The dance is just beginning! Get a good dance in with your sweet heart, you don't know where the night will lead.

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The cherubs are working over time!

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Someone spiked the punch... with a love potion. Odd couples start forming, people are dropping their dates like flies for some pretty strange combinations.

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Sam had almost not wanted to go to the dance. He was still recovering from the month's full moon, it had always taken him a few days to make a full recovery despite taking wolf's bane potion. He was tired and dragging but he knew he had to carry on so no one would find out his secret. There was also the little fact that Valentine's Day dances were always full of corny decorations and couple-y things and he was a single dude. Sure his friends would be there and not everyone would have a date but it always seemed more fun to go to the Valentine's dance with someone who might be interested in you. Regardless, he pulled on some fancy pants and headed down to King's Hall, going just a little bit late so he could avoid the awkward pictures at the beginning.

He wandered over to the punch table and poured himself a glass, normally he wouldn't chance it but he shrugged it off and slugged back the whole cup. Something weird happened, a feeling came over him like vulnerability. He tried to shake it off and turned to his left where he saw his buddy Sim. "Oh hey man," he said looking at the other boy. There was something about Sim that was different though, something... fetching.

"Dude... you're like... really handsome tonight," Sam said as he slowly realized he was in love with the other boy, probably always had been!

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Sim had come to this dance to please Meka. I mean, girls loved shit like this, right? But she had disappeared and all this heart stuff was making him feel kind of sick, so he had been resting at the refreshments, Taking a sip of punch, he looked at where the voice was coming from and felt... his heart flutter? That couldn't be right. But this felt totally natural!

"Oh hey bro, thanks!" Sim grinned goofily and puffed his chest out a bit. "Have you been working out? You look totally ripped, man."

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Meka had come with Sim, it had been sweet of him to go without complaining too much. It wasn't that she was terribly fond of dances and the decor was beyond tacky, leaving something to be desired. Still, it was nice to have someone like him to go with, someone who could joke around with and sneak outside for a cigarette with. She had left him to his own devices for a little while to go get a quick drink of punch before wondering back to the dance floor where she could get in a quick dance with the girls.

It was on her way to the dance floor that her head began feeling a little weird, like she was in a daze. She tipped her head to look into the cup that she had just taken. "What the..." inevitably she bumped into someone. Looking up nervously at first she saw a face that would normally make her cringe with fear. Instead she felt her eyes get bigger. Alexandria Quentin was surely the most beautiful person she had ever seen. Brushing her fingersacross her locket nervously she took a deep breath.

"Hi," she said somewhat breathlessly. All thoughts of anyone else went out of her head.

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Alex hadn't come with anyone to the dance, and she was getting pretty sick of it happening that way. She had expected that by now, Charlie would have gotten sick of Jennifer Parry by now, but it certainly wasn't happening fast enough for her liking. She had shown up, she hated to admit, partially in hope of winning Charlie's favor. She had been pre-drinking a little pink champagne in celebration of the holiday back in her room, though it was quite a shit holiday in her opinion. Love and fluff and sweet things were not exactly Alex's cup of tea. Being slightly buzzed and more than a little irritated was more her style lately.

She was going to win Charlie's favor, and convince the blonde to come back to her room and finish the bottle with her. Whatever she had to say to make that happen, she would say it. She had even taken the time to bully a sophomore into giving her the rose her boyfriend had given her, and she supposed it would be nice give to Charles for Valentines day.. or whatever.

Her eyes scanning the room and looking for Charlie, she almost ran into Meka when the girl was suddenly right in front of her. She raised an eyebrow as she looked down at the other girl. "Yeah, hi. Get out of my way," she replied dryly.

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Not really wanting to deal with him for that night, Sera had lied to Max telling him she had far too much homework and couldn't go to the dance. It was pretty lame as far as excused went but it seemed to work. It was just three days before Valentine's Day and Jenn's birthday and Sera was really just hoping for a chance to talk to her, even if just for a few minutes. Maybe not fix everything. Technicially she was still living at home so confessing her love and asking her to be her girlfriend again still seemed out of the question. It couldn't hurt to atleast try to mend things a bit though. Maybe Meka was right and they could at least be friends or somethng again.

Sera had picked Jenny up a small gift, a pretty weak apology considering everthing, she knew that, but it was worth a shot she supposed. She really did still loved her. And much as she had said she just had to cut her out of her life completely, it just wasn't that easy... Impossible actually. She stood waiting at the punch bowl, keeping an eye out for Jenny. She didn`t know whether she`d was going to be there with Charlie.. or with someone else or alone. She hadn`t really bothered to find out. Alex hadn`t been on her case in a while though if that was any indication.

Not noticing her even approach Sera was a bit startled when she turned to Charlie standing next to her at the punch bowl. She couldn`t see Jenny around, but just kind of went for it for the next best thing she could think of. Just asking any. Speaking as casually as she could, considering. It was worth a shot right? "Um..Charlie Right?.. You wouldn't know where Jenny is would you?" She grinned as best she could, trying to be polite before raising her glass to finally take a sip of punch.


Within Seconds she grinned up at Charlie, moving a bit closer to her, blushing just a bit just from being in her presence. How hadn't she noticed before? She was beautiful.. Like the most beautiful person she'd ever seen before. She's always found her a bit cute, but this was different. She loved her. Forgetting all about Jenny and who she was actually talking to she held out the gift to the blond suddenly, still blushing and grinning like a lovestruck fool she was. "I ..Umm, will you be my Valentine?"

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Charlie had been a bit surprised by Jenny's enthusiasm at coming to the Valentines dance. She hadn't voiced her opinion, but she was glad that the older girl was at least trying to move on. Who was she really to question getting to be the girl's Valentine? She knew Alex wouldn't ever be caught dead with that title. She had gone over to the refreshment table to get them some punch, and hadn't noticed that Sera had been standing right there. She was a bit startled when the other girl talked to her, freezing a bit like a deer in the headlights. Talk about awkward! She didn't know if it was really her place to tell the girl off for the way she had treated Jenny, but boy did she want to.

"I do know where Jenny is," she replied with a small frown. Clutching her cup of punch, but not drinking it. She felt like it was her job to protect Jenny now, especially since Sera had done such a poor job of it. "But why should I tell you?"

She was extremely taken aback when Sera was suddenly invading her personal bubble. And what was with that look she was giving her? Taking a hasty sip of her drink to try and stall for time once Sera asked her to be her Valentine, she coughed a bit as she choked on the overly sweet punch. This was extremely strange, and she wondered for a moment if Sera was trying to fake her out. The thought was suddenly gone from her head as she took a closer look at the other girl. She had never noticed it before, but Sera was gorgeous! She couldn't blame Jenny for being upset to lose her. She was beautiful and smart.

Charlie blushed profusely and rubbed the back of her head with her hand. "Well who else's Valentine would I be?" She asked the girl, a goofy grin breaking out on her face. "You're the most gorgeous girl I've ever seen, Sera." She took the gift from the girl's hands and pulled her in for a big hug. She cupped Sera's cheek as she pulled back to look down at her. She could feel her heart swell with love as she looked into Sera's eyes. "Y'all just made me the happiest girl at the dance!"

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Hunter was uncharacteristically nervous for the evening, but that was mostly just because everything had to go down perfectly. She had thought about this for a long time, since Christmas which felt like a very long time ago to her now, because Monkey was getting closer and closer everyday. They were running more and more out of time to prepare, every single time they went to sleep and woke up to start another day. That was one less twenty-four hours to waste, before they had a baby that they needed to spend their time with.

She wasn't worried about it, not in the typical sense, but it still seemed surreal in it's own way, but it was getting closer and closer to being real. It was part of why Hunter had come to her decision. She had mentioned to Mack already about looking for apartments off campus, they both had girlfriends who didn't have anywhere else to go and there was another break coming up soon, but she had left out the other crucial part of her plan that came with the moving out thing. It was never the moving out together that she was worried about, she figured Michi would be glad to get off of campus and have some space that they could make their own and prepare for the baby to come.

Standing over by the punch table, the tall blonde was practically squirming, turning the ring she had bought over and over in her hand, absently clutching it but never letting it go. It was too perfect, she had actually had a bright idea for once. People didn't compliment her often on her intelligence, maybe her cleverness, but this idea had been a mixture of both. She had practically drained one of her dad's credit cards to buy the damn thing, and it still didn't feel like it was good enough for the younger girl. She was probably going to catch hell from her folks, perhaps they'd cut her off again, as they sometimes did once or twice a year when she did something really brazen against them. Usually they got over it in time when she fucked up, when she spent too much, but if it came to this time, maybe it was high time that they heard about Michi, about what was happening with them.

Her parents were the last thing on her mind when she bought it. She had been thinking only of Michi really, feeling sort of goofy, thinking about the family they were going to make. She had chosen emeralds and diamonds, and the emeralds were perfect for them. She had looked it up, the birthstone for May. She could only hope Monkey wouldn't be early and blow the whole sentimentality of it all. She had gotten four emeralds; one for each of them, then Monkey and Yori. It was gonna be perfect. But she still couldn't shake the nervousness deep in her gut. She was pretty sure Michi would want to marry her, to be with her forever.. but what if she didn't?

Her own parents couldn't stand her, and your parents were meant to love you no matter what. It was a root that she couldn't shake. If your parents couldn't love you, who else could? There was only one person she knew could relate, and it was Mack, who she was keeping an eye out for as she continued to fidget beside the refreshments. She hadn't gotten drunk, even though it was a dance, it was too special of a night. She needed her best friend to build her confidence, not alcohol. She couldn't get falling down drunk and then just propose, it wouldn't be the same. Waiting for Mack's head to appear among the crowd, Hunter scowled as she poured herself a glass of punch instead.

It wasn't liquid courage, but it would have to do. Taking a large gulp, she smacked her lips a bit. It was overly sweet, but not bad, kind of like.. well, actually it was really good. She thirstily finished the rest of the cup, and began pouring a second. Managing to get her phone out, she decided that she couldn't wait to see Mack. She needed to see Mack right then, like as soon as possible. Where was she? She was already texting the shorter girl as fast as she could; 'cum find me bb i need 2 c u xoxoxo!!!!'

Her eyes were still scanning the crowd desperately for any sight of her best friend's gorgeous blonde hair.

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Mack had been enjoying the dance so far, it was great to finally be able to go with her girlfriend. Usually, Mackenzie hated Valentines day. It was just full of stupid, sappy people and too much pink. This year, however, thanks to Tatum, she was actually enjoying herself. She had been just been about to ask Tatum to dance when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. Rummaging around, she quickly extracted the phone and frowned when she saw what it said. Rolling her eyes, Mack kissed Tatum's cheek and told her she would be right back. She didn't know what her friend wanted, but Hunter had been acting weird lately. Mack knew that the other girl must have something up her sleeve.

She scanned the room, searching for her tall counterpart. She checked several corners before heading towards the refreshment table. They had always been notorious for spiking the punch, and if Hunter was that excruciatingly excited in her text, it could only mean trouble. Mack spotted the blonde girl bouncing on her toes lightly at the punch bowl and could help but smirk. Hunter was so predictable sometimes. She sauntered over to her best friend, and tapped her on the shoulder.

"What's up, bitch?" She said, her smirk turning into a mischievous grin. "What's got your panties all in a twist?"

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Sasha had been looking for Faith for a while but still hadn't managed to find her again. All he really wanted to do was get out of there and go play video games or chess or quodpot, anything really to just get out. It was getting warmer in the ball room and everyone was starting to shack up. Even some of the teachers were starting to get all goofy and weird about each other. He was sure he had seen Teodoro Ramirez making eyes at the headmaster. It was just... uncomfortable.

Unable to stand it any longer he just went outside for a cigarette. After lighting his cigarette he stashed them away in his jacket and leaned back against the wall. He knew he was close enough to get caught but everyone was so distracted he figured he would barely even register on their radar. Typical day right? he thought to himself with a sardonic grin.

After he finished this cigarette he vowed to himself that he would leave, with or without his friend.

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Eden had been doing her usual dance routine, getting knocked back by university bitches and making a general nuisance of herself. It was thirsty work, thirsty enough to require a large glug of punch, it had seemed, because the love potion had got to her too.

After drinking her punch she had felt weird. Fuzzy, kind of. As she stumbled outside, she tapped the tall, goofy kid next to her and motioned for a cigarette, looking up into his face as she was going to ask him to share. He was so tall.. and buff. Had her life been a lie so far? What the fuck had she been interested in girls for when this guy had been here the entire time. Staring up at him wide-eyed, Eden proceeded to grab his neck, drag him down to a more comfortable level and place a kiss right on his lips. His jaw was so chiseled!

"I fuckin' love ya" she blurted out, trying to put him into some sort of half nelson in case he tried to run away.

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The night just keeps getting weirder as more and more people start "falling in love" with each other.

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The whole damn thing was getting stupider and weirder. Dani was getting terribly uncomfortable with all the couples who were starting to get together. It was just... weird. She sipped on her flask of whiskey. "I aint drunk enough fer this shit," she mumbled to herself. She shook a little at the taste, she wasn't quite drunk enough for that without something to chase it with.

Dani walked over to the snack table and poured himself some punch. While she was sure no one else was looking she took another shot and then chased it with the punch. She still shook a little and poured herself another cup though something caught her eyes. Golden nails. She followed the golden nails up to their owner and locked eyes with Sylvia Sasaki, who was not someone Dani would usually hang with.

The light must have been playing tricks on her because when she looked at Sylvia all she could think about was how gorgeous she was. "Whoa..." she said quietly. "You're nails... they like match my shoes," she pointed at her nails. "Y'all here with anyone?" she asked somewhat abrasively.

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Sylvia was not one to drink the punch offered at dances. It was always asking for trouble and besides, it was probably full of germs. When the other girl addressed her she looked over from watching weird couples dancing and looked at Dani's shoes. "I think my nails might be shinier" she said with a shrug. "No, I don't come to these things with anyone" she answered her, a little weirded out.

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One of the best things about not living with her mother and father anymore, one of the only true benefits, was being able to where exactly what she wanted when she wanted to. No one cared to criticize her clothing, no one wanted her to stop dressing like a boy. There was no one who cared anymore about stupid little nitpicky things like that. Her step-mother hadn't sent her a dress for the dance at all, though she knew Sera had gotten one, and that suited her just fine. But the more she had thought about it, she realize that she had sort of wanted to get dressed up a little bit to go to her first Valentines dance with her girlfriend, but that only led to a panic attack as she realized that she had nothing to wear and she also couldn't really dance.

Except for the old dresses her mother had sent over the years, of course, all lurking far in the back of her dormitory closet like frilly pink relics. They were there. She felt more than a little stupid wearing the red and lacy monstrosity that Mack had picked out for her. That she had allowed Mack to convince her looked good. She was sure that it looked awful, that had to be why people were giving her weird looks, but at least she had found good sneakers to go with it. There was that much.

Self-conscious as ever, Tatum was fidgeting with the flower tucked behind her ear as she stood with Jules near the refreshment table, glad to just be against the wall and away from the crowd. Mack had gone to get a drink earlier and she hadn't come back, so Tatum had found Julian on her walk around the hall and decided to stick with him instead. She mostly assumed Mack and Hunter had run off to scheme something, she had seen Michi by herself earlier as well, so it wasn't really a big deal. They would turn up.

"So l-like I was saying," the redhead went on, as there was a momentarily lull in the music. They had poured drinks of punch a few minutes ago, but so far Tatum had just stared into her cup. "I really only wore this s-stupid fucking dress because," she paused for a moment, clearing her throat awkwardly before finally taking a big gulp of her drink. Suddenly, she seemed to forget what she was saying or why she had worn the dress at all. Actually, all of a sudden she did remember why she wore the dress, it was so clear to her now.

"Because I w-wanted you to notice me!" the redhead finished breathlessly, reaching over and grabbing the front of Julian's shirt as she stared up at him. He was so handsome, like really handsome. She had never really noticed it before, but now that she was looking into his eyes.. wow, he was really something. He was even more beautiful than Frankie had ever been. It was no way to think of the dead, but there doubt where the good looks had gone in that family.

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It was getting dangerously close to her and Ella's birthday, and she still hadn't reconciled with Sera yet. She had been hurt when it happened, still felt deeply hurt now, but she had never expected it to keep hurting so bad. Really, she had never expected it to last this long. Everytime she saw Sera and Max together, it just made her stomach churn painfully. She was still spending time with Charlie, still trying to forget, but nothing seemed to work.

She had split off from Charlie, whom she had gladly come to the dance with after she decided she was sick of waiting for Sera to surprise her by coming to her senses and asking her, giving the taller girl a little bit of space. If Alex was angling for her tonight, Jenny didn't want to get in the middle. She had no patience for the Shenandoah girl and her attitude.

Unsure of what else to do with her time, she had made her way over to the table of snacks, having a cookie and making her way along the rest of the refreshments, hesitating at the punch. Normally, it was a risk that she didn't take, but there were quite a few teachers milling around. Surely it was too early for spiking. If not, she'd just dump the cup out. Filling her glass, Jenny finished her cookie and set to drinking her punch, satisfied when she didn't feel the sting of alcohol as she drank.

When she lowered her cup, she squinted a little into the crowd, spotting Hendrix off to the side. He looked like he was waiting for Ella to come out of the washroom, and it suddenly struck Jenny that he should be waiting for her outside the washroom, not her sister! Hendrix was all wrong for Ella, she decided with a little grin, already crossing the crowd and making way over to where her sister's boyfriend was against the wall. "Hi there," she greeted him brightly. Now here was a boy she could take to the library! Why had she never noticed how studly Hen was?

"Did she leave you all alone? She's so forgetful! That's okay, I'll take care of you.. you're like, way too handsome to leave unattended, Henny."

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Sunny had been having a really lovely night with Bastian but as it was, the time came to sneak in a punch break and gossip with the girls. She practically skipped to the red bowl, giddy with excitement and poured herself a big glass of punch. She has half way done with the cup when she noticed Ella and it came over her then. Ella was perfect in every way imaginable. She finished her glass, forgetting everything else that had happened earlier and walked over to the blonde nervously.

She pushed a strand of dark hair behind her ear. "Hey Ella," she said, her eyes big. "El... you're so beautiful."

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Apple was in a little world of his own and completely oblivious to anything weird going on as he strolled through the dance. He had picked up a glass of punch on his way back inside from a smoke and was walking along and sipping when he was suddenly overcome. He watched her from a distance for a while, he needed to get her away from that other girl, even if just for a minute. He knew he would be able to convince her of his love. He knew she would totally fall for him.

Seeing his opportunity, he sauntered over to the blonde he grinned. "Hey Mackenzie," he said waggling his eyebrows at her. "Girl, you are so fine. I looked over here and I just knew that's the girl I want to marry."

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Get in another dance with your sweetie?

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Faith had been watching him pretty much all night. He wasn't her usual type, except for that other jock last summer she never spoke two words to the assholes, but she hadn't been bale to drag her eyes away from him since she had stopped to get a drink.

One she felt it was a good time, Faith wandered over to Leland, though she didn't know his name, one finger twirling her blue hair uncharacteristically. "Oh hey" she smiled up at him. "Cool hat."

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Shelby had been outside for a bit smoking but since getting back inside he couldn't ignore some of the weird things that were happening. For one he was pretty sure he saw Mack and Hunter all over each other? It couldn't be though. They had to be joking around? He was high but not that high. Something was definitely off.

If he could help it he normally tried to pass on the school punch all together, if spiked his blood sugars every time but he parched, with a mad case of the pasties. He poured tall glass and raised it up taking and sip and leaning back on the refreshment table a bit, just chillin'. He turned to the girl standing next to him, immediately feeling like he could possibly looking at his future wife. "Damn, you look amazing tonight girl." He commented, giving his best flirtatious grin, pushing off the table to stand up. A girl like her deserved to be treated right. "Can I get you anything? A drink or somethin' to eat maybe?"

He felt all giddy inside, like he was in love. The punch hadn't even tasted a little bit spiked though. He took another big gulp from his cup though just to check it. He had to think of her baby after all, he was pretty sure that shit was like really bad for 'em. He'd totally make a really good dad, he thought.

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Erica was still sort of wigged out about watch duty. Their group hadn't really found anything too awful, but when she heard about what some of the other groups had found, she had just about quit the entire thing. It was scary, but she knew she could take care of herself. Still, she had been thinking about getting a boyfriend or something until everything was figured out. If the killer came after her, she was going to need someone to outrun, after all.

Walking through the dance, she was mostly bored, looking around absently for Julian or Shelby, and coming up empty. She thought she had seen Jules kissing some ginger earlier, but if you didn't scoop Julian up quick at a social event, you didn't always get him. She didn't know where the hell Shelby had gotten off to though.. second choices weren't meant to wander off when you need them.

Reaching the punch bowl, she quickly poured herself half a glass, and made a quick glance around to check for staff before she tipped her flask and filled the cup the rest of the way with vodka. "Bottoms up," she said simply, before downing the punch and liquor in two big gulps, making a face at the mixture of sweetness and burning that now filled her throat. Looking across the refreshment table though, her eyes went slightly big as she saw the boy standing there across from her, pouring. Who was he? She couldn't help but grin, almost shyly. She didn't want to come on too strong and scare him off, she didn't think she could handle the rejection if he wasn't into her back.. but she didn't know if she could restrain herself.

"I'm Erica," she informed him boldly, thrusting her hand out him, and kind of waiting expectantly for him to kiss it.

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Just as the dance was starting to slow down the huge Valentine's Day card that the Social Events Committee made is raised high above the crowd against the back well. But there's been an artistic change. Staked to the middle of the giant card is a bloody human heart. There were bloody smudges all over the card as if the people who had been editing it were fighting over how it had to look. Underneath the heart, written in blood it said, "Question the purity of your own heart."

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