When Meg got home from the gym, she was the only one home. She grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge and made her way up to her room. After drinking more than half the bottle in one gulp, she changed out of her gym clothes and got into the shower. The water was cool and she just stood there for a few minutes letting it cool her down. She then hurried through the rest of her shower and got out.

As Meg was finishing up getting dressed the doorbell rang. She made her way downstairs and opened the door. She tried to hide her disappointment when she saw it was Rapunzel.

"Hey, Meg!" Rapunzel greeted.

"What's up?"

"I just wanted to come over and thank you in person for letting me be in your band."

"Only two keyboard players auditioned and the other one sucked," Meg told her, trying to make it sound like it wasn't a big deal.

"It's exciting nonetheless. We're gonna have so much fun this summer. When do practices start?"

"The Saturday after school gets out." Meg glanced back into her house, trying to think of an excuse to make Rapunzel leave. "Um, listen, Rapunzel; I really need to study for finals, so I should get going."

"Right. Of course. But, um..." Rapunzel bit her lip nervously and looked around. "Um, do you guys already have a set list; should I learn any specific song before our first practice?"

Meg leaned against the door frame and crossed her arms over her chest, realizing Rapunzel probably wasn't leaving any time soon. "I think the only song we know for sure that we're doing is Made of Stone by Evanescence."

Rapunzel's phone went off and she pulled it out of her purse. She read the text message then smiled up at Meg. "Great! I'll work on that. Thanks again, Meg."

"Yeah."

Rapunzel gave Meg a quick hug, smiled excitedly at her, then turned and hurried away.

"Strange girl," Meg muttered to herself.

Meg slammed the door closed and went back up to her room. She stopped short in the door way. Several guitar picks were taped to the wall across from her bed to spell out Will you go to prom with me?

Meg's heart raced and she looked around just as Thomas came out of her adjoined bathroom.

"Sorry about Rapunzel," Thomas told her. "I needed a distraction so I could get this done."

Meg smiled at him. "It's okay."

"So... will you?"

"Of course." Meg threw herself into Thomas' arms. He picked her up and kissed her.

XXX

It was the first time Adam was allowed to come over to Belle's house and they were hanging out in her room. He was sitting on her window seat and she was awkwardly walking around her room, trying to find something to keep herself distracted. She felt uncomfortable being in her bedroom with him after what he had done at the party. He had apologized for it a hundred times, but she was still hesitant.

"Would you stop pacing? You're making me nervous."

Belle glanced over at Adam. He had an amused look on his face. "I'm making you nervous?"

Adam stood up and walked over to her. Belle flinched slightly when he took her hand. "Belle, I know I crossed a line last weekend; but I promise I won't do it again. I don't know what came over me."

A loose strand of hair had fallen out of her ponytail and Belle tucked it behind her ear. "I know. I can't help it. It's just that lately you've been really physical in a lot of not good ways."

Adam dropped her hand and took a couple steps back. "I'm really sorry."

"So you've said."

A hurt look crossed his face. "Are you going to break up with me?"

Belle didn't say anything for a couple moments. She thought about what Tiana had said after school on Friday; she actually hadn't been able to stop thinking about it all weekend. She eventually convinced herself that Tiana was right and Aurora had been right all along. She asked Adam to come over with the intention of breaking up with him. But as soon as she saw him she lost her nerve. When everyone else thought about their relationship, they focused on the bad things. But, there were so many good things and that's why the words were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't bring herself to say them.

Adam lowered his head. "I understand, Belle."

Adam started to walk out of her room. Belle panicked and grabbed his arm before he made it to the hallway. He looked down at her. He was so sad that it broke Belle's heart.

"I'm not breaking up with you," Belle said quietly.

"But you want to?"

"Of course I don't want to. I guess I'm just letting everyone get in my head and it's making me confused."

"So, what do you want?"

Belle thought about it for a moment. "I want to go to prom with you."

Adam was clearly surprised by her response. "Are you sure?"

Belle nodded.

Adam put his hand on Belle's cheek and gently brushed his thumb over her lips. The touch made Belle's heart melt and race at the same time.

"Belle," Adam whispered. "Will you go to prom with me?"

Belle started to say yes, but Adam interrupted her by gently kissing her. He then pulled her into a hug.

"I will only be gentle when touching you, Belle. I'm never going to give you doubts again."

XXX

Pocahontas' stomach was filled with butterflies. John was holding her hand as they walked through the woods to the willow tree.

This is it, she thought. John is going to ask me to prom.

"Pocahontas, do you want-"

"Yes!" Pocahontas interrupted.

John raised an eyebrow at her. "You don't even know what I was going to ask you."

Pocahontas blushed. "You're right. Sorry; go ahead."

"Do you want me to help you study for the math final?"

Pocahontas literally felt her face fall in disappointment. "Oh. Um, sure."

"Are you all right?" John asked. "You look sad."

Pocahontas nodded. "I'm fine. I just thought you were going to ask me... something else."

"What did you think I was going to ask you?"

"Nothing. It was..." Pocahontas paused. "Stupid."

"I see."

Pocahontas bit her lip as she tried to think of a way to get them on the subject of prom. She cleared her throat. "Jack asked Sally to prom the other night. It's all she's been talking about all weekend. She wants me to go dress shopping with her."

"Oh yeah?"

Pocahontas waited for him to say something else before responding. "Yeah."

"Sounds fun."

Pocahontas looked up at him and studied his face. Nothing; it was completely blank. She resisted the urge to groan out loud in frustration. Why won't he just ask me?

"Thomas asked Meg to prom today," John said. "He had been planning how he was going to do it for over a week. I just don't see the point in all of it; it's just an over-priced school dance."

Pocahontas gaped at him. "It's not just a school dance. It's prom."

"Why is prom is such a big deal?"

Pocahontas was too disappointed to start a debate with him. She treated the question like it was rhetorical and just shrugged. Inside she wanted to slap him and tell him to stop being such a guy and be romantic for once in his life. But, before she knew it, John was on to the next topic and the subject of prom was dropped.