Disclaimer: Scarecrow and Mrs. King belong to Warner Brothers and Shoot the Moon
Productions. I'm just taking them round the dance floor once for old times sake.

Rating: PG 13

Archive: Yes Please!

Title: At the Sock Hop (1of 2)

Synopsis: Amanda and Lee stop dancing around the subject of their relationship and
learn that the oldies are the goodies. (Around the third season, before they start dating
seriously.)

Note: This idea popped into my head while listening to an oldies radio station. It
wouldn't go away so I wrote it down. There's no plot to speak of, just good old-
fashioned romance. I guess it's a 'what if' type story. My friend read this but I didn't
really have it beta read. It's just a simple little tale for pleasure.

Amanda King stood in front of her kitchen window with the phone cradled against her
shoulder, listening intently. She nodded her head and spoke, "Oh yes Mrs. Penrose, I'd
be glad to help chaperone the class dance. It's this Friday night? At the school in the
gym? OK….. Oh Mrs. Penrose, is there a theme this year? Uh Hum, sock hop, Sadie
Hawkins sock hop. Bring a date, yes. Thank you good-bye Mrs. Penrose."

Amanda replaced the receiver on the hook and pondered the situation she found herself in
now. She had no plans for Friday night. As long as work didn't interfere she was clear
in that aspect. However the Sadie Hawkins bit might be a problem. The only person she
cared to ask would probably run scared at the thought of a gym full of 7th graders. KGB
and German terrorists were no problem but Phillip and Jamie still scared the heck out of
him.

Amanda thought briefly of the look on Lee's face just last night when he dropped her off
after work. The boys had run down the sidewalk toward her and Lee couldn't get out of
the driveway fast enough! She turned to say good-bye and had seen such a look of mixed
fear and longing that she almost asked him in for dinner. She didn't speak fast enough
and the implacable mask he showed to the world came down again and he was gone. The
vette pulled smoothly into the street and drove away from them.

Lately the mask slipped quite often around her. She enjoyed the glimpses of Lee
Stetson, her friend, she got when the curtain did rise, and missed him quite acutely when
it fell back down again and he became Scarecrow, the agent. Her musings were
interrupted by a brisk tapping on the glass of her window. She focused on the view in
front of her and found herself looking into Lee's gorgeous eyes. Her smile was automatic
and brilliant. He responded in kind.

As always when he smiled that smile, her mind went into overdrive and she noted every
detail about his appearance. His eyes appeared green against the light blue of his Oxford
shirt. His hair shone in the late fall sunlight. The black leather of his jacket strained
across his shoulders as he raised his hand and beckoned for her to come out. She glanced
over her shoulder and not seeing her Mother she slipped out the back door and joined him
in her back yard.

Automatically Lee placed his hand at the small of her back and led her to the bench just
out of the line of sight of the house. As she sat, he thought about how beautiful she
looked in her pink Georgetown sweatshirt. He loved seeing her in pink. He had recently
discovered that he enjoyed seeing her in just about anything. She always made his day
brighter just by being in it.

Of course, he blamed this strange thought on the fact that he had been so busy lately that
she was the only person he spent much time alone with. Business related of course. He
was just to tired at the end of the day to call up one of his girls and arrange a date, right?
And the fact that he found himself at her door or window more often than really
warranted was simply the Agent in him protecting his "family". Lee Stetson had almost
convinced himself, but then he looked down into her brown eyes and his current thoughts
fled to be replaced with visions of him pulling him into her arms and kissing her into
oblivion.

Amanda King stared up at her partner of nearly 3 years and saw his eyes narrow and
started to look behind her for the cause but she realized that he was focused on her and
she softly spoke to get his attention, "Lee, what are doing here? Do you need something?
Do we have a new case to work on?"

Scarecrow shook off the odd mood that overcame him more and more often these days
and casually sat down next to Amanda. "No, nothing new. I just wanted to make sure
you were OK. I mean you had a pretty close call yesterday with that knife and I just
thought you might want to talk about it."

Amanda looked into his face and thought about how much he had changed in the last
months. She felt her heart beat faster and she knew she must tread lightly lest she reveal
too much of her emotions to him. "Oh I'm fine, really. I think I must be getting used to
stuff like that."

Stetson looked at her in disbelief and shook his head, "Amanda you don't have to be
brave now. It's just me and you, partners remember?"

His partner smiled ruefully and shrugged her slim shoulders. "I'm OK Lee, really. You
know I'm pretty resilient. I just bounce back up and keep going."

"Yea, I know. Anyway, I just wanted to check on you. By the way, what are you doing
Friday night?" Lee waited expectantly for her answer.

"Oh, I just made plans for Friday night. Do you need me for something? I can probably
cancel."

"No, no, don't cancel, I just thought we might have dinner or something. You know
maybe catch up on paperwork afterward." Stupid Stetson, real smooth! Lee berated
himself.

Amanda thought briefly of her conversation with Phillip's teacher earlier. It was a Sadie
Hawkins dance, maybe she should just ask him. All he could do was say no, right? She
took a deep breath and asked quickly before she changed her mind, "Lee will you go to
the dance with me?'

His face wrinkled in puzzlement as he gazed at his quirky partner. "What?"

Amanda groaned and covered her face with her hands briefly before explaining. "I just
agreed to chaperone the dance at Phillip's school this Friday night. It's a Sadie Hawkins
dance. The girls ask the boys for dates, not the other way around." Her face burned with
mortification and she continued, "Never mind Lee. It was a dumb idea. I'll ask some
one else. There are other men I can ask." She mentally tried to picture the other
candidates. Her mind went blank. She silently accepted the fact that there were no other
men for her. Lee Stetson was all she wanted.

The usually confident man in front of her stuttered, "There are other men? Oh I mean of
course there are other men. What other men?" God he sounded jealous even to his own
ears.

Amanda rose and walked toward her door. "Lee, I'm sorry I mentioned it. I'll see you
Monday at work."

"Amanda, What time should I pick you up?" He shivered suddenly at the thought of all
those kids in one place but stood his ground. He just couldn't stand the thought of
Amanda with another man, dancing and holding her close.

Amanda looked at him and said, "Are you sure?" When he nodded she replied, "Seven o
clock. She reached for the doorknob and added, "Oh it's a sock hop. You know the 5o's.
Costumes are required." She quickly ducked into the house but not before she saw the
dumbfounded look on Scarecrows face. She giggled and went to the attic to find her
poodle skirt from her own high school sock hop. This one would be better. She was
going with Lee. Maybe this time she could tell her date how she really felt. She loved
him.

Outside Lee walked to his car and wondered what he was doing making plans to go to a
sock hop with Amanda King. When his heart beat faster just thinking about holding her
on the dance floor and he knew why he was doing it. But could he tell her why? How
could he tell her that he loved her?