"Please Rae?"

"No."

"Please!" I put on my best begging face. She looked at me and sighed.

"Your not going to let this go, are you."

"Not until I get my way!" I said cheerfully.

"So, if I am to understand you correctly," Starfire said, inspecting the dresses, "The Powerpuff Girls are mutant children who save their city?"

"Yeah."

"I fail to see how kindergartners could survive under those circumstances," Star said doubtfully.

"Its just a show," I explained, "Its not real."

"Oh!"

"So," I said professionally, "I'm Bubbles. Star? Your Blossom. And Ravens Buttercup. It works." I tried to hand Raven her dress. She arched one eyebrow.

"You can't be serious." I just smiled... a kind of scary smile.

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"How did you talk me into this?" Raven asked, keeping to the shadows, so no one could see her in the dress, as we walked up to the building.

"Naomi promised to do the chores you most despise for a months time," Starfire said helpfully. I just couldn't stop smiling, my most favorite people in the world were with me, and we were going to a dance party. The guys were there too; Cyborg was dressed up as Gizmo, which was really quite funny. Cyborg HATES Gizmo, and his impersonation of the little shrimp was amusing, especially when he imitates Gizzys high squeaky voice. Robin was dressed as... Robin. Which I had earlier pointed out, was scary enough. And Beastboy was just plain adorable, he was dressed as a little caveman. He looked so much more intelligent than usual.

"Someone from The Gothic will see me here," Raven complained.

"No they wont," I said confidently, "Especially if you smiled or laughed or something. She turned and faced me.

"Ha," she said lamely.

"Woh! Star, who IS that complete stranger walking with us?!?" I asked. Raven rolled her eyes as we walked up to the doors of the building where the dance was being held.

"Lets get this over with," She sighed.

"Yay!" said Star happily. I felt the same thrill I always get when I enter a huge room, packed with teens, and ear splitting music. I felt like dancing. I used to go to dances all the time back home, so I felt comfortable, but the others don't gone to dances very often so they looked kind of out of place. I let my body melt into the rhythm of the music; every movement I made was to the music. I laughed giddily and grabbed Starfires hand,

"Come on Star! I'll show you!" I yelled over they music. After a few minutes of practicing, Star was a pro.

I smiled as we danced to the fast music nonstop for almost an hour. I was having so much fun; you could imagine my disappointment when the band struck up a slow tune.

"No!! Not a slow song!" I groaned as every couple in the dance put their arms around each other and swayed to the music.

"Naomi? I am unsure of how to dance to this kind of music," Starfire said looking concerned.

"Here," I said pushing her into Robins arms, "Robin will show you." Wow! I had no idea wonder boys face could turn such a majestic shade of red. I smiled as I watched Star and Robin have a dance away from the rest of the team. I looked around to see that Raven had disappeared, probably to blend in with the shadows so no one could see her. So... just BB, Cy, and Naomi I thought as I looked over to them. I snorted at Beastboys pathetic attempts to break dance.

"Wow BB! I never knew you could spin on your ass like that!" I exclaimed.

"Hellooooo! Its called break dancing!" Beastboy said, putting on an attitude. Then his face brightened, "Wait!! You haven't seen my moon walk yet!" This is really nice, I thought, hardly anyone recognizes me because in not in my usual uniform.

"Watch Naomi!!" But before I could watch, I saw a white halve cape flowing behind a white skirt trail past me out of the corner of my eye. Hey! Some dressed like me for Halloween! I turned my head to see who it was, but the person had melted into the crowd. I've gotta see who this is. I went in the direction where I had last seen the cape. I struggled through the crowd of rowdy teenagers, until I come out on the other side of the room.

"Hey guys!! Look at Ivan!" one male voice yelled.

"Ohhh! You look so sexy!" yelled another. I looked to the person wearing my uniform and my jaw dropped. A hot guy! A hot guy was wearing MY uniform! What a freak. The guy's friends were surrounding him laughing their asses off.

"Hey Ivan? Can I take you out for a date sometime?" ask one, pretending to hit on him.

"Ohhh, I don't know! Something tells me that you only like me for my sexy body." Ivan said pretending to be unsure.

"Awww, come on baby!" His friend said putting his arm on Ivans sholder.

"No!! I'm just... NOT LIKE THAT!!" Then they all cracked up. I smiled, this guy was obviously a fan of mine, and decided to dress up like me as a joke, just for kicks and giggles. I admired him; it takes a guy that's really comfortable with himself to do something like this. I had to say something to him. I pranced up to him and taped him on the shoulder.

"I like your outfit," I said smiling sweetly. He stared at me for a minute, and then he recognized me. He stood there with his mouth agape, like a fish, as his friends started laughing. I had to admit he was cute, his messy brown hair and green eyes were nice. I just stood there smiling as he started babbling an apology.

"I am SO sorry! I wasn't making fun of you I SWEAR!! Oh god... I am so SO sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry." I laughed, and took pity on him,

"Wanna dance?"

"Sure," he said looking dazed. I led him out on the dance floor, and the band struck up another slow tune. And I'm not going to lie to you, its REALLY weird to dance with a guy in a dress. MY dress!

"So," he said to break the silence as we swayed to the music, "What are you dressed up as exactly?"

"I'm Bubbles, cant you tell."

"No," he admitted truthfully. I smiled and slipped deeper into his arms. I started to forget that he was wearing a dress and just looked up into his bright green eyes. I started to notice how close our bodies were. He slipped his hands a little lower, so they were almost on my butt.

"Hey! Naomi?" A voice whispered in my ear, "Do you know that the guy you're dancing with is wearing a dress?"

"Yes, now go away Beastboy." He looked slightly hurt and stalked off to Cyborg and started whispering something to him. Ivan's friends were watching us dance and started yelling advice to Ivan about dancing.

"I haven't danced with many girls before," he explained sheepishly.

"Wow? Really? I don't see why not, you look absolutely stunning in that skirt." I said smiling. When the song ended I wanted to dance with him again, but I didn't want to look to easy, so I smiled and walked over to the others. I found Starfire and Robin holding hands, talking to Cy and Beastboy. Raven was still missing. I started chatting with them, not bringing up Ivan.

"Hey!" I turned around to see one of Ivan's friend, "Ivan wants to know if you'll dance with him again."

"Sure where is he?"

"Changing," he replied, "He told me to tell you that the next time you see him, he'll be wearing pants." I smiled, this guy was too weird. A few minutes later, I saw Ivan walking across the dance floor over to me, he bumping into almost everyone. What a dork. Thankfully, he was wearing jeans and a gray shirt this time. He offered me his hand and we walked out into the crowd of people, as the band struck up a fast tune.

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I have never had so much fun in my entire life! Ivan and I danced to almost every song together. Star had decided that Ivan's and my fate were in her hands, so she had gone strait up to the band and DEMANDED that they play a lot of slow songs for us. But as I had danced with Ivan, I couldn't help but notice the sour looks BB threw in Ivan's direction. Finally at 1:00 in the morning, the others had decided that they had had enough. I wanted to stay, but Beastboy practically dragged me out of there and was extremely rude to Ivan. BB was probably just tired. I did give Ivan my phone number before I left though.

So here we were in the T-car. For some reason I couldn't stop giggling like a loon. I clung to Stars arm and acted like a spaz.

"Awww, how cute" Cyborg said from behind the wheel, "Ickle Naomi had a boyfriend."

"Screw you Cyborg!" I said cheerfully.

"That guy was a fag," Beastboy said fiercely. I was a little taken back. What is little greens problem?

"Oh, the dress? That was just a joke." I said rushing to Ivan's defense. I sighed and leaned back farther into the seat. I couldn't stop thinking about Ivan.

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"Whose a good loppy? Who's a good boy? You are!" Crusty looked up at me with his beady little eyes.

"Uh, Naomi?" Raven said looking up from her book, "Are you sure you should be taking him out of the tank like that?"

"Oh course," I replied, "He needs his exercise."

"Right..."

"So," I said changing the subject, "YOU have a date with Seth tomorrow."

"If I must."

"And Raven?" I said cautiously, "How are you going to... deal with you powers?" She looked up at me surprised,

"Oh, I was just going to melt his brain if he tried something, then I wouldn't have to worry about a second date." God I hope she is kidding.

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"Bye you two!" I said happily as I shove Raven out the door, "Bring her back before curfew!" Then I slammed the door so she couldn't change her mind and come back in. Then I ran all over the tower locking all the doors and window.

"Uh, Nomi?" asked Cyborg, who was sitting on the sofa with Robin and Beastboy, "You know she could just telekinetically open the windows if she wanted to right?"

"So, what's your point?"

"Nomi?" asked Robin arching one eyebrow, "Is that her nickname?"

"Yeah! I'm Cyborgs Nomi homie!" I exclaimed as I did a gangster hand shake with my homie.

"Since when are you "gangster"? asked Robin smiling.

"Since I became down with the shizzle my rizzle." I replied. I glanced over to BB, expecting him to be smiling, but he wasn't. He was staring at the floor, determined not to look at me. I crawled over Robin to talk to the elf. I punched his arm playfully,

"Hey! What's wrong with my home dog?"

"Whatever," He said rolling his eyes.

"That homies lango is so wack!" I said, trying to get him to smile. He didn't say anything. He slipped off the sofa and walked out the door.

"What did I do?" I asked bewilderedly. Robin and Cyborg exchanged glanced, but didn't reply.

StArRy-ok, Next chapter is one of the most important chapters in my ENTIRE story. The dance chapter is stetting up the next chapter. So, review!!