"I really don't know why you're stressing about this Spence," Emily rolled her eyes, slightly annoyed at her friend. "He's your boyfriend. He's obviously going to say yes."
"I know he is, but I want it to be perfect," Spencer retorted, mainly focused on making sure each stroke of paint was perfectly applied to the wooden "R" she was currently working away on.
Spencer knew that it was basically set in stone that her and Toby were going to attend her senior prom together, but she still wanted to ask him in a romantic way. That's just what couples did for prom. Since it was her prom she was going to ask him. She knew she had to do it early before Toby, being the sweet boyfriend he was, tried to ask her to her own prom.
She decided on taking up woodshop club at school in order to construct something for Toby to ask him for prom. They learned how to make silly little things since they were beginners like birdhouses and stools. However, Hanna had suggested to her to just make the word "PROM?" on a stand out of wood so it would be something special for him to keep forever. Spencer took her friend's advice and after sanding and cutting the piece to perfection, was now painting it his favorite color, blue, as neatly as humanly possible.
"It looks great, Spencer. He'll love all the effort you've put into it," Emily complemented. "You're so lucky," she sighed looking out of Spencer's bedroom window.
Spencer looked up from her work when she heard the disappointment in her friend's voice. Right. Emily didn't have a date to prom since her and Paige had broken up.
"Em, someone's going to ask you. I'm sure of it," Spencer reassured.
Emily picked at the hem of her shirt. "There aren't that many lesbians in our school, Spence. It's a rough life sometimes," Emily joked, half-smiling.
Spencer laughed at her friend's comment, walking over to her clearly distraught friend. "Hey…there's no way that you'd go with Paige? Like even as friends?"
Emily shook her head. "No, that ship has definitely sailed and I'm okay with that. I don't want to complicate things."
"Things will work out for you. I know they will. There's still a lot of time."
"Thanks, Spence," Emily smiled, pulling her friend in for a hug.
The next day at school.
"Hey guys," Aria said reaching Hanna's locker, where Emily and Spencer were gathered.
"Just a quick announcement: Your senior prom ticket sales will start tomorrow after school and go on until next Tuesday. Make sure you don't miss out on the best night of your life."
Once the announcement over the loudspeaker was over, Hanna turned to her friends, grabbing a book from her locker. "Do you guys really think prom is going to be the 'best night of our lives' or is that just some lame cliché?"
"I guess we'll find out," Spencer smiled. She was secretly hoping that it would be the best night of her life like it was expected to be.
"Well it might be for you guys," Aria replied bitterly. "You actually have dates."
Emily snapped her head to Hanna. "Wait, Travis asked you, Han?" She grinned, excited for her friend. She knew how much Hanna loved Caleb and she also knew that Hanna had always pictured her senior prom with him by her side. She was glad she seemed to be moving on.
"Yup," Hanna smirked, hiding the slight blush that rose to her cheeks. "Last night."
"How'd he do it?" Emily and Spencer asked at the same time.
"Well," Hanna started, shutting her locker and looking at her friends. "When I got home last night after studying at Aria's, I walked up to my room and found him standing there with this necklace in one hand," Hanna paused, showing the girls the heart necklace Travis had bought for her. "and a rose in his other hand. When I walked up to him he handed both to me and said 'will you go to prom with me?'"
Aria squealed. "Hanna that is so adorable and the necklace is gorgeous!"
"I know," Hanna smiled, glancing down once again at the necklace that she was wearing. "He did pretty well if I do say so myself."
The girls smiled at Hanna. They were all secretly glad that she seemed to finally be getting over Caleb completely.
"So, enough about me. What's up with you and Fitz, Aria?" Hanna asked, directing the attention to the short brunette by her side.
"We're still where we've been for the past two months. Working through things. Neither of us want to give up on each other, but it's just going to take some time," she sighed, shaking her head a bit. "Besides, even if we were together we wouldn't be able to go to prom with each other anyway," she half laughed.
Before any of her friends could respond, the bell rang signaling the start of first period.
The girls separated, each going their own way since none of them shared the same first period. "See you guys later," Aria called, walking away from her friends, waving behind her.
Let me know what you think about this...I always wonder who the girls will go to prom with...
