It was the night of the Halloween dance, and, despite the fact that she didn't have a date, Keely knew she had to go, mainly because she had promised to help Pim get Candida.
It took Pim a while to find Keely. Mainly because Keely wasn't in her usual vibrant colors. She was wearing a black dress, with a bit of red in the bottom. She also wore a black hat, with a black veil draped over her face, and black ballet shoes. "Hey, Pim," she greeted. "So where's Gerard."
"Surgically attached to Candida's arm," Pim replied, pointing him out. "Just attack when he's away from her…"
Keely waited for an opportune moment to distract Gerard.
Meanwhile, Phil stood across the room, looking at Keely occasionally. Bonnie walked up next to him. "Are you going to talk to her at all?" she asked.
"She'll just ignore me," Phil said. "It isn't the time or the place… maybe afterwards or something…"
Bonnie rolled her eyes. "She's waiting," she muttered, but Phil didn't hear. Eventually, she scoffed and walked away.
Eventually, Candida left to her own friends, and Keely began to talk to Gerard.
Pim saw her opportunity, and began to sneak up on Candida.
"No way!" one of the Fashion Zombies squealed, and pushed Candida a bit. Candida wouldn't have stumbled if she hadn't tripped over somebody's foot. Instead, she staggered backwards straight into Pim.
Pim fell back at the most unfortunate of moments. A cake for the party, which looked like a painted wedding cake, was passing by, and she fell straight into it, getting covered in frosting. The Fashion Zombies started laughing.
"Candida!" Pim shouted. "You will pay for this!" Somebody began to push the table into the kitchen, with Pim still on top of it, lying on the remains of the cake.
Phil watched Keely and Gerard, glaring at the two. Owen didn't let this go unnoticed. "Dude!" he said, "when are you going to ask her out?"
"Why bother? She hates me," Phil replied.
"She couldn't hate you," Owen said. "She's just mad that you're ignoring her!"
Phil sighed. Even if he was ignoring her, he couldn't just ask her out now. She was talking to Gerard…
Gerard…
Candida's boyfriend.
Maybe she wasn't flirting.
Maybe there was still hope…
Maybe was waiting…
Waiting for him…
Waiting to return home