"Girls, we need to do something about Licey." Nicole and her friends were having a "meeting" in an empty restroom. "How could we possibly go from flawless to zitty in seconds?"

"Maybe it was magic?" one of the girls suggested.

"Who knows, but whatever happened, Licey and the new guy had something to do with it, and they. Will. Pay." As Nicole and her friends planned their revenge, Alice was getting her books from her next class. She was smiling and thinking of Norm's present when Kate came up behind her.

"What's with the goofy smile?" Kate asked.

"What? Oh, nothing..." Alice tried walking away, but Kate grabbed her and pulled her back.

"Dish! Something happened that you're not telling me."

"Nothing! Norm just gave me a necklace..."

"Oh my gosh! He so likes you!" Kate exclaimed.

"What? No... He just..." Alice thought about it. Did Norm really like her? He did give her a necklace straight from the Titanic... "Are you sure?"

"Are you serious? He defended you when Nicole was putting you down, he was totally dazzled when he saw you in that dress, he gave you a necklace... I'm surprised he hasn't invited you to the Halloween dance yet!"

"Well, he doesn't go here, so..." Alice started, but Kate interrupted her.

"It doesn't matter. If he likes you, he'll ask you. Or better yet, you should ask him!"

"I don't know..."

"Alice, just do it. You'll thank me later." Just then, the bell rang and the girls went to class. Nicole's head popped out the restroom door. Having heard everything, she thought of a plan.

After school, Alice saw that Norm was waiting outside the school for her. Kate nudged her forward. Alice walked towards Norm when Curt, a sweet but extremely nerdy boy, stepped in front of her.

"Hi, Alice." His nose was stuffed from allergies and his eyes looked wide from his thick glasses. "Wanna go with me to the dance?" Alice heard snickers all around her. People were watching. She looked around and saw Nicole looking smug and Kate looking annoyed. Other students were staring.

"I'm sorry, Curt, but..." she looked over his shoulder at Norm. "...I'm going with someone else." Everyone gasped. Sweet, innocent, dorky Alice turn down a nerd? Alice walked past Curt and stood in front of Norm. "Will you go with me?" Norm looked down at her over his shades. With a smirk he said,

"Anywhere." He took her backpack, slung it over his shoulder, and put his arm around her. Once he did that, a wave of whispers hit them. As they walked away, Nicole stared at then in shock.

"Girls, this is more serious than I thought. We have to shove Licey back down to her rightful place and show her who's in charge."

Meanwhile, Norm and Alice were walking home together.

"So, what took you so long?" Norm asked.

"What do you mean?" Alice asked.

""The dance?" he said.

"Oh. I just didn't think you'd want to go to a high school dance..."

"Well, having been stuck in a lamp for 90% of my life, I'm willing to do anything." he said.

"Oh." She blushed and Norm saw it. He smiled and held her closer. Her skin felt hot where he touched her.

That night, Alice had another dream. She was at the dance, only the dress she was wearing was more elaborate than the one in real life. Masked people were dancing around her until the crowd parted, revealing Norm. She went closer to him. He held her hand, pulled her close, and they started dancing. While they danced,, Alice looked into his eyes and the world melted away. It was only them. Soon, the music died away and they stopped. Then, Norm's face got closer. Alice leaned in closer, too, ready to kiss him. Their lips actually brushed when she woke up. She saw Norm sitting on her desk chair.

"How much did you hear?" Alice asked, accepting the fact that she talked in her sleep.

"You were surprisingly quiet." He got up from the chair and sat on the edge of the bed. "Tonight's the night." he said, referring to the dance.

"Yeah. I'm kind of nervous. I've never been to a dance before." Alice ran a hand through her hair.

"Don't worry. You'll do great." For a second, he got distracted by her baby blue eyes, but the phone ringing brought him back to Earth. Alice answered it.

"Hello?"

"Wake up! Today's the day!" Kate yelled on the other end.

"Good morning, Kate." Alice said with a smile.

"Come on! We have so much to do!" Kate hung up and soon, there was the sound of the door bell ringing furiously. Alice sighed and hung up the phone. She went downstairs and let Kate in. "Oh, I didn't know Norm was here." Alice forgot that Kate didn't know.

"Yeah, we fell asleep watching movies." Kate shrugged and stepped in.

"Okay, we need hair, makeup, and costume checks."

NORM'S POV:

The girls banned me from the room, so I sat in the living room and watched TV. I watched I Dream of Jeanie... what? Barbara Eden is very charming! Anyways, Jeanie bet she could go without magic and Mrs. Bellows was shocked that Tony never bought her clothes, but she didn't know that before the bet, Jeanie could poof up whatever outfit she wanted. I love how so many lies get stacked up just to keep Jeanie's secret.

"Ah, silly humans." I watched the few episodes of Jeanie, then started to flip channels. There wasn't anything to watch, so I checked out their fridge. I found an apple and ate it while flipping through the channels again. I settled on a movie called "Billy Madison" and watched that for a while. I have to say, the flaming bag of poo scene was pretty funny. That, and the part when the weird guy and the sasquatch bus driver ate all the kids' sandwiches. I watched at least three movies, ten different cartoons and a weird documentary on carnies before the girls finally came out. Kate looked cool in her Mardi Gras costume, but when Alice came out in her dress, I suddenly became a little nervous. Her white mask brought out her sparkling blue eyes. I saw that she wore the necklace I gave her. Good thing, too. It wasn't easy getting it.

"How do we look?" Kate asked.

"Amazing." I said, mostly to Alice. She blushed, which I thought was adorable.

"So what are you going to wear?" Kate asked me. I realized I was wearing a t-shirt and jeans (just so I wouldn't look out of place with the humans).

"Um, I'll go put it on." I went to the bathroom and poofed my old genie outfit back on. I looked at myself in the mirror and got angry. I never wanted to see myself like this again, so I did something different. I now wore a black t-shirt, black jeans, and a leather jacket. Hm... nah, everyone does Grease. I wanted to wear something that would match Alice's costume. Then I thought of it. I exited wearing a white coat with gold trim and buttons, white pants, and along with a white shirt underneath and a cravat, I was her Prince Charming. She seemed to think so, since she stared at me the same way I stared at her when I first saw her in that dress. "Ready to go?" She smiled and we left the house.