𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑖𝑠)

Chapter Three

I feel someone hitting a pillow on me.

"Ugh what?!" I shout. John is the one hitting me.

"Both of you need to wake up." I turn my head to my right and see Jordan next to me. He's still fast asleep. I feel his hand on my back. Poor Jordan I probably crushed his arm. I get a hold of his shirt and start shaking it.

"Jordan, Jordan wake up." His eyes open and he immediately wakes up in fight mode. "Hey chill it's just me." I'm on top of him blocking his hands.

"Oh good morning." His fingers touch the tip of my hair. I roll over to my side of the bean bag chair and sit up. "Morning John."

"Morning Jordan. It's ten o'clock I let the two of you sleep in as much as possible but mom and dad want you both up." I stand up and start stretching a bit. John leaves Jordan's room and I follow him.

"You two are finally up," says Clark. "I made pancakes." I sit at the high table.

"Where's mom?"

"She had some journalist stuff. Nice paintings the three of you have worked on."

"Yeah it was my idea."

"Vivian, our little artist." Clark pats my back. "Oh did you both hear about homecoming?"

"Oh wait we get a homecoming!?"

"Yeah every grade is allowed to go," I say.

"I guess John and I will be going," says Jordan.

"What about dates?" Clark asks.

"We don't have to have dates. We can all just go as friends," I say. "I'll probably be inviting a few friends like Rianna and Emma. Maybe even Eli." I look down at my hands. Would my ex ask me to be his date?

"It's a week away anyways," Jordan comments.

"The week will fly by, you three can figure that out. I have some things to do." Clark leaves the house grabbing his keys and jacket on the way out.

"So we'll be going with your friends?" John asks taking a sip of his hot chocolate.

"Yeah I'll message Rianna and Emma." I get my phone out. "Hey, maybe Rianna and Emma can be your guys dates."

"And Eli would be yours," says John.

"Yeah maybe." I move some hair behind my ear.

"So, when will we be meeting them?" asks John.

"I guess at a football game. How about tonight?"

"Tonight? Oh we might have some-"

"Jordan and I have nothing." John pats his shoulder. "We'll be there."

A Few Hours Later

"So your two childhood besties should be here soon?" asks Emma.

"You just want to see if either of them are hot," Rianna mumbles.

"Shhh," I say as I see the two of them coming this way. Jordan waves at me. Eli is focused on the game. Jordan and John walk over to us. "Jordan! John! Meet my friends. This is Emma, Rianna, and Eli." They wave at everyone.

"Ahhhh he has curly hair and painted nails," Emma whispers to Rianna. I forgot guys like that are Emma's type. Jordan and John both sit in between me. I watch the game in silence.

After The Game

"So, homecoming," I say staring at my friends.

"Well I know it's a little awkward between Vivian and I. I'm guessing I'll be anyone else's date," says Eli.

"Yeah, you can be mine," says Rianna.

"Who's going to be mine?" asks Emma. She looks at Jordan. Of course she wants him.

"Wait, you want to me to be yours?" asks Jordan.

"Yeah, if you want to."

"Uh I guess so. I've never been asked or have wanted to ask anyone." Jordan scratches his neck nervously.

"So I guess that means you're my date," says John staring into my eyes.

"Yeah I guess so." He links arms with me.

"I promise to be the best dance partner you've ever had."

Everyone stays with their dates talking about matching outfits for a while and then talking about what restaurant we're going to before we all split up. John intertwines his fingers with mine as he leads me away from the group.

A Week Later

The Joker has been missing for the past week but I'm still visiting Clark secretly after school every day, training just in case Joker returns. Emma, Rianna, and I went dress shopping a few days ago. I bought a long poofy pink dress. I curl my black hair and then apply gold and pink eyeshadow on my eyelids. I put some pink lipgloss on and a bit of blush before I hear my dad call for me. I slip on my heels as I run to the top of the stairs. I slowly walk down the stairs as I make eye contact with John. He sticks his hand out to me. I take it. He slips the corsage on my wrist. My mom takes a few photos before we leave. We see Clark is the one driving Jordan, John, Emma, and I. John and I sit in the second row with Jordan and Emma behind us.

"You look stunning as always," John whispers to me.

"You're not so bad yourself," I say while messing with his tie, clearly making him a bit nervous. I make eye contact with Clark in the mirror. It's like he's almost shooting lasers through the mirror.

"Don't do anything stupid, he just got out of a breakup."

I roll my eyes.

"Don't worry, I won't."

I take John's hand as I put my head on his shoulder.

A few minutes later, Clark stops the car. I hurriedly pull John out as I wave goodbye to Clark. We run in and show our tickets. I drag John to the dance floor.

"Why are you in such a hurry Vivian?"

"They're playing cha cha slide!" I start to dance but the song ends. It turns to a more slow song.

"I'm not much for slow dancing but I have an awesome dance partner." I take John's hands as I embrace him. We start to slow dance. I look up as I make eye contact with Jordan. He's looking at the two of us. I can sense jealousy. Maybe Jordan does have a crush on me. Nah he's just a friend, just like John is my friend.

"Not a bad slow dancer." I can feel John's smile as we continue to move to the slow beat. I hear something explode as people scream. I pull away from John. We both look around to see many people standing in shock as the Joker enters the school gym. Joker has a huge pistol in his hand as he walks down the bleachers, pushing people left and right. He makes eye contact with me as a smile spreads across his face. He continues to walk down the bleachers and stops right in front of me. "John, go."

"I can't leave you-"

"Go!" Joker lifts my face up to his.

"I found you. At last, I found you. I never thought I would find you, Miss Vivian." He touches my forehead and everything goes black.