Prompted Shorties

Awkward Prom Date

Prompt: Your character's prom date went ... not so well. Why?

Story:

"Babe, come on, talk to me. What's wrong?" Brandon asked for the hundredth time.

"Nothing's wrong." I yelled at him as I stomped my way out of the school grounds feeling upset about all the things.

"Lexie, something's clearly wrong." He caught up to me and grabbed my arm.

"Let go of me Brandon." I hissed at him then kept on walking away from the school.

"Just tell me what's going on." He's still following me.

"Ugghh!" Was my creative reply.

"Lex." He went in front of me, crossed arms. I took a deep breath and prepared myself.

"Nothing's wrong Brandon." I said to him.

"Then what's the prob-" I cut him off.

"That's the problem." I almost yelled. He just looked at me like I'm some deranged person, underneath the lamppost in the middle of the night, crickets singing their song and the flashing lights coming from the school gym illuminated the place.

"What?" He was confused.

"Nothing is wrong. That's my problem. It's too perfect. I'm the queen, you're the king, there's no drama, the punch tastes great, all the food tasted incredible, everyone was dancing really good, even the DJ is doing an awesome job with the music, it's like I'm in some sort of perfect dream. It felt so weird and awful that I had to get out of there." I complained.

"I thought, that's what you wanted?" I asked dumbfounded.

"I know but, it just feels different, weird. You know?" I said.

"Well you're still in the sim, if you hadn't noticed yet." His words made me tremble. I'm in a simulator?

"What? No I'm not. That was last week, and it was just for fun. What are you talking about Brandon? Don't scare me like that." I held my arms and started to walk home.

"No Lexie, you've been here for a month now." He said in his cold dead stare at my eyes as he appeared in front of me from the ground.

My body shudders, my knees weakened, I could barely walk. What is happening? I can feel my heart racing, my blood boiling, my head aching, my eyes getting sore. I can't even clench my hands let alone stand up.

"We thought you already knew this Lexie?" He said. We?

"Kn-know what?"

"That you'll be staying with us forever." He creepily smiles as he bends down and hugs me in the middle of the street. Then came in the swarm of people coming from the gymnasium, all of them chanting my name heading towards me. I couldn't get out because Brandon's hug was too tight.

"No no no no no no no no no. AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggghhh!!!!"

I knew it was too good to be true. Hanson and Ford's dream simulator was faulty. Sure it gave you your wildest dreams and makes it seem like a reality, but they forgot to mention that it can also bring your nightmares into play.