A/N: wow, this must be a record, I have written three chapters of a story, THREE, usually I have lost interest by now...thank you Liz for bugging me into continuing this...besides, I have the ending planned out, so I can't give up :P
"What am I doing again?" Harley asked for the umpteenth this evening, Kathy just sighed and sent her a comforting smile
"You are going to the dance with JD and I am here to make you pretty" poor Kathy, she must be insane, taking that job
X
They were sitting on Harley's bed, Kathy doing something to her unruly hair that made her squirm occasionally
"Be still, or you're gonna end up looking scruffier than before…if that's possible"
"Oh, har har"
X
Two painful and frustrating hours later, Harley stood in all her newfound glory in front of the mirror, mouth agape that the sight that greeted her eyes. In place of the dusty old Harley, there stood a beautiful coach, her dress was black, cut in an almost medieval style and fitted her frame perfectly, in place of her usual green collar there was a large black choker, and most of her hair had been put up in tiny buns, tied up with a black ribbon, the rest cascaded down her shoulders, reaching down to her waist.
"Wow, Kathy…you are a miracle worker"
"I know" the library coach smiled brightly, her own curly hair tied back, though leaving a few locks to frame her pretty face, she was wearing a plain cream colored dress that underlined her slender frame prettily
"I have a feeling a certain Caboose will be quite knocked of his feet" she winked at Harley, who blushed
"It's not like that; we're just going as friends…I don't like him like that"
"Yeah, aha" Kathy laughed, then let out a 'oomph' as she got a faceful of pillow
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Why was she doing this again? It baffled her, she wasn't one for fancy dances, nope, not her…but Max would be there…with Lena, she made a face, stupid pretty, first class coaches…
"Harley, dear, please relax…sit down" Oma appeared in the doorway, looking at her with a half smile
"It's all going to be fine, and you look beautiful" Harley sent her a smile
"Yeah, I'm just stressing…all this fancy dance thing is new to me" she let out a small laugh
"Well, you better get used to it then, I know I'd like to see you all dressed up like this more often"
X
The school's gym had been decorated prettily…or at least that was most people's opinion…all but Harley…
The gym was…PINK
Pink ribbons, pink flowers…hell, even the punch was pink…god, who hired the decorators, they must be colorblind, somebody fire them!
She looked around as she entered, her eyes seeking a certain red caboose, the dance floor was filled with people, and even more were lined up against the wall
"Hey Harley, over here!" someone called. She turned to see Kathy waving to her like mad, skating towards her, with Stefan right behind her, the reddish steamer looked slightly out of place there, but he waved 'hello' to her anyway
"Isn't he here yet?" Kathy asked, referring to JD. Harley shook her head, letting out a small sigh.
At that moment the doors opened and in skated the engine of her dreams, she almost swooned; too bad he had Lena hanging off his arm, wearing a hot pink, very short and very revealing dress, Harley almost gagged at the smugness on her face. She glanced back at Stefan, he was all but drooling at the sight…stupid engines…Kathy noticed and quickly hurried to drag her man to the dance floor, sending Harley a reassuring smile as she left, she smiled back, her eyes following Max and his date wistfully…he didn't notice her…not that she expected him to…
A hand on her shoulder stopped her thoughts
"Hello, waiting for me?"
She turned; it was JD, looking handsome as ever, his frame was clean, the red color beautifully bright, his curly black hair tied back with a ruby ribbon and he was smiling gently at her
"You…you're looking beautiful" he told her, looking her over, then he reached out and touched her hair "nice change"
She blushed and suddenly found her skates quite interesting
"Yourlookinggoodtoo" she blurted out…why was she feeling embarrassed, this was JD, her friend, her best friend
"Pardon?" he grinned at her
"I said, you're looking good too" she repeated more slowly, he just laughed…
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The evening passed pleasantly enough, if not counted the comment she got from Lena on her dress
"What's this, robbed yourgrandma's attic?"
"Heh, at least I didn't arrive in my underwear" If Max hadn't been standing there she was sure Lena would have attacked her or something, actually, Harley would have preferred that to the sight that greeted her eyes in the next slow song
"it's disgusting" she said with a sneer, Lena was all but humping Max's leg, and it looked quite wrong when that tiny little dress drove up to reveal parts of her body that almost made Harley sick to the stomach
"Hey, if it's that bad…don't look" a soft voice spoke beside her, and JD took her arm
She smiled at him
"Sorry, I just really dislike that girl"
"And you hate it that she got your guy"
"He's not my guy"
"You want him to be"
"I…I guess"
"Hmmm…let's dance" he grinned at her
"I don't dance" she shook her head, but he'd hear nothing of it, just took her arm and led her to the dance floor.
It went okay at first and she didn'ttread on anyone's wheels, which was a good thing, she still felt a little silly, but to her surprise, JD actually could dance
"You're just full of surprises tonight" she sent him a grin and he laughed
Then the song ended and the band started a new one…this time it was slow, damn…now things went awkward, she made to exit the dance floor, but he stopped her, taking her hand and pulling her towards him, she was slightly startled, but quickly relaxed, wrapping her arms loosely around his neck, his arms around her waist…it sort of surprised her how…un-awkward this felt
It got her thinking, why wasn't she attracted to JD, he was nice…she looked up at him, he was good looking, she couldn't deny that, with his dark curls and brown eyes, she bet that If he were an engine he'd have all the coaches over him.
The longer she pondered on this subject the more it made sense to her, besides, according to Kathy, he liked her…as in attracted to her…it baffled her though…
"Harley…" he suddenly whispered
"Yes?" she looked up at him, their eyes meeting
"You really do look beautiful tonight…"
"Thank you"
After that, things happened naturally; he leaned down, their lips meeting in a silent kiss
Harley's first kiss
She closed her eyes and felt it…
…
…nothing
This didn't feel right, where were the fireworks? The pleasant tingles Kathy had told her about? The funny feeling in the pit of her stomach?…she felt nothing.
She pulled away, opening her eyes to look at him, his eyes told her everything
He felt the same
Apparently they were not meant to be together like that
"No?" he asked simply
"No" she confirmed with a small smile
He sent he a smile back
And the dance continued…
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