Chapter Four:

The next day, everyone had to dress formally for a party the Freddy's
parents, were throwing for the band at their country club. It made
Jade sick, that she had to wear a dress, she hated dresses AND formal
events. She was planning on running off and hiding somewhere, but
couldn't because her mother was bugging her all day about how she was going to make her look "beautiful"...so, Marta is using Jade as her make-up doll:

"Mom, please..Don't make me go to this..Party..Help me save what's
left of my dignity" Jade said
"Honey..You lost what was left of your dignity a long time ago"
Marta said, sarcastically
"Shut up" Jade said, almost laughing

"At least she go to pick the dress" Jade thought
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Matt was going to do it..He was going to ask Jade to the party. He
knew he didn't have to take a date, but he really wanted to take Jade,
so he dressed up in a suit...wow, Matt Mooneyham in a suit..

When the time came to meet everyone, outside Dewey's apartment
building, Matt couldn't find Jade. But, he did see a girl..The most
beautiful girl he had ever seen...then He though "Oh my, God..That's
Jade!" She looked amazing..She was wearing a black-and-red dress that stopped about a inch above her knees, her hair was waved. Matt walked over to her and just stared.

"What?" Jade asked
"Nothing..Um..I was wondering if..Maybe..You'd be my date..To the
party?" Matt asked, stuttering
"Really? Yeah, definitely" Jade said, smiling

Jade took Matt's hand and they walked to Freddy and Marta's car.
Freddy looked at them strangely.

"Dad, Matt's riding with us" Jade said
"um..Why?" Freddy asked
"He's my date" Jade said
"What she said" Matt said
"Ok" Freddy said, hesitantly

Freddy felt very strange with Matt in the car..."Jade's too young to
date" he thought, but let it slide. He didn't want Jade pissed off at
him. When they all got to and into where the party was, they sat
down, waiting for someone to say what they should do first:

"We could sing karaoke" Alicia said, everyone agreed, and walked over
to where the DJ's karaoke stand was
"Who wants to go first?" Zack asked "cause I'm not"
"I will" Jade said

Jade picked "Black Velvet" and sang it flawlessly. Marta was shocked
at how good her daughter was, she had never heard her sing like that.
Everyone clapped and cheered.

"I can't believe you're just a good singer..Just like your Mom" Katie
said
"Thank you" Jade said
"Ok..Let's put on some slow jams" The DJ said

The DJ put on "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx. Everybody who was married got up and started slow dancing. Matt nevously walked over to Jade and grabbed her hand.

"Can I have this dance?" Matt asked, quickly, still nervous
"Yeah" Jade said, smiling widely

They walked out onto the dance floor and started to slow dance.

Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain
If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Jade and Matt felt like they were the only people in the room, they
were floating on air. Jade started singing.

"Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for
you, whatever it takes or how my heart breaks, I will be right here
waiting for you, I took for granted, all the times that I thought
would last somehow, I hear the laughter, I taste the tears but I
can't get near you now, oh, can't you see it baby you've got me goin'
crazy" Jade sang

They kept dancing, even though the song had stopped. Freddy was the
one who ripped them out of their own little paradise together, and
back to the real world.

"Jade...Jade...Jade!" Freddy yelled
"What?" Jade snapped
"The song's over" Freddy said, Jade blushed
"Oh..Sorry, Dad" Jade said, Freddy smiled. Jade had actually said the
word "Sorry"
"It's ok" Freddy said, walking back to Marta

Jade was not acting like her self anymore, she felt..Different. She
was feeling something new..She didn't know what though. All she knew was, that when she was dancing with Matt, it felt like all time
stopped and they were the only things moving while everything else
was frozen ice. Matt felt the same way, Jade was starting to scare
herself, she had never felt like this about a guy before. But, the
thing that freaked her out more was that..She liked the feeling.