The next day started just like any other normal school day.

Bella got up when her alarm went off, took a shower and got dressed into a white undershirt with a blue and white flannel over it, blue jeans short over back leggings and tall black boots. She tried contacting Peter last night and this morning, but he didn't ever answer her and it was starting to worry her.

She got to school and met with Vivian, telling her all that happened yesterday.

" That's awful that you both got your suit taken away. And you even got your hideout taken away too? Awe, I'm gonna miss that place." Vivian frowns.

Bella sighs. " Yeah, I'm gonna miss it all. I don't know how to get my Uncle to not be disappointed in me anymore."

Vivian shrugs. " I don't know either. I think he will come through eventually."

The two of them walk over to where Ned was waiting for Peter who was in the Principal's office.

Ned looks over at Bella and smiled.
" Hey, Bella. I'm glad you're okay."

Bella smiled. " Thanks, Ned."

The door opens and Peter walks out while putting his backpack on. Ned turned to face him and asked. " Are you getting expelled? Do you have to go to that high school on 46th where the principal has a crossbow?"

" Pretty sure that's an urban myth, and no, I'm not expelled." Peter replied as the four of them walk away from the Principal's office.

" You're so lucky." Ned said.

" Peter, are you okay? Why haven't you answered me when I tried contacting you?" Bella questioned, wanting to know why he didn't answer her.

Peter avoided eye contact with her and shrugged his shoulders. " I'm sorry. I guess I was busy."

Bella frowned, knowing something was wrong with Peter and she just wished he would tell her.

Everyone went to class whenever the bell rang and the day went on. Before she knew it school was over and she was walking to her locker when she bumped into someone.

" I'm so sorry." Bella apologizes and is shocked when she looks up to see Harley Keener.

He sent her a smile and shook his head. " No worries. It was also my fault."

" I can't believe this is the first time I've seen you, Harley." Bella smiled, happy that she was seeing her old friend.

Harley nodded. " Yeah, I know. It felt like it's been forever since we've seen each other."

Bella chuckled. " That's because it has been forever since we've seen each other."

Harley rubs the back of his neck, now suddenly acting nervous. " You know, Homecoming is coming up. Do you...do you have a date?"

Her eyes grew wide and her heart started beating like a million miles per hour. She forgot all about Homecoming and she didn't even think that someone like Harley was going to ask her.

Was Harley going to ask her? Part of her hope he would. But would Peter be okay with this though? Why is she asking herself that? She doesn't care what Peter thinks. He's the one that isn't telling her what's going on.

She shook her head, not being able to form any words, still shocked.

A smile that made her knees weak formed on his face. " Good. Because I was wondering if maybe you...would want to go with me?" he asked her.

" It doesn't have to be a date! We can just go as friends." he quickly added after seeing the look on her face.

Bella couldn't help the blush that grew on her cheeks and she knew she probably looked redder than a tomato. She quickly nodded. " I would love to go with you as your date."

He let out a breath of relief. " Oh thank goodness. You have no idea how nervous I was. Ever since I knew Homecoming was going to be soon I tried to talk to about it, but I always chickened out because I get so nervous around you."

Bella's heart fluttered as he said that and she smiled. " You shouldn't have to be nervous around me Harley."

Harley smiled at her. " I know that now. So on Homecoming, I'll pick you up?"

Bella nodded. " Sounds good. You remember where I live, right?"

He chuckles. " Of course I remember. I'll tell you when I'm on my way."

Bella smiles. " Okay, sound good."

****

Bella arrives at her house minutes later and super speeds into the living room where her brothers were watching tv. " I have a date to Homecoming and I am freaking out!"

" Well, hello to you too." Xander said while rolling his eyes.

" Wait a minute, you have a date?" Andrew asked with wide eyes. He then went into protective mode.
" Who is it? Do we know him?"

" It's Harley Keener." Bella tells them.

" Oh, I remember him." Xander said as he took a sip from his coffee mug.
" He's a good kid."

Bella ran her hand through her hair as she paced in the living room.
" Uh-huh." she says while she nods. " I need to find a dress and learn how to dance. And I need to do that fast."

" Well, good thing we know someone who has super speed." Andrew said.

Bella looked at them. " Really? Who?"

" You, blondie." Xander chuckled and raised his hand up in defense when Bella glared at him.

After going dress shopping with the help of her Aunt Pepper, she got her makeup and hair all planned out. Now she just needed to know how to dance.

" Okay, so put your hand here." Andrew said, taking Bella's right hand in his. " And this one here." he puts her other hand on his waist.

" Okay, now what?" Bella asks, hoping that she remembers everything.

" You just let him take the lead. Step forward, to the right, " Andrew continues on telling her how to dance and eventually Bella gets the hang of it and surprisingly doesn't step on Andrew's feat.

****

Now it's the night of the dance and Bella is sure that she has never been more nervous than she is now. For the dress, she was wearing she decided on a red strapless dress that went to her knees.

Her Aunt Pepper helped her with her makeup and her hair. Her hair was curled and half of it was pulled back with some of her hair left in front of her face. For the shoes, she was wearing black flats because she hated heels.

" Our little sister is growing up." Andrew said while wrapping his arm around Xander.

Xander smiled. " Yeah, she is." he then frowned. " I don't like it."

Bella laughed and then looked at her dress. " So, what do you guys think?"

" I think I'm gonna punch him if he doesn't think you're not beautiful." Andrew said.

" Okay, let's not get violent." Xander said and patted Andrew on the shoulder before taking his arm off of him.

He looks at Bella. " You really do look beautiful."

" Of course she looks beautiful. She always does." Pepper smiled at her niece who smiled back.

" Awe, thank you, Aunt Pepper." Bella hugged her.

She pulled away from the hug just as her phone buzzed. She picks it up off of the table and saw that Harley texted he was on his way. Her eyes widened and she starts to panic.

" Oh no. Harley is on his way." she looks at her brothers and aunt. " I'm not ready. What if I mess up?"

" Then make it look like you meant to mess up." Xander shrugs his shoulders.

" You'll be fine. Stop worrying." Andrew smiled.

Bella took a deep breath to try and calm herself down as she asked,
" Uncle Tony isn't coming, is he?"

Pepper sighs. " I'm afraid not."

Bella shakes her head, her lips curving downward into a frown. " It's okay. I'm not surprised. I just wish he wouldn't stay mad at me."

" Oh, dear, he's not mad at you. He's just stubborn and protective." Pepper told her with a small smile on her face.

Bella sent her a tight lip smile while the doorbell rang. Her eyes grew wide as she looked at her family with a panicked look. " I can't do this."

" Yes, you can. And I'm going to help you by opening the door." Andrew said as he walked over to the door.

" Please don't threaten him!" Bella yelled at him and followed him.

Andrew opened the door to reveal Harley dressed in a black and white tux.

Harley smiled. " Hi, Mr. Ridley. Is Bella ready?"

Andrew narrowed his eyes at him and doesn't say anything for a moment. Harley raised an eyebrow confused at what was happening.

" Yeah, she's ready." Andrew finally said. " Bella, your date is here!" he yelled over his shoulder.

Bella nervously walked down the hallway to the front door and Andrew stepped out of the way.

Harley's eyes widened as he looked at Bella. He swore his heartbeat stopped for a second as he looked at Bella.

" Wow." he breathed.

Bella smiles nervously. " You're pretty wow yourself."

Harley swallowed nervously. " You look...wow. I have no words."

Bella blushed. " Thank you. Are you ready?"

Harley nodded. " Uh, yeah, yeah. I'm ready. Let's go." he offers his arm to her.

She smiled and took his arm. She looked back at her brothers and aunt. " I'll see you guys later!"

" Have fun!" Pepper smiled.

" But not too much fun!" Andrew added.

****

Bella and Harley arrives at the school a few minutes later and Harley being the gentleman he is, opened Bella's door for her.

Bella stepped out of Harley's car.
" Thank you."

Harley smiled. " You're welcome." he said and offered her his arm.

The two of them walk into the school and to the gym where Homecoming was being held.

" Wow." Bella said as they walked into the decorated gym.

It didn't even feel like a gym with the fairy lights, star shaped lights and other decorations that decorated the gym.

" It looks great." Harley commented as he looked around the gym. Bella nods in agreement.

Harley looks over at her. " You wanna know what looks more great?"

Bella tilts her head to the side as she looks at him with curiosity. " What?"

Harley smiled at her. " You."

Bella blushed and looked away shyly. No one has ever acted this way to her before, it made her feel special that someone thought that way of her.
" Thank you."

" Bella!"

The two of them look over to see Vivian running over to them with a wide smile on her face. " I'm so glad you're here!" she pulled Bella into a hug and Bella had to let go of Harley's arm so she could hug Vivian back.

" You look great!" Bella told the brunette as they pulled apart from the hug.

Vivian was wearing a purple dress that stopped just at the floor, the top half of it was decorated with purple sequins while the bottom half was just purple and Vivian's hair was pulled to the right side in a French braid.

Vivian pointed at her. " Thanks. So do you!" she turned to look at Harley and smiled. " Hi! You're Harley, aren't you?"

Harley nodded. " I'm surprised you know who I am."

Vivian chuckled and shrugged her shoulders. " Of course I know who you are. I mean, we have some classes together and we are in the same grade."

Harley chuckled nervously. " Right, that makes sense."

" So, did you come here with anyone?" Bella asked Vivian.

She nodded. " Me and Ned went together."

Bella and Harley shared a knowing look before looking back at Vivian.

Her eyes widened while she waved her hands around in a 'no' gesture.
" Not like that. We just went together as friends!"

Harley rolled his eyes. " Uh-huh. Sure."

" Hey, guys." Ned says as he walks over to them and stands besides Vivian.

Bella wasn't surprised that he was wearing a fedora. " Have you seen Peter?"

" We just got here, so no." Bella says as she gestures to her and Harley.

" Huh. It's weird I haven't seen him. He said he was going with Liz." Ned said.

" Oh, I saw Liz walk in, but Peter wasn't with her. Which is odd." Vivian told them as she glanced around the gym and then pointed. " There she is."

The four of them look towards the middle of the gym where Liz was left standing alone, staring off somewhere with a confused and upset face as if someone had left her.

" I wonder where Peter is." Bella mumbled as she glanced around the gym and something was telling her that something bad was going to happen to Peter.

She looked over at Harley to see him offering his hand to her with a nervous smile on his face

" Hey, do you wanna dance?"

Bella hated this because now she had to choose between Harley and Peter.

A/N yay I finally updated this book! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I added harley in the book bc he deserves some love & he will be an important cast member of the second book to this series so I figured I might as well add him in now. anyways don't forget to check out some of my other books!