SPEECHLESS ~ S. Evans

16. Prom

"Ive been to Ann Taylor loft, Filenes Basement and like six forever 21's, and I cannot find a dress that fits." Lauren rants as she walks into the choir room wit Santana, Naomi and Brittany. "Im gonna be forced to make my own dress for prom." She tells them hopelessly.

"Don't you'll seem poor." Brittany tells her before Santana speaks up.

"You're up for prom queen. You can't make your own prom dress." She tells her as all of them sit down. "Prom is like our oscars. It's seriously like the most important night of our lives." She says adding even more pressure to the group.

"What about getting married?" Lauren asks skeptically.

"Oh, you can get married as many times as you want. You only have one shot at your junior prom." Quinn buts in really making Naomi think.

'I really want to go to prom but I already told Sam that I would stay in with him for the night. I just wish that we could do this like the other couples can.' Naomi thinks with a small sad sigh that draws Santana and Sams attention to the girl sitting next to them.

"Nay what are you going to wear?" Santana asks trying to cheer up the suddenly sad girl.

"Oh, uhm, Sam and I agreed to stay at his place and watch movies for the night so we're uh, not going..." Naomi says trailing off in a small voice feeling disappointed that she's missing her first prom.

Unknowingly as Naomi admits this Sam starts to feel bad about how he doesn't have the money to take the girl he loves to prom.

"What? You guys have to go!" Santana protests loudly drawing more attention to the couple.

"I don't know, maybe next year..." Naomi tells the Latina trying to move off topic and she couldn't be more grateful when Mercedes enters the room.

"What are you guys talking about?" She asks walking over to a free seat.

"Prom dresses." Lauren dead pans .

"Thank god I don't have to worry about that, I'm not going." Mercedes tells them stubbornly and she crosses her arms.

"Why not?" Kurt asks Curious as to why she seems so bitter towards the thought.

"'Cause nobody's asked me." She says acting as if the answer should be obvious.

"Well that's just great. First Naomi isn't going and now you?" Santana scoffs out annoyed before the bell rings and mr.Shue brings their attention up front.

"Alright guys-- prom." Mr. Shue starts to introduce before Sam cuts him off.

"Please tell me we're not doing songs about prom." He says with an annoyed voice. He's already disappointed that he doesn't have the money to take Naomi to prom and have a nice night with her, and he really doesn't want to have that rubbed in his face.

"Nope. We are the prom." Mr. Shue announces with a proud smile. "Figgins has asked us to perform."

"Lets do 'Run Joey, Run'" Rachel announces quickly getting weird looks from the others in the room.

"No." Naomi tells her point blank not even looking at the girl she just shot down.

"Now, I know this isn't ideal with Nationals coming up but we really don't have a choice. and we could really use the money. But I know that prom is a special rite of passage." Mr. Shue tells them as he sits down in a chair in front of the group of students. "Im gonna make sure that all of you guys get a chance to enjoy the dance too. So, we're gonna stagger the performances so that each and everyone of you has a lot of time to dance with your dates." He tells them all with a suggestive smirk on his face.