Rosie's Almost Perfect Night

Rosie's Almost Perfect Night is the fourteenth episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Rosie finally gets her chance to go on a date with Thomas, but her nerves end up getting in the way.
==Plot==
Morning comes and in the Vulcan House and Rosie wakes up thinking about Thomas. Five minutes later, she's dressed and goes downstairs where her Mother, Father, and older brother Brad are having breakfast. Mrs. Vulcan notices that Rosie had another restless night and hopes she'll talk to them, but she doesn't and is soon off to school.
After arriving, Rosie brightens up upon seeing a poster for the Sodor High School Ball on Friday night. Thomas and Emily join her with the latter expressing disappointment that she can't go due to lacking a ball dress. Thomas automatically decides he won't attend, but Emily has none of it and tells him to go: seeing her chance, Rosie asks Thomas to be her date and he accepts when Emily says she can spend the night with Percy, Annie, and Clarabel while Rosie is just happy they'll be alone without Emily.
That night as Rosie spoke with her Mother about the dance, Brad degrades Rosie by saying school dances are for couples and she's single. When Rosie counters this by claiming she's seeing Thomas, Brad insults him instead and calls Rosie "Freckles", earning a scolding from his Mother before heading to his room snickering. This doesn't deter Rosie as she's still happy she gets to spend the night with her crush. At the same time Thomas is busy searching for his best suit and comforting Emily who's saddened that she can't go.
The next afternoon at school, Thomas, Percy, Emily, Gordon, Henry, James and Rosie help decorate the gym for the school ball. As Rosie daydreams about the big night, Brad arrives and "advises" Thomas to not waste his time with Rosie, which angers everyone. When Brad goes on claiming people in America avoided Rosie (and shouts at her for speaking to him when she points out he spread lies about her), Thomas threatens the arrogant young man to leave his friend alone or he'll face his wrath. A sneering Brad takes his leave. Rosie thanks Thomas for sticking up for her, calling him the first real friend she's ever had. When asked to elaborate to her surprised friends, Rosie reveals that Brad spread a nasty rumor abour her in their old school that resulted in her having no friends: when her family moved to Sodor their parents placed Brad in a separate school to avoid such an incident from happening again. When James calls Brad "beyond redemption", Rosie reveals he used to be a kinder person until their other brother George was shipped off to military school and suddenly hated Rosie just as much as George. Gordon finds it strange but Rosie says she brushes off his insults now and proceeds to put up the banner they were hanging before. Rosie suddenly slips and falls off the ladder resulting in Thomas catching her bridal-style. After Thomas puts her down and quietly goes to get more decorations, Rosie calls him her hero.
A few hours later, Thomas is home having gotten ready for the dance when Emily enters his room. He asks Emily one more time if she's really okay with him spending the night with Rosie and once she gives him the go-ahead (and they realize they're holding hands causing brief embarrassment), Thomas heads out while Emily retreats to her room to do some thinking.
At the dance, Thomas looks around and finds Rosie, amazed by how beautiful she looks in her ball dress. As the dance goes on, things progressively get worse as Rosie finds herself constantly making a fool of herself by stepping on Thomas' foot, spilling a drink on his jacket, and triping over her own feet with the scattered laughter of a few people making her feel humiliated enough to run away crying. Thomas follows and receives advice from Molly who says Rosie most likely ran home due to experience and Thomas decides to head for the Vulcan home.
Like Molly guessed, Rosie went home and felt worse about the night after taking Brad's teasing. Her Mother is unable to talk to her and four minutes later, Thomas arrives having known Rosie's home address ever since she told him at the Autumn Festival. The boy hears Rosie talk about how she felt like a clumsy fool (a "fact" Brad supports), but Thomas simply says it happens to the best of them and offers his hand so they can go enjoy the rest of the dance which Rosie accepts. For the rest of the night, things go well for Rosie and Thomas; as Edward and Molly watch them, Edward tells his date that Thomas has grown up considerably since the day they met.
At the end of the dance, Thomas takes Rosie home and she thanks him for the wonderful night by kissing his face before telling him to enjoy his Christmas. Thomas wishes her the same and heads home, while a giddy Rosie celebrates her boldness.
==Characters==
* Thomas
* Emily
* Percy
* Rosie
* James
* Gordon 
* Henry
* Edward
* Annie and Clarabel 
* Molly
* The Vulcan Family
** "Brad" (Debut)
** Mrs. Vulcan(Debut)
** Mr. Vulcan (Debut)
** "George" (mentioned)
* Charlie (mentioned)
* Ferdinand (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* Toby is the only "Steam Team" member not to appear in this episode.
* First time Gordon, James, and Henry use their signature catchphrase of "Disgraceful! Disgusting! Despicable!".
* This is the second episode to have Rosie's name is in the title, the first was "Rosie's "Date" Planner".
* Rosie is revealed to have an abusive older brother and a Father.
Category:Thomas and Friends
Category:Sodor High School
Category:Episodes
Category:Fan Fiction