“So, uh, what are you doing on Halloween?” Jay asked inquisitively.

“I don’t have any plans yet. Why, what are you doing?” Chloe responded carefully. She decided it was best to ditch plans for going to the Halloween dance with Alex.

“Well, some friends of mine are having a big party. And, you know, I could use somebody to go with…”

“As it happens, I have a couple of movie tickets for saturday night at eight. Why don’t we trade off? You come to the movies and I’ll make sure you don’t go to that party alone.”

Jay was the most beautiful being on earth. He smiled smugly at Chloe’s clever response. He had to give her some credit for thinking on her feet like that.

“I think that could work,” Jay told the swooning girl beside him. Though his reply wasn’t as smooth, Chloe would have been just as amazed at watching his mouth move no matter what he said.

“Guess I’ll see you saturday, then,” Chloe just managed to say. With that, Jay faded into a cloud of friends down the hall.