They walked into the school, paid for their tickets, and made their way towards the gym.
As they passed by their classmates, they were amazed at how well everyone had cleaned up. Boys were looking rather dashing with their dress shirts and skinny jeans and girls were gorgeous with their shimmering dresses and complicated hairdo's. Maya couldn't help but think that Farkle looked the best out of all the guys. In her opinion, that is. She also couldn't help but notice that over the summer he had grown a little taller, and was sporting a little more muscle. His now ruffled red hair falling over his kind eyes, his sweet smile giving her tingles inside and…
-"Stop it Maya!" She said. Realizing she had said her last thought out loud and that her friends were looking at her weirdly, she gave them an awkward smile and giggled nervously,
"That's odd…" Both Riley and Lucas thought, while Farkle just cooed at 'his girl'.
They finally entered the gymnasium, that had gone through a complete makeover for the occasion. The usually very plain, sweaty sock-smelling area had decorated as to resemble an enchanted garden. Small round tables covered in white tablecloths and white plastic chairs were all around the room. The mats had been removed from the walls and replaced with fake vines with flowers. Some of them were also dangling from the basketball hoops. The buffet, where punch, water, sodas and snacks were being served, was on one of the far ends of the gym, close to the changing rooms. The DJ booth had been installed against another wall, on the opposite side of the room. The ceiling was covered with dangling plastic flowers and stars, hanging by thin threads. And in the center of the room, where the large dance floor had been put, hanging from the ceiling was a rather big disco ball, reflecting all the lights from the projectors and other lighting tools scattered around the place. Kids everywhere were dancing, talking, eating or laughing. Basically having a good time.
The gang made its way towards an empty table and sat down. Lucas, being the gentleman he was, took everyone's order and walked to the buffet to get Riley's punch, Farkle and Maya's sodas and his water. He was about to reach for the cups when a hand caught his. Lucas looked up to see the owner of the hand and found himself in front of none other than Missy Bradford. She was wearing for the occasion a rather revealing, strapless black dressed that barely went below her bottom. It was also so tight that Lucas wondered how she managed to breath. She also wore black stilettos that were so high she kept stumbling in them. Lucas was sure she wouldn't last the night in them. Her abundant makeup made her look like nineteen years old more than an eight grader and he couldn't help but feel sorry for her and how hard she tried. She took a few steps towards him and he took a few steps back, trying to find a way to avoid her.
-" Evening, Lucas." She said in what what supposed to be a seductive voice,
-"Hey Missy…" he replied, concentrating on filling his glass. He was feeling more and more uncomfortable by the minute,
-"Long time so see…" she continued
-"Well we had history class this morning but yeah…" he replied.
-"Aaww I see you remember our time together!" she cooed. He rolled his eyes.
-"Well it's hard to forget the million notes you tried to send me which almost got me detention. Twice." He said through gritted teeth.
-"You got them? Lovely. I didn't think you'd got them considering you never replied. It must have been to protect me from getting detention of course."
-"Yeeeaaah….That's why." He said, rolling his eyes again. The sarcasm was evident in his every word. He shot a glance towards the table where his friends were sitting. They were all string at him and Missy. Maya and Farkle had angry expressions on their faces while Riley just sort of stood there with glassy eyes and jealousy written all over her face. Seeing her upset made Lucas feel even worse than he was already feeling since that she-devil had started talking to him. He got an idea and quickly turned to Missy again,
-"Oh look over there!" He improvised. While Missy had her back turned he quickly all the glasses and almost ran back to the table.
-"Please tell me she isn't following me…" he mumbled, hiding his face in his hands. Everyone laughed. Lucas looked up and grinned as he saw the smile on Riley's beautiful face. Knowing he had redeemed himself to her was relieving but that feeling did not last long. Almost two seconds later he once again heard that same irritating, pitchy voice that squealed his name,
-"Lucki-pooh! There you are!" she said, wrapping her arms so tightly around Lucas's neck from behind that he began chocking. Farkle immediately shooed her off of him while Maya smirked,
-"Lucki-pooh…Haha!" That earned her death glares from all three of friends plus Missy. Maya raised a brow,
-"Oh puh-lease, Princess here calls Cowboy "Lucki-pooh" and you expect me not to laugh? Fugget about it." She said, her New York accent slightly showing, giving Farkle the butterflies. He loved it when she let her accent showing, something she didn't often do for some reason. He shot Maya a knowing smile, who blushed and smiled too. Riley, on the other hand, was almost on the verge of tears again. Her hands were clutching were clutching the end of the table so much her knuckles turned white. Missy ignored her and turned to Lucas
-"Sooo Lucas, you want to hit the dance floor?" she asked
-"Aren't you here with a date?" he replied, pointing to a tall, tanned, blond haired boy wearing dark blue jeans, blue shirt and a blazer.
-"Oh he doesn't mind!" she said
-"But I do!" Riley interfered
-"Oh I don't care!" Missy shot back
-"But I do!" replied Lucas, "Listen Missy, I'm flattered that you want to ditch poor beach boy over there for me. But I really think you should get back to him while I go dance with my date." He finished, smiling at Riley.
-"Wait…you came with a date? Who?" Missy asked. Riley smirked at her,
-"Me."
-"You?"
-"Yeah, me."
-"What, her?" she turned to Lucas
-"Yeah, her." He grinned.
-"You? And you? I just…I…"
-"I am Farkle!" Farkle exclaimed. Maya made him sit down, looking annoyed, but chuckling inside. Missy looked at Lucas, then Riley, then back at Lucas, then to the whole table, and scoffed.
-"Grow up." And began to walk away.
-" ." smiled Riley. "Hey Missy!" she called back
-"What?"
-"BOOP! The four friends shouted, roaring with laughter. Missy shrieked and stomped away to the now-terrified beach boy. When the laughter died down Riley bit her lip and smiled at Lucas,
-"Sooo… I think someone said something about a dance?" Lucas grinned,
-"It would be my pleasure, city girl." The pair got up and made their way to the dance floor, holding hands, leaving Maya and Farkle alone.