Jasmine and Eric were the wealthiest students at Andalasia and they decided to get some people together for dinner at the local Italian restaurant, Belle Notte, before the Red and White Ball. And anyone they invited was also allowed to invite people, as long as they let Jasmine or Eric know before Friday.
Now it was Saturday night, about an hour before their dinner reservations. Jasmine and Aladdin met Eric at his house to go over the dinner guest list. Including the three of them, there were 36 people coming to dinner altogether. That was a little more than they had expected, but Jasmine and Eric both agreed that the more the merrier.
"All right," Eric said as they went over the list one last time. "There's the three of us, Philip and Aurora, Flynn and Meg, Rapunzel and Thomas, Tinker Bell is bringing Peter, who is also bringing Wendy and Wendy is bringing Jim. Then there's Giselle and Edward, Ariel, Charlotte and Naveen, Tiana and Jane, Esmeralda and Phoebus, Helga and Hercules, Gaston and Vanessa. We're also gonna have John and Pocahontas, Belle and Adam, Snow White and Cinderella, Gothel and Hades and Sally and Jack."
"Sounds like an interesting night," Aladdin said.
Jasmine nodded. "There are a couple concerns, like Hades for one. I think everyone would rather he wasn't there. Also, I'm worried about Meg being there with Helga and Vanessa."
Eric shrugged. "There's not much we can do about it now."
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Ariel already wasn't having any fun. She rode in Charlotte's car with her and Naveen and was ignored the whole time. When they got to Bella Notte Eric, Jasmine, Aladdin, Tiana, Jane, Pocahontas and John were already there. Philip and Aurora walked in behind them. Charlotte took a seat towards the center of the table to be sure that she'd be able to hear everyone's conversations. Soon after, Tinker Bell arrived with Peter, Wendy and Jim. Jim looked like he was having just about as much fun as Ariel. Wendy had a history of getting her heart broken by Peter because of Tinker Bell, so no doubt Jim was there as support for when that happened at the dance.
When everyone was there, their waitress took their orders.
"It's nice to be the guest instead of the waitress for once," Tiana said.
Tiana laughed and Esmeralda noticed Naveen look over at her. Charlotte was taking to him about something, but he was more focused on Tiana. Esmeralda felt bad for Charlotte, and was really glad Phoebus was nothing like Naveen.
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"You look beautiful tonight," Philip told Aurora.
Aurora smiled. "Thank you. This was actually my mom's wedding gown. She wanted me to wear it for my wedding, but I want my wedding gown to have purple in it. So, she gave it to me to wear to my first ball."
"Was the tiara hers as well?" Philip asked.
Aurora blushed. "No. I bought that for tonight."
"It took her over an hour to pick out that tiara," Belle chimed in. "She said she had to look perfect for her prince."
"She always looks perfect," Philip said.
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Meg shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She was starting to feel anxious being around so many people. Plus she was sitting next to Pocahontas who probably had the biggest dress of anyone there and it took up a lot of space. Meg was glad she wore a form fitting dress. Flynn spent a lot of time talking with Aladdin, and Meg was starting to feel left out. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, Meg thought as she started fidgeting with her fork. Suddenly, she felt like someone was watching her. She looked up and saw Hercules staring at her. He was sitting across the table and about six seats down from her. Helga was sitting to his right and was shooting Meg a dirty look. Yeah, Meg thought, this was a bad idea.
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Rapunzel was glad Edward could make it to the dance. Giselle hadn't been able to see him since last summer and she talked about him all the time. Rapunzel lost count of how many times Giselle had thanked Jasmine for the money just since they had gotten to the restaurant. Edward was now telling Giselle and Phoebus about his fencing tournament at school. Rapunzel turned towards Thomas.
"Thank you for coming with me," Rapunzel said.
"I was happy to. You've been so busy lately; we haven't really been able to hang out," Thomas said.
"I know, and I'm sorry. I miss hanging out with you," Rapunzel said. "Tonight is gonna be all about making up for the last couple weeks."
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"I've never been to a dance before," Adam admitted.
Belle smiled at him. "It's not too bad. I don't really like dancing, but it's fun to get dressed up and hang out with your friends."
"Belle, what are you doing on Valentine's Day?" Adam asked.
"I don't have any plans."
"Good. Keep that night open." Adam winked at her.
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"Aladdin is so amazing!" Jasmine gushed to Esmeralda.
"He's cute," Esmeralda said.
"I really hope he asks me to be exclusive," Jasmine whispered. Aladdin was sitting next to her and she didn't want him to hear her.
Aladdin was talking to Flynn and he casually reached over and took Jasmine's hand. Jasmine finally understood what people meant when they said 'giddy as a schoolgirl'. She had never felt like this before and she was so excited she thought she was going burst. The only thing was Aladdin didn't seem to be as excited.
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Pocahontas couldn't help feeling somewhat tense. Last year John lost his virginity the night of the Valentine's Day dance. Pocahontas was still a virgin and was nervous that John was gonna want her to lose it to him tonight. Of course, John never said anything about it or even brought it up. But, Pocahontas was still feeling under pressure. It was probably just in her head, though. What with all the Valentine's Day romance in the air the last week and just knowing this was when John had lost his. Pocahontas picked at her food, but didn't eat it. She and John never had the sex talk, so he didn't know she was waiting until marriage.
John reached over and put his hand on Pocahontas' arm. "Are you all right?" he asked.
Pocahontas nodded and took a bite of food to prove it. John looked at her like he didn't believe and she just smiled at him. Stop it, Pocahontas! Just enjoy your night.
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When everyone was done eating Eric stood up at the end of the table.
"Thank you all for coming to dinner with us. The Valentine's Day Red and White Ball starts in a half an hour and dessert will be served there. Have fun, everyone," Eric announced.
Everyone got up and gathered their stuff. The guys all threw a few dollars on the table for the tip while the girls went to the bathroom to freshen up. Then they all headed to the ball.
A/N: I didn't really feel like describing each of the girls' dresses. But, I did go online and found some pictures of the dresses that I had in mind for each of them. I did not try to find dresses that were similar to what they wore in the movies. I tried to find dresses that I thought they would look good in and that somewhat fit their personalities. The characters I found dresses for are: Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Charlotte, Cinderella, Esmeralda, Giselle, Gothel, Helga, Jane, Jasmine, Meg, Pocahontas, Rapunzel, Sally, Snow White, Tiana, Tinker Bell, Vanessa, Wendy.
*I tried posting the addresses to the pictures in the story, but the links wouldn't show up when I originally published this and I had to try it a couple different times (that's why, if you have this story on your alerts, you got 4 or 5 emails telling you I added chapter 17); which is upsetting because I spent a long time finding all of these dresses. If you do want to see one or all of them, feel free to leave a review with the character(s) name and your email address and I'll send it to you, or you can email me at megrider13 yahoo .com. Thanks!