CHAPTER NINETEEN, face off

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"Lia..." Chase stood next to his girlfriend who was grabbing something out of her locker. Once she got out what she needed, Emilia shut her locker behind her before turning around to face Chase, mocking his tone. "Chase..."

"You know how the dance is nearing?" He asked, making Emilia raise a brow.

"Yes. What about it?" She smiled.

"Well first, I want to promise you that I won't let anything happen to ruin the dance for us this time." Chase began to say. "But, Emilia Hunter, will you go to the dance with me?"

Emilia hummed. "I'll have to think about it." She laughed, going to walk away when Chase pulled her back by her arm and pulled her in for a soft kiss. "I'm kidding. Of course, I'll go with you."

Adam and Bree walked over to the couple. "Guys, you will never believe what just happened." Bree gushed in excitement. "Jake Chambers asked me to go to the winter dance."

"He did?" Emilia smiled when Bree nodded. "Oh, congrats girl." She high-fived the brunette.

"Jake Chambers?" Chase feigned a look of shock as he echoed. "The Jake Chambers?" This earned a giggle from Emilia before the look of shock fell from his face. "Who's Jake Chambers?"

It seemed like Adam didn't know either.

Bree gave Chase a look of disbelief. "The only guy who's even talked to me since people found out we were bionic. Apparently, no one wants to date a girl who they think was unveiled at this year's auto show." She explained.

"I would." Emilia hummed with a shrug, earning a wink off Bree. Chase looked between the girls and let out. "Nuh-uh." He pushed Emilia behind him before turning to his sister with narrowed eyes, making the girls laugh.

"Well," Chase cleared his throat. "I don't have to worry about finding a date when I've got my girl right here." He smiled down at Emilia who raised a brow at him with an amused smile.

"Ugh. Now I have to throw up." Adam groaned as Bree laughed.

"Oh, really?" Chase turned to his brother. "Well, who are you going to the dance with?"

"No one." Adam frowned before he walked away and into Perry's office.

Emilia looked over Bree's shoulder, trying to hide her smile. "Ooh, I see Jake coming. See you later, Bree." She gripped Chase's hand and pulled him away as Jake approached Bree.

Unfortunately, she didn't get to say much to him before Adam was heard through the intercom as he imitated Perry. "Attention students: this is your principal, Principal Perry. Please report to the hallway where Bree Davenport is making a fool out of herself in front of the boy she has a crush on."

Emilia narrowed her eyes as the students started laughing. Adam emerged from Perry's office and high-fived his brother.

"I'm gonna just go." Jake excused awkwardly and walked away from Bree.

"Come here." Emilia grabbed Adam's ear, pulling him down as he groaned in pain. But once Bree came over, she let him go as Bree whacked Adam on the arm.

"Why would you do that?" Bree looked at him in disbelief.

"Hey." Adam turned around. "If Perry were alive, she'd want me to do this."

Emilia looked at him confused. "Adam, she's not dead. She's home with a cold." She reminded.

"You don't know that. She could be dead by now and this is how I choose to honor her." Adam told them.

"Well, can't you embarrass someone else besides me?" Bree asked.

"I could." Adam turned around to look at Chase's back before pulling his pants down, making Bree and Emilia gasp as everyone else in the hallway that saw, laughed at Chase. "But, I'm better than that."

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Emilia and Chase were in the lab playing a game of slaps when they heard someone walk in, then followed by Bree's groan of annoyance. "Adam is such a jerk." She put her bag down on the ground and turned to the couple. "I cannot believe that he embarrassed me in front of Jake."

Chase shrugged. "Yeah. You were doing just fine on your own." He said sarcastically. This earned a nudge from Emilia as Bree glared. "Don't worry, I know the perfect way to get revenge." He got out of his seat and walked over to the table. "I have been working on an upgrade to Mr. Davenport's cyber masks. Now they're cyber masks and cloaks."

"That's not revenge. That's you being a nerd." His sister scoffed, making Emilia chuckle.

"These perfectly mimic the face and the body of the person you're pretending to be. Now you can impersonate Perry and bust Adam. Here is how I redesigned the electrical infrastructure." Chase explained.

"Yeah, boring, let's get to the pain." Bree grabbed the box off of Chase.

Chase walked over to the cyberdesk. "Okay. All I have to do is download a picture of Principal Perry and enter her height and weight." Noticing the look he was getting off Emilia, he threw his arm out, elaborating. "I got it off the back of her trading card. She used to play hockey in Croatia."

Emilia chuckled, going over to stand by Chase as he activated the cyber masks. Bree touched the side of her neck before her body was formed into Principal Perry's.

"And voila." Chase smiled upon seeing the cyber-mask had worked. Bree leaned over the table to look at her reflection and gasped when she saw Perry's face.

Bree looked amazed. "Wow! I look just like her. I sound just like her too, and I'm not even using my vocal manipulation."

Emilia and Chase walked over to stand in front of her, before the latter spoke. "I know." He nodded at her. "Voice modulation is built right in. And if you want to change back to your own voice, just press the other end of the tab." Chase explained.

Bree pressed the other end of the tab. "This is so cool." She said in her voice. "This is gonna be the—" She let go of the tab, her voice changing back to Perry's. "best revenge ever."

Bree went to hug the couple, but they pulled back and looked at her with an awkward smile. "Let's just shake on it." Emilia suggested, as her and Chase held their hands out.

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The next day, Emilia, Chase and Bree were stood in the corner by the staircase, listening to Adam as he continued to imitate Perry's voice through the intercom. "Attention students, it's me again, the real Principal Perry. You know, pantsuits, cats, hate you. Anywho... even though I'm here sick at home, I want you all to know you make me sick here, too."

"You ready to do this?" Chase asked, making Bree smirk.

"Oh yeah. It's Perry time." She left the couple and walked behind a pillar as she pressed the tab that cloaked her into Perry's body before walking over to Adam. "Hey." She called, making him jump as he turned to her. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Principal Perry? I thought you were sick." Adam looked shocked to see Perry.

"I am, but I ran out of people to give the virus to, so I'm spreading it around here." Bree continued to speak like Perry, making Adam grimace. "I heard you were embarrassing the students. Well, I think it's time to embarrass you."

"Good luck with that." Adam chuckled. "I've been embarrassing myself for years. It's kind of hard to top the master."

Bree got Adam to go into the office to change his clothes while all the students waited outside to see what her plan was.

"Come on out." Bree smirked before seeing Adam walk out with a sigh, as everyone laughed at his new outfit.

"Okay, you topped the master."

"You look ridiculous." Chase laughed and turned to 'Perry' to give her a high-five, not realising what Adam was wearing.

Emilia turned to her boyfriend with an awkward smile. "Chase, you do realise he's dressed like you, right?" At her reminder, the smile dropped from Chase's face as everyone around, continued to laugh.

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Emilia was in her room and stood in front of her long rectangle mirror, staring at her reflection of her dress that she was wearing. But, all she was thinking about, is how it belonged to her mom.

Wiping a tear that fell out of her eye, the auburn-haired girl turned around to grab her phone off her bed, before heading out her room, and ended up bumping into Tasha.

"Oh, sorry Emilia." The woman kindly apologised to the girl. "Didn't see you— there..." Her words trailed off as soon as she recognised the familiar dress that she was wearing.

"What is it?" Emilia furrowed her brows.

"You look beautiful." Tasha complimented. "She would've loved that you wore that." Emilia looked down and bit her lip, trying to hide her smile.

"I saw it in my closet, and I just knew."

Tasha smiled softly at the teenager. "Your mother would be so proud of you. Just like I am." She said before kissing Emilia on the head. "Now, go have fun at the dance."

"I'll try." Emilia chuckled softly, and watched the woman walk past her before she turned her head and headed towards the stairs, only for Principal Perry to jump in front of her. Wait. Nope, it was Bree.

"Emilia, I need your help!" Bree looked panicked, making Emilia furrow her brows.

"Sure, what is it?" The banshee asked. "And, why are you still in the cyber-cloak?"

"It's stuck! And Jake's here!" Bree exclaimed.

"Okay, what do you want me to do?"

"It's not what I want you to do." Bree started off by saying. "But, I wanted to ask you something so I get your okay on it. And it might sound selfish— and I'm sorry, because I know this would be your first dance with Chase as a couple, but is it okay for him to put a cyber-cloak on and pretend to be me until this is all over—" She rambled as Emilia chuckled before awkwardly placing her hands on her shoulders, considering Bree was still trapped in Perry's body.

"Bree, calm down. And, to answer your question, yes, that's okay." Emilia reassured the Davenport girl.

"Wait, really?" Bree furrowed her brows, shocked that Emilia was actually letting her do this. She shook her head from her thoughts. "You're not mad?"

"No." Emilia answered her before sighing. "Look, this is your chance to be with Jake— well, Chase's in this case." Bree sent her a look. "But, me and him don't need to be stressed out over not going to another dance. We're already together."

"Oh, thank you! You're the best!" Bree beamed at her best-friend. "You look stunning in that dress by the way!" At that, Bree speeded downstairs to grab Chase.

"Yeah, that's weird." The Hunter girl pursed her lips in thought, referring to the compliment that Bree gave her, but sounded strange when it was spoken from Perry.

Double-checking her room to make sure she got everything, Emilia soon heard 'Perry' yell from downstairs. "Emilia, are you coming?!"

"Yep, give me a sec!" Emilia shouted down to her, before closing her door and made her way to the stairs and went down them. "I'm here! You can stop worrying." She called as she neared the last step, before she looked up towards the door to see Jake, Adam, Chase in Bree's body, and Bree still in Perry's. Emilia pursed her lips to hide her smile when she spotted the awestruck stare that came from Chase in the cyber-cloak.

"Hey, Emilia!" Jake smiled seeing the girl before it faltered, now looking at her confused. "Wait a second, isn't Chase supposed to be with you?"

"Um, he's not feeling well." Emilia found a good excuse. "So, I'm coming for moral support."

"Okay. Should we get going then?" Jake asked.

"Yes immediately." Chase sighed before opening the door and he walked out, with everyone else following behind.

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Adam had taken over as DJ at the dance, and was now standing behind the table, announcing into the microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, let's get this party started! Whoo!" His eyes were filled with mischief as he looked at Chase. "With a slow love ballad."

Still in Bree's cyber-cloak, Chase's eyes hardened at his brother who merely smirked back at him, and watched as Jake turned to 'Bree' and held his hand out for her to take. "Let's show them how it's done."

Chase hesitantly took Jake's hand before looking back at Emilia and Bree as he was pulled towards the dance floor. The girls walked over to the DJ table to where Adam was.

"Don't they make a lovely couple?" Adam smiled down at them, receiving glares from both girls before looking back at Chase and Jake awkwardly slow-dancing. An uncomfortable looking Chase looked over Jake's shoulder and his eyes met his girlfriend's who sent him a reassuring smile.

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"There you are." Jake smiled as he walked over to where Emilia was standing, with Bree and Chase still in their cyber-cloaks. "You ready to hit the dance floor again?" He asked 'Bree'.

"Yeah, just give me a sec to run to the can." Chase told him without thinking before he noticed the strange look on Jake's face. "Uh, trash can. In the ladies room. Yep, I am all lady."

Chase quickly ran away, leaving Jake by himself before he turned to Emilia and 'Perry'. "Why does she keep blowing me off? I knew I shouldn't have asked her to the dance. Why would a bionic girl be into a regular guy like me?"

"Because Bree's not shallow." Emilia immediately came to Bree's defence. "She's into you, Jake. I promise."

"She's right, Jake. She's into you. She's really into you." Bree stepped forward before touching her hair, getting strange looks from Emilia and Jake before the latter walked away.

"Seriously?" Emilia sighed at her best-friend after seeing what just happened. "Keep your cool and remember you are supposed to be our principal!"

The girls walked back over to Adam who was sat at one of the tables, with his hands on the back of his head as he smirked up at them. "Having fun?"

Bree pressed on the other end of the tab, making her switch back to her own voice. "What do you think?" She snapped at her brother. "Jake thinks I'm avoiding him and I'm trapped inside Perry's body which, by the way, is as sweaty inside as it is outside." She groaned, with her hand still on her neck. "Ugh! This is the worst day of my life." She sat down on the chair, hiding her face in her hands.

Adam looked past Bree with a chuckle. "And the best day of mine." Had followed his gaze, Emilia still whacked him on the arm before grabbing the girl's attention.

"We've got a problem, Bree." Emilia warned her best-friend, nodding towards the doors as Bree looked over to see Principal Perry by the doors, blowing her nose. This made Bree gasp in shock before hiding behind the tables.

Chase stormed into the hall, stopping in front of the real Principal Perry and started ranting to her, not knowing it wasn't Bree.

That was until Bree, who was still hiding behind the food table, accidentally made a noise, making Chase look over and jump back when he saw a second Perry, and since she was the one hiding, he now realised he was talking to the wrong one.

"What? What are you looking at?" Perry couldn't see what Chase saw as Bree had ducked down so she wasn't in view. "And why'd you call me Bree? Something weird is going on here."

"Uh..."

"Bree?" Chase turned around to see Jake walking over. "I think I'm just gonna go."

Chase panicked and pressed the other end of the tab. "Oh, no, you're not going anywhere. Come on, I want to go dance like the girl that I am." He spoke in Bree's voice and pulled Jake towards the dance floor. "Whoo! Yeah!"

As Bree tried to make her escape, Adam laughed once he saw that she had been caught by the real Principal Perry. Emilia sighed, shaking her head at Adam before resting her chin on her hand, with her elbow on the table as she watched the scene unfold.

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Emilia now stood by the door, as she watched the two Perry's fighting each other. Her eyes turned away from them and towards Chase who was still dancing with Jake, leaning his head on the boy's shoulder, wanting to be anywhere but there.

"Get off me!"

"You can keep the boyfriends but I want the canoe!"

Emilia moved to the side just as Perry pushed her long-lost twin sister back. Apparently. And just as Perry went to hit her, Bree was suddenly back in her own body.

"Oh." Emilia widened her eyes.

"Awesome!" Adam laughed from the DJ's table.

"So, I hear you're in the market for a canoe." Bree smiled nervously at Perry who let out a grunt.

"Wait a minute, if you're back that means..." The Hunter girl trailed off, before turning her gaze towards Jake and Chase to see that he was back in his own body as well, making her eyes widen.

When Adam had seen Chase, he grinned. "Even more awesome!"

Jake pulled away in realisation, looking confused at Chase who hadn't realised that he's back in his own body yet, dressed in a suit that he had on before he had to pretend to be Bree.

"What?" Chase asked and looked down, widening his eyes when he realised. "Oh." He let out before placing his hand on Jake's shoulder. "Thank you for a magical evening."

Emilia put her hand over her mouth and giggled at the interaction before Chase spotted her and walked over. "So, now that we're back to normal. Shall we dance?"

"I don't know... you seemed to be having fun with Jake over there." Emilia mused playfully, making Chase shake his head. "I'm kidding. Of course."

She took Chase's hand and he pulled her towards the dance floor before they started to dance. "You look absolutely beautiful by the way." He smiled at his girlfriend.

"Thank you, bub. I love you." Emilia looked at the boy with flushed cheeks, with her hands wrapped around his neck.

"I love you too." Chase pulled her into a soft kiss before she leaned her head on his shoulder as the couple continued to dance.

It may not have started off well, but the couple had a good time by the end.

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MEGAN SPEAKS !

hope you enjoyed reading this
chapter! i had fun writing this, and
emilia wearing her mom's old dress almost
had me in tears. thank you for reading, i
love you all!! <33