InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It's Not Over Yet... ❯ Magic Night ( Chapter 19 )

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Well, folks…Here's another chappy! Phew, now that the confusion's over, and Jason's not gonna butt in…*shifts eyes* Things will be a bit easier to grasp. We will be meeting some new characters here, and there will be plenty of time skips, as in months of time between chapters due to nothing important to the plot happening. This is where it may get difficult for me due to having to remember timelines and such. Well, anyways…enough of my rambling. On with the fic!

Chapter 19: MagicNight

Brian and Katie had the most wonderful times after they got together, hence the regrets Katie will forever hold in her heart, no matter how many times Brian told her she had no reason to regret anything. He was just happy she allowed him to be near her that whole time. True, he couldn't kiss her during those months, but it all turned out fine in the end.

After they got back together, Katie knew what she had decided for her senior prom. She wanted to share that night with Brian. They got all the arrangements set for the night of magic. The only thing left `til the last minute, was her dress. Katie just couldn't decide on a dress.

Katie decided to tell Brian to rent a simple black tuxedo and not to worry about matching her dress. She wanted to make it easy on him as far as price, since he had never rented a tuxedo before. When it came to a week before prom, she finally decided to go to the last store she had not yet gone to. She went to the mall.

The last prom she went to, she bought her dress at a bridal shop. This time, she bought one off the wrack at a department store. She thought it would suite her best since she knew no one would be wearing the same dress, whereas the year before, four other girls had the same dress as she did…odd.

The dress she found was a simple black form flattering dress. It was floor length. The skirt was black satin, which was form flattering at the waist and hips, and then flared gently towards the floor. The bodice was black velvet sweetheart top with spaghetti straps of rhinestones. She decided she would borrow her mother's black formal shall, and she bought a purse at the mall to match her dress. She found a pair of black shoes that fit and she found some rhinestone jewelry to match the spaghetti straps. She knew it was simple, but very elegant. Her mother only spent about $130 overall ensemble, as opposed to the $250 she had spent on the expensive dress the year before.

The couple decided they would have Brian drive, and save some money. Most students would have rented a limo, but they chose not to when his mother said she would lend him the van for the night. As late afternoon came along, Katie had gotten home from her appointment with the hairdresser. Her hair was up in a French twist with her hair cascading down the back here and there. Babies breathe and a couple of rhinestone bobby pins amongst the curls.

Katie was soo excited she couldn't wait to see Brian's reaction to how she looked all dressed up. What she was the most excited about was seeing Brian in a tuxedo. She had not seen him dressed up yet, so she saw that night as a treat. As she waited for him to arrive, she watched the front yard from the living room couch. She wanted to make sure she could make a b-line quickly for the bedroom where she would hide when he arrived.

As her father watched a television show about `Dung Beetles'…for the third time…She sat and fidgeted, her legs jittering. She couldn't watch the television any longer. She decided to look at her father with an odd look on her face.

Patrick saw her staring at him, and he responded with, "What?"

"Ech…How can you watch this and not feel like you're gonna barf?" Katie asked.

"It's interesting. Why?"

"Okay…What on earth would I use this information for? Are you gonna use information on Dung Beetles for something in the future?" Katie asked.

Patrick shrugged his shoulders as he looked back to the television and just kept on watching the little tiny bug add `dung' to this ball that was over ten times it's size. Katie sighed as she then yelled for her mother to get him to change the channel. The last thing she wanted was for Brian to walk in and see him watching the most disgusting television show while he was picking her up for the prom.

Paula came into the living room, grabbed the remote from Patrick and turned the channel to one of those music channels on the satellite connection. The music was smooth jazz, much more appropriate for background music when Brian sees the vision he'd be taking to prom. Katie then relaxed a bit, knowing her father wouldn't embarrass her. About ten minutes later, Brian pulled up in the van. As soon as Katie saw him arrive, she bolted for her bedroom. When the doorbell rang, Paula ran to answer it.

Katie stood right behind her closed door, listening to the conversation going on with her mother and her date. She heard her mother compliment him left and right on how great he looked. She even took a few pictures of him, like she had done with Katie earlier before the dung beetle show came on. Katie figured she would show those to Brian when her mom got them developed.

Finally, Paula called for Katie to come out. Katie opened her bedroom door and walked slowly down the hall, no sight of Brian. It seemed like it took forever for her to get down the hallway when she reached the end. As she came around the corner, she turned and looked Brian in the eyes with a wide smile.

Brian looked at Katie and his cheeks reddened immediately. His face lit up, and he eyed her from floor to eyes. She was a vision. He had never seen a woman soo beautiful. He couldn't bring it to words how he felt just standing there looking at her from across the room. The look in her eyes told him she knew what she was doing to him. Brian was all chocked up. He couldn't get out anything but, "God you're beautiful."

Katie's cheeks blushed when he stated her looks like that in front of her parents, but it was the best compliment she had ever received on her looks from a guy. "Thank you, handsome." Katie responded as she walked towards him and rubbed her hand over his soft, short red hair.

He picked up the corsage he bought for her. Only problem was, he had ordered one that was meant to be a wrist corsage, but it turned out to be a pin-on corsage, and there really wasn't much space for him to pin it on her top, at least without it looking like he was aiming to fondle Katie in front of her parents.

They all laughed about the mistake, and Katie pulled out a pair of black, elbow length gloves she had bought with the dress, and said he could try to pin it on her glove. He decided to let her mother try to pin it on her top so it wouldn't be in the way. Once they finally got the corsage pinned on, it was time for a few pictures before they left for the evening. Paula had pulled the couple into the kitchen where there was a white wall for them to stand against as the backdrop. After a few pictures taken of the couple, they were sent off.

The prom was held at a rich hotel, the Hyatt. That was where Katie's previous prom had been at. Katie knew how to get there, whereas Brian hadn't. Once they arrived, they found their table, sat down and waited to see what peers the committee had chosen to sit at their table with them. They sat and talked as they watched the other students file in couple by couple.

Brian looked proud to have her with him. He held her hand the whole time they waited at the table. He even stole a few kisses and caresses of her face as he tried to bring to words how he felt she looked. Katie thought he was soo sweet. Since he couldn't get the words out, but it seemed like he had so much to say, she just tried to finish his sentences.

"Stop that! If you keep finishing them for me, then it'll sound like it's from you!" Brian pointed out as he held her hand.

"Sorry, just giving you ideas…You seem like your stumbling over words you've never said before." Katie giggled.

"Geeze, don't make me out to be the idiot." He said as he let go of her hand and turned towards the table, he looked embarrassed.

"I'm sorry. I really don't mean to steal your steam. It's sweet that you're trying to find the words to express how you feel. It's okay. You don't have to say anything fancy, or poetic." Katie responded.

"*sigh* I'm sorry I can't say things that way. I feel clumsy" Brian pointed out.

"Naw. You're very sweet, Brian. I still love you. I don't think there's ever been a compliment you've said that I didn't appreciate." Katie expressed.

"Thanks. Phew!" Brian expressed as he let his hair down, so to speak. Knowing he didn't have to be a Don Juan on a night like that to make her happy, helped things a lot.

Once they finished their conversation, a couple appeared at the table across from them. Brian and Katie looked forward to see who had shown up, and it was Katie's friend Millie and her boyfriend Josh. Millie ran around the table and gave Katie a hug, while Josh and Brian shook hands. Katie and Millie had known each other for about five years, and they palled around often. Brian knew Millie from school and they lived just a few blocks away from each other.

Strangely enough, Millie had made claims of asking Brian out in junior high and supposedly, Brian had dated her for a day, but then changed his mind. To that day, Brian had denied that ever happened. Katie wasn't jealous. She figured it was a simple misunderstanding and never held it against either one. The evening brought only one other couple to sit with them at their table. A couple who kept to themselves most of the time, and spent most of the prom on the dance floor.

Meanwhile, Katie and Brian decided to get to know Millie's new boyfriend, Josh. From what they could tell, Millie was not using her brain. The young man was from another school, so Katie and Brian had never heard of him before. He seemed a little more on the domineering side of the spectrum, and had a bit of a `know it all' attitude, which kind of annoyed Brian. Brian felt he had held conversations with individuals who had been way ahead of Josh in intelligence.

When Millie and Josh left the table for refreshments, Brian turned to Katie and asked, "Where did she leave her brain?"

Katie laughed and said, "I have no clue. I didn't introduce him to her…My best guess would be she left it with her ex-boyfriend."

"Oh…figures. He was weirder than weird." Brian said as he shivered at the thought of her ex.

Before Josh, Millie had a boyfriend named Mark. The strange thing about him was he was supposedly telepathic. How Katie figured that out was he was able to read her mind, word for word and repeat her thoughts back to her, verbatim. That, and he was supposedly able to change stoplights at will…Katie found that to more than likely be coincidence. Katie did not like Mark. The reason other than his brainpower was the fact that he was also interested in Katie. When he and Millie broke up, the first person Mark called on was Katie. Katie told him she was Millie's best friend, and in turn to her, she could not date Millie's ex. After that incident, Katie never heard from Mark again.

The sad part was Katie and Brian began to think she had lost her mind. Millie had no idea who she was involved with, or what true love was. She seemed like she was floundering and just getting attention from anyone. She had a troubled life before Katie met her. Katie had tried to be an example for her through those times before that night, but she was beginning to think her efforts were in vain. The whole time Millie and Josh sat across from Brian and Katie, they did nothing but argue.

The first thing Brian wanted was to get out of there so he'd be away from Josh. When the dinner ended, Katie asked Brian if he'd dance with her. He looked at her sheepishly and said, "I can't dance."

That answer astounded Katie. The first night she saw him, he was singing and dancing on the stage in front of everyone in that audience. She didn't believe him, so she decided to ask him once again, only sweeter to the psyche.

"Well, how about a slow dance? We can go up the next slow song that plays. I just want to dance at least one with you. Ya know, Tuxes and dinner gowns were meant to dance together. Did ya know that?" Katie let out sweetly as she reached for his hand and studied his fingers.

"Oh. Okay, we'll wait for the next slow dance." Brian replied as he turned his hand to hold hers and kissed the back of it, sending chills starting from his lips all the way down her spine. That always brought a smile to her face.

They turned their chairs around and watched everyone dance on the dance floor for a bit, when the slow song they talked about came up, and Katie turned to Brian as he stood up out of his chair and offered his hand. Katie accepted and they walked out onto the dance floor as the song, "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" played over the speakers.

Katie felt like she was in heaven in his arms, and within his gaze. As the song flowed on, the couple slowly swayed in place, turning very slightly. The rest of the couples who littered the dance floor disappeared. No one else existed but them. They were lost in their own little world, least until they noticed the place had gone silent for a second. They stopped swaying and stood there in each other's arms when a pair of arms wrapped around Katie's waist from behind unexpectedly.

"Awww…Look at you two! You guys look soo happy!" Millie sang as Katie released her hold of Brian and turned around to face her.

"We do?" Katie asked.

"Yeah. Hey, we're gonna get going early. You guys wanna meet us at the River walk in Naperville?" Millie asked.

"Oh, sure. We still have plenty of time before the Prom All-nighter starts. Sure, we can go there. It's on the way anyways." Katie shrugged.

"Okay, we'll see you guys there then! We have to stop at my uncle's house to pick up something, and then we'll meet you there!" Mille shouted as the music started up again with a fast beat.

As they walked away, hand in hand, Brian shouted, "Where's this River walk? I've never been there!"

"Oh! It's in Naperville, south of Route 34!" Katie replied.

"Yeah, and? That doesn't tell me much!" Brian yelled as they began to walk away from the frenzy of dancers.

Once they reached a quieter spot, Katie answered with, "I know where it's at. I'll direct you there."

"Okay. What is this place, anyways? And why would you want to even bother with those two?" Brian asked.

"Well, they asked, and I would soo love to go there with you. I've wanted to go there with you for a while. It's beautiful. Plus, it's actually on the way home, and it's not out of the way." Katie responded as she smiled innocently.

"Okay, but I don't want to be around them too long. If we spend too much time around that idiot, I'm afraid I'll wind up punching his lights out. I hate that guy." Brian growled out in contempt.

"You really feel that way? Wow…okay, we won't spend much time with them there. Just let me know when you're about to loose it, k?" Katie mentioned.

After that, the four left the prom early to retreat to a much quieter and peaceful setting. They entered their separate cars and drove out of the parking lot of the hotel. Katie and Brian proceeded towards Naperville as Millie and Josh turned off a different route. When Katie and Brian arrived at the River walk, it wasn't too crowded, and like Katie had expected, it was quiet and serene.

Katie had heard that the Naperville River walk was known for romantic getaways during prom for Napervillians, and Katie wanted to see just how romantic it could be. First, they waited by the gazebo for a while, and they watched the ducks swim down the shallow river. They looked at the time on Brian's watch as they walked and noticed it had been an hour since they had arrived. Still no Millie or Josh.

"You're right, this place is romantic. Especially with it being just the two of us here." Brian pointed out as they sat down on a bench and he put his arm around her.

Katie got a pinch from the corsage pin and pulled away from Brian. She removed the corsage from her dress and held on to it as she leaned into him. "I'm glad we got the chance to be alone. Ya know, I agree with you on Josh. I don't know what Millie's thinking. I'm gonna have to yell at her later." Katie mentioned.

"You yell at her? I would kick her in the butt!" Brian exclaimed.

"That too. Well, has the Prom All-nighter started?" Katie asked as she looked at his watch.

"I don't know. What time is it?" Brian asked as he scratched his head.

"It's about 9 o'clock. I guess we could head on over there." Katie said as she began to feel a headache beginning to start. She then rubbed her forehead a bit for comfort.

"You okay?" Brian asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's go." Katie said with a smile.

They arrived at the Fox Valley Park District building for the Prom All-nighter. When they arrived, they each received an envelope full of play money for gambling, as well as a meal ticket for a snack during the night. The rooms were filled with booming music, and all the dealers were teachers. Each table was a different game and there were many different ways set-up for making some dough.

Katie had been to two other Prom All-nighters before that one, and she had every intention of sticking to the black jack tables and just keeping a steady flow of her cash. She always broke even if not made money at the black jack tables. Brian had never been to an All-nighter, and kinda wandered around to find the right game and the right venue. After about an hour, Katie noticed Brian was nowhere in sight. She gathered her money and walked away form the black jack table where she had planted herself.

She wandered from room to room, and even looked at the food line to see if he had gone to catch a snack. Coming up trumps, she went to the last room down the hall. That last room was the furthest from the music, and had the least amount of people in it. In the middle of the room was a craps table. At that very craps table, stood her date. He was a vision. His tuxedo jacket was finally taken off and was laid on the edge of the table just beside him. He stood at the edge of the table with the dice in his hand, shakin' `em up. As Katie came closer to the table, she watched his every move as he threw the dice down to the other end of the table.

As he stood and waited for the result of that throw, he watched intently. He did not even notice his date had entered the room, like a fly watching him from the wall. She couldn't take her eyes off him. He reminded her of a gambling addict, like the ones she had seen in movies. Someone who knew how to win the big bucks just by being smooth. The funny part was she had no idea he knew how to play craps when he had never set foot in a casino.

Mesmerized by her vision of a date throwing dice before her, she had forgotten about her headache and just grabbed a chair in the distance. She watched him from the opposite side of the table from where he stood. She saw the girls standing next to him, and hoped they would not hang all over her man. She had been there for about ten minutes when he finally noticed she was there. He smiled and then handed the dice off to the girl next to him.

He stepped away from the table, walked up to his date and grabbed her hand. He brought her hand up to his mouth for a kiss, and then asked, "Like what you've been watching?"

"Yeah. I thought you said you've never gambled before." Katie point out.

"I haven't." Brian shrugged.

"Then how did you learn Craps? You looked like you knew what you were doing." Katie mentioned.

Brian laughed and pulled her out of the chair. "You enjoy watching me?"

"Yeah. If I was a fly, I would follow you everywhere." Katie mentioned.

Brian shook his head and said, "I can't be that interesting."

"You are! It makes me happy just to watch you do things." Katie said.

"Like what?"

"Anything. Doesn't matter what you do, I like watching you. I watched you for a year before we met." Katie shrugged.

"You did? You're weird."

"But I'm your weirdo, ya know." Katie giggled.

"Yeah, you could say that." Brian agreed as her headache began to come back as they reached the loudest room in the complex.

Katie tried to bite back the pain as they arrived in the room where the loud music was coming from. The music was coming from the company that did the music videos with the green screen set-up. She had done plenty of those videos when she had gone to the other All-nighters. She decided she would do one when she felt a little better. That was when she was spotted by her buddy John.

John called her over and told her that he and a few of her old pals from when her sister was going to West were going to make a video. Apparently, their buddy Maurice was there with a girl from Katie's class. Maurice graduated the year before, and he was good friends with the family. Katie decided she would join them in a video done to the song, "Baby Got Back". She asked Brian if he would join her, and he shied out of it. Katie decided to go along with everything and made the video with her friends. The video was soo funny, everyone in the room cracked up.

They enjoyed themselves until the night ended, and it came time to find out who won the most tickets because of how much money they turned in at the end of the night. They gave out prizes to those who got the four highest amounts of money earned. Who was number one? Well, Brian, of course. Katie's eyes got big when they called his name to go up and grab his prize.

When he sat back down, Katie asked him, "I knew you did really well at craps!"

Brian looked at her, shook his head and said, "I didn't win all that from craps. Actually, that money was given to me by a guy who was leaving early."

"Oh. How much did you make?" Katie asked.

"I made about half of it. I lost a lot at that craps table actually." Brian shrugged.

"Oh. I had no idea. Well, let's get on home, shall we?" Katie mentioned as they dove home in his mother's van.

The next day was uneventful, but it held romance nonetheless, as Katie and Brian decided to spend the day together, and go to see a movie. They cuddled as they sat and watched the movie, `Twister'. Since Katie was really into the weather, especially tornados, it was perfect for the couple. They may not have done anything spectacular the day after prom, but they enjoyed themselves just the same.

Well, now…Longer chapter than usual, huh? Yeah, that was my senior prom in a nutshell. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. Hint towards the next installment, is Graduation Day! See you soon!

Songs mentioned in this chapter are: `Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman' by Bryan Adams

`Baby Got Back' by Sir Mix-A-Lot