Erica tells Jack that she has chosen Travis. Trask tells Melanie she cannot go to the dance with David. Donna helps Emily Ann get ready for the dance. Emily Ann apologizes for the way she has acted about Mr. Rockefeller. Donna asks Natalie to take care of Emily Ann while she allegedly goes to NYC for a convention. Dixie defends Tad to Palmer and Will to no avail. Melanie tells Dixie that Trask ordered her not to go to the dance with David because after the dance they all are going to New York so she broke up with Trask. Brooke and Tad take Jack to Kelly's to cheer him up. Tad calls Dixie and Mr. U tells him she is out even though she is there. David remembers the fun times he has had in the past with Melanie. Travis and Eric are thrilled that Erica has chosen him. Brooke arrives at Cortlandt Manor to pick Dixie up and take her to the Valley Inn to meet Tad. Brooke says that Tad called twice and Mr. U said she was not home. Dixie is furious with Palmer.
—Sudsluva