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Moonlight Dance flyers and signs were posted all around the school The annual dance welco and was an event every student hoped to attend

I was eyeing a poster while I aiting toof what it would be like to be Brandon&039;s date He&039;d wear a stunning sport coat, and I&039;d wear a tea-length dress that shiether as the ht I pulled out es And there it was - staring at me in the face - FULL MOON Brandon would be a olf that night My heart plummeted to my shoes

Suddenly someone tweaked my sides and I screamed

"You are so easily spooked!" Nash said

"UhI was just"

"Thinking about the dance?"

"UhI guess"

"I was, too And I wanted to know if you&039;d be my date"

I was shocked I certainly didn&039;t think he&039;d ask s for Brandon And I assuured you wouldn&039;t be going with you-knoho," he said, "being that it will be a full moon and all Do you already have a date?"

Nash had me trapped Brandon hadn&039;t even asked me yet I didn&039;t knohat to say "Welluhno," I said truthfully "But - "

"Great, then you&039;ll go with me," he said triumphantly

Before I could stop hiet tickets," and took off down the hall

I was left standing there, du will be back to norh ere fine, she still longed for us to reinal sixsoo with Brandon" I was relieved I no longer had to hide my affection for the Westsider from my friends and was happy to adotten myself in a jam

"Did Brandon ask you?" Abby wondered excitedly

"No," I said "The signs were just posted It&039;s his first year here - so he wouldn&039;t even know about the dance"

"Well, it seems to me that you&039;re in quite a pickle!" Abby said

Brandon caught up to"I wanted to talk to you," he said brightly "Do you have aI&039;d rather be doing than be with Brandon, and anything could be put off till later to make that happen

We stepped into an ens about a Moonlight Dance co up," he said

"Oh?" I said

"I wanted to check with you - before anyone else had a chance to ask you You can say no - since I&039;m a Westsider and all," he said with a cute sht Dance with me?"

"I&039;d love to!" I blurted out

"Great!" he said

"But there&039;s one problehed

"You first," he said Brandon gazed down at ly

"No, you," I said

"It will be a fullmy dad will have sent o"

"Ohokay"

"Nohat is your proble myself to tell him about the Nash situation

"It&039;s okay, you can tellto wear!"

After school, Ivy, Abby, and I went to the ht Dance My friends were thrilled to have any excuse to shop

"So, Celeste, you can buy one dress to wear for Nash and one to wear for Brandon," Abby teased

"Maybe you should pick Nash," Ivy said "Maybe it will rekindle your feelings for hiain"

Abby and Ivy found tons of dresses to try on while I still sifted through the racks trying to find one that I thought ," Ivy said

I saw a teal blue dress with a thin black belt It was gorgeous Then I noticed the price My heart alh my chest

"I can wear one of Juliette&039;s," I said

"Whatever!" Ivy took the dress froed to drape it over her other ones and teetered her way to the dressing room

I reluctantly followed behind

Abby modeled a lavender strapless while Ivy posed in a blue dress I could see -room door

"Come on over here!" Abby said

I tiptoed out in eous!" Abby shouted

"You have to buy it!" Ivy cheered

"So, you&039;ll wear this with Nash," Ivy said

"I think it will inedall efforts to be there for ined my new self with Brandon, happier than I&039;d ever been - but torn for the guy who had to hide froined was the predicaht have these problems, but not someone like me

It was a week before the dance and Nash appeared to be feeling great His bandage and stitches were removed and he was able to play baseball He showed off his scar, while Brandon continued to hide his under his fingerless gloves I was relieved that my former boyfriend seemed not only back to normal but was more enthusiastic and happy than I&039;d seen him in months I tried to tell him about Brandon and the dance, but every tied the topic I wasn&039;t sure ifto avoid the situation

Nash was my friend - and ood when hurting others I wanted to proceed with caution in telling him Nash was nore Heidi Rosen and was attentive toward htthe dance with Brandon

"You have to come over," Brandon said one day after school

His tone was urgent and emphatic I was nervous about what could be so important that Brandon would have uesthouse, Brandon didn&039;t even kiss me, but instead, enthusiastically ledon it, with brownnext to it The postmark was from Geneva

"Here it is," he said

"What is it?"

"The antidote" He led !"