Chapter Six:

A/N: So I have been distracted, and I was at camp for a week, but now I am updating again! So sorry about the delay there. Thank you for all the wonderful reviews: )!

Also, I apologize if some of Mark's random comments come across as Maddison like writing. I'm definitely not insinuating anything by it. All about the Addek love!

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"And there was this other time," Derek laughed, "when Mark decided that he was going to try out for the basketball team to impress some girl."

"She wasn't just any girl!" Mark protested. "She was a tall, leggy, brunette with a killer rack!""To impress some girl," Derek continued, pointedly ignoring Mark's interjection. "Except Mark can't play basketball. We were on the hockey team and the soccer team,"

"I was the star of the soccer team!" Mark added.

"Nolan." Addison giggled under her breath.

"But basketball was definitely not his sport."

"So I ended up making a fool out of myself, and well, let's just say the hot brunette never went out with me." Mark finished.

"Look at this." A new, but familiar voice interrupted their conversation. "You're just starting a collection, aren't you Addison?"

"What could you possibly want now?" Addison sighed. She remembered Jenna being a jealous girl in high school. Jealous of the jocks, of the popular kids, of their fellow band members who were more talented than her, but until that jealousy was focused solely on Addison, she never realized exactly how annoying jealousy could be.

"I just wanted to let you know that you won't be adding Skippy to your collection today. He's mine for the weekend." Jenna glared at Addison sourly.

"Skippy?" Mark snickered to Derek who just shrugged and made a face saying that he would explain that story to him later.

"Does he know that?" Addison smirked. "Or is he even here yet? There's a good chance that he won't even show up, you know. You shouldn't get your hopes up."

"He signed in fifteen minutes ago." Jenna answered smugly. Addison however, didn't falter at all.

"Then where is he?" Addison looked around pointedly, not seeing Skippy Gold. And if there was one person she knew she would recognize after all of these years, it was him. Jenna smiled triumphantly, turning towards the door as a man walked in. And yes, he had black hair, and though Addison could not see the colour of his eyes from her current position across the room, she knew it was Skippy Gold.

"Is that…" Derek trailed off. His fiancé's prom date. Probably the one person you never want to meet. And though he was confident in the fact that Addison was in love with him, and well, it's not as if she really enjoyed her time at prom with Skippy Gold anyways. He shouldn't be threatened.

"I'm still confused about this whole Skippy thing." Mark sighed.

"Skippy was the name of Addison's prom date," Derek explained. "Skippy Gold."

"That one just rolls right off the tongue." Mark laughed. "Skippy Gold."

"Skippy!" Jenna ruffled her hair, causing her to look not better, but messy as she smiled brightly and waved at the man who, ten years after high school, she was still in love with. This was something Addison did not understand. That was high school. Ten years ago. Look at how much she'd changed! Skippy would most likely not be the same boy he was. In fact, there was very, very little chance. Everyone changed, so how could she still be in love with him? She didn't even know him. "Addison Montgomery, if you do anything, and I mean anything, in attempts to steal Skippy away from me you are going to regret it." Jenna hissed as Skippy glanced over in their direction.

"Wow." Mark laughed. "This girl is intensely in love with Addison's prom date."

"Don't refer to him as that. It was probably the biggest mistake of his life." Jenna smiled sweetly to Mark who looked at her with a total shock on his face.

"Probably not." Derek countered. Jenna just glared at him as the man who was causing so much trouble finally approached their table.

"Addison Montgomery." He smiled warmly. As they had for her, the braces that caused so much strife during high school for Skippy noticeably paid off now as his smile was flawless. "I would recognize that hair anywhere. You look absolutely stunning." Addison herself was stunned, not only by Skippy Gold's transformation into a man that rivaled Derek and Mark for looks but also by his confidence. Obviously he didn't harbor the same fears she did regarding this weekend. Or maybe he was just comfortable around her, since they had once been fellow nerds.

"Thank you." Addison smiled. "You're looking pretty good yourself." Jenna was fuming.

"Hi Skippy! Hi. Remember me? Jenna." Jenna fumbled over her words and turned slightly red in the cheeks while doing so.

"I think I remember you." Skippy nodded. Jenna's face fell a little as he searched his mind for any recollection of Jenna.

"I asked you to prom." She said quietly.

"Oh." Skippy realized embarrassedly who she was. "Right! Hey!"

"Of course this would happen to me. Because I'm just Jenna. I'm plain, I always was plain, and I'll always be plain. Not like Addison. Addison who everyone remembers, who everyone compliments, who everyone wants to be around…" Jenna ranted. Skippy looked around, utterly confused. Derek and Mark shrugged their shoulders at the man. Neither one was eager to offer him any refuge as they were both a little on edge. They hadn't expected him to be well, so good looking and confident. It wasn't boding well for Derek's ego. This was his fiancé's prom date, after all. He couldn't be too nice. He had to stand his ground. Addison looked at the two of them hopefully.

"Addie, let's dance." Derek suggested. She nodded, gratefully taking his hand as he lead her out towards the dance floor.

"So she's taken." Skippy sighed. "Figures. He's a lucky man."

"He is." Mark agreed. "So you and Addison went to prom?"

"Yep. Though I'm pretty sure she only went with me because she had no one else to go to. But we've both changed a lot since then."

"I bet." Mark nodded. Jenna was sitting beside the two in utter anger and annoyance. Mark had half a mind to ask her to dance and work his charm on her, but she did seem pretty set on Skippy.

"Why don't you two go dance? I'm going to go talk to that woman over there…" Mark decided to do something nice. Maybe that would help even out his karma since he seemed to always be hurting people. Well, not hurting… just sometimes his one night stands didn't realize that was all they were going to be. So he figured some good karma wouldn't hurt him.

"Well, I don't know if Skippy wants to dance with me…" Jenna suddenly got conscious and shy.

"It'll be fun." Skippy held out his hand to her. She smiled brightly as they headed out towards the dance floor as the previous song ended. The next song, Jenna decided, would be her favourite song. Even if she hated it, it would now be her favourite because Skippy Gold finally asked her to dance. And he was even hotter than he was in high school!

"Okay. So this is the last dance of the night." The DJ announced, making everyone groan, and Derek smile coyly at Addison. Jenna was pretty sure she was in heaven. The last dance of the night for Skippy would be with her. That's the one he would remember. "And to make it special, let's have everyone find their prom date. It'll be just like ten years ago." The DJ announced enthusiastically. Jenna was pretty sure he was trying to break her heart. She saw Addison's fiancé reluctantly leave her side.

"I guess we'll save this dance for the mixer tomorrow night then?" Skippy didn't look apologetic. She could already sense him waiting to go find Addison. Addison, Addison, Addison. She swore if she heard the name again she would kill someone. Meanwhile, Addison was dreading finding Skippy, knowing that Jenna would kill her for this, despite the fact that it was in no way her fault.

"This isn't over." Jenna whispered as she passed Addison who was on her way to Skippy.

"Jenna! I didn't tell the DJ to say that. It is a routine dance. You know what? I don't feel well." Addison lied, though all the commotion over herself and Skippy caused by Jenna was making her a little dizzy. I think Derek and I will head out for the night." Jenna was confused by the fact that Addison was passing up a chance to dance with Skippy and make her miserable. "I'm not the enemy Jenna. I don't want to do everything in my power to make you unhappy. We were friends." Addison sighed as she dodged the woman, heading towards where Derek had found Mark.

"Ready to go?" Derek asked, standing up and offering her his arm.

"More than ready. Jenna and Skippy are exhausting me." Addison sighed as she took Derek's arm. "What are you doing Mark?"

"I'm going to dance!" He told them as the song started.

"You didn't even go to this school! How could you have been anyone's prom date?" Derek laughed. Mark didn't answer as he followed a short brunette into the crowd.

"Mark will be Mark." Addison shook her head as they headed for the door.

"So that wasn't too bad." Derek reasoned as they exited the room. "Except for the fact that I think I am deaf now."

"Yeah," Addison laughed. "Well, aside from the Skippy Gold incidents with Jenna, it wasn't that bad at all."

"See? You should always listen to me." Derek smiled charmingly. Addison just rolled her eyes as they continued on their journey to the hotel room they'd booked for the weekend.

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A/N: This wasn't the direction I was going to take this chapter at all, but yeah. I hope it's not becoming a random event, I don't know haha. I hope someone is enjoying it still! Review? Love you!