𝐃𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐩: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥

(25.) 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚖; 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟷

Monday; March 9th, 1998

My POV
It was just a usual & boring Monday morning. I honestly didn't feel like getting up today, but Willow woke me up. Actually, I feel like that mostly every other day.

"Ughhhh, I don't want to go to school today.", I said groggy, getting out of bed slowly.

"I don't want to either, but we have to, ma'am.", Willow said rubbing her eyes.

"Fine. Let me just get my clothes and change in the bathroom.", I said slowly walking to the closet, getting my clothes out.

I went to the bathroom & changed into my outfit for today. I put on light blue shrunken tee with some dark skinny jeans & my white jelly pop shoes. For my hair, I had just decided to keep it down & curl it.

I walked out of the bathroom to see Willow doing her makeup in the mirror. "Woah Ari, you looking all out for Banks, aren't you?", she asked with a smirk.

I laughed. "Girl, I always am. You know me.", I said with a smirk & wink.

"Prom is this Friday. Do you think you're gonna go?", Willow asked while applying her mascara.

I shrugged. "I mean, I know Adam's my boyfriend, but he hasn't asked me yet. So I really don't know. You know what I mean?", I explained while applying a bit of my lip gloss.

"Yeah, same here. Charlie hasn't asked me yet, so I don't think I'm going either.", Willow said finishing up her makeup.

"Well I mean, If we don't go this year, then it's fine. We have next year anyways since it's our last year.", I said finishing up my makeup.

"True, true. Well, we better get going before we're late to first period.", Willow said getting up, grabbing her backpack.

"Yeah, I don't need tardies on my school record.", I laughed. We then headed out our dorm room & went to first period.

...

It was after lunch & I had forgotten to get my journal for 5th period, which I had Chemistry. I had speed walked down the hall to my locker & opened it real quick.

As I opened it, I saw that something had fell out of it. I looked down to see a note on the ground. I picked it up & opened it to read it.

"Hey baby. I know it's pretty odd for me to write notes like this to you, but meet me in the ice rink after school. It's something very important I need to talk to you about. It's nothing bad, I promise. See you later, beautiful. Sincerely, Adam."

The note even had a heart on it, which made me smile. I put the note in my pocket, grabbed my Chemistry journal, & closed my locker. I then headed off to Chemistry class.

...

I walked into Chemistry & sat in my seat. Connie sat in front of me, while Sania sat next to me, & Julie sat in front of her.

As the teacher was out of the room for a few minutes, I took out the note from my pocket to look at it again. "Hey Ari, whatcha got there, girl.", Connie asked out of curiosity, turned around in her seat.

"Hey girl. It's just a note from Banksy that I got from my locker.", I said.

"Oooo, let me see that.", Connie said getting the note from my hand, looking at it.

"Oooo, I wonder what for?", Connie said with excitement.

"Hey girls. What are y'all talking about?", Sania asked facing us in her seat along with Julie.

"Ari got a note from Banksy in her locker. I don't know exactly what it's for though.", Connie said handing the note to Sania.

"Hmmm, I wonder why he wants to see you?", Julie asked.

"I think he wants to get down in there with her.", Sania said with a smirk forming on her face.

Me & Connie gasped. "Sania, hush! That's too inappropriate for school!", Connie whisper yelled with her mouth open.

"Yeah girl. Too much information.", Julie said with her eyes widened.

"What. I mean, you never know.", Sania chuckled. The teacher then came back into the classroom.

"We better turn around now and pay attention.", I laughed.

"Good idea, girl.", Connie laughed.

...

It was finally after school & I started walking to the ice rink entrance. When I got there, I saw Willow, Sania, & Connie standing outside beside the double doors.

"Hey girls. What are y'all doing here?", I asked in concern.

"We got letters in our lockers from our boyfriends too, so we're just here waiting for them.", Sania said.

"Yeah. Where do you think they are anyways?", Connie asked in concern.

I furrowed my eyebrows. "I don't know. Hmm, do you think we should just wait inside for them?", I asked.

"Yeah, might as well.", Willow said nodding her head in agreement.

We then opened the doors & walked inside to what seemed like the ice rink was pitch black. "Why the hell is it so dark in here?", Sania asked.

"I don't know. Let me turn on the lights.", Willow said as she tried to find the light switch.

When the lights turned on, we saw Adam, Charlie, Guy, & Dwayne holding up four signs that spelled out "Will y'all go to prom with us?". There were some students sitting in the stands to cheer us on.

We covered our mouths in awe of what we saw. We put on our skates real quick & skated out onto the rink. "Boys, you planned all of this!?", I asked with my mouth still covered.

"Yeah we did. Like why wouldn't we ask our lovely girlfriends to prom?", Charlie said laughing.

I then went up to Adam. He gave his sign to Charlie & grabbed my hand, holding a rose in the other. "Ariana, my beautiful and gorgeous girlfriend, will you make my night and go to prom with me?", he asked with a smile.

I felt like I was gonna tear up at this point. "Yes Banksy, of course I'll go to the prom with you!", I said in excitement. He gave me the rose & I hugged him. He gave me a big bear hug, lifting my feet off the ground & spinning me around.

Every student in the stands stood up & cheered. "So, what do you say, ladies? Will you be our lovely dates to prom?", Charlie asked with a wink.

"Yes, I will, Spazway!", Willow said skating up to him & jumping in his arms.

"Yes, yes, yes, babe! I will!", Sania said skating up to Guy & jumping on him, making them both fall backwards & laugh.

"Aww, yes, yes, honey! I would love to!", Connie said skating up to Dwayne, giving him a big hug.

Everyone else cheered for us that we had said yes.

I honestly didn't expect our boyfriends to surprise us like this. No wonder they asked us to meet them after school. I honestly can't wait for Prom this Friday now & I know we're all going to have a fun time! Well, time to start getting ready for Friday!