Danica had planned her outfit carefully. She did not wear dresses. She did not wear skirts. She did not wear khakis. She was sure it was a formal dance... but that just wasn't her. It had taken her a few days to come up with this, and after seeing girl after girl in dresses, she was glad she had on pants.
She wore a white long-sleeve shirt and a silver vest overtop. She'd washed the dye out of her hair, so now it was long, blonde, and shiny. Black pants and black ballet flats finished it. She looked pretty, she knew, and she wasn't wearing a dress.
Two girls wearing gowns waited nearby, talking. Danica decided to try out her look on them, wondering if they would even recognize her. She checked to make sure her hair was perfectly smooth and straight, and walked slowly over.
"Hi..." she said, and smiled. The girls turned towards Danica. One had on a purple dress and the other a blue one. Oh, the purple dress girl was Mimosa, the idiot who'd tipped her chair over and did not now how to use comeback lines. This would be funny. The girl from powers class with turquoise hair and an attitude was now blond and pretty? "Mimosa? I think I've already met you... Danica, remember?"