Neal bolted out the door and ran down the hallways. His feet caught on the top step of a spiral staircase and he tumbled down the hall letting out curses all the way down.

"What the hell!" Kel yelled as she poked her head out of the door. "Neal! What are you doing?"

"Fell….Stairs…Cant breath…" Neal panted and looked up slowly. His jaw dropped as he saw his best friend walk toward him. Her straight purple gown clung to her nicely shaped form as she walked toward him. He stood up, mouth continuing to hang open.

"Stop staring." She bumped his mouth closed and rolled her eyes at him. "Would you help me with something?"

Neal followed and for once, he had caught himself looking at Kel's body. I'm checking her out! I can't believe I am checking out my best friend! He shook his head and followed Kel into the room. She pulled the clip from her hair as it cascaded to her shoulders.

"Alright, we know I've been growing out my hair. Does it look good down or should I put it back up?"

"N…n…n…no." Neal gulped, pinched his arm and continued. "Unless you would rather have it up? Personally I don't care, it isn't my hair."

"Very helpful." She said turning to her mirror.

"Don't roll your eyes at me young lady." Neal moved over to a shelf where she kept her cats and began to toy with them. "Is there a reason why you are so spiffed up?" he asked as he wiggled his eyebrows at her.

"Its midsummer and I thought that I should dress up. Why? Is there something wrong with it?" Kel looked herself up and down with a concerned face.

"No nothing's wrong, its just you look extremely nice."

"Are you being sarcastic?"

"I don't think so"

"Well then thank you." Kel sat and made a sad attempt at putting on a heeled shoe, trying to wind the leather strands around her ankles. Stifling a chuckle Neal kneeled next to his friend and helped her put the finishing touches on her ensemble and helping her up"

"Shall I escort you to the dining hall my fair lady?" Neal angled out his arm towards Kel.

"No I can do it myself." She straightened her posture and took a step forward, stumbling into Neal's arms. "On second thought, maybe and escort would be nice."

Neal shook his head at her as they made their way up to the dining hall.

"Blue? No how bout green? Purple? How hard is it to pick out a vest?" Dom screamed at the closet that he was immersed in, slamming his hands on the door.

"Helllooo Sergeant!" A voice called from the door. Dom turned around to see The Lioness in the doorway. "Do we have a hot date tonight?" Alanna winked.

"No I just decided to actually look nice for once. If I knew it was this hard I would have quit years ago." Exhausted, Dom slumped down in the chair next to the wardrobe.

"Seems you just need a woman's touch."

"Well then it seems I'm out of luck." He smiled up at Alanna and continued, "Any help here would be hot though."

Alanna kicked his foot and pulled out the emerald vest from the closet. "You see how the embroidery on your pants is green?" She grabbed his shoulders and brought him to a standing position and turning his back to her. "Arms out!" She slipped the vest on and smoothed out the shoulders as he buttoned the brass clasps.

Dom looked over himself in the mirror and whistled at his reflection.

"Well Dom, shall we go so I do not begin to eat my arm?" Dom held out his elbow, leading Alanna out the door.

A/N - Ducks behind wall to avoid flying rocks Yeah I know I haven't updated in a long, long, long, long, long, long…well yeah u get the point. I'm sorry just been a bit busy…im going to try and get the next chapter up as soon as I can so just bear with me for right now.