way,
Remember me this way,"

Gonine walked her onto the dance floor, neither of them saying a word. He turned to face her, and put his arms around her. Sapphire felt sort of warm as they started to dance.
~

"So where are you from?" the boy asked Lara.
"Ah, I am from Germany."
"Germany, huh? You've travelled a long way." He said. "I'm Matt, by the way."
"Lara." Lara introduced herself.
"Lara… that's a pretty name."
"And Matt is how you say… easy to pronounce."
"Easy to pronounce?" Matt laughed.
"Is no good?" Lara asked. "I'm sorry, is my first time speaking English."
"No, it's okay." Matt replied. "I think it's cute."
"… Thank you." Lara smiled. Matt smiled back.
"You're welcome."
"… I think I am… how you say…" Lara began.
"Tired?" Matt guessed.
"In love."
"…Oh…" Matt stared at her. "I… Really?"
"Yes." Lara nodded.
"… Yeah…" Matt said. "… Me too."
~

"I don't need eyes to see,
The love you bring to me,
No matter where I go,
And I know that you'll be there,
For ever more a part of me you're everywhere,
I'll always care,"

"You're a great dancer." Gonine said to her.
"It's funny…" Sapphire mumbled. "I'm not nervous when I'm with you."
"Me neither." Gonine replied.

"I'll make a wish for you,
And hope it will come true,
That life will just be kind,
To such a gentle mind,
If you lose your way,
Think back on yesterday,
Remember me this way,
Remember me this way,"

"Sapphire…" Gonine began.
"Yes, Gonine?"
"…" He lifted her chin up to look into her eyes. "I'm really glad you're my prom date."
"… Me too." Sapphire smiled.
"Sapph,"
"Yeah?"
"… I'm in love with you." He said.
"… Me too."
Gonine gave a small smile, and tenderly kissed her. Sapphire's heart melted as he did so. Now this… this was love.

"And I'll be right behind your shoulder watching you,
I'll be standing by your side in all you do,
And I won't ever leave as long as you believe,
You just believe,

I'll make a wish for you,
And hope it will come true,
That life will just be kind,
To such a gentle mind,
And if you lose your way,
Think back on yesterday,
Remember me this way,
Remember me this way."

The End

The song, "Remember Me this Way" by Jordan Hill.
Others songs featured:
"Stupid Cupid" by Mandy Moore
"The He Kissed Me" by The Crystals
"It's Raining on Prom Night" by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes