Around five o'clock, I hear the doorbell ring. I grab my purse and open the door. "Hey," I say to Leo.

"Hey, ready?"

"Yeah." We walk to the car and I get in the passenger seat.

"Where to?" Leo asks, starting the car. "Ooh! Should we go pick out a dress for the dance?"

"Lee, it's like three weeks away! And neither of us have dates."

"Are you sure about that?" I look at her.

"No."

"Yeah."

"No!"

"Yeah!"

"You got asked by Ricardo Montoya?" I scream. Leo, along with every girl in our school, including me, has a giant crush on Ricky, or the most popular, and hottest boy in the senior class.

"Yes! Ahhhh!" We both squeal.

"Then what are you waiting for? We have a dress to buy!"

~~~

We get to the mall and enter A Girl's Wonderland, or the dress shop in our local mall. We each pick out three or four dresses, and each go into a dressing room. I got a strapless, light pink cocktail dress with a silver diamond-lined belt, a strapless blue and green dress with emeralds on the belt laid out in a flower pattern, a strapless purple dress that is much like the pink one but a lot poofier, and a strapless baby blue dress with white beads on the torso. I try each one of them on.

The first one is too small, the second is perfect, but makes me look like a peacock, the third is too big, and the fourth is too itchy. I take a picture of the second and last one and send them to Leo. I get a message from her of her three favorites. Her first dress is just black lace, the second is a red dress with lace on top and poof on the bottom, and the third is the same as my last dress but navy. Another text comes through. "Help!" She says. "I can't decide! Plus I like the peacock one."

"I know, right?" I say. "And I like your red one."

"Ooh! I do too! Thanks!" I grab my green dress and put the rest on hangers then go check out. Leo and I meet outside the store.

"Food court?" She asks.

"Sure."

~~~

Leo and I are sitting at the food court, though we've finished our meal. "So how did you get Ricky Montoya to ask you?" I ask. "Wasn't he dating Courtney Keller?" Courtney is Zach's big sister.

"Yeah, but they broke up two weeks ago."

"Ugh, now I have to get someone to ask me."

~~~

When Leo drops me off at home, my parent's car is in the driveway. "Hello?" I ask, walking inside. "Mom, Dad?" My mother walks into the entryway.

"Hi, honey, get anything good?" She asks giving me a hug.

"Yeah. I bought a dress for Homecoming. How was your convention?" Every year, my parents, Lydia Adams and Charlie Baker, go to a mystery writers convention. This time, they were on a panel for their book, The Life, and Death of Charles Grahm.

"Good, good. We sold five hundred copies, three hundred of our other books. I got you a Kelly Cramer t-shirt." The Kelly Cramer series, my favorite book series, are written by Rhonda O'Hilda, who's a friend of my parents.

"Oh, thanks." I take the shirt and go into my room. I get a text from Zach.

"She said yes! Thanks, K!"

"Vi said yes? Congrats! Remember your tux! :)"

"I will. ;)"