Andrew was trying to keep up with Lita. She was fast; every time he got a chance to talk to her she walked away from him.

"Lita would you please stop, I think I'm going to have a heart attack chasing you."

"Then stop chasing me," she said turning to face him. "Why are you chasing me, anyway? I'm not who you were looking for. Go look for her."

"I was. She didn't show up. Besides, I was having a good time with you."

"And the shock on your face proved it," she said turning away.

"Lita please," he begged. "Just one dance and I'll leave you alone."

"Fine," she said turning back towards him. "I'm holding you to that."

She stood there waiting for him to do something. When he hadn't after standing there for a few minutes, she put her arms around his neck and stood in place.

"Do something Andrew, or I'm walking away."

He put his arms around her waist and they started dancing.

"You want to dance?" Darien asked her.

"Me?"

"Yeah?"

"Sure," she said eyeing him suspiciously. She closed the space between them and he put his arms around her waist pulling her closer than she expected to be to him. He began dancing with her but it was like he had something else on his mind.

He was so close to her that she could smell his cologne. He even smelled like Tuxedo Mask to her. She only wished she'd come dressed as Sailor Moon, maybe then he'd have been there to see her. Until now, she'd spent most of the night just watching everyone have a good time. She still hadn't seen Molly. After the dance, she'd have to go looking for her to say hello and see how she's doing.

"Hello, Misha."

"What? I'm sorry," she apologized. "I wasn't listening."

"I could tell. I was asking you if you live here."

"No, just visiting for a while." She still couldn't believe that Mina had lied to him. But it was odd. He didn't know it was her and he was being so nice, she dared say a gentleman.

"So when are you leaving to go home?"

"Early tomorrow morning," she said remembering that she had to take the costume back by 11 tomorrow.

"Oh," Darien said noncommittally. He scanned the area behind her looking for any sign of Serena. There was none. No blonde hair, no 'meatballs', no sky blue eyes that he melted into. He couldn't believe that she'd miss her friend's party but it would appear that she did.

Greg was dancing with Ami but they were quiet. They were closely pressed together as they danced in silence. Suddenly, it wasn't silent any more.

"You never answered my question."

"What question was that Ami?"

"Am I your girlfriend?"

"I'm sorry I said that but that guy..."

"I didn't ask you about the guy Greg. I asked you a yes or no question; Am I your girlfriend?" Ami asked very matter-of-factly.

"No. Unless-"

"Unless what?" she asked him.

"Unless you want to be."

"Greg, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?"

"Only if you want to be," he said nervously.

"Is that a yes or no?" Ami asked. She was teasing him. She didn't think he'd be so embarrassed. She didn't think she would ever be the type to tease either. That was more of a Rei or Mina thing but she was doing it and she knew why. Greg made her like this. She liked him and she knew he liked her but he seemed okay with they way things were between them until tonight. She noticed that he hadn't left her side all night until the incident. Since then they'd been inseparable.

"I don't want to make you uncomfortable," he said.

"You're the uncomfortable one," she said. "It's just me. We hang out all the time. This is no different except for the costumes."

"Yes it is."

"Why?" she asked. She stopped dancing and looked at him from arm's length.

"Because I didn't realize that I felt this strongly about you."

She smiled at him and pulled him back to her. She pressed herself close enough to him so she could whisper in his ear.

"Okay, I'll be your girlfriend. You don't have to beg."

He laughed and held her close in a hug before going back to dancing.

"So," Mina said to the vampire she was dancing with, "You are?"

"Ken, and you?"

"Mina."

"So Mina," Ken said building up his courage, "you here with someone?"

"If you're asking me if I have a date, no. If you're asking me if I have a boyfriend, the answer to that is also no."

"Really?"

"Yes really. So you live around here?" she asked.

"Just found a place the other day. Been staying with a friend of mine for a while."

"Who's this friend?"

"Just someone I've known practically all my life."

"A girlfriend."

"Not that kind of girl friend."

"What other kind of girl friend is there, Ken."

He pointed in the direction of Lita and Andrew dancing. "See the blonde?"

"Yeah."

"That's my best friend," he said.

"Hey, wait a minute," she said walking in their direction. She maneuvered her way through the crowd until she was behind Andrew. She tapped him on the shoulder and crossed her arms over her chest and began tapping her foot in annoyance. He turned to face her.

"I thought I left my cousin with you. Where is she?"

"Who are you?" Andrew asked her unknowingly.

Mina looked at him angrily. "Where is my cousin?"

"What cousin, Mina?"

"I'm sorry," she said turning her attention to the girl who was speaking to her, "you are?"

"It's me."

"I little more detail please, 'me'," Mina said her voice laced with annoyance towards her.

"It's me, Lita, you little pain in the ass."

"Prove it."

"That vampire standing next to you is Ken, my friend I was telling you about and Ken, who does everybody look like to me?"

"Her first boyfriend Freddy. I can't believe you are still telling people that," Ken said shaking his head.

"So back to my cousin," Mina said poking a finger in Andrew's shoulder.

"I don't know your cousin," he said rubbing the spot. "That hurt."

"Where is she?"

"I don't know. I've been with Lita most of the night. Understandably, I had mistaken her for someone else but I'm over it."

"Why are you dressed like Tuxedo Mask?" Mina asked him.

"Because of the girl I was looking for. She kind of has a thing for the guy."

"Name?"

"Andrew."

"From the Arcade?" Mina asked looking at Lita.

"One in the same," Lita returned. "What cousin, Mina?"

"Group puddle," she said pulling her to the side.

"Huddle, Mina."

"Yeah, whatever. This is more important." When she thought they were far enough away she began whispering.

"I can't believe this, there's two Tuxedo Masks at this party."

"What?" Lita asked.

"Two," she said slowly putting up her index and middle fingers, "Tuxedo Masks."

"I'm not stupid, Mina."

"Then focus because your dancing partner was looking for Serena, who I left dancing with Darien."

"No way; they hate each other."

"Not if he thinks she's my cousin Misha."

"Cousin!"

"You know you sound just like Serena did when I introduced her to him that way."

"She's gonna kill you."

"Yeah I know. But you had to see him eyeballing her. She looks awesome though. She's dressed like Rogue from the X-men. You know that cartoon she likes. Tight bodysuit, brown wig, heels, make-up."

"It makes sense now," Lita said shaking her head, "but when did Andrew end up interested in Serena?"

"About a week ago when he and that girl he was dating broke up. The one that moved to Africa."

"He and Rita broke up?"

"Focus Lita. We need to keep him, away from Serena."

"If he likes her then let him chase her; it's her choice in the end," Lita said dismissing it.

"Jealous?"

"Of what? I'm not interested in Andrew."

"Whatever?"

"So you and Ken," she said changing subjects and smiling at Mina.

"You know him?"

"Mina, I told you about him. He's the guy I told you I've been friends with for like ever."

"Oh," Mina said just looking clueless.

"The hottie in the picture on my wall."

"Oh! I'm gonna ask him out. Do you mind?"

"Feel free. The way you two were dancing over there I thought you already married him."

"Very funny."

As everyone danced, a hint of a face appeared in the sky looking down at them. They were all happy right now and she enjoyed it. She searched the crowd looking for a specific person. She saw her dancing with a very handsome looking guy in a tuxedo. She looked like for just that moment she was at peace and she was glad to know it.

"Be well my cousin, our time has not come yet."

"Have you thought about moving here with your cousin?" Darien asked her as they danced.

"I'd miss home too much," she said thinking about moving away from her family. "Even though they don't know it, I love my family and I'd miss them terribly."

"Do you come to visit Mina often?"

"Every now and then."

"So when do you think you might come back?" he asked her.

Serena looked up at him with a mistrusting look.

"Why?"

"Because maybe we could get together for lunch or dinner or something."

"I'm sure a good looking guy like you has a girlfriend," she said sweetly.

"No I don't."

"Whatever," she said looking straight into his chest as they continued to dance, "It's not likely that we'll see each other again. You can be honest with me."

"Ok, you want honesty. I thought your cousin was someone else until she told me her name. I am kind of interested in this girl but she makes it difficult because she's got one hell of a temper. It throws me sometimes because I don't expect it. But since I saw you tonight, I haven't thought about her till now." He took a finger and put it under her chin. He lifted her face so he could look into her eyes. Before even he knew what he was doing he bent down to kiss her. And before he could, she bolted.

Serena ran through the crowd as fast as she could with tears streaming down her face. She always knew that he liked Rei but she didn't know that she liked him that much. It wasn't until she heard him talk about her that she noticed. As he talked and the realization hit her that he was talking about Rei, especially when he talked about her temper, she realized that her heart felt like it was breaking. It was more than she could stand.

She bumped into someone causing her to fall down. She pulled herself up and looked to see Molly on the ground.

"Oh Moll, I'm sorry."

"Serena, are you okay?"

"No."

"What happened?"

"I don't know," she said crying on Molly's shoulder.

"Serena."

"Hi Nephlyte," she said trying to stop crying now that she knew he was there. She didn't want to look like a baby in front of him. He might not be her boyfriend, or someone she liked, but no guy wanted a crybaby around.

"Is something wrong?" he asked her.

"Nothing some rocky road ice cream and my favorite movie won't cure."

He looked at Molly who just laughed. "It's a girl thing." She looked at Serena with a tight smile. "Darien again?"

"He didn't even know it was me."

"What?"

"I was going to talk to Mina and she practically threw me at him when she realized who he was and told him I was her cousin." She could hear a voice in the distance getting closer. It sounded familiar and so did the name.

"Misha!"

"That would be me. Hide me please, I beg you. I can't take anymore of him tonight. Oh hell with it," she said getting antsy. "Separation Identification." And with those words she was invisible.

Rei was shaken slightly by an incessant tapping on her shoulder.

"Go away Mina."

"Actually I was wondering if you've seen her," the voice behind her said.

Rei turned around and was face to face with Darien.

"Oh, Darien," she said her face getting hot.

"Have you seen Mina?"

"No."

"How about her cousin, Misha?"

"Cousin?"

"Never mind," he said running in the opposite direction. She watched him, unaware of Chad watching her.

"Still have a crush on him do you?"

"What?" she said turning around to look at him.

"You still have a crush on him, don't you?"

She looked away. "Old feelings die hard."

"Not even with new ones on the rise."

"He was my first crush. It'll take a while."

"I can wait," Chad said kissing her again.

"So, dinner tomorrow, you'll pick me up at seven. Here's my address," Mina said to Ken handing him a piece of paper.

"Isn't a bit more traditional for the guy to ask the girl out?" Ken asked with a wide smile.

"Were you going to?" she asked.

"Hadn't thought that far ahead."

"Why am I not surprised," she said shaking her head. "How old are you anyway? And a few more things like last name and such."

"You care about that now after you've already given me your address?"

"It's a formality," she said airily, "I don't want my parents buggin' over nothin'."

"19, Knight, no parents to mention."

"Same age as Darien," she said with a dismissing wave of her hand.

"You know Darien?" he asked.

"Somewhat. We have mutual friends."

"You're looking at one," he said a little amazed. He could see Lita passing in the distance and called to her. She turned around and smiled when she acknowledged who was calling her. She walked over toward them with her shoes in her hand and Andrew following behind her.

"What's up?"

"You remember Darien right?" he asked her.

"How do you know Darien?" she asked a little bewildered at his question.

"We lived together at the orphanage, remember?"

"No."

Mina looked at Lita, then at Ken with a baffled look. "Wait, you two grew up together? Lita I thought..."

"I did grow up in an orphanage. We both did, I just don't remember Darien before a few months ago when I met him here."

"I can't believe you don't..."

"Mina, thank god," said someone from behind her. "I've been looking for you everywhere." Everyone turned to see a red-faced, out of breath Darien, without his hat and mask.

"You aren't supposed to take your mask off for another half-hour, man," Ken said to him.

Darien ignored him. "She's gone."

"Who's gone?" she asked puzzled.

"Misha."

Mina and Lita exchanged worried glances.

"Did you see where she went?" Lita asked.

"No," he panted still trying to catch his breath.

"What happened?" Mina asked hotly. "Last time I saw you two, you were fine."

"We were dancing and talking and the next thing I knew, she took off," Darien said through labored breaths.

"Talking about what?"

"I was trying to get to know her. She asked me a question about why I didn't have a girlfriend and I answered her honestly. Next thing I knew she was the Fugitive."

"What exactly did you say to her?" Lita asked.

"I told her that the girl I was interested in had a hell of a temper and it was hard to get to her because it always threw me."

Lita looked at Mina knowing all too well what was going on in Serena's mind. They both knew he liked her but it was almost certain that she thought he liked Rei. But something was fitting in Mina's mind. Serena wouldn't get so upset just because he liked Rei. She would however had told him who she was, then start arguing with him about him not being with

Rei if he liked her so much.

"You did something," Mina stated flatly. "She wouldn't have reacted that way."

"I didn't do anything," he lied.

"Tell me the truth Darien or I'm going to have Lita beat it out of you." Lita put her shoes down and slipped them onto her feet. She started stretching her head from side to side and started clenching and unclenching her fists.

"Okay, alright," he said remembering his days at the orphanage. He backed up a little before saying, "I might have tried to kiss her."

"You didn't."

"I like her."

"You didn't tell her that, did you?" Lita asked getting panicky at the new information.

"She was gone before I could even kiss her."

"Shit," Mina said grabbing Lita's hand and running through the crowd. "Lita, call Rei and Ami on the communicator and tell them to meet us at the podium. We have a Serena situation. We have to find her."

"She'll be fine Mina. She's probably somewhere just having a good cry."

"Yeah, well if anything happens to her, I'll be responsible and I can't handle that."

"You didn't know he was going to try to kiss her?" Lita said trying to be the voice of reason.

"I should have known," she said continuing to drag her along.