Pre-note:

Really sorry if this gets to be kind of OC for a minute or two...I love my OCs too. Heh

The next few days passed uneventfully, with visits from Abner punctuating the days. And on his 5th day of visit, Abner got the balls to approch Lillian, and ask her

"Lillian, would you uh, like to go to dinner with me tomorrow night? There's this dance going on, and the guys told me to bring a date...or well a friend...haha...you don't have to go if you don't want to-"

"Abner! I'd love to go!"

A sigh of relief hit him. 'Thank God...'

"I just have to see if Columbia or Magenta can watch Sonny for me." she sighed.

"Ah, I'm sure they will." Abner's fingers were crossed behind his back.

Right after asking her to the dance, Abner left. As she walked him out, they shared a hug, and she went back inside the castle. Once she shut the door, Lillian jumped up and down yelling "Yes! Yes! Yes yes!"

Magenta, cleaming the banister, asked "What are voo so excited about?"

"I'm going to the dance with Abner!"

Magenta grinned. "Do you have any outfits for it?"

"No...I'll have to work on that! But I have very little sewing skill...Damn."

She could do some patch work, and small back-and forth holdings, but nothing big...

"Come on, while the master isn't looking, we can look throguh my closet." whispered Magenta.

They scurried into Columbia and Lillian's room, where most of Magenta's stuff was, since she herself moved up to Riff's room. Magenta ran to the big closet, and ripped open its doors. It was stuffed with frilly things and dark colors. As magenta tore through the selection, she pulled out many corsets, and some big dresses, somewhat of a 50's style to them...Lillian eyed Magenta suspiciously.

"These are more gothic than they are dance-type."

Magenta pulled out a colorful croset, and a mini skirt. "Here. put this on."

"...Okay?" Lillian shook her head, and went to stand behind the divider to change.

As Lillian re-appeared, she yelled "Magenta! I'm practically naked!"

"Oh, you look fine!"

"I'm gonna go out and look for a dress at resale..." she began to unzip the back when Magenta said "Alright...but can I come?"

"No!" they laughed it off.

As lillian got back into her regular clothes, in burst Columbia, holding little Sonny.

"What you guy doing?" she screached.

"Trying to find an outfit for the dance.."

"Dance?"

"Yeah," in-butted Magenta "Abner invited Lillian to a dance."

"Ooh! Come here! I have the perfect outfit for you!"

"Oh sheesh..." sighed Lillian.

Columbia set sonny in Lillian's arms, and she pulled out her tap-danceing uniform.

"I'll look like a rainbow! That's it...I'm going now guys! Haha" she grabbed her wallet, and Sonny, and she left off into town.

A/N Any outfit designs, guys? Haha, anyhow, I will be out of town until Sunday, in Indianapolis, at my great aunt's house, who doesn't have a computer. So, I will be thinking of some ideas for ch. 31. :)