Author's Note: I was listening to "Sadie Hawkins Dance" by Relient K and this idea just came to me. This chapter will make better sense if you listen to that song first. It is kind of out of the order of the song though.

Disclaimer: I do not own All Time Low, any brand or other band I may mention, or the lyrics I may use in this story.

Chapter 3

"Girls ask the guys, it's always a surprise. There's nothing better. Baby, do you like my sweater?" Sadie Hawkins Dance, Relient K.

One week later

Alex's P.O.V.

"Good morning Dulaney High." the voice over the intercom said. I stopped paying attention until I heard the part I was waiting to hear about. "Be sure to buy your tickets to this year's student council sponsored homecoming dance. The theme? Sadie Hawkins. That's right, girls. You ask the guys. Tickets go on sale today. $7 each."

Sadie Hawkins? That's different. I wonder who Hayley's going to take. I glanced over to the right of me to see her reading the section for history we were assigned. She looked up, smiled at me, the went back to reading.

The teacher started the lecture as I laid my head on my desk trying to take a nap. I was just about to fall asleep when the teacher called on me.

"Um, yes Ms. Smith?" I asked in a very tired voice.

"You need to give your report now." she replied. I grabbed my paper and slowly made my way to the front of the room. I told a joke that got the whole class laughing and I felt better about this. I gave my oral report about the Civil War. My face lit up when I saw Hayley was watching the whole time. The class clapped when I was done and I bowed as a joke. Then walked back to my seat.

I stared down at my khaki pants, trying to figure out a way to ask her to the dance, but the bell rang before I could think of a way.

I was the last to leave the classroom. I walked down the hallway slowly. My ears were burning so then I started to think that maybe, just maybe, she was talking about me. But when girls ask the guys, it's always a surprise.

"Hey." Jack came up to me.

"What's up?" we were walking to lunch.

"The ceiling." he pointed up as I looked up.

"Indeed it is."

"I heard Sarah was going to ask you to the dance." he said when we got in line for lunch. "If she asked you would you go with her?" I shook my head. "Oh, right. I forgot you liked Hayley." I punched him.

"What?" he said holding his arm where I had hit him.

"Keep quiet about that and she's not going to ask me."

"You don't know that."

"Oh, and you do?"

"No, but neither do you. Just don't get all pessimistic about it." I looked at him confused.

"Did you just say 'pessimistic'?"

"Yeah, I guess I did."

"Wow." was all I said. I started playing notes on an air guitar. The song I was writing in math last week was almost done. We were going to play it at the dance. Which reminds me,

"Hey, we get to play at the dance." I smiled.

"Really?" Jack's face lit up. I nodded.

"Nice." he said.

I grabbed my lunch and scanned the cafeteria for a place to sit. I found a table by the cheerleaders and jocks. On the way over I saw Hayley leave the cafeteria.

Hayley's P.O.V.

After History I was walking with my friend Kori. She was my only other friend besides Alex, Jack, Rian, and Zack.

"Are you going to ask Alex to the dance?" she asked when we got to the bathroom (she insisted she had to fix her hair).

"Are you going to ask Jack?" I said.

"Don't... Ugh." She said. I giggled.

"If you don't ask him I'm asking him for you." I said.

"Fine. But you're asking Alex." she said.

"Who says I like Alex?" she gave me a look that said "Please, you like him and you know it".

I sighed. "Is it really that obvious?" she nodded.

"Except, of course, he doesn't know." I chuckled.

"They never do."

When we got to the cafeteria we decided not to eat lunch because it was something gross. Kori walked over to Jack who was walking with Alex. Jack stopped and you could tell Kori was asking him to the dance by how she was acting. He smiled and nodded. She came back over to me.

"That was easy." she said.

"I knew it would be." she nodded.

We left the cafeteria. Kori went to the library and I went to my locker. Then I saw Alex running down the hall.

Alex's P.O.V.

I sat down at the table right next to the cheerleaders. The quarterback asked me if I'd like a beating.

"That's one thing I won't be needing." I said. But since I'm smart I got up and ran out of the cafeteria. I took off down the next hall running. Only to bestopped by...

"Hayley?" I asked when she grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"You're smooth and good with talking. Alex, would you go with me to the Sadie Hawkins?" she asked. I smiled and nodded.

The bell rang as I put my arm around her shoulders. This time she didn't move my arm. We walked to class like that.

"I like your hoodie." she said, pointing to my Green Day hoodie I was wearing.

"You like Green Day too?" I asked. She nodded.

"Cool." I said.

Like I said, it's always a surprise.

The dance was in three days, and I was already excited for it.