Frank and Kate finally made it to The Tiger's Catch. The Persona User was about to open the door for his girlfriend, when Brad opened it to greet both of them. All Kate and Frank could do was stare at the egotistical teenager, while Sonya continued to swirl around him.

Brad was wearing a black suit, black dress shoes, a black tie, and a white shirt. Since his goggles were nowhere to be found, Brad pulled a pair of black-framed sunglasses out and slipped them on his face. "Kate! Frank! 'Sup?"

"Um..." Frank said, trying to keep from chuckling. "Dude... you're not gonna neuralize us, are you?"

"Neu... new... what?" Kate said in confusion, before looking at her boyfriend, her ears flicking in confusion.

"Don't worry about it, Kate... it's just a reference from something back home..." Frank replied to the woren.

"Frank..." Brad said with a chuckle before pushing his sunglasses up on his face. "If I was going to, I would have done it already..."

"Right..." The Persona User replied, before laughing along with his friend. Kate just looked at the two teenagers in confusion, her tail flicking lightly.

"So..." Frank said as he walked into the restaurant behind Brad, while keeping an arm around his girlfriend's waist. "Who's here already?"

"Janet said she'd meet me here..." Brad replied before removing his sunglasses and placing them in the breast pocket of his jacket. "So far, Alex is here... Ellie's still upstairs, Yuki's sitting there with Ryan..."

Sonya zipped around Brad for a few moments before speaking to the Persona User. "Alex told us that Chris is still picking his sister up! As for the others, no one else has arrived yet..." The pixie then landed on Brad's shoulder and took a seat, while smiling at the woren and her boyfriend.

"Okay... just waiting on Lucy, Ray, Janet, Chris and Diane..." Frank replied before offering a seat to Kate. The young woren smiled as she took the offered seat, and sat down with her friends. Frank pulled the chair next to her out and took a seat beside his girlfriend.

"Great to see you two..." Yuki said with a smile. The Japanese Persona User was dressed in a gray business suit, complete with skirt and a light gray jacket over a white blouse.

"Don't this beat all?" Ryan added in while he rubbed the back of his neck. The woren was wearing a dark blue dress vest with a long sleeved white shirt. Instead of the usual shorts that he wore, Ryan was wearing a pair of khaki dress pants, with no boots this time. "This is just like the last time we went to the dance..."

Alex Brandshire continued to look at the staircase leading to the living area, longing for his girlfriend. Alex was wearing brown slacks, an off white shirt, and a semi-formal brown jacket. Atop the woren's head was his favorite PRESS hat, and around his neck was his camera.

"Uh oh..." Frank said with a chuckle.

"Why, 'uh oh'?" Yuki inquired from her friend.

"Alex... has a reputation around school, Yuki." Kate explained before running a hand through her long, dirty-blonde hair.

"Snap happy Alex..." Frank explained, before chuckling lightly. "I swear, the first yearbook assignment I had with him..."

"He's responsible for the pictures of some of the faculty." Ryan said before chuckling, his ears twitching in amusement. "Word around school has it that the teachers are keeping tabs on him."

Yuki turned and was about to say something to the older Brandshire, when Ellen came down the stairs, fixing an earring as she walked. The blonde Persona User still had her hair in its usual ponytail, and her neckerchief was still in place as well. Ellen was wearing a silver dress that just seemed to sparkle in the light, along with matching shoes and the necklace that Alex had given her around her neck. Before Ellen could say anything, Alex was at the foot of the staircase, taking pictures of her.

"Dude!!!" Brad said before chuckling. "Fashion shoot! Mind if I pose???" With that, the Persona User shot up from his seat and began to flex, doing various model poses. Frank, Ryan and Kate began to laugh at Brad, while Yuki and Sonya just watched him and rolled their eyes in unison.

"Love..." Ellen said before chuckling lightly. "You don't have to..."

"Sure I do!" Alex replied, his tail waving happily as he smiled behind the viewfinder of his camera. "You're gorgeous!"

"You say the sweetest things..." The blonde Persona User said with a smile. She strolled up to Alex, and kissed him on the cheek. "C'mon you big stripped furball..." Ellen said teasingly. "Let's join our friends."

The two teenagers returned to their table, and began to talk with their friends. Brad managed to coerce Alex into taking a few pictures of him posing, much to the group's amusement. All they had to do before going to the dance was to wait for their friends.

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