As we danced in the center of the dance floor it felt like I was floating on cloud 9. His hands were placed softly on my waisted as we swayed to the rhythm. Our swaying soon halted when Jerome and Morris came running over and snatched Prince backwards.

"Hey man you got a problem out in the hallway!" Morris said out of breath.

"Are you kidding me? Didn't you see us-" I added angrily but never got the chance to finish.

"We know but this is important! Denise is losing it out there with Rachel!"

I soon let go of Prince as stepped back a little.

"What's does Rachel have to do with this?" I asked.

"Don't know but y'all might wanna come out here and break this shit up!" Jerome replied before heading back towards the hall.

Prince and I looked at each other then ran out to see what was really going on. When he got out in the hall Denise was giving Rachel full body blows and wasn't stopping. Poor Rachel was down on the floor in the fetal position trying to cover herself from the hits.

"This is all your fault you stupid bitch!" Denise shouted at her as she kept punching at her.

Dropping my shoes on the floor I charged and knocked Denise off of my friend and pinned her down.

"Rachel! Move!" I scream as I put all of my weight onto Denise as she tried to get up.

Prince and Morris helped Rachel up from the floor and kept her at a distance. Denise was still trying to fight her way free the longer I had her down.

"Get off of me! Let me go!" Denise shouted at me as she continued to fight me off.

"No! You need to calm your ass down!" Morris chided at her.

"Shut up Day I got this!" I hissed back.

"This is all your friends fault! She sent my man to you!" Denise said to me.

"What are you talking about? Peter?" I asked confused.

"No Prince! He was mine! I was his date not you!"

Suddenly I let go of Denise's wrists and sat up. She wasted no time and pushed me off of her to the floor. When I looked up at her she was looking at Prince with teary eyes and ruined makeup.

"Why? How could you?" She whispered as she looked up at him.

"He could because he really doesn't like you!" Rachel teased.

  "Stop Rache! Not cool!" I shouted at her angrily.

I extended my hand out the Denise to show her that I'm on her side in all of this. She reluctantly grabbed on and for a moment I thought that things were turning around when she gave me a small grin and squeezed my hand tightly. What I wasn't ready for was Denise yanking me down to the floor with the force of what felt like a thousand men and climbing over me and trying to best be up for no reason. Before she was able to land the first punch Andre swooped down like a hawk and lifted her off of me with just one arm.

  "I don't know what drugs your on girl but you need to slow ya damn roll with all this violence!" He said to her setting her upright in a corner.

Prince and Morris helped me up from the floor and handed me my shoes.

  "What the hell was all that for?!?! I was trying to be nice to you!" I asked her angrily.

  "You were taking my boyfriend away from me you selfish bitch!" Denise scolded.

Are you kidding me? Prince and I have been nothing more than friends for years! What good would it do to take your fake boyfriend? Prince soon had gotten fed up with all the nonsense and rushed over to Denise.

  "Stop it! Your making a fool of yourself! Regan is my friend! That's all! For you to think anything else is just crazy!" He said to her.

  "Yeah! They're friends! And for your information he's MY boyfriend you brainless twat!" Rachel shouted back.

  "Shut up Lilly white! Let Skip handle his own shit!" Morris demanded at Rachel who was still bruiting and complaining in another corner with Jerome.

I just stood there in the middle of the mess trying to figure out what exactly was going on. Making my way over to Rachel she noticed something strange about my dress.

  "Regs! Look!" She said in shock and pointed at the huge tear across the chest of my dress exposing the part of the strapless bra underneath.

  "Ah damnit! How am I gonna explain this when I get home?" I whined.

I could feen Andre eyeing me from the other end of the hall with those icky thoughts of his.

  "You cool Mouse?" Jerome asked.

  "No man I'm not cool. Mama's gonna flip her lid when she sees what happened to this dress." I replied sadly.

  "Don't worry Regs. I have a kit in my locker. I'll patch that up for you before the end of the night." Rachel said calming my nerves.

Looking over at Prince I can see the sadness in his eyes again. He was still trying to keep Denise separate from me and Rachel as she kept trying to break away.

  "Morris! Take her!" Prince said as he continued to stare me down.

  "I got her man! Why can't I take her?" Andre asked confused.

  "Nah. You got another job to do." Prince replied.

  "Yeah? And what's that?" Andre scoffed.

Prince didn't answer him he just kept his focus on me. I couldn't stop looking back at him thought I wanted to pull myself away. There was something about that moment where for the second time tonight I couldn't convince myself that we're just friends. There's a higher power here and I wish it would go away.

  "C'mon Jenson. Let's go fix this tear." Rachel said as she pulled me to her locker.

Prince's eyes never left me as I turned away from him and found myself getting sewn back together.

  "She's.....fucking......delusional." Rachel said to me as she kept sewing.

  "No she's human. She can be just as emotional as the rest of us. She has a thing for Prince and he put it in her head that they have a chance. It's not her fault she's upset. Prince had to fight his own battles."

  "Well yeah but he should have stopped being such a turd and just told her that he really has feelings for you! The whole school knows it so why keep dancing around?"

For once Rachel made sense. It would be nice if prince would stop being such an ass and tell me how he really feels. In this lifetime that will never happen.

  "There! All done. Now! Shall we go back and party?" She asked me with a smile.

I looked at her for a moment with a pitiful look on my face.

  "What's wrong? I fixed the dress!" She said excited.

  "Yeah I know but.....suddenly I don't wanna be here anymore. I wanna go home."

  "But the night just started!" Rachel said.

  "I know but.....all of this shit killed the moment for me. I'm just gonna walk home." I said.

  "I'll come with you!"

  "No. Stay here and have a good time. I'll be fine. Besides it's still early so I'll get home in time."

  "Ok. Well.....I'll fill you in tonight then." Rachel said as she hugged me.

I let her go and went out the double doors. Starting on my shoeless journey I headed across the parking lot and made my weary way to the sidewalk. The streetlights were my guide to my seven block walk back to my house. The damp ground was starting to stick to my feet but the way I felt on the inside made me not care about what was going on around me. I just wanted to go home and forget this stupid dance ever happened. I didn't even get a mere two blocks when the sound of fast approaching feet were coming up from behind me followed by a voice.

  "Hey! Wait up!"

I knew that deep voice anywhere. I stopped and turned and there he was.

  "Skipper go back to the dance. You do t have to walk me home." I said.

  "Yes I do! Otherwise I wouldn't be a good friend if I didn't.

I didn't have the energy to fight with him so I just shut up and let him walk me home.

  "Don't you wanna wear your shoes?" He asked me with a giggle.

  "No." I answered flatly.

  "Stubborn little Mouse. You must wanna catch a cold. Then I'd have to hear you and your mama complain about it." Prince joked.

  "Well.....don't come over!" I snapped at him.

  "I would be obligated to! Who's gonna take care of you?"

  "Andre."

  "By I thought you didn't like him?"

  "I don't."

  "But you like me right?"

We suddenly stopped walking and looked at each other. His eyes were brighter than the Streep light above us. This was really tripping me out and I didn't know what to do or to say. It was like my mind and stopped working and I was watching myself from outside of my body look like a fool. After a moment of staring at each other he finally smiled at me.

  "You don't even have to answer that little lady. Come on! Time to go home." He said.

Before I could get a thought together Prince picked me up in his arms and carried me home.

  "Put me down troll!" I screamed out of fear.

  "NOPE!" Was all Prince replied as he carried me the rest of the way.

This is something I know I won't forgive him for.....but I'll enjoy it for now.