~The Next Day~
Alex groaned as she looked at herself in the full length mirror that was on the back of her closet door. She posed in front of the mirror. Her dress was a light green cocktail dress that fell to her knees, the straps were thin and around her waist was a white sash. She put on white heels and a large crystal necklace with matching earrings. She turned away from the mirror with a pout.

Olivia looked away from Alex's vanity mirror and said. "What's wrong?"

Alex looked at Olivia with a smile and said. "You look hot in that dress by the way. Elliot is going to be drooling"

Olivia blushed and looked down at her dress. Huang was right he did know places where she did indeed get a cheap and sexy homecoming dress. Her dress was baby blue and it had revealing neckline, diamond encrusted waistband, criss cross straps in the back, and full tulle skirt. She had on silver heels and a aquamarine necklace that feel between her chest. Her earrings were crystal and gangly. "Really?"

"Of course. Myself on the other hand is getting kind of pudgy" she groaned as she looked down at her stomach. "Plus my boobs feel all weird" she sighed as she sat down. "Put don't mind me. We both look hot" Alex smiled.

Olivia giggled and said. "When is everyone else going to get here?"

Alex looked at her Dora the Explorer clock that Casey had gotten her. "In about 15 minutes." Alex's father was going to drop everyone off in his big SUV.

"Cool. Can you do my make up?"

Alex nodded and she bent in front of Olivia and started applying light make up to Olivia's face. As Alex looked Olivia over as she stood in front of the girl. She could see the faded bruises and cuts on her body. Plus a small scar on her chest that the dress hid. She bit her bottom lip and asked. "Olivia? Is everything okay at your house?"

Olivia looked up at her friend. She forced a smile and said. "Of course. Well besides you know that whole parents deal, everything is okay" She patted her friends head, which was down in a elegant french braid and said. "Really"

"Okay" Alex sighed.

Olivia nodded and said. "Thanks"

They finished and soon went downstairs and took pictures for Alex's parents. By the 6th photo their was a knock at the door. Alex's dad opened it and gushed at everyone.

Melinda blushed as she walked inside. She had yellow cocktail dress that was a halter top. Her hair was curly and fell to her shoulders. "You two look beautiful"

"Back at you!" Olivia giggled as she hugged her.

Casey dress was black and looked sort of like Olivia's but instead of the criss cross it was straight. Plus it was a tad bit longer than Olivia's. Her raven black hair was in a up do and was slightly curled. Her arm was intertwined with Huang's he was wearing black slacks with a tight white shirt that had a black sash tied around his waist. "My date" Casey giggled.

Olivia nodded. She knew that Huang's father most likely badgered him to get a date, not knowing his only son wanted to take another boy to the dance. And being the friend Casey was she agreed to be his date.

Munch went over to Alex and kissed her hand. "You look beautiful" He was wearing black slacks with a green dress shirt. "We match"

She giggled and kissed his cheek softly. "Thank you" Her parents stood of to the side with smile on their daces. They enjoyed taking pictures of the kids and after that was done Alex's dad got everyone in the car and they went off to the school. They walked inside the dance and looked at the decorations and the DJ.

"It doesn't look to bad" Munch commented.

Olivia nodded her head as she looked around, she was seeing if Elliot was there. She spotted him dancing with Kathy. She had on a dangerously short dress, that was read and was a halter straps. It was rather pretty. Olivia admitted. She sighed as she turned back to her friends. "So what do we do?"

"Dance!"

Which is what they did. Thankfully the DJ played only fast songs, so there was no need for partners or dates for that matter. It was heading towards the end of the dance and the DJ announced that the last song was a slow one. Olivia smiled she saw Casey get pulled away by Preston Hathaway. Everyone could tell that Preston had a crush on Casey. Fin had convinced Melinda to dance with him and of course Alex and Munch got with one another. Olivia went over to the side with Huang.

"So do you wanna dance?" Olivia asked,

Huang was staring at the other side of the room, where a football player stood. His name was Noah Dixon. He had a huge crush on Noah, has since 9th grade. Noah smiled at Huang and gave him a nod.

Huang blushed and turned away and said. "Naw. Not really."

Olivia saw who he was looking at and she nodded. "Understandable. I wonder what song they are going to play"

"No idea. Just wish that I had someone to dance with" Huang sighed.

Olivia nodded as she looked around the now dim room. It was couples everywhere. But she couldn't find Elliot or Kathy.

"Hey there you wanna dance?" Dean asked as he stepped in front of Olivia.

"Uhm no thanks" Olivia said.

Dean was about to say something else but Elliot walked over and said. "What's going on?"

"I was just telling Dean that I didn't want to dance" Olivia said.

"Not even with me?" he asked.

Olivia felt her eyes widen and she said. "What...Kathy?"

"Had to leave. So do you?"

Olivia looked at Huang who was smiling happily. He gave her a shove and smiled as Elliot wrapped his arm around Olivia's waist and pulled her away.

Elliot wrapped his arms around her waist bringing her close as soon as he heard the song come on.

"I love this song!" Olivia said with a sigh. It was The Only Exception by Paramore. She wrapped her arms around his neck and swayed to the beat.

Alex had her own hands wrapped around Munch's neck, her head resting on his shoulder. She looked up and smiled. "Get it Livvie" she whispered.

Fin and Melinda were dancing. Fin hands rested on her hips, dangerously close to her butt. "Melinda?"

"Yeah Fin?"

"I lo..." but he paused and said. "Never mind"

"No what were you going to say?" Melinda asked as she looked at him with her big brown eyes. "What were you going to say?"

"Melinda. You already know the answer? Why do you want me to"

But she cut him off. "Because I want to hear it! Please?"

They had stopped dancing. They were know looking each other in the eye. "You are the only exception. You are the only exception." the music blast.

Fin cleared his throat and said. "I love you"

She looked into his eyes and said. "Well I love you too"

He then sealed their words with a kiss.