It was the day of prom, well, morning rather. I woke up from a pretty intense nightmare. But those were normal to me. So as i got up, i got on my computer, I had a message from Gregg, he was going on about tonight. He was super excited that he got to go with his little crush. Well, not little. Angus was pretty much bigger than both of us combined? He's a big guy.
"duuuuuuude!!!! Hyped for tonight!??"
"Nah. Kinda? Mom's making me wear a dress."
"Ew, you in a dress? thats sucks man!"
"yeah. tell me about it. Now if it were YOU in the dress, it would be better. Is Angus excited?"
"yeah!!! He came over early this morning! Were going to spend the day getting ready and stuff."
"dude its just prom, not a wedding."
"It could LEAD to a wedding. Well. Maybe not. I don't want to get married yet."
"Then don't pamper yourself like a lady."
"hahaha! You and Cole should totally come hang with us until then!!"
"I might. I'll talk to him and let him know. See you later man."
" Later dude!!!"
After closing the chat, I got Coles messages up.
"Hey. Question."
"Yeah Mae?"
"Gregg wants us to go hang out with him and Angus before prom. Want to?"
"sure, Sounds like it'll be cool. Gregg's a nice kid."
"heh, sure is. Meet me at his place? I wonder if his mom made breakfast yet. well. Its noon. Might wanna prepare for lunch."
"I'll see you there."
"Later."
Closing my laptop now, I looked at the dress that was hanging up on my mirror. Taking it down, i threw it and my stupid shoes into a bag along with a few other things before I walked downstairs with it. Mom was at work, and I think my dad was too. Walking out of my house, I walked past a few houses before stopping to look at a few signs a few others put up for prom. I rolled my eyes and looked forward again before I made my way to Greggs house. Knocking on the door, his mom opened the door, I smiled to her and we started to talk for a little bit before I walked inside. Kicking off my shoes, I ran up to Greggs room and practically kicked down the door. "Thats up you effin' skunk."
"Whats up you effin' rat!" He called back, getting up, he walked over to me. He punched my shoulder, and I returned it. Looking over, he mentioned Angus over, which he got up and came over. "Angus! You remember my best friend Mae!"
"Hey Mae." He looked down, looking at me. He looked rather, cuddly, up close.
"Hi Angus. Are you ready for tonight?" I asked him, looking at him still, then back to Gregg. "Mom's making me wear a dumb dress. I think we should make Gregg wear it."
"no way dude!! I have a killer tux!" He laughed, then looked at me again. I saw him looking at the door, then I turned to look. Cole was standing there.
"Oh, hey Cole." I smiled to him. Looking to him, he put a hand on my shoulder then took it off.
"Hello Mae." he said back, then looked to Gregg, then Angus. "hey Gregg, Angus. Your mom let me up here. Hope thats alright."
"yeah thats cool!" Gregg said, then ran back to his bed and jumped on it, sitting down as he picked his controller back up. "We've got a while until lunch is ready! come sit your asses down and watch me play!"
I chuckled some, running over, I sat down next to him, well. I sat on the floor by him, hugging my legs as I watched the game as it started back up. Gregg always had the best games. It was like. He was a game hoarder. As we all sat down and settled, I looked around at the others. I had an okay feeling about tonight. It didn't seem so bad so far.
As the day went on I kept my eyes glued to any clock I could find. I was nervous, I didn't want to go to prom. When it was time to get ready, I grabbed my bag and me and Gregg went into his parents bedroom to change. We always changed together, we were not shy about that. So as we got dressed, I had him zip up my dress.
"You sure you don't want to borrow one of my tux's? were almost the same size." He looked at me as I got my shoes on.
"nah. Mom wants pictures and shit." I replied, looking at him. "although this is bullshit. Can I just leave my stuff here and get it tomorrow? I have to go home right after prom."
"no problem dude! I'll keep it safe and on lock down!"
I helped him tie his tie, I used to help my dad all the time because he taught me. looking in the mirror, we looked at ourselves before he started to mess with his hair. I only stared at myself. I looked like a red blob of girly grossness. After a moment, We went back to the others, they were dressed nicely. Cole handed me some flowers on a band thingy. I didn't know what to do with them, so I just kinda held them. I watched Angus put a rose in Gregg's tux pocket. They were so cute together.
Looking back at Cole, we said goodbye to Gregg and Angus and told them we'd see them there, we were going to go in two cars. So as I got in his car, I got buckled and rubbed my eyes. I couldn't get comfortable in any position I sat in, in the car. Looking over at Cole as he got in, he smiled at me, and I returned the smile. Soon he started to drive back to the school. After parking, we went inside. The dance was in the gym, like always. Others had already been inside dancing, and we went inside. It was nice, and it felt oddly... Normal? Going to one of the tables that were set up, punch, snacks, and a few other things, I saw candy almonds. Taking two hand-fulls, I shoved them down my dress and into my tank-top that i wore underneath it. Seeing a few of my other friends, we went over and started to dance in a little circle.
After a while of dancing, I felt a heavy weight on my back, and arms around my neck. Gregg and Angus had arrived, and Gregg had taken it upon himself to jump on my back and sang loudly to the song that was playing currently. But unfortunately, it was the end of the song, so as it ended, he got down and I heard him quietly say 'awww' I gave him a playful shove back into the direction of Angus, who was standing there watching. The lights that were flashing soon slowed down and a slow song started to play. Cole took my hand and we moved more into the dance floor. Staying close to him, we started to slowly dance.
I didn't like the song playing. It was disturbing in a way. All love songs are the same. A girl, wanting a boy. Boy is like 'eh.' but in the end they get together? I didn't get love songs at all. But I tried to avoid looking at Cole, but then I mustered up the courage and looked to him. He was smiling?
I tried to return the smile. I've seen so many prom's on TV, and I know that the main character try's to kiss her love interest. So, as the main character I am, I leaned up and went for it. Our lips were almost touching when I panicked and bit his lower lip. Soon, I started to taste blood. Instantly stepping back, I grabbed his hand and rushed him out of the gym. Hurrying into the bathroom, he was covering his mouth, blood all over his hands.
Grabbing the paper towels, I grabbed like three or four and went back to Cole. Taking his hands away from his face, I shoved the paper towels in his mouth, but... I might have taken it too far. He started to choke and hold his throat. As he was choking, I started to panic. Pacing around a little, I took my hand and reached into my dress and grabbed the candy almonds that I had stuffed in there earlier. I was a nervous eater. And as I was stuffing my face, one went down wrong, and I also began to choke. Panicking even more, I started to give myself the Heimlich Maneuver. It wasn't long until I was able to make myself throw up, but... I threw up all over Cole. After the first round, I bend over the sink and vomited the rest of the nights dinner into the sink. After I was done, I quickly ran over to Cole and grabbed the paper towels from his mouth and ran to the toilets. Throwing them inside, I flushed the toilets and watch the paper towels swirl. But to my luck, it clogged it, and it started to overflow. Backing out of the stall, I quickly looked at the person who had just walked in while I was puking in the sink. I took his hand and dragged him out of the bathrooms. He yanked his hand away and took off out the door of the school and i heard a car squealing away.
I wanted to curl up and die. I felt like crying but I felt someone tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Josh. "Mae? Im heading out, I can give you a ride since it seems yours left you." He said.
I only nodded and I followed out of the building, looking for a car but i was surprised to see a tractor instead. Frowning, I just climbed on the back of it, pulling my dress so when i brought my knees to my chest so I wouldn't get vomit all over my face. As we started moving, I couldn't hold back my tears and I started to cry into my knees. The tractor was going slow. This was going to be a very long drive home.
