"I asked Ken last week, and he of course said he would go with me." Lita informed the group for the fifteenth time in the last two hours.
"Amy did you finally get the nerve to ask Greg to go with you?" Mina asked, the shy one of the group.
"I just do not comprehend the point of the ladies asking the gentlemen to the last dance of the year. I was always told that the men should ask the ladies."
"Come on Amy, it's just for fun! You know something crazy and different!" Serena said.
"So did you ask him?" Raye asked Amy.
"Yes, he said he would go with me." Amy said while blushing.
"That wasn't to hard, now was it?" Lita said while gentle nudging Amy.
"Hey Mina are we still on for tonight?" Andrew said while refilling everyone's drinks.
"Yep, I'll pick you up around seven."
"Sounds great, see you girls there." Then he left them not really caring all too much about girlie gossip.
"You asked Andrew to go with you?" Lita said in amazement.
"I told you that I would. He seemed delighted that I asked him."
"Chad said he would go with me, after I promised not to yell at him to loudly while we were there." Raye said sheepishly.
"That's great Raye, the two of you will have a great time." Serena said to one of her bestest friends.
"And who are you going with Serena?" Raye asked.
"No one." Serena said straight out.
"That is so a lie. You're the prettiest and the most popular girl in school, I'm sure every guy was around you this week waiting for you to ask them." Mina said.
"Sure they were around me, I couldn't get away, but that's not the point. I don't want to go to the dance with any of them."
"You are going to the dance right?" Amy asked.
"I'm not sure."
"You just have to go." Lita said.
"Let's make a bet on it, shall we?" Raye asked.
"And what would that be?" Serena asked not really interested.
"If you show up, alone, we'll each pay you a dollar. But if you show up with the next guy that walks through that door, we'll give you a total of forty bucks." Raye said winking at the other girls.
"And what if I don't do either?" Serena asked.
"You will give us forty-four bucks."
"Fine, tell me when the next guy walks through that door!" Serena said.
"Ok, there he is now." Lita said as she saw him walk through the door.
There still in the door way stood a very handsome man. Standing about, if not over, six feet with jet black hair. He was dressed casually, but very sophistically, at the same time. When he took a quick glance around the arcade, his deep blue eyes rested only a second on Serena then continued on until he found Andrew on the other side of the counter.
"Who is he?" Amy asked.
"He is so FINE!" Mina committed.
"You know he looks a lot like..."
"Your Ex-Boyfriend!" Everyone else finished for Lita.
"He's a new senior. He came into my drama class yesterday." Raye said.
"Wait, I'm in the same drama class as you, Raye, and I didn't see him." Serena said.
"You were up on stage performing, magnificently. Like you always do when you're up there. You don't ever notice if someone else is in the same room with you. Are you going to asked him? I know for a fact that he doesn't have a date yet, because he as either turned the girl down or everyone else is already taken."
"I can at least go introduce myself. I'm still not sure about tonight."
"Wait a minute, you do have a dress, just in case, right?" Mina said hoping for an excuse to go shopping.
"Sorry Mina, but I bought my dress weeks ago just in case. A girl always has to be prepared." Serena said smiling as she got up to go over and talk to him. But then she came right back. "What is his name?"
"Darien." Raye answered. Then Serena left.
"Raye you know how much you just bet, ten dollars each." Amy said.
"I know."
"Then why?" Lita asked.
"I saw he was planning on walking in since Andrew and him are friends."
"So you had all this planned?" Mina said.
"Well duh, how else was I going to get them to go together."
"How do you know that Darien will agree to go with Serena?" Amy said.
"When he came in class he couldn't take his eyes off of her."
"Well, I guess then it's worth the ten bucks." Mina said with hearts in her eyes!!
Mean while Serena made her way to the counter and right next to the new Darien guy.
"Hi!" she nicely said to him.
"If you're here to ask me to that dance that's tonight, walk away now." Darien said very rudely.
"Who said I came up here to talk to you? Hey Andrew can you get me a refill when you have time?" Serena asked while sliding her cup towards his side of the counter.
"Sure thing Angel. Hey Darien have you meet Serena Angel yet?"
"Who?"
"I am Serena Angel. And you are?" Serena said, putting out her hand as a form on introducing herself.
"Darien." He said without even bothering to look at her. Or shaking her hand.
"Serena here is the 'Angel' of school. Who did you decide to grace with your company tonight?"
"Now Andrew if I told you everything you would go simply green with envy." Serena said while going into a perfect southern accent to impersonate Vivien Leigh as Scarlet O'Hara.
"You're the girl that was on stage yesterday. What were you performing?" Darien said finally turning and making eye contact with Serena.
"A senior wrote it over the winter break. I was playing a lost girl who has to deal with many danger, tragedies, along with many other things, to find her way to her one true love." Serena said very dramatically.
"Staring Angel and... Who else was cast?" Andrew asked.
"Only me and a few of the minor parts. Mr. Dormal said 'I just can't seem to find the man with the right skills in drama, for the lead.' If you ask me he's just to picky."
"When is the opening night?" Darien asked.
"Don't you think we need a full case first?" Serena said with a small giggle.
"I guess so."
"Darien you really are lucky by being introduced to Angel here. You'll have every single guy jealous of you at school."
"ANDREW...that is not true. Really Darien they won't be, Andrew here is just mad because I turned down his invitation to go on a date with him last year."
"That is so not true, I started dating Mina last year." Andrew said worried about Serena starting rumors of him.
"Really, are you sure about that Andy, as I recall Mina asked you out first." Darien just laughed at how Serena was totally embarrassing is friend.
"Serena I think you have embarrassed the bore guy enough."
"I'll stop on one condition, Mr. Darien." Serena said with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Can I hear the condition first?" Serena shook her head no. "Fine, anything for a friend. Andrew remember revenge is so sweet." Darien said to his friend afraid of what this 'Angel' had in mind.
"You loose your 'I'm to good to go to that stupid high school dance' attitude. And go with me." Serena said. "Other wise I can bring up what happened last week while you were closing up, Andrew."
"Fine you're on. One night, but you better tell me what happened." Darien said.
"Later tonight, when we are some place that I won't embarrass your dear friend. I'll pick you up at seven?"
"Ok, here's my address." Darien said while writing down his address on a scrap piece of paper. Serena then waved and said see ya, and walked back to her table.
"You two don't seem to get along very well." Darien said to Andrew.
"Serena, that little angel, wouldn't harm a fly. She's been like my little sister since I meet her ten years ago."
"So now you tell me, after I try to save you from embarrassment!" Darien said while rolling his eyes.
"Obviously she wanted to ask you to the dance, but your attitude, oh hail Mr. Caesar, wasn't to kind. You better make her happy tonight, other wise, you see those four other girls she is sitting with?" Darien shook his head yes. "They will come after you and literally kill you. She's as delicate as a rose, a real angel, and the whole school loves her. She could easily destroy you, meaning to or not." Andrew warned his friend.
"Great, scare me!" Darien said.
Back at the table Serena had to answer all of the questions the girls asked. What took you so long? Did you ask him? What did he say? What is he like? Does he seem smart? Doesn't Andrew look so Hot in his uniform? "MINA!!" And many more questions.