"H-hey Hopper," Dexter Charming called out as he stood against the lockers, waiting for Hopper Croakington II to approach. "You, uh, look dapper as always."

"Hey Dexter!" The future frog prince opened up his locker and quickly buried his face inside. Hopper's face was a bright red after receiving the compliment from Dexter. He took a deep breath and faced the charming prince. "What's up?"

Dexter quickly turned away from Hopper checking his reflection in his MirrorPhone before turning back around. "I was just wondering if you'd maybe…." The rest of the sentence died out as he spoke the words.

"I'm sorry, what?" Hopper tilted his head in confusion. The corners of his mouth twitched into a slight smile. Dexter pushed up his falling glasses and exhaled deeply.

"I was wondering if you would…. Liketogoonadatewithme." Dexter huffed and puffed the words out so fast, it was almost inaudible. Almost.

"A date?" Hopper's face turned pink. "And what would we do on the.. uh, date?" His blush was getting redder by the second.

"We could take a walk in the Enchanted Forest, or have dinner in the Village of Book End, or… anything you want really!" Dexter responded. A smile was stretching across his face.

"That sounds great. I gotta go now bye!" Hoppe turned and ran away from Dexter as fast as he could. After a couple of steps, he exploded in a poof and fell to the floor in his frog form. Dexter rolled his eyes and laughed.

"I'll meet you on the front stairs at 8 ok?" Dexter turned the corner. He made sure no one was looking, and did a small happy dance. "I'm going on a date with Hopper! Yeah!" The "yeah" was apparently too loud, causing multiple heads to turn in his direction. Dexter blushed and quickly ran away.

Girls! Total emergency. Hext me back ASAP –Hopper

C.A. Cupid sat in her room, doodling hearts all over her scroll when her phone buzzed. She fluttered over to her phone, and texted back in a hurry.

Coming over to your room! –Cupid

Cupid perched on the windowsill before leaping out of the window. She allowed herself to fall, enjoying the wind rushing through her feathers. Just as she was about to hit the ground, she spread her wings and flew over to Hopper's and Daring's room.

Briar Beauty sped her way through the Village of Book End on her skateboard. In her hands she had about eight shopping bags full to the brim with her latest purchases. Feeling her phone buzz, she whipped it out and looked down.

"Hey! Watch where you're going! I almost dropped my hot cross buns!" Multiple people shouted at the speeding blur of pink, who was currently not looking at her surroundings.

On my way, sweetness. Will be picking up sustenance. –Briar

Finally looking up, she noticed she was about to crash into the window display of the Muffin Man's bakery. Taking a leap of faith, Briar rolled off of her skateboard, just as it hit a snag in the cobblestone sidewalk, causing the board to soar into the sky. It descended rapidly, splintering when it made contact with the ground.

"Aw, man! That was my favorite board!" Briar stood up and brushed the dirt off her dress as best as she could. She quickly scampered into the bakery and walked out with a mountain-sized pile of pastries.

"Hopper!" Cupid cried as she burst through the open window. "What's wrong?" She floated, scanning the room like a hawk. Hopper looked up at her and gave a small smile.

"I'll fill you in when Briar comes in." Just as he finished speaking, the door flew open. Standing outside was what appeared to be a large stack of boxes from the Muffin Man bakery. Briar peeked her head from the side of the stack she was holding. Apparently, she had kicked the door open with full force.

"I'm here! What's wrong?" The future Sleeping Beauty dropped the massive stack of baked goods on Daring's bed. She noticed the size six hole in the wall where her heel made contact with the door. "Ooh. I'll fix that afterwards."

Hopper smiled and rolled his eyes. "Ok girls. You may need to sit down for this one." Cupid and Briar plopped down onto Hopper's bed and looked at him curiously. "I have a date!" Them sitting down was totally useless as the girls stood up immediately and embraced Hopper, squealing in delight like mad women.

"With who? Give me all the deets, toad boy," Briar said poking lovingly at Hopper's ribs.

"Excuse you, but I am a frog." Hopper rolled his eyes, but continued. "I have a date with… wait for it… Dexter Charming!"

"Dexter Charming? How totally hexciting!" Briar jumped around twirling Hopper around.

"Dexter Charming?" Cupid repeated in a dazed manner. She looked sad briefly before perking up again and joining the spellebrating.

"Cupe, you alright?" Hopper asked. He was wobbly from all the spinning, and sat down on his bed.

"Yes, I'm fine," Cupid replied. Her voice sounded fine, but her eyes looked saddened.

"No you're not. Don't lie to us, Cupid," Briar said. She sat down on the bed next to Hopper. "Tell us why you're so Little Boy in Blue all of a sudden."

Cupid sighed. "Well, Ikinda have a crush on Dexter…" She dropped her head and looked away from Hopper. She began biting her lip in the middle of the awkward silence.

"Oh," Hopper said after a few moments of silence. "Listen. Cupid, it's BFFAs first, then dates. I can just cancel on Dexter, if you don't want me to date him."

"Hopper's right. He didn't know, but now he does. And he wouldn't do anything to put a thorn in your friendship." Briar put an arm around Hopper, pulling him in a for a hug. "Right?" She looked pointedly at him.

"Well…" Briar gasped and pulled away from him. "I'm kidding! Best friends forever after. Cross my heart," Hopper stated. He made a crossing gesture over his chest.

"No no. It's fine. You can date Dexter, Hopper," Cupid replied, looking at Hopper. "You have my guaranteed blessing. I'll be fine! Dexter asked you out, not me. And there's nothing that would change his mind, so…" She sat next to Hopper on the bed and hugged him.

"Whew!" Briar exhaled, wiping off pretend sweat from her brow. "Now that that's over, what was the emergency you hexted us about?"

"Oh yeah. The date's tonight, and I have no idea what to wear. Or how to look like," Hopper said. He put his face in his hands and fell onto his back. "Should I just wear what I usually wear?"

Cupid and Briar gasped in unison as they stood up. "You can't wear what you normally wear!" Cupid exclaimed.

"She's right!" Interjected Briar. "That's like, first date suicide." Briar pulled up Hopper from his laying state. "Ok, where do we begin?" She turned to Cupid for advice.

"Skin care," Cupid replied knowingly. They looked over Hopper and nodded together. "Definitely skin care. I mean, look at his nails! They're so chipped. Manicure is definitely needed."

Briar nodded in approval. "Do you take care of your feet like you do your hands, Hopper?" Hopper looked at the princess in confusion. Briar sighed. "Off with your shoes then. We have a lot of work to do."

Cupid flew back into the room holding all the supplies needed for Hopper's small makeover. "I got all the things needed for mani-pedis! Hoppster, what time did you say your date was?"

Hopper's face scrunched as he thought. "Dex told me to meet at the steps at 8…. I think." He shrugged.

"Eight?!" Cupid and Briar said in unison. Briar glanced at her phone. "That's in 2 hours! We don't have enough time to get you cleaned up and have a fierce ensemble to wear for your date."

"Then we're going to need to call reinforcements!" Cupid shouted. She flew out the window once more. Briar looked down on Hopper with an evil smile as she pulled out the nail clipper and file.

Cupid sped through the hallways of the dorms. "Ladies! Date night prep emergency!" She didn't even bother to knock on any doors. Hopefully whoever was in their rooms would help.

"Date night?" Apple White asked, popping her head out of her dorm room. "I'll be in your room in a second, Cupid."

"It's not my date, it's Hopper!" Cupid called out, turning a corner and speeding away from Apple's sight. Apple shrugged and ran out of her room towards Hopper's.

"Wait just a clock tick," Briar said. "You don't own a single pair of pants?" She dropped the foot she was working on in the bowl of water.

"I own pants!" Hopper replied incredulously. "Just not ones that don't have holes in them." Briar groaned as she picked up the foot again and began filing like no tomorrow. She quickly alerted Cupid of the problem, and went back to work on Hopper.

Cupid checked her phone and read the message.

H doesn't own nice pants. Need someone who can sew. –Briar

Cupid put her phone back in her pocket and flew to Ashlynn Ella's room. "Ashylnn?" She asked while knocking on the door. To her surprise, her own roommate opened the door. "Blondie?"

"Hi Cupid!" Blondie replied in her usual chipper tone. "I was helping Ashlynn decide on the shoes that would be just right for her date with Hunter." She stepped aside to reveal Ashlynn standing behind her, wearing gold wedges with silver straps.

"Ashlynn, those look enchanting!" Cupid said. "Are you guys all done though? Because Hopper needs as much help as he can get for his date tonight." She looked hopefully at the royals. Blondie looked back at Ashlynn.

"Well, Ashlynn? Up to you to decide," Blondie said. Ashlynn pondered for a bit before she nodded.

"Let's go help Hopper then." Cupid smiled and flew out of the room, followed by the girls shortly after. "Cupid!" Ashlynn panted as they struggled to keep up with the winged girl. "Exactly who is Hopper going out with?"

"Dexter Charming!" Cupid replied as she soared out the window. Blondie and Ashlynn were gasping for air at the windowsill, before they hopped onto the zipline and sped to Hopper's dorm.

A wide smile appeared on a painting of Milton Grimm, followed by two mischievous eyes. The whole body appeared shortly after, revealing Kitty Cheshire. "Frog boy has a date with a charming prince, huh?" If possible, her wide smile grew even wider. "Oh, this night just got a whole lot more fun." With a laugh, Kitty disappeared once more.