*Pt. Five*

When dance night came around, Ashley was dressed & waiting for Tom to show up with Jada, they were picking her up after, then picking Jeff up- Tom was driving his truck, having covered the seat with a sheet so their clothes didn't get dirty-
When they showed up, Ashley got in, Jada told her,
"I know you don't probably wanna hear this, but Jesse says to tell you he hopes you have a hell of a time, cause he plans too-" Ashley glanced at her,
"Who's he taking ?" Jada tilted her head,
"You don't wanna know-"
"Kammie ?" she nodded, "He's only doing it to tick me off, he just wants a piece, to hell with him-" Tom said,
"Darlin's, we're goin' to the prom, can we please have fun and not worry about Jesse ?" Ashley shrugged,
"I'm not worried, I'm goin' with the guy I wanna be there with-"
"Good."
They picked up Jeff, he was wearing a maroon suit to match Ashleys dress. She was wearing a maroon or burgandy, off the shoulder dress- tight down to the waist, the bottem whooshy-
She sat on his lap in the truck, he gave her a corsage, pinning it on her dress-
Jada was wearing a jade colored dress, with black stitching, sleeveless, tight from top to her toes- Toms suit was black, his shirt green, Jada looked good in green, her hair was strawberry blonde, green eyes- (Jesse, her twin, had one blue eye & one hazel colored eye, pretty much the same color hair, his was just a little more wild than Jada's)
Jeff had shoulder length black hair, brown eyes, a mole near his lip, (that Ashley thought was adorable) Tom & Ashley both had black hair, Toms was pretty long, Ashleys was a little longer, Toms eyes were brown, Ashleys were green-

The dance was being held in the school gym, it was done up with streamers & balloons, banners- it was already full of people when they showed up-
Inside, they found a table, then went & got their pictures taken to get it out of the way-
They had a steak dinner, soda, (Jeff & Tom spiked with a bottle of whiskey Tom snuck in) then Jeff & Ashley danced to Free Bird, it was slow, Jeff didn't like fast dances too much, but he danced them anyway- She rested her head on his chest, their arms around eachothers waist, he leaned his head down on her head-
When they got back to the table, Jesse was sitting there with Kammie, talking with Tom & Jada- Jeff felt Ashley tense up, he whispered,
"You wanna go outside or somethin' ?" she shook her head no,
"Let's just sit down-" they did, Jesse kept on talking, Jada looked at Ashley, her expression apologetic- Ashley tried to grin, slightly nodding-
After several minutes, Jesse looked at Jeff,
"Hey brother, what's up ?" Jeff raised his eyebrows,
"Just havin' a good time-" Jesse smiled,
"Glad to hear it." he didn't look at Ashley, kept on talking- Jeff & Ashley danced some more, more to get away from Jesse than anything, towards the end of the night, Jesse stood by Jeff & asked,
"You don't mind if I get one dance with your date, do ya Jeff ?" Jeff looked at Ashley, her heart was pounding, but she shrugged as non- chalantley as she could- Jeff shrugged,
"It's up to her man-" Jesse held out his hand, after a second, Ashley stood up & walked with him to the dance floor, it was a slow dance, one by Styx, Jesse tried to pull her close, she resisted, her hands on his shoulders, he grinned, his hands on her waist, he leaned down as they started dancing, saying,
"I just wanted to talk to you for a minute Ash-" she didn't look at him,
"So talk." he chuckled, pulling her close firmly, she still kept her hands on his shoulders-
"Darlin', we need to get together & have us a little talk-"
"About what Jesse ?"
"About Us-" now she looked at him,
"There is no US Jesse- You can talk to me anytime , tonight is for Me & Jeff-" he made a noise,
"Come on Ash ! Don't try and make me all worried that you might actually DO something with him, we both know you won't-" she stopped dancing & looked at him,
"It's none of your business what me & Jeff do- So don't worry about it-" they were looking eachother in the eye, she couldn't help having feelings for him, but she was really pissed at him, and she really cared for Jeff too, she walked back to the table without saying anything else- Jesse followed- Ashley pulled on Jeffs hand, motioning with her head for him to come dance with her- He smiled, standing up, going with her-
At the table, Kammie was pissed at Jesse for dancing with Ashley, he sighed,
"Hey, Ash is a good friend, and you ain't my girl, so back off-" she sat back in her chair, pressing her lips together- Jada asked,
"Feeling a little jealous Jess ?" Tom grinned, looking at Jesse for his answer-
"Why would I be jealous of Jeff ? She ain't gonna do nothin' with him, she's just tryin' to piss me off-" Jada said,
"Maybe, looks like it's workin'-" Tom laughed, Jesse shook his head,
"You're crazy girl-"

Jeff & Ashley were slow dancing to a Seals & Croft song, Diamond Girl, they were one of Ashleys favorite bands, she had her arms around Jeffs waist, his were around hers, she was resting her cheek on his chest, it felt good to be in his arms- She looked up at him & they kissed- When the song ended, they went back to the table, Jesse stared at Ashley, but she wasn't looking at him-

When they left the dance, they stopped & changed their clothes & headed for Heckmans Barn, where all the kids went to party- There were a bunch of kids there who hadn't gone to the dance, already having a barrel fire going, even tho it was warm out, it was for light-
Jeffs brother Chris was there with Jimmy, Jeff & Ashley held hands as they went & found them hanging around the keg- Jeff got them both some beer, Chris was asking how the dance went- They stood there talking about it, Jada & Tom joined in- Tom pulled out a bottle of whiskey & passed it around to the few people in their group-

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