//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 // Story: Blaze of My Heart // by BlueSun52 //------------------------------// A few weeks had passed since the gang had their slumber party. The event greatly helped the spirit of their friendships and things were back to normal as it can get. It was Saturday and Blaze was hanging with Star at her house. He laid on the bed as he was looking through his phone while Star was on her computer. Star looks through her facebook account while she was doing some of her homework. She scrolled down until she saw a post from Jade. She pulled up the post and saw Jade had posted a date. Her eyes widen when she saw that it was the date for the Fall Formal dance. Jade was saying that she was excited to be in charge of the event this year and asks anyone to help out. “Hey Blaze, guess what? Jade is going to be putting together this year's Fall Formal!” Star said. Blaze paused for a moment. The memories of last years Fall Formal with Jazz flashed through his head. He shakes his head and sits up. “So? I’m not really into those dances anymore,” he said. “Well I know, but Jade is asking if anyone could help her out with the event,” Star pointed out. “Maybe we can go up at the school and help her out! Who knows, maybe you might get a date?” She gave Blaze a smirk. Blaze rolled his eyes. “Yeah surrrre, I’m gonna lift one table and suddenly I’m surrounded by ladies that can’t control themselves around me,” he said. “Besides you know what had happened last-” “Yes, I know. Jazz pulling that big horrible prank on you and scarring you for a long while. Look I get it and you don’t want to go, that’s fine,” Star said. “But you could at least help set up the whole thing at the very least. And don’t forget, Jazz was banned from ever going to the Fall Formal after what she pulled off with you….. My mom told me that your mom was very very scary at the parent/teacher conference. She could have sworn Jazz’s mom peed herself.” Blaze rubbed his chin. Taking a moment to think, he let out a sigh as he came up the revelation that Star would pull him into the idea anyway. “Alright, I’ll do it,” Blaze said. “But don’t you dare try putting me up with someone to take to the dance. I have no intention of going to the dance.” “Alright, deal! I will not try to set you up with someone,” Star promised. “Good, glad to hear it.” Star looked at her computer and smirked. ‘I’ll just let Jade do that for the fun of it. She’s a hell of a lot better than me,’ she thought. Monday had once again come for everyone and the gang was back in school. Eve was walking down the hallway with her books before putting them away and heading off for lunch. Just as she reached her locker and unlocked it, Jade walked up and waved. “Hello, dearie!” Jade greeted. “Isn’t this a lovely day for everyone?” Eve chuckled. “I guess it would be since you are in charge of planning out this years Fall Formal,” she said. “How did you get that position anyway?” “Well when you’re get as popular with everyone as I am, you get all the right attention,” Jade replied. “And being School President does help too since I can pull a string here and there.” “Ah, that make sense,” Eve said and laughed. “Do you have any plans for the dance? Maybe plans to bring someone with you?” Jade asked as she looked at Eve with a raised brow and sly smile. “No, not really.” “That’s what I would expect from one of the most- Excuse me, what!?” Jade asked shocked by Eve’s answer. “You don’t have any plans for the dance!? You don’t even have a date!?” “Um…. No?” Eve replied. “I just don’t have that many offers. I wasn’t really interested in going to the Fall Formal.” “B-But it's the Fall Formal! Your mother went there the first time she came to our world!” Jade explained. “Shouldn’t you at least attend there and continue on a tradition?” “It wasn’t really much of a tradition than it was mostly trying to save the world from a deranged and insecure teen girl…. Who is now my math teacher,” Eve said. “Talk about irony.” “But Eve you’re such an attractive lady! You cannot say to me that not a single boy had hit on you,” Jade said. “Surely you would have at least notice they were checking you out.” Eve pondered for a moment. During one time at gym, Eve had put on her shorts and white shirt on. Unaware of what was going on, some of the boys looked at her with wide eyes of how her figure was. She did a few stretches before she bent over and to touch her toes. Suddenly Eve heard sounds of thumps going behind her and she looked back. Several of the boys had pass out after getting a good view of her rear and had goofy smiles. Eve raised an eyebrow. Eve rubbed her chin and looked at Jade. “Nope, not really,” she replied. “Oh…. Well, that’s surprising,” Jade said. “Hmmm, perhaps I could-” “No.” “But I can-!” “No.” “I mean, it could really-” “No.” “Can’t you at least-!” “No.” “Fine!..... Pleeeeease?” Jade looked at Eve with big eyes and pursed lips. Eve remained quiet for a moment before she let out a defeated sigh. “Fine.” “Wonderful! You won’t be disappointed!” Jade said. She hugged Eve tightly and rubbed her cheek with hers. Eve only made a pout and an irritated expression. Iris sat at her desk as she was looking through her phone. She viewed different styles of dresses she was planning to get. Most of them were hoodie dresses as she loved wearing hoodies all the time. Camilla peeked over her sister’s shoulder and raised a brow. “Watcha doing, sis?” “I-I’m j-just g-getting a h-hoodie d-dress f-for t-the d-dance,” Iris replied. “A hoodie dress? Didn’t even know they make em,” Camilla said. “And why do you want a dress for? Are you planning on going to the dance?” Iris looked at Camilla and nods. “Ah, alright. So who are you going to take to the dance?” Camilla asked and smirked. Iris blushed as she fidgeted with her fingers. “..... Oh my god, you really are planning to go with someone?” Camilla asked. “Who!?” “..... B-B….. Blaze,” Iris replied. “Say whaaaaaaaaaaa!?” Camilla was utterly shocked to hear her sister’s response. She looked at the meek girl trying to comprehend the concept of her being interested in a guy. “Why!? He’s an okay guy but there’s got be guys better than him!” “W-Well…. H-He i-is n-nice and k-kinda c-cool. N-Not t-t-to m-mention, h-he d-did c-come t-t-to s-save m-me and t-the o-others,” Iris explained. “S-So I-I wanted t-to p-pay h-him b-back.” “Huh, I guess that would make sense…. But wasn’t Nova and Jangle there too?” Camilla pointed out. “Course then again, Nova did mostly went in there to save Jade and Jangle…. Well, he is a pretty nice guy. Though he barely talks. Heck, he’s like a boy version of yourself, sis.” “O-Oh, t-t-that i-is t-t-true…. Who s-should I-I t-t-take t-t-to the d-dance?” Iris asked. “No clue, sis.” “T-T-That d-does n-not h-help!” Iris said. “W-Why d-did you h-have t-t-to m-make i-it m-more c-complicated!?” “Because that’s what a sis does,” Camilla replied. Iris narrowed her eyes. Sunday peaked over the corner. She saw Altair unlocking his locker and putting his books away. She turned away and took a deep breath. “Alright Sunday, you can do this,” she said to herself. “You’ve been making a lot of progress with him and positive that he knows you exist. All you have to do is walk up to him and simply and calmly ask him out to the dance. If he seems confused or too shocked about the question, I’ll tell him that just to go as friends…. Even though that’s not true and I really really really hope that we can be more than friends….. Alright focus, let’s do this!” Just as Sunday turned around the corner, she bumped right into a figure. She let out a grunt before she looked up to see that it was her mother, Sunset. She had a bright smile on her. “Hey sweetie, I was just checking to see how you were doing,” Sunset said. “Are you planning on going to the dance that’s coming up? You haven’t seem to talk about it that much.” “E-Eh, yeah! I am excited about it!” Sunday replied. She looked over Sunset seeing Altair was still at his locker. “That’s good to hear! I was hoping that after school, we can talk about a couple of things,” Sunset said. “Seeing how it's the Fall Formal and the history I had with it, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about-” Sunday tried her best to listen but she became nervous. She looked over Sunset again to see Altair was walking away. She started to sweat and looked at her mother. “H-Hey, mom! It sounds lovely and I would like to talk about it more but I have this thing to do and really need to get going okay bye!” Sunday ran past Sunset and tried to catch up to Altair. “Sunday! What are- Look out!” Sunset cried. “Huh!?” Sunday looked back at her mother before she crashed into a garbage bin. She fell down on the ground with garbage on top of her. Altair had already turned around a corner before he saw any of it. She lets out a groan as Sunset ran over. “Sweetie, are you alright!?” Sunset asked concernedly. “Oooooh…. I have such bad luck,” Sunday said. In the library away from prying eyes, Jade was going down a long list of names she was suggesting to Eve. As she rejected each name Jade brought up, Jade made it to the last two names on the list. “Eve, you mustn't be that picky! There's only two names left!” Jade said. Eve shrugged. “Sorry, I just don't know most of these guys,” she said. “Well you should know these last two at least! If you don't pick from these, well... I guess you'll just be dateless at a dance!” Jade said with a horrid expression. “.....Alright?” “Eve that's a terrible thing! Dances are supposed to be extremely fun with a date!” “My mom went to the fall formal just with her friends, and she said it was fun.” “These are different times! Don't you want to have a dance with a nice boy just for one night?” “I guess. I just don't think it's that big of a deal.” “Possible romance is always a big deal.” “I suppose. My mother just always made friendship seem like a bigger thing more than romance.” “Well she's wrong,” Jade said causing Eve to roll her eyes. “Romance is the best motivation in the entire universe! Anywho, you're down to two boys!” “Who are they?” “Blaze and... Altair. Honestly I didn't think you would ever get to the very bottom of the list so that's why I put Altair at the bottom,” Jade explained and giggled. “Why? Don't think we'd get along?” Eve asked. “I don't know. Maybe you would. I personally wouldn't mind you as a sister in the future if some type of romantic spark happened!” Jade nudged Eve with a laugh. “Heh, well I'm close enough with the Altair in your world. Honestly, I could see it working, but.... “ Eve looks around and whispered. “I don't think you know who would like that.” “Indeed... that's true. Altair has his own little number one fan.” Jade looks at the list. “Blaze really could use a much better girl for a dance than that terrible Jazz last year.” “What happened?” “Oh you never heard?” “That's why I asked 'what happened?'” Eve sassed. “Don't get smart with me, Eve!” “Just saying.” Jade looks at Eve with narrowed eyes before shrugging. “Fine. Although no more sass or I won't help you find a date!” ‘That would be not be much of a threat,’ Eve thought. “Alright, alright, I’ll hold off the back talk. So what did happen to Blaze and Jazz?” “Anyway, last year, Blaze's date Jazz embarrassed him in front of the entire school.” Jade explained the entire scene to Eve adding in trivial details like the colors of everyone's dresses and what song was playing too. Eve looked at Jade with wide eyes. She felt her heart sting with pain after hearing what happened to Blaze. “That's.... That's horrible,” she said. “Indeed! That's another reason why I do not care for Jazz one bit. She also thinks she's the most popular and prettiest girl in school but clearly that's my title! I have the instagram followers to prove it!” Jade said. “She sounds like a horrible excuse for a human being,” Eve commented. “Eve! While that may possibly be true to some extent, it's still very rude to say that! Even if I do agree with your points.” “Though..... Maybe it's because she lacks friends,” Eve pointed out. “Possibly. I've never really seen her around many others before. Then again, I don't really see her much.” “I see.... Anyways. I guess if Blaze isn't going with anyone, I can go with him. We are pretty good friends.” “Wonderful! My job here is done!” “You have a date yet?” “I do not. I don't think either of my siblings have one as well,” Jade replied. “Heh, I bet Altair won't have that problem soon,” Eve said. “As long as he actually decides to go. He might come up with the practice excuse again,” Jade said. “Why would he?” “To him, "ball is life.” “Ball?” “Basketball pretty much. And football too, but he enjoys playing basketball more,” Jade explained. “Ah, I see. Well hopefully he sees there's more to life than "ball.” “Indeed. Like romance!” Eve rolled her eyes and laughed with Jade. They both sat up and went out the library before parting ways. Jade went down the halls until she went up to her locker. As she was putting away her journal and books, she was unaware that Nova was peeking over the corner. Nova looked away and took a deep breath as he held a bouquet of blue roses. ‘Okay, you got this. Just walk up to Jade, give her these roses and ask her out to the dance. We’ve been good friends for a long time and I can just tell she can sense something that’s between us. And when I take her out to the dance, I’m going to confess my true feelings for her and ask her out for a date. Perfect, man. That is just a perfect plan,’ Nova thought. Nova took a deep breath and walked around the corner. However just as he did, his eyes widen when he saw Kringle coming around a corner on the other side of the hall. Kringle stopped as he looked at Nova with a blank expression. Nova looked to see Kringle had a bouquet of violet roses in his hand. ‘.... Ah ****.’ Aware of what the two had planned, Kringle narrowed his eyes at Nova as Nova did the same to him. They flexed their free hands as they stared at one another. Time had slowed down for them as they waited for a chance to gain the upper hand. In slow motion, Jade closed her locker door letting out a clicking sound. Both eyes were widen and they dashed towards Jade. Nova put all efforts into his legs determined to get to Jade first. Kringle rushed as fast as he could. He pulled out a straw that still had its cover over it. He aimed right at Nova and blew in it as the cover shot out and hits Nova in the eye. Nova winced in pain as he held his eye. He growled and dashed faster. Jade slowly turned to walk but she saw the two charging right at her. Her eyes widen as she flinched and took a step back. Kringle and Nova’s eyes widen before they tried to stop but skid across the ground and collided to one another. They fell on the ground and groaned in pain. After a moment of recovering, they quickly shot up and held their bouquets to Jade. “Jade! Would you go out-!” “No! Jade, go out with m-!” “Shut it, Kringle! I got here first!” “You shut it, Nova! I planned this first!” “No way! I planned this for years!” “I planned for decades!” “You’re sixteen, you idiot!” “Love last longer!” “I’m asking her to the dance! So back off!” “You back off!” Nova grabbed Kringle’s roses and whacks him over the head with it. Kringle growled before he grab Nova’s roses and whacks him over the head. The two glared at each other for a moment before they tackled one another. They both fell on the ground as they fought each other over the love of their lives. Jade looks at the fight as she blinks. She let out a sigh and moved a strand of hair from her face. “My beauty is a gift and a curse to all men,” Jade commented. Star and Rhoda sat next to each other as they waited for their class to start. Star played on her 3DS while Rhoda was looking through her journals. Rhoda looked over to see couples talking about the dance and overheard their plans. Rhoda tapped her chin for a moment before she looked over to Star. “Hey, Star?” “Yeah, Rhoda?” “Do you have plans for the dance?” Rhoda asked. “Well besides helping Jade set it up and everything.” “Why do you ask? You thinking about getting a date for the dance?” Star asked. Rhoda blushed. “N-No, I wasn’t actually. I think I might just come to the dance by myself,” she replied. “Are you sure? I bet you ask Jade she would set you up,” Star suggested. “No it's fine. Besides I mostly want to go so I can spend time with you guys at the dance,” Rhoda said. “Are you planning on going with someone?” “Eeeeh, I might go with Blaze if he doesn’t have a date. He’s not so keen on coming to the dance but he has to get over what happened,” Star explained. “But who knows. Maybe he might get a date and go to the dance.” “.... You really hope that you go with hi-” “Quiet you,” Star interrupted. “Aster’s school is having a small dance as well but he doesn’t seem to be interested.” Rhoda said. “He said he wasn’t interested in the girls there and he wished he could come to our dance instead.” “Really? Heh, guess he likes hanging with our group,” Star said. An idea popped into her head and rubbed her chin. “Why don’t you bring him to the dance? I bet he would like that!” “Oh, that would be a good idea!” Rhoda said. “Sure, I’ll bring him to the dance! I think he would like that a lot.” “Awesome! Can’t wait to see the little guy again!” Star said and smiled brightly. Rhoda smiled back at Star before class had started. Later on, everyone was gathered in the cafeteria getting their food and talking with friends. Blaze was drinking his milk while Eve and Iris looked at him from opposite sides. Eve thought about what Jade had told her about Blaze’s misfortune and pondered if this was best for her to ask him out. Iris looked at Blaze as she had a tint of blush and thinking about how brave he was when he went to save her. The two girls thought for a few moments before they took deep breaths and talked at the same time. “B-Blaze?” “Blaze?” Both girls eyes widen and they looked at each other. Blaze raised a brow and looked at the two girls on each side. “Um…. Yeah?” Blaze asked confusedly. “Oh sorry, Iris. You can ask him first,” Eve said. “O-Oh n-no, y-you c-can go f-first,” Iris said. “Don’t worry about it, it’s not that important,” Eve said. “You can go ahead.” “N-No, I-It’s n-not i-important,” Iris said. “You c-can g-go f-first.” “Okay, someone just go already!” Sunday said. Earning the attention of the group. Eve and Iris both blushed as attention was now on them thanks to Sunday. The attention built up pressure to the girls as they feel they were being crushed by pier pressure. Sweat pour down their foreheads and their hearts pumped rapidly. Finally the pressure forced them and they spoke at the same time. “W-Would you g-go w-with m-me t-to t-t-the d-dance!?” “Would you go the the dance with me!?” Iris and Eve both blinked as they looked at each other. “W-What?” “What?” Blaze and all the rest of the gang looked at the girls with blank expressions. He looked between the girls for a moment and had a perplex expression. “.... What?” “Well, this is going to be a lot of fun!” Jingle chimed.