We Meet Again

Ch. 8


"No way, not happening, not a chance."

"Aw, please!"

"Nope."

"Come on!"

"Ne-ope."

"I won't force you to do my homework for me, ever!"

"We're already in that situation," Shenzi crossed her arms. The Valentine's Day dance was drawing near, and Angelica wanted to ask Sean Butler to be her date. But she was too nervous to do so, considering the fact that he didn't like mean girls, so she was trying to get Shenzi to ask him for her. But the emo girl wasn't budging.

"I'll be your best friend!"

"I already have one."

"What do I have to do, to get you to say yes?"

"Mm..." Shenzi thought for a couple seconds, before she came up with something. "Give me a compliment."

"Euh," Angelica made it seem like complimenting the emo girl was the hardest thing in the world. "I, I like your shoes. They're c-cute." Her shoes were black ballet flats with a Victorian skeleton in a purple cameo frame near the toes. The rest of her outfit had purple floral skull-printed high-waisted shorts, a black cropped t-shirt that read "Cry Baby" in pink letters with blue teardrops, black skeleton hand earrings, and a dark purple extension.

"Thanks," She smiled, "Alright, I'll do it."

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!" Angelica rambled excitedly, "He's right over there." She pointed to the popular table, where surprisingly, the brown-haired boy was alone. "You won't regret this!"

"Hopefully not," Shenzi muttered. She walked up to the table, and hesitantly stood at the seat closest to her, across from the 13-year-old boy. "Um, h-hi." He looked up from his lunch at her. "Sean, right?"

"Yeah...?" He nodded, "What do you want with me?"

Shenzi saw Angelica in him from second one. "Well, let's just say this girl wanted to ask this boy to the Valentine's Day dance. And um..."

"Alright," He agreed. "I'll take you to the dance."

"Oh, that's great! 'Cause Ange- wait, what? Me?" Uh oh.

"I'll wait for you at the gym doors. See you then." After finishing his sandwich, Sean stood up and walked away.

"I, I uh..."

"So, do I have a date with Sean?" Angelica asked her with excitement.

"No... but I do," Shenzi hesitantly replied. It only went down from there.


"How dare you!" Angelica shouted angrily, "He's supposed to take me! You were supposed to ask him to take me!"

"I tried, but..."

"But you were distracted by his good looks, and asked him yourself," The blonde sneered, "I can't believe I trusted you, you, you... skank!"

Shenzi gaped in shock. A skank?! That did it! She tried to go in for the attack, but Susie held her back by her lower arms. "Shenzi, don't! You'll get suspended if you start a fight!" Shenzi finally calmed down, and simply went back to her lunch in silence. As she ate, she made a vow to never help with asking for dates again, unless it was for a good friend who would listen if it went wrong. She was considering telling Sean that it was a misunderstanding, but after her confrontation with Angelica, she decided against it.

"Hi Shen," Chuckie sat across from her.

"Hey," She let a smile grow hesitantly.

"Um, I was wondering; Do you have a date to the Valentine's Day dance?"

"Actually, I do."

"Really? Who is it?"

"Sean Butler. It's a long story." After she explained what happened, including the argument, he understood.

"She called you a skank? That's terrible!"

"Yeah," She nodded, "I was going to tell him that it was a misunderstanding, but now, I don't think I will."

"I don't think you should," Chuckie agreed, "No one calls you a skank, and gets away with it."

"Thanks Chuck," She smiled timidly, "If I didn't have a date, I'd definitely ask you to the dance."

"You're welcome, and thanks," He shyly smiled back, "It still means a lot to know you would've asked me if... you know what hadn't occurred. But," He laid a hand over hers on the table, "If anything bad happens at the dance, I'll be there for you."

"Thanks, Chuckie."


February 14th

Valentine's Day came very quick for the Jim Jr. High students, and it was time for the dance before they knew it. Shenzi changed into a black, short-sleeved, cropped blouse, a black and pink ribbon corset tank top over it, a matching tutu skirt, a matching short-sleeved hoodie, black opaque tights, black Converse high-tops with pink laces, a large pink bow tie necklace with black stripes, black hoop earrings with little pink bows, a headband with a pink sequin "Love" heart on the left side, and a curly pink extension. She decided to go makeup free; She was too young for it anyway, besides Halloween.

Shenzi was honestly very surprised that Sean was willing to escort her to the dance. She didn't think of herself as his type of girl. To be truthful, she didn't think of herself as anyone's type, let alone a boy from the popular crowd. But she wasn't looking for a popularity status in a guy. She liked guys with a big brain, basically.

"Hey Shen? You ready to go?" Frankie asked her from the doorway. She was clad in a black retro top with red roses at the front of the shoulders, a black high-waisted denim skirt, black opaque tights with red roses along the outer sides, black skull and crossbones flats with a red bow on the skull, a black pyramid stud belt with red hearts on it, red suspenders with white hearts, a shears necklace with a red rose on it, red heart dangling earrings, a black choker with silver spikes and red roses, and a black ponytail band with a large, red chiffon bow. "You seemed to be in a daze."

"Yeah, I'm ready," Shenzi nodded. "I was just thinking. Let's go." She had told her family about what happened, and although they had predicted that she would go with Chuckie, they understood. They were angry to hear what Angelica had called her, but she was pretty much over it.

Soon, they were on their way to the school. They were bringing a box of Valentine-themed cookies as some snacks for the dance. After a short amount of time, they arrived at the school, which was heavily decorated with a Valentine's Day theme. "Okay, you girls have fun," Friar Tuck told them as the two sisters stepped out of the car.

"And call us when you're both ready to leave," Felicia added.

"We will," Shenzi nodded.

"Come on sis, let's get in there." As the family car was driven away, they walked in the building, where there were more decorations than outside, if that was possible. There were red roses, and pink and red hearts everywhere, along with pink and red streamers, confetti, and balloons. When they arrived at the doors to the gym, which had red hearts hanging from one side, and red, white, and purple hearts on the other, Sean was waiting for Shenzi as he said he would.

"Hey Shen," He smiled at her, as Frankie walked in the gym.

"Hi," She smiled back, secretly looking forward to Angelica's jealousy. "Let's go dance." Arm-in-arm, the two entered the gym. It was decorated with red heart garland, various balloons, a "Valentine's Day" banner, some lights formed into a double heart on one wall, and a red hearts string decoration hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room. The students, including Shenzi and Sean, danced to various love songs suitable for children playing on the stereo and speakers. From her standing place, Shenzi saw Chuckie; He was wearing a light blue button-up t-shirt, brown jeans, black Vans, and a brown belt. His hair was actually smoothed down for once, instead of all over the place.

Soon, a cover of the song "Kiss the Girl" was playing from the stereo, and the couples were slow-dancing on the floor. As they danced, Shenzi and Sean were only inches apart. After seeing a sulking Angelica out of the corner of her eye, Shenzi made her move; She started slowly leaning her head up, her eyes shutting and her small lips puckered. But as they went closer and closer, guilt filled her up. It didn't feel right; She didn't like Sean that way, Angelica did. And what good came out of kissing a boy for revenge? Nothing, that's what.

When they were barely an inch apart, she stopped. "I'm sorry, I-I can't do this."

"What?"

"Sean, Angelica wanted to come to this dance with you, not me. I was just asking you for her, because she was too nervous. So... you should be with her."

"Okay, whatever," He shrugged, stepping away from her. "You're too nerdy for me, anyway." Her eyes widened, but before she could say anything, he walked away. Not knowing what else to do, Shenzi walked to the food table, where she grabbed a red velvet-flavored cupcake with pink-colored vanilla frosting with red heart sprinkles, and heart and "X O" icing decorations on it. After eating the icing decorations separately and pulling down the doodles-print liner, she took a small frosting-filled bite out of the cupcake. As she watched the students dancing, talking, and overall having a good time, she felt lonely.

"Shen?" She turned around, and saw Chuckie behind her. "You alright? Why aren't you with Sean?"

"I told him the truth," Shenzi shrugged, "I couldn't go through with it. The guilt won."

"Oh. So, where is he now?"

"I sent him to Angelica." She filled one of the candy heart printed cups with red fruit punch and sipped some after explaining what happened. "He said that I was "too nerdy" for him, before he left."

"Nerdy?" Chuckie didn't like that; Since when was nerdy a bad trait? Heck, he felt that she made "nerdy" look cool. Of course because of the "Sheckie" theory, and his fear of telling her, he kept it to himself. "Well um, I'm sorry he said that to you."

"It's okay," She shrugged, "I never thought of myself as his type anyway. Or anyone's, on that matter."

"O-oh. I think you're the type of girl that guys are looking for. I mean not popular, narcissistic tightwads like him, though. Guys like him are only looking for stuck-up girls who wear way too much makeup, and make others do their homework for them, so they themselves don't learn a thing."

Shenzi noticed that he missed the part about popular girls wearing scanty clothes. She didn't know if that was on purpose or what. Either way, it amused her. "Th-that is true. Um, what kind of girl are you looking for?"

"Hmm, well..." Chuckie thought about it, "Call me picky, but I like girls who are pretty, yet smart at the same time. And frankly, someone who notices I exist at first glance."

"Ah," She nodded, "I kinda like all those things in guys."

"Even the pretty part?" Chuckie smirked.

"Yeah," She giggled, before finishing her cupcake. "Um, y-you want to dance?"

"Sure," He shrugged.

"Oh, Chuck?" Chuckie turned to her. "No offense, but that hairstyle just doesn't suit you. It needs a little of this." She reached up, and playfully tousled up his hair, until it was as messy as always. "Much better," She giggled, as he laughed with her.

They spent the rest of the party dancing to the songs playing, before getting tired and deciding to hang out at the food table. And they got in another frosting fight like at the Christmas party, but were stopped by Ms. O'Keats before it could go too far. So, they simply hung out, ate the tasty snacks, and danced a bit on their own.

Shenzi went to bed that night, feeling happier than she expected. Even though she had a different date, she still ended up with Chuckie. Speaking of Chuckie, she recalled the traits he liked in girls; Beauty, brains, and a large attention span. She wished that more girls were like that, so he could easily find one.

Deciding to save it for tomorrow, she went to sleep after changing into her pajamas.


(A/N: I hope you enjoyed! Valentine's Day in August! You know the disclaimer. I was inspired by the AGU episode "It's Cupid, Stupid." I'm not really sure if Angelica and Sean are in character that much, but whatever.)