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Bring Your Date a Rose Thursday. Spirit Week. October 22. First Semester. Freshman Year.

Olette walked alongside Pence as their rambunctious blonde-haired leader walked before them, guiding them through the crowd of people filling the corridors of the school. Hayner looked both left and right as if crossing the street; the halls of Twilight Town High were just as dangerous as the streets of Sky City. Quickly, the trio ran across the hallway and out to the usual lunch table where Roxas would usually be waiting for them.

Unlike usual, however, Jonathan Roxas Way was not seated at their usual lunch table.

"Where's Roxas?" Pence asked first as the trio placed their belongings around the table. "He's usually the first one here; he isn't sick today, is he?"

"Nah," Hayner informed. "I saw him this morning on my way to first period."

Olette nodded, a little worried. "I wouldn't think so; I walked with him to school... not unless he went home early..."

Pence shrugged, unknowing as to Roxas' whereabouts.

What the trio of friends failed to realize was that their beloved blonde-haired, blue-eyed best friend was across the quad. Waiting for Rachel to arrive at her usual table, Roxas sat beside some of Rachel's best friends, Kalyna Travis, Maria Myles, Ashley Adams and Ashley Bachman. He rapidly pressed the buttons on Olette's graphing calculator as the girls surrounding him gossiped and giggled.

"Where is Rachel, by the way?" Roxas wondered as Ashley Adams smiled his way.

"She still getting her lunch," Maria laughed as she tossed her sun-bleached brown hair behind her.

"I think what you're doing is cute," Kalyna smiled as she hugged Roxas tightly. "I am so proud to be able to say that I'm a part of it, too!"

"Hey guys." Rachel greeted as she carefully placed her tray onto the table. "Hey, Jonathan. What are you doing here?"

Her shoulder-length raven-black hair danced in the sunlight, making Rachel look more amazing in Roxas' eyes than ever; once again, he found himself staring. He shook his head, snapping himself back into reality. Roxas stood up and reached into his backpack, hoping that his plan would go accordingly.

"I was wondering," he said, still ransacking through his messy bag, "if you could help me with my math?"

Rachel looked at the boy in confusion. "Jonathan, you and I aren't even taking the same math class; I don't think my explanation would help any."

Roxas looked toward Rachel's friends, hoping for some type of help. When he figured he was not about to get any help, Roxas looked toward Rachel once more with a faint grin. "Well, Olette's tried helping me with math, but her explanation on the graphing system... is much too complex for my liking," he lied.

Olette, please forgive me! Roxas thought to himself as Rachel smirked at him. You're one of the best teachers I could ask for!

"Well... what exactly can I help you with?" Rachel asked as her friends smiled at her creepily.

Roxas nodded as he pretended to continue searching for his geometry book. "Well, my calculator's right there; the equation's already on it. I just need to fish my book out of this bag..."

"Uhm... okay?" Rachel said as Kalyna stood up with her hands behind her back.

Rachel grabbed the calculator as Roxas pulled out his book. She turned on the calculator with one swift hand motion. Her hazel eyes widened at the question on the screen: THE CHESHIRE CAT SMILES. THE QUEEN OF RED SCREAMS. THE MAD HATTER DRINK. IN THIS PLACE OF DREAMS. THE WHITE RABBIT RUNS BECAUSE HE IS LATE. RACHEL, WILL YOU BE MY HOMECOMING DATE? - JONATHAN ROXAS WAY :D

When she looked up, Rachel saw Kalyna and Roxas standing before her with a white rose. The edges of the supposed-to-be pure white rose were dripping with blood red paint. Smiling, Rachel looked toward Roxas and Kalyna.

"Aaw," Rachel said as she turned the calculator off. "This is so sweet..."

"Soooo?" the girls at the table cooed.

Roxas smiled, trying to mask the pang of anxiety that was coursing through his viens. "What do you say?"

"Yes," Roxas' crush giggled. "But... why Kalyna?"

"Because..." Roxas stumbled as he tried to express his idea clearly, "her name means rose in Ukrainian and today's Bring Your Date a Rose Thursday."

Author's Note: Rewritten on June 22nd, 2011 So if you haven't already guess it, the theme to Twilight Town's Homecoming Dance is Alice in Wonderland. LMAO. I just thought I would put that out there. Thank you for reading, my dears! Chapter 5 should be out soon! Review, review, review! :D - May