scraps

prom

description: as the title suggests

year started 2022

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lake was laying down on their bed, scrolling through whatever was on their phone. it was late. and cold. it seemed that spring in arizona hasn't quite hit their small, quaint town yet since they're shivering. and cold. lake's only source of heat was jesse sprawled across their chest, occasionally showing them deer pictures. he made the mistake of drinking an extra cup of coffee that evening so he had to sneak into lake's room. but it wasn't really sneaking since lake was wide awake and his footsteps from his room to theirs wasn't exactly quiet.

so they're now in complete silence. and cold. lake doesn't exactly want to shoo jesse out of their lap to go under the covers.

but then jesse piped up, "wanna go to prom with me?"

"sure. whatever," lake replied without a second thought. prom sounded funny at the time.

but now it was not so funny as they were wearing a two hundred dollar tux, posing with jesse for his parent's hundredth photo of the night. their arm was hooked up with jesse's and they obviously had a strain on their smile but his parents insisted on just one more photo. lake caught a glimpse of nate laughing behind them as the flash went off.

the venue was already packed with students but the dance floor was still empty. the music was too generic and everyone were in their own little clumps. boring. lake didn't know what it was going to be like. they've only seen prom from the reflections of tulip's box tv. It wasnt even a good view of it either as the sun would always glare and the tv was very staticy. lake's arm was connected to jesse's as they walked through to find a table.

"its kinda cool, i guess," jesse said. always the optimistic.