monster prom // jenlisa

week three: evening

That day I skipped class and just hung out in the bathrooms. Because I respect no authority. I guess some people just want to watch the world burn by skipping classes and hanging out in the bathrooms.

While checking myself out in the mirrors I saw something red trailing out of one of the bathroom stalls. On a close inspection, I saw blood pooling on the floor... An Jennie standing over it, smiling broadly, holding the carcass of a skinned goat.

"Hey!" She greeted me. "Thanks for coming—the fun's just getting started! I know we only need the goat's tongue, but, like, if you're going to take the tongue from a goat might as well take the skin, too, and make yourself a pair of sweet boots!"

I gave her a puzzled look while trying not to step in the blood.

"Not that I know how to sew, or would take the time to even if I did, but Chaeyoung has some mer-slaves I can borrow." She held up the goat's tongue. "It's a pretty nice tongue, right? Not too fat, not too thin... the right kind of purple..."

Not knowing how to respond exactly, I just nodded. "Yeah, it is."

"I think I'll be the most beautiful, regal, feared Prom Queen ever to grace Spooky High School in no time at all."

It wasn't a bad plan, except that spiders need to relieve themselves too, and it was at that moment that we knew we fucked up. Principal Giant Spider walked in to use the toilet.

"OH HEY. Good afternoon, Principal Giant Spider! I'm just holding this skinned goat on school property because... because..."

Oh shit. Jennie can't come up with something. I stepped in. "Because it's for a school project, Principal Giant Spider!"

Principal Giant Spider just nodded appreciatively. "It's always nice to see our student taking initiative about learning things. I'm very proud of the school's successful and well-organized extracurriculars and the health social life of my students... but it does seem like people get a little hung up on certain school events. Seriously, prom is one night. ONE NIGHT. A proper education lasts a lifetime!"

"Yup! That's why we're so glad to be doing this right now." Jennie said, giving him her one of her not-so-sinister smiles. "Because it has nothing to do with prom! Just good old-fashioned learning!"

"All right, students—carry on with you learning!" He was almost out of the door when he shouted again. "PROM! ONE NIGHT!"

"Honestly? I'm not even going to try to be a Prom Queen." Jennie said, smiling sweetly.

With that Principal Giant Spider left, leaving me and Jennie to pocket the necessary goat tongue.

"I'm not trying to be Prom Queen—I will be Prom Queen!" Her sinister smile returned. Oh, how I missed that smile. "Two down, goddess earrings to go!"

Maaaaybe Principal Giant Spider has a point about focusing on schoolwork? But fuck it, prom is awesome.