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Disclaimer: Meg Cabot owns all characters except for Deano.
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"So, Mia," Michael started during G&T. "It's Friday, are you doing anything with Tina tonight?"
Mia looked up from her Algebra notebook. "Um, no…"
"Good," Michael interrupted her answer. He was talking fast and he knew it. But he just had to get it out, he just had to ask her. "Because I'm not busy, so if you're not busy, maybe we should do something together. There's no point in both of is being bored at home, right?"
Mia took a second to register what exactly Michael was saying. Was this like a date?
"Oh, um…I can't," she managed to mumble.
"Oh…" His face dropped.
"Sorry. It's just, I sort of told Kenny I'd see a movie with him tonight…"
"Kenny?" Michael repeated. "Kenny Showalter?"
"Yeah. He's my Biology lab partner."
"I see. Well, it's no problem. I'll just ask another friend if they want to hang out. Ok, so what's the next question?"
He quickly changed the subject back to her Algebra, highly embarrassed.
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"So how'd it go?" Dean asked Michael as soon as he sat down in the Psychology room, their last class for the day. "Did you ask her out yet?'
"Yes," Michael replied reluctantly. "But she shot me down. She's dating Kenny Showalter."
Dean couldn't help but laugh. "I know!"
"What?" Michael cried. "You KNEW and you told me to ask her out?"
"Of course I knew! Do you really think I'd give you my permission to DATE my SISTER? Hell no! I just had to teach you a lesson, Moscovitz. Did you learn your lesson?"
"I guess so," Michael mumbled, feeling a fool. He'd known it was too good to be true. "So are you going to put the hard word on Kenny? Teach him a lesson?"
"Showalter? Nah, it won't last. She's only dating him because she feels obligated to since he always does her homework. And plus, I hardly doubt he'll make a move on her."
Michael thought about it for a minute. She's only going out with him because he helps her study, but what about all the times Michael had helped her in G&T? But he pushed those thoughts out of his head. Even if Dean would let him date her, he didn't want it to be because she felt obliged to. He wanted it to be because she wanted to.
"So you're going to move on from my unattainable sister?"
"Absolutely," Michael replied instantly. Even if Dean wasn't forbidding it, that incident had been embarrassing enough to put him off asking her out forever. Who gets shot down for Kenny Showalter???
"Good. Now will you let me set you up with one of Molly's friends?" Dean pushed.
"Why not?" Michael thought.
"Who've you got in mind?" he asked out loud.
"Excellent," Dean responded, rubbing his hands together, Mr. Burns style.
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At the end of Mia and Kenny's date that night, he moved in to kiss her and she panicked.
She'd spent the whole night keeping her hand away from his, so he couldn't grab it and hold it, getting the idea that she liked him back, and now he was moving in for the kill.
Without thinking, she moved her head and all he got was her cheek, along with a mouthful of hair.
Kenny, slightly surprised by her reluctance, said, "Well, goodnight, Mia. Tonight was fun, we should do it again sometime."
Mia had prepared herself for this question. She'd already decided that she would cut things off with Kenny before they began. Just in case Michael still wanted to hang out. Just as friends of course.
So she couldn't believe her own ears when she heard herself say, "Sure, Kenny." Because THAT certainly wasn't what she'd intended to say.
"Great!" Kenny beamed at her as she slowly backed away, watching her enter the Loft.
As soon as she'd shut the door behind her, she collapsed against it and shuddered.
"Everything ok?' she heard a female voice ask.
Looking up, she saw Dean and Molly sitting closely on the couch. She'd obviously just interrupted something since the TV wasn't even on.
"Yeah, fine," Mia lied. "I'll leave you guys alone. I'll be in my room."
Mia sat down at her computer and was relieved to see Tina online.
FtLouie: Urgh.
ILuvRomance: What's up? How was the date?
FtLouie: Not so good.
ILuvRomance: Oh well. So you told him you just want to be friends, right?
FtLouie: Not exactly…
ILuvRomance: Mia! I thought you were going to end it before it became something!
FtLouie: I know! I thought so too! I don't even know why I said I'd like to see him again sometime, it just came out.
ILuvRomance: So what are you going to do?
FtLouie: I don't know. Move to Mexico?
ILuvRomance: Ha ha.
FtLouie: Well I guess I can kiss going out with Michael goodbye.
ILuvRomance: Michael? What?
FtLouie: Oh, I didn't tell you. Well, Michael asked me if I wanted to hang out with him tonight if I wasn't busy. He said it was only as friends though.
ILuvRomance: Since when do you like Michael?
FtLouie: I dunno. I don't, I guess. But I'd rather go out with him than Kenny.
ILuvRomance: Duh. Michael is hot. You two would make a cute couple actually.
FtLouie: Well he only asked me out as a friend anyway. He said there was no point in us both being at home alone.
ILuvRomance: Still, maybe that was his way of getting to spend time with you. He probably didn't want to just come out and ask you out. What would Dean say?
FtLouie: Oh God, I didn't even think about Dean. Oh well, I guess it's a good thing nothing will happen then.
The computer beeped and Mia looked at her buddylist, someone had just signed in: CracKing.
CracKing: Hey, Little Thermopolis. How was your hot date?
FtLouie: Meh.
CracKing: What's that supposed to mean?
FtLouie: I dunno. It was just kind of a bust.
CracKing: Really?
FtLouie: Yeah. I guess he just isn't my type.
CracKing: So what is your type then?
FtLouie: Oh, you know, tall, dark and handsome. But he has to be smart too. And be able to make me laugh. I guess I just want the whole package; the perfect guy. But I think I'll be waiting a long time for him to come along.
CracKing: Why's that?
FtLouie: Because perfect guys don't just grow on trees.
CracKing: Yeah, but they are out there, Little Thermopolis. One day your prince will come.
FtLouie: Ha ha. God, I hope I don't have to marry a stuck up prince.
CracKing: I'm sure you can marry whoever you want to. This isn't the middle ages, Mia. But just so long as Dean approves of him. He's very protective of his little sister.
FtLouie: I'm not little!
CracKing: Yeah, but he still worries about you.
FtLouie: Well he shouldn't. I can look after myself.
CracKing: But it's still good to know he's out there looking out for you though. And I am too. Don't worry, we'll keep Showalter in line.
FtLouie: Ha ha, you may need to. I've got to go now, I'll talk to you later.
Mia signed off leaving Michael wondering what she meant by her last comment. Michael decided he'd keep an extra close eye on Kenny from now on.
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"So, Mia," Michael started during G&T. "It's Friday, are you doing anything with Tina tonight?"
Mia looked up from her Algebra notebook. "Um, no…"
"Good," Michael interrupted her answer. He was talking fast and he knew it. But he just had to get it out, he just had to ask her. "Because I'm not busy, so if you're not busy, maybe we should do something together. There's no point in both of is being bored at home, right?"
Mia took a second to register what exactly Michael was saying. Was this like a date?
"Oh, um…I can't," she managed to mumble.
"Oh…" His face dropped.
"Sorry. It's just, I sort of told Kenny I'd see a movie with him tonight…"
"Kenny?" Michael repeated. "Kenny Showalter?"
"Yeah. He's my Biology lab partner."
"I see. Well, it's no problem. I'll just ask another friend if they want to hang out. Ok, so what's the next question?"
He quickly changed the subject back to her Algebra, highly embarrassed.
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"So how'd it go?" Dean asked Michael as soon as he sat down in the Psychology room, their last class for the day. "Did you ask her out yet?'
"Yes," Michael replied reluctantly. "But she shot me down. She's dating Kenny Showalter."
Dean couldn't help but laugh. "I know!"
"What?" Michael cried. "You KNEW and you told me to ask her out?"
"Of course I knew! Do you really think I'd give you my permission to DATE my SISTER? Hell no! I just had to teach you a lesson, Moscovitz. Did you learn your lesson?"
"I guess so," Michael mumbled, feeling a fool. He'd known it was too good to be true. "So are you going to put the hard word on Kenny? Teach him a lesson?"
"Showalter? Nah, it won't last. She's only dating him because she feels obligated to since he always does her homework. And plus, I hardly doubt he'll make a move on her."
Michael thought about it for a minute. She's only going out with him because he helps her study, but what about all the times Michael had helped her in G&T? But he pushed those thoughts out of his head. Even if Dean would let him date her, he didn't want it to be because she felt obliged to. He wanted it to be because she wanted to.
"So you're going to move on from my unattainable sister?"
"Absolutely," Michael replied instantly. Even if Dean wasn't forbidding it, that incident had been embarrassing enough to put him off asking her out forever. Who gets shot down for Kenny Showalter???
"Good. Now will you let me set you up with one of Molly's friends?" Dean pushed.
"Why not?" Michael thought.
"Who've you got in mind?" he asked out loud.
"Excellent," Dean responded, rubbing his hands together, Mr. Burns style.
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At the end of Mia and Kenny's date that night, he moved in to kiss her and she panicked.
She'd spent the whole night keeping her hand away from his, so he couldn't grab it and hold it, getting the idea that she liked him back, and now he was moving in for the kill.
Without thinking, she moved her head and all he got was her cheek, along with a mouthful of hair.
Kenny, slightly surprised by her reluctance, said, "Well, goodnight, Mia. Tonight was fun, we should do it again sometime."
Mia had prepared herself for this question. She'd already decided that she would cut things off with Kenny before they began. Just in case Michael still wanted to hang out. Just as friends of course.
So she couldn't believe her own ears when she heard herself say, "Sure, Kenny." Because THAT certainly wasn't what she'd intended to say.
"Great!" Kenny beamed at her as she slowly backed away, watching her enter the Loft.
As soon as she'd shut the door behind her, she collapsed against it and shuddered.
"Everything ok?' she heard a female voice ask.
Looking up, she saw Dean and Molly sitting closely on the couch. She'd obviously just interrupted something since the TV wasn't even on.
"Yeah, fine," Mia lied. "I'll leave you guys alone. I'll be in my room."
Mia sat down at her computer and was relieved to see Tina online.
FtLouie: Urgh.
ILuvRomance: What's up? How was the date?
FtLouie: Not so good.
ILuvRomance: Oh well. So you told him you just want to be friends, right?
FtLouie: Not exactly…
ILuvRomance: Mia! I thought you were going to end it before it became something!
FtLouie: I know! I thought so too! I don't even know why I said I'd like to see him again sometime, it just came out.
ILuvRomance: So what are you going to do?
FtLouie: I don't know. Move to Mexico?
ILuvRomance: Ha ha.
FtLouie: Well I guess I can kiss going out with Michael goodbye.
ILuvRomance: Michael? What?
FtLouie: Oh, I didn't tell you. Well, Michael asked me if I wanted to hang out with him tonight if I wasn't busy. He said it was only as friends though.
ILuvRomance: Since when do you like Michael?
FtLouie: I dunno. I don't, I guess. But I'd rather go out with him than Kenny.
ILuvRomance: Duh. Michael is hot. You two would make a cute couple actually.
FtLouie: Well he only asked me out as a friend anyway. He said there was no point in us both being at home alone.
ILuvRomance: Still, maybe that was his way of getting to spend time with you. He probably didn't want to just come out and ask you out. What would Dean say?
FtLouie: Oh God, I didn't even think about Dean. Oh well, I guess it's a good thing nothing will happen then.
The computer beeped and Mia looked at her buddylist, someone had just signed in: CracKing.
CracKing: Hey, Little Thermopolis. How was your hot date?
FtLouie: Meh.
CracKing: What's that supposed to mean?
FtLouie: I dunno. It was just kind of a bust.
CracKing: Really?
FtLouie: Yeah. I guess he just isn't my type.
CracKing: So what is your type then?
FtLouie: Oh, you know, tall, dark and handsome. But he has to be smart too. And be able to make me laugh. I guess I just want the whole package; the perfect guy. But I think I'll be waiting a long time for him to come along.
CracKing: Why's that?
FtLouie: Because perfect guys don't just grow on trees.
CracKing: Yeah, but they are out there, Little Thermopolis. One day your prince will come.
FtLouie: Ha ha. God, I hope I don't have to marry a stuck up prince.
CracKing: I'm sure you can marry whoever you want to. This isn't the middle ages, Mia. But just so long as Dean approves of him. He's very protective of his little sister.
FtLouie: I'm not little!
CracKing: Yeah, but he still worries about you.
FtLouie: Well he shouldn't. I can look after myself.
CracKing: But it's still good to know he's out there looking out for you though. And I am too. Don't worry, we'll keep Showalter in line.
FtLouie: Ha ha, you may need to. I've got to go now, I'll talk to you later.
Mia signed off leaving Michael wondering what she meant by her last comment. Michael decided he'd keep an extra close eye on Kenny from now on.
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