The Girls' Dresses to the Easter Dance

 Madeline's

 Lizzie's

 Andrea's

 Debra's

Skye's

Girls Like Nerds (Chapter 5)

Afterwards, Skye had already made it to the dance. She was having fun with her date, Jude, as they danced to the song, "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado in ballroom style. They laughed and smiled at each other throughout their dancing.
"Skye, can I ask you a question?" asked Jude.
"Sure, buddy," responded Skye.
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
Skye stood still. "Come again?"
"It's just that I like you very much. And we're having so much fun, more than we usually do."
"That is not false."
"But if you don't like me back, I'll totally understand."
"You know what? You're not bad, Jude. Of course I'll be your girlfriend."
"Alright! Can I kiss you?"
"You can kiss my cheek. Your breath kind of smells like pizza gas."
"I'm not offended."
Jude leaned in and pecked Skye's cheek, making her grin and blush.
"Sweet," Skye's eyes crinkled from her smiling.

Meanwhile, Madeline went to get punch for herself and her date after dancing with him. As she walked into the crowd, she noticed that Denny wasn't standing in the spot that she left him from. She searched further in the gym slowly, calling Denny's name and making sure she didn't spill the drinks in her hands. After one minute, she found Denny, spotting him kissing a girl with dark hair and a tight purple dress.
"Denny?!" Madeline called to capture his attention.
Denny pulled away from the girl to look at Madeline, startled from her shout.
"Josie?" Madeline identified the girl.
"That's my friend, Madeline," Denny introduced her to Josie.
"And his date! What are you doing kissing Josie?"
"Oh, my date, Peyton, dumped me to get back with his girlfriend," answered Josie for Denny. "And Dexter came over and told Peyton off, telling him how special I am."
"It's Denny," corrected Denny.
"I know. Otherwise, it was very sweet of him."
"Yeah, he's a sweetheart, isn't he?" Madeline questioned sarcastically. "Denny, you're my date."
"And?" responded Denny.
"And? You're supposed to be with me."
"Madeline, you're my date but we're not dating."
"That shouldn't matter! You're supposed to be with me. I didn't spend twenty-five dollars and thirty-five cents on this dress so nobody could admire it."
"Well, I'm sorry, Madeline. But Josie is hot."
"So am I! So what? You're just going to leave me?"
"Sorry?"
"Okay, I understand."
"Thank you for understanding."
"Yeah, whatever."
Madeline walked away from the new couple and deep into the gym to find her friends. Luckily, she discovered her friends near the corner grouped together. They waved to Madeline as she approached them.
"Hey, Maddie," greeted Debra. "We just began waiting for you but it didn't seem to take you so long. Where's Denny?"
"Sucking face with Josie," answered Madeline.
"I thought Josie rejected him as a date," said Lizzie.
"Well, she likes him now. Only to make him leave me, that cheater."
"You guys weren't even together," noted Andrea.
"Well, it's the same thing."
"Sorry things didn't work out with your date," said Debra.
"It's okay. I liked him--"
"Just not in that way," said the rest of the girls. "We know!"
"Jeez, man."
"You know what, Maddie?" started Andrea. "You have proved to me and all of our friends that you're shallow. Getting jealous of somebody as hot as Josie taking the date you didn't want shows worry. And worry shows chillness, meaning that you didn't mind having Denny as your date for the night. So congratulations, you like being next to a boy who doesn't look like Channing Tatum."
"Channing Tatum's married, by the way," noted Skye.
"I know that, Skye," said Madeline. "At least I have you girls. Now my night can't be ruined."
"That's nice to hear, Maddie," said Andrea. "Ooh! I have news."
"Is it weather-related?" asked Lizzie.
Andrea squinted here eyes at Lizzie. "No. Kevin Christie, the guy of all hotness, asked me to be his girlfriend."
"No way!" Madeline responded. "What did you say?"
"I said si!"
"That means 'yes', right?" inquired Lizzie.
"Yes!"
"Oh, my God!"
The girls squealed altogether in excitement.
"It's the truth," Andrea grinned. "He likes me. He really like me."
"Oh, I'm so happy for you, Andrea," said Debra.
"Thanks. He's muy caliente! Now I'm his little mami."
"You guys will last forever," said Madeline.
"As long as he's nothing like Tad, he's a keeper," said Lizzie.
"I don't want to steal your 'spotlight'," started Skye, "but Jude asked me the same thing."
"Get out of town!" Andrea squealed.
"You like him like that?" asked Debra.
"Yes, apparently," replied Skye.
"Oh, good for you, Skye," said Lizzie.
"Girls, this is the beginning of a new chapter," said Madeline.
As the girls agreed, they heard a new song that came on, made possible by the DJ, known as "On The Floor" sung by Jennifer Lopez.
When Andrea heard the song, she started moving her hips. "Oh, this is my song," she confessed.
"Ooh, I love Mario Lopez," commented Lizzie.
"It's Jennifer Lopez," corrected Madeline.
"Oh, that makes sense."
"On the block, we call her J-Lo," said Andrea. Then she started singing along, "Let me introduce you to my party people in the club."
Then the girls started dancing along, dancing in their own ways together. They spun, jumped around and wiggled their hips. They also laughed and sung along and never stopped being themselves.

Girls Like Nerds (Chapter 4)

One week after, the Easter dance began at seven O'clock on a Friday night. The girls had already pick out their formal dresses and applied their faces with desired makeup. They each were all ready for the dance. Madeline, Andrea and Debra met up outside the school and head inside together, all looking fabulous in their own way.
"Are you meeting Kevin inside the school?" asked Madeline.
"Yep," answered Andrea. "I should've made him wait forever for me."
"Well, it's a good thing you arrived early. I want to at least talk to... as much of you as possible before we separate."
"Why couldn't we just go to the dance altogether?" asked Debra. "That way, we wouldn't have dates; we would just have each other."
"Because everybody would think we're lesbians."
"We could just tell them we're not lesbians," said Andrea.
"Oh, it's not that simple."
"Wait, how would a bunch of people think we're lesbians if there's five of us?" questioned Debra.
"That you wouldn't understand, Debra."
"Debra has a point," commented Andrea. "If we all just hanged out together, you wouldn't express your shallowness towards your date, Denny."
"I am not shallow! I just don't want to date him."
"No one said you had to date him," replied Debra.
"Plus, you asked him out," added Andrea.
"Look, I like Denny--" started Madeline.
"But you don't like him in that way. We know!"
"Nevertheless, we can still enjoy this dance without each other," said Debra.
"That's right," agreed Andrea. "You guys are smothering me."
Debra and Madeline laughed. Afterwards, Debra turned her head when she heard talking of a familiar voice.
"Hey, there's Lizzie," noticed Debra.
Andrea and Madeline turned their heads as well. They spotted Lizzie, in a pale yellow dress, with her date, supposedly Tad, by the parking spots in front of the school.
"She did say Tad was driving her," said Madeline.
"Look how his hands are all over Lizzie," Andrea commented.
"Lizzie's smart. She'll find out what this guy really wants."
Lizzie, from afar, waved at the girls as she saw them. The girls waved back. They witnessed Lizzie talking her date as he embraced her, making her stay with him as he talked to his friends by his green car.
"When is Skye coming?" asked Debra.
"I don't know," answered Madeline. "She did say she was picking Jude up."
"Skye is so masculine...," said Andrea, "not in that way, though."
"That wouldn't make sense anyway. Skye's a Virgo."
The three girls continued to walk to go inside the school. When they entered, Andrea's date, Kevin, popped from the corner.
"Hello, Andrea," he greeted.
"Hi," replied Andrea, putting her hand on her hip.
"Hello, girls."
"Hi, Kevin," Debra and Madeline responded together.
"You look stunning," Kevin said to Andrea.
"Thanks," Andrea responded. "I always do."
"Let's go."
"Yes, let's."
Kevin interlocked his arm with Andrea's arm, leading her to the gymnasium, which was where the dance took place.
"He's cute," admitted Debra, about Kevin.
"I've seen better," said Madeline.
"Why? Because he doesn't look like Channing Tatum?"
"Debra!" called out a chubby boy, peaking his head out of the gymnasium entrance.
"Billy, you're here!" Debra gasped in happiness.
"I got you punch," Billy showed his arm which held a clear cup of fruit punch, spilling a bit as he held his arm out too quickly. "Sorry."
"He got me punch," Debra whispered to Madeline. "See you later."
Debra walked away to her date, Billy, in the gymnasium.
"Well, I guess I better go to the dance now," Madeline said to herself, nervously. "Don't be shallow, Madeline!"
She walked towards the entrance of the gymnasium and entered it, looking left and right for her date. She walked further into the scattered crowd until she saw Denny see her. They walked more closer to each other.
"Hello, Madeline," greeted Denny.
"Hi ya, Denny," Madeline greeted back.
"You look astonishing."
"Thank you. I try to be astonishing. You-- You look like James Bond."
"Is that considered 'hot'?"
"Well, I don't really think James Bond is that attractive. But you do so yeah, it's hot."
"Thank you. I'm the luckiest guy here. You could've asked out any guy you wanted."
"Well, we're friends and you were single and I was single and I like you so I had to make it happen. Well, I don't like you, like you. We're friends."
"I get it. I completely get it."
"Listen, I don't think you're mentally challenged."
"I'm not."
"I know. You deserve better."
"It's okay. I don't like you like that."
"Thank you for your honesty. I'm going to hug you."
"And I won't stop you."
Madeline giggled. She squeezed Denny who hugged back for a short time.
"Now... we dance," Madeline said in an almost guttural tone.
"Of course. But first, let me fix my underpants."
Denny started digging into his dress pants and started wiggling.
"Oh, brother," Madeline said quietly to herself as she looked around.

Meanwhile, Lizzie had already entered the dance and started slow-dancing with her date, Tad, to the song, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, played by the DJ in the gym.
"I love this song so much," admitted Lizzie. "I love Steven Tyler."
"I think it's Bonnie Tyler," corrected Tad.
"Oh! That's why I hear a woman's voice."
"You're so cute." Tad slowly moved his hands from Lizzie's back to her bottom.
"Whoa!" Lizzie uttered, grabbing Tad's wrists and placing them on her back. "My back's not right there."
"I know."
"Well, then, know." Lizzie put her hands back on Tad's shoulders.
Still, Tad moved his hands down to Lizzie's bottom. It made Lizzie back up quickly.
"I said 'know'!" she said.
"Come on, you got a big butt."
"Then get sprung!"
"Liz', I like you very much. Just let me touch your butt."
"No!"
"Then let me touch your boobs."
"No!"
"Why not?"
"Because I am a lady and ladies don't get touched in their lady parts by non-ladies."
"Come on, Lizzie, I have needs. And men need to find women who can fulfill those needs."
"Well, I'm not that type of woman."
"How can you not be when you dress like a skank all the time?"
Lizzie gasped. She slapped Tad across his cheek forcefully.
"Do that again," he said, not fazed.
"Ew!" Lizzie uttered before walking away from Tad.

Girls Like Nerds (Chapter 3)

Three days later, the girls met up at the Village Mall as they rearranged to go to days back. They first went to the Faerie Ball store, which was full of dresses, perfect for them to be at as they need dresses to go to the Easter dance.
Madeline grazed her hand on the puffy dresses from one of the racks. "I am going out with Denny Winchester," she sighed.
"Something wrong with that?" asked Andrea.
"Oh, no, no. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just that he is one of the last people I thought I would go out with."
"Who are the other 'last people'?" asked Lizzie.
"Anyone who doesn't have one characteristic of Channing Tatum."
"It's not like you're going out with him," said Skye. "You're just going to this one dance with him."
"Yeah, but what if he starts to like me? Do you know how likeable I am?"
"No," Andrea joked in response.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, Maddie," Skye remarked.
"I'm serious," added Madeline. "I don't want to date Denny. I don't feel the same way."
"You don't want to date him because you don't feel the same way," started Andrea, "or because he is not 'your type'?"
"Andy, I am not shallow. How many times do I got to say it for you to believe me?"
"A hundred is nice," recommended Lizzie. "It's a big number but not too big."
"What do you mean by 'same way'?" questioned Debra. "You said you didn't know if he likes you."
"I know," said Madeline. "But look at me; I'm hot!"
"Can you say 'conceited'?" smiled Skye.
"Remember: you asked Denny; he didn't ask you," mentioned Debra.
"That doesn't mean I like him," said Madeline. "You guys told me to ask him out."
"You could've said no," Lizzie responded.
"I think you still sound shallow, Madeline," said Andrea.
"You're shallow, too," Madeline replied.
"How so?"
"You didn't ask out Denny."
"That's because Kevin asked me out before I even knew about the dance."
"Hey, isn't that something to talk about?" inquired Lizzie.
"Yeah," replied Skye. "I thought you hated Kevin Christie."
"I didn't say I hated Kevin Christie," Andrea corrected. "I said I was mad at him. But he apologized and now he likes me more than ever."
"How do you know?" asked Debra.
"Because I've been wearing my apple bottom jeans. Boots with the fur."
"The fur!" all of the girls sung as a response to Andrea's line.
"Oh, yeah. And he's been looking. Plus, he hasn't had a girlfriend in a long while, meaning he's been waiting for me."
"Do you think Kevin will ask you to be his girlfriend?" asked Lizzie.
"I don't know. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy to be 'tied down'. But he would making great choices if he dated me."
"Let's just hope that he doesn't blow up in your face," said Skye.
"Okay. So why are you and Debra taking your 'friends' to the dance?"
"We don't have boyfriends," said Debra.
"Plus, we just don't want to be lonely at the dance," added Skye.
"Trust me," started Madeline. "None of us is going to the dance with a boyfriend."
"Jude is sweet. He is just looking for a good time and he's looking for it with me."
"That didn't sound right to me," Lizzie commented.
"Well, Billy has been my friend forever," said Debra, "and no one would go out with him."
"Aw, really?"
"He's just not that good with girls. I mean, he has other friends who are girls but they all have boyfriends."
"And you don't?" asked Andrea.
"I sadly don't."
"I think that sounds sweet," admitted Lizzie. "They're going to the dance with boys they don't like so they have more fun."
"That doesn't make any sense," said Andrea. "We should have dozens of fun with the boys we do like."
"Dozens? Is that a measurement?"
"Look, we have dates," said Skye, "so we shouldn't make a big deal about taking our friends. Besides, we're friends and we promised to dance with each other before the dance ends."
"You're right," Andrea replied.
"Although, I do have a question for Lizzie."
"What you got for me, Skye High?" asked Lizzie.
"Isn't Tad a bit of a horn-cat?"
"Is that some type of species?"
"No, I'm saying isn't he the kind of guy that 'hits and run'?"
"I don't think he plays baseball."
"I'm talking about sex!"
"Oh, that makes sense. No, I don't think so. He's so nice to me."
"Yeah, so he can butter you up," Madeline added.
"I don't think so. Tad wants a relationship."
"How do you know?" asked Debra.
"Well, when he asked me to the dance, he said, 'You know what, Lizzie? You're the one'. Then he left."
"What does that mean?" asked Andrea.
"It means I'm the one. Duh!"
"To hit, then run," noted Madeline.
"Girls, Tad is not a 'horn-cat'. He is so much deeper than that. Trust me."
"Okay, whatever you say," said Skye.
Debra picked up a bright yellow dress from one of the racks in the store. "Hey, does this dress bring out my eyes?" she asked, holding the dress in front of her.
"No, but it might bring out your breast," responded Madeline, looking at the deep neckline.
"You're going out with Denny," Debra said in spite.
Madeline glared at Debra as she is still unsure about going to the dance with Denny.

Girls Like Nerds (Chapter 2)

One minute later, Madeline arrived at the cafeteria, being last as always. And she sat down with her friends, starting the conservation between all of them about the earlier 'incident'.
"Jackson Payne has a girlfriend?" asked Lizzie, unwrapping her sandwich.
"Yeah, apparently," replied Madeline. "He's dating Janine Thompson when Sherry said that he wasn't dating her."
"Come on," said Andrea. "We all know that Sherry says about anything."
"Well, remind me that next time because I'm so embarrassed."
"Hey, asking out someone and getting rejected isn't embarrassing," Skye noted.
"I thought it was," said Lizzie.
"Shh!"
"Either way," Madeline started, "I have no date to the Easter dance. Which is awful because all of you have dates."
"That's not true. I don't have a date."
Suddenly, a boy with long, tan hair covered partially with a gray beanie started to glide over to the girls' table. He stopped himself by laying his hands out on the table between Madeline and Lizzie.
"Hey, Skye," he greeted.
"Hey, Jude," Skye responded. "What's new?"
"Oh, I just got these shoes with roller skate wheels built inside them. Did you see me roll here?"
"Yeah, you were rolling."
"So I heard you don't have a date to the Easter dance."
"Who told you that?"
"You."
"Oh."
"And since I don't have a date, would you like to go with me?"
"Oh, sure, Jude."
"Really?"
"Yeah, that sounds like a blast."
"Awesome! I'll pick you up."
"No, I'll pick you up."
"Cool! Well, see you later."
"Bye, Jude."
Jude glided away from the table with the roller skates from his tennis shoes to his table. Madeline watched him skate away before looking at Skye in confusion.
"Now I have a date," Skye declared.
"We're sorry that you'll be all alone, Madeline," said Debra.
"Hey, why don't you hang out with me and my date, Tad?" insisted Lizzie.
"Because that makes me the third wheel," responded Madeline. "And I'm always the 'first wheel'."
"So I was the third wheel the last time we went to the Easter dance?" asked Skye.
Madeline scoffed. "No."
"Hey, girls, look," said Debra, pointing behind herself.
The girls switched their attention to a nerdy-appearing boy of the same age approaching an attractive, Asian girl sitting with her appealing friends.
"Hi, Josie," said the boy.
Josie looked at the boy in a confused manner. "Do I know you?"
"We're in the same geometry class."
"Okay."
"You borrowed my pencil."
"I borrow everybody's pencils."
"But you said 'Thank you'."
"What do you want?"
The nerdy boy grabbed a little, yellow flower from his left pants pocket and showed it to Josie. "I brought you a flower."
"It barely has petals on it."
"But it still has three of its petals."
"Are you mentally challenged?"
"No, I have an A in every class."
"Good for you."
"So do you want to go to the Easter dance with me?"
"With you? No. With Peyton Michaels? Yes. I'm waiting for him to ask me. So you can go now."
"I enjoyed having this talk with you."
"Whatever, Dexter."
"It's Denny."
"I know."
Denny, still with a flower in his hand, looked down to the floor and slowly walked away, dragging his feet.
"Aw," uttered Lizzie. "That's sad."
"I can't believe she rejected Denny so rudely," said Debra.
"I can't believe we heard all that," said Andrea.
"Now Denny doesn't have a date to the dance," Madeline noted.
"Well..." started Skye.
"Well, what?"
"Well, here's your chance."
"Here's my-- I don't want to go out with Denny!"
"Why not? Don't you like smart guys?"
"Yeah, but I like smart guys who don't look smart."
"That's kind of hard to find, isn't it?" inquired Lizzie.
"Come on, Maddie," said Andrea. "He doesn't have a date and you don't have a date. Like don't be shallow."
"I'm not shallow," said Madeline. "You know what? Denny would never hurt a fly. I'm going to ask him out."
"Is hurting flies a deal breaker?" asked Lizzie.
Madeline took her legs out from under the table. "Sure, Liz'."
She turned around and followed Denny, who was still walking over to his seat. Once she caught up with him, Madeline placed her hand on his shoulder, making him turn around.
"Hey, Denny," she greeted.
"Oh, hi, Madeline," Denny replied.
"Still getting A's?"
"Yeah. You?"
"Forever and always."
"That's nice to hear."
"So, listen, do you want to go to the Easter dance with me?"
"You're kidding, right?"
"Nope. Dead serious."
"Oh, boy! Of course, I want to go to the dance with you."
"Well, that's awesome."
"Oh, hey." Denny handed Madeline the flower from earlier. "Here you go."
"Thank you. I love dandelions."
"Actually, that's a buttercup."
"Even better. Well, see you later."
"Bye, Madeline."
Madeline grinned and turned around to walk away. "What did I do?" she asked herself, still grinning.

Girls Like Nerds (Chapter 1)

After the bell rung to end fifth period, Madeline walked down the halls to go to the cafeteria for lunch. As she strolled while minding her business, she started to spot a tall boy walking in front of her yards away. She made up who he was instantly and tried to walk faster. The boy's name was Jackson, a player of the school's soccer team. Madeline had an infatuation with him for a couple weeks, admiring his full, brown hair, deep green eyes, and white smile. So she tried to speed up closer and closer to Jackson, passing every student in front of her smoothly, to talk to him.
Once Madeline got next to him, she said, "Jackson, hi."
Capturing his attention, Jackson responded, "Oh, hey, Madeline."
"Hi. Um, how was your day? Or how is your day if the feeling isn't changing."
"Um, I'm good."
"Just good?"
Jackson chuckled, exposing his straight, white teeth. "Yeah."
"Alright."
"Did you enjoy the soccer game yesterday?"
"Ooh, yes. Yes, I enjoyed it. I love... soccer."
"That's great to hear."
"Yeah, isn't it? Jackson, did you know that Galileo discovered that Jupiter had rings around it?"
"Not really."
"Well, he did. And he tried to tell other scientists that Jupiter has so but they thought he was nuts. You know, like what squirrels eat."
"Interesting."
"Yeah, it is."
"Did you learn that today?"
"Oh, no. I knew that forever."
"Well, at least I know now."
"Yeah, you do." Madeline started to giggle nervously. Quickly, she managed to calm herself down to finish speaking. "So... do you know what's coming up?"
"I don't know. Easter?"
"No, but what I'm talking about is Easter-related."
"I have no idea. What's coming up?"
"The thing that is coming up is the Easter dance."
"Oh, yeah."
"Uh-huh. Do you like to dance?"
"I love to dance."
"No way! Are you good?"
"Somewhat."
"Me, too! I mean I'm not the best dancer but I be ballin' on the dance floor."
"You don't say."
"I say. Are you going to go? You know, to the dance?"
"Yeah, I've been thinking about it."
"That's good because I'm thinking about going. But do you know what would make the best of a dance? A date! So you wouldn't mind going to the Easter dance with me, would you?"
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"Madeline, I'm flattered."
Madeline rolled her eyes playfully and flipped her long, wavy hair.
"But I have a girlfriend."
"Great, you can pick me up at-- What?" Her grin dropped down to a frown.
"I'm sorry; you're great but I'm dating Janine."
"But Sherry from chemistry class said you were single."
"What?"
"I said that's okay. I'm not fazed."
"Are you sure? You seem sweaty."
"Oh, I always sweat when I talk. So since Janine is your girlfriend, you have to take her to the dance?"
"That's pretty much how it works."
"No, I get it. I'll just ask someone else, you know? I know I'm beautiful."
"Thanks for understanding."
"Yeah, well, you're welcome."
"Good luck finding a date."
"Yeah, whatever."
"Hey, are you going to the next soccer game?"
"When is that?"
"By the end of the month."
"Oh, I can't make it. My mother is sick and she needs someone... to feed her."
"Wait, what?"
"See you in the next lifetime, Jackson."
Madeline sped away from her ending crush and made her way to the cafeteria.