Mina dropped down on the couch, and Ami ran to the bathroom to wash her face.
"Now, wasn't that just proof of my extraordinary skills?"she asked the girls. "Now, Ami and Zoicite are definitely dating."
Ami came back into the room, with her face washed, and having changed her clothes.
"Is there any way we can get my clothes back the way they were, Mina? I'm not wearing that anymore! And I really don't want to have to shop for more, if we can't fix what you had altered."she said.
"What do you mean?"Mina looked alarmed.
"I'm not following any more of your advice."said Ami, looking at Mina's eyes. "I know you mean well, Mina, but I've decided not to."
"What are you talking about?"
"I didn't feel very comfortable in it, to tell you the truth, and besides…"Ami looked away, turning red. "Well, you see, while…well, Zoicite said that he liked my normal clothes much better."she said slowly.
Lita stood up.
"But that's wonderful, Ami! That way you won't have to pretend, and you gotta admit, some of Mina's ideas are a little eccentric!"she said.
Mina looked offended.
"Just who do you think you're calling eccentric?"Mina asked, glaring at Lita.
No one seemed to notice her. Ami sat down.
"You see, it's kind of odd, really. I mean, I thought…"Ami began. "You remember how I lost my shoes, don't you? Well, it turns out that…he had them all along. He said he was planning to give them back to me before the dance ended, but then, you know I cut my foot. He said he didn't mean for that to happen, but…"she shrugged.
"You mean, he took your shoes?"
"Well, yes."
Ami took a bag she'd brought back, and opened it. Out of it she took her shoes.
"See? Isn't that odd?"she smiled.
"But why would he do that?"asked Lita mystified.
Ami put them on the floor.
"Well, he said it was probably the only way he could have managed to get me to go out with him again, even if it was just as a thank you for finding my shoes."
Everyone giggled. They heard the phone ring. Lita answered it.
"Oh, hi, Rei."they heard her say.
"Thank goodness you guys are back!"she sounded exasperated. "I've been calling for at least the last half hour!"
"What's happening? Is something wrong?"
"Well, the phone hasn't stopped ringing since this afternoon, I stopped answering it, then Jedeite showed up, he'd been calling about every five minutes to check to see if I'd been feeling all right, then I stopped answering, and he showed up, thinking I'd died, or something? Who told him I was sick? Was it Mina?"
"Uh, I don't know. Mina did you tell Jedeite Rei was sick?"
"No."
"She didn't. Did you have to beat him up again?"
"No, actually, he's not so bad. He cleaned up the entire place! And he's not as bad as Mina was when we were sick, and she played nurse. Jedeite actually did take good care of me. I liked the soup he prepared for me."
"Well, that's nice."said Lita.
"As soon as I get better, he's going to start coming to help at the temple. He doesn't mind working a bit! It was a great idea to ask Darien to get these guys for our dates! As long as he isn't treating me like I'll break or something, he's not such a bad guy. He can actually be kind of funny sometimes."she said.
"Well,"began Lita as she hung up the phone. "It looks like things are finally working out for Jedeite as well as Zoicite. I guess getting dates for the dance really was a great idea! Just look how great things have worked out for everybody."