I regret to reinform you, that I do not, I repeat DO NOT own RFR. Please, no suey Rally, J.T13, who ever I am right now... I DON'T WANT TO PAY the lawyer's fees. Hey, I don't get paid for this you know...

Guys, I am so incredibly sorry for not updating this sooner... You had asked for it and I neglected, procrastinated, and put it off. It's a bad reflection upon myself. I failed in my writerly duties. I feel really bad, and I really love this story. It's just with so many ideas floating around in my head, I just didn't know which one to go with. None would stick. Once, I even had the perfect intro for this chapter written out, then it got deleted. I had to start over again from scratch. And this part just had to be perfect in my mind, and that's a HARD standard to live up to. I hope it's not too late... I only pray the wait was worth it, I'll be updating much more regularly now...

Where were we, I even need a refresher course on this story... It's been so long.

Dance with Destiny...

The gymnasium was packed with dark purple and bright gold streamers, shimmering disco stars, and white crescent moons...

All to emphasize the Dance's Theme: "A Night to Remember," and it could turn out to be just that.

Funk masters E-diddy-Ice Daddy, and Ted were actually rocking the house 'OUT LOUD' tonight.

It just seemed like it was all so perfect, maybe even a little 'too' perfect. If there were such a thing.

For some reason Lily could hardly breathe, for some reason she was feeling claustrophobic and constricted on what was supposed to be a perfectly romantic evening, at a perfect dance, with her literal most perfect dream-guy, who even imagination could not have chiseled out any better, this was after-all the Great River Pierce, who was by her side.

She was the envy of the dance, all the girls were watching her with green-eyed jealousy, yet she wasn't satisfied. Like something was all out-of-place, and she couldn't put her finger on it. She scanned the room and the dance floor, not even knowing what she might have been searching for.

After thirty minutes and two high speed songs she said, "Riv, after this... I'm gonna go to the powder room to freshen up and get some air..."

Riv responds absent-mindedly as he clings her tighter to him as they pose for their Semi-Formal Picture, "Yeah, whatever you want to do, Sweet Cakes."

Lily rolls her eyes just in time for the photographer to say, "Cheese."

"Lily, that picture will turn out great. I'm looking good tonight..."

"Um-hum, thanks RIVER..."

"Oh yeah, of course you do too... Sweets."

"I'm a go now River, don't miss me too much..."

"Won't be a problem," Riv confidently, almost reassuringly grins, that Half-cocked smile of his.

'Great, that makes me feel a whole lot better,' Lily thinks on her way towards the door.

Before she leaves, she spots one, familiar and welcome face...

She says, "Meghan, if you see Parks let her know, I wanna talk to her."

Meg says, "Sure thing, Lily. Will do."

"I'd appreciate it," Lily states as she backs out of the door.

Lily spins around to find 'him' slouched on some lockers,

"Ray, I thought you weren't coming..."