which is an example of internal conflict? when kevin and katie go to the dance, who should show up but thomas, the prom king, who hangs around and keeps cutting in. kevin wants to take katie to a dance, but his best friend jason has already told lauren and ashley that he and kevin would take them. kevin is going to a dance with katie, but on the way to her house he gets a flat tire. kevin asks katie to go with him to a dance, but she refuses, saying she would rather go with adam.