Chapter 6

The next couple of days went quickly and soon enough it was Saturday. Josie couldn't take her mind off what M/Marshall had said before he left. Did that mean that Lucas did still like her? Because both Marshalls had felt the same way about Corrine so maybe that meant that Lucas did actually like her. These thoughts consumed every waking hour of her day and Lucas even made much appreciated appearances in her dreams….

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"Dude, I think we should start getting ready now" Marshall told Lucas after their 8th game of foozeball

"But we still have an hour and a half" Lucas said confused

"I know but I just want to look….nice" Marshall replied while blushing

"OK pretty boy let's go" Lucas laughed

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"Ok, ready!" Corrine squealed excitedly

"Wow, Corrine" Josie exclaimed, "you look really good"

Corrine was wearing a dark red, satin, strapless dress that hung loose just above her ankles. Her hair was softly crimped and half up, half down.

"Not as good as you" Corrine stated

"Right…let's go they'll be waiting" Josie said

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"Wow!" Marshall gasped as Corrine came up to him just outside the school, where limo shuttles were running down too the destination

"Thank you" Corrine said as she gave him a quick kiss as he presented her with a rose

"Where Josie?" Vaughn asked

"Coming, she had a little shoe problem, she's not really good with heels" Corrine laughed

"Right" Vaughn replied "you guys go on, we'll see you there later" he said as he turned to go find his date.

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The Elliot Manor was a huge old house just down the road from Blake Holsey. The giant ballroom looked like something out of a dream, the marble floor was crowded with students dancing, the high ceilings were littered with balloons and streamers. Marshall and Corrine spotted Lucas standing alone near the punch bowl.

"Hey buddy, where's Katie?" Marshall asked

"Over there" Lucas pointed "talking with her friends"

"I'm sorry Lucas" Corrine said sympathetically

"For what? she's a dull as a doorknob, it was like talking to a wall" Lucas laughed but then stopped, as he had just seen Josie standing at the top of the stairs.

She was almost unrecognizable, her dress was an emerald green classic ball gown and the top had a pattern of flowers made of brown ribbon, the sleeves gracefully rested on the sides of her shoulders, a belt made of the same, green material was joined near her belly button by a small, fake emerald, the bottom flowed all the way to the floor, just revealing the sparkly brown high heels on her feet when she walked. Her hair was curled and clipped back by a hair clip on both sides. The way she walked down the stairs was very Cinderella like. As she approached them Lucas and Marshall had to close their mouths.

"Hey guys" Josie blushed

"Hey Josie, where's Vaughn?" Corrine asked

"Probably out back with Madison and the rest of the football team getting drunk" Josie said casually "he invited me but I really didn't want to spend anymore time with him than was absolutely necessary" she sighed.

"So, wait" Lucas started "you don't like Vaughn?"

Josie shook her head "Not really"

Lucas brightened up

"I love this song!" Corrine suddenly gasped "Marshall let's dance" she ordered and ushered him away as she whispered in Josie's ear "By the way, Lucas's date was a bust-he's all yours"

Josie laughed silently "So, where's your date Lucas?"

"Don't know, don't care," he said as he stood there awkwardly

"Oh, wanna dance?" Josie blurted out

"Yes" Lucas said as he tried not to sound over-eager

They walked out into the middle of the room and started dancing. Then almost on cue the song changed to a slow, sweet ballard. Josie smiled and slowly put her arms around Lucas's neck. He smiled back and put his arms around her waist. After a while Josie rested her head on his chest. Lucas all of a sudden was very tense but he soon relaxed and enjoyed the moment.

"This is nice" Josie murmured

"Yeah it is" Lucas replied quietly

"Lucas" Josie stuck her head up "why did you ask Katie to the ball?"

"Honestly, because I thought that I didn't have a shot with you so Marshall said I should ask someone else"

"And you listened to him?"

"Yes"

Josie laughed, "Well that was very stupid". Then she stood on tiptoes and kissed him on the lips, "because I would have said yes" she whispered in his ear.

Lucas's grin spread right across his face. He had finally got the girl of his dreams.

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A/N- PLZ give me tips on how to make this chapter better because I'm not really happy with it :-(. Thanks for the other reviews though, you guys are AWSOME!