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The week leading up to prom night was very slow, but finally, it was Saturday. My parents got most of their shopping done in the morning through the afternoon. While they were gone we were very excited for tonight, the one thing that did feel bad about the day was that there was a chance for thunderstorms that night. I've been terrified of storms since I was a kid, it wasn't as bad now, but I still got scared whenever it thundered.

My older sister was coming over that evening, she was a cosmetology student and was always excited to help me do my hair and makeup whenever I was going to some event that I had to dress up for. Or to give me tons of advice if I was going to be too far away for her to actually be there to help. She had also had a baby early this year, and I was always happy to see my niece Kayla.

Once she arrived we hugged, and then she let my hold Kayla for a few minutes before we got started. She was getting bigger and bigger, and I savored every minute I get to hold her before she gets too heavy for me.

What was going to take longest was my hair. I have very curly hair that you could comb completely smooth, and it would be a tangled mess again within about five minutes. It was also difficult to put into updo's. So a lot of time would be spent brushing and straightening my hair.

That ended up taking about an hour.

The makeup did not take nearly as long. I fixed the parts of my nail polish that had chipped, and then my sister set out all of her makeup so I could get what I needed.

I only needed to borrow two things, everything else I needed I already owned. Concealer and eyeshadow.

I spent a little bit more time with the concealer covering up the redness of what was left of my last eczema break out, but everything else took no time, and soon I was ready.

Me and my mom went outside to take pictures. Somehow, I convinced my mom to not make me go in the grass, the ground was still wet from the rain early that morning , and I did not want to get mud on the white lace jacket.

Once my friend Morgan got here, we were off to go eat, and then it was off to prom. We were originally going to be in a group of 3 with another girl named Julie, and go to eat with another friend named Kayleigh who was going with her boyfriend, but Kayleigh broke up with her boyfriend, and so Juliette would be going with her, Morgan would be going with me, and we would meet up once we got to the school.

Our school used to have prom at a 5 star hotel downtown, but some idiot snuck in alcohol, and now we could not have it there anymore.

So it was just us going to golden corral, I ended up impressing Morgans mom by bringing extra money for a tip. She had been a waitress at a buffet and apparently a lot of people did not tip. But my Dad always did everywhere we went, unless it was a fast food place, or if my little sister had an allergic reaction to something we were told was not prepared anywhere near peanuts.

The food was good, but I noticed some dude trying to look down the front of my dress while I was getting my food.

Creep.

Once we got to school, I was super super happy, I almost forgot about the thunderstorm warnings we had heard on the radio on the way here.

Once we had all met up, we headed into the gym and right to the dance floor. I can't dance, and I don't really listen to pop or rap music, which is what they played mostly. But I didn't really care. And apparently no one else did either.

Some strange things happened too, some of the lemonade had to be replaced because some kid had spiked it. And a kid got thrown out for trying to jump of the stage where the DJ was set up. But after the problems had passed everyone pretty much went back to normal.

After about an hour, I went to the bathroom to fix my hairpins, which were starting to fall out. I noticed a little basket that the prom steering committee had set up, and one of the contents was orange tic tacs, which I have a little bit of an addiction to.

I grabbed a handful and left.

Right when I got to the gym and started dancing again, the power went out, I saw a big flash of lightning, and the power went out.

I heard people screaming and thunder in the background, then my head started to hurt really bad.

I felt myself hit the ground, and them completely lost consciousness.

I promise that things will pick up a bit next chapter. Sorry about the lack of updates, I've been really busy with school. Hopefully things will wind down a little bit within a few weeks. I still have a few things I'm deciding on for next chapter. But I hope to have chapter three complete and published soon.

Also, I'm starting a fictionpress account soon as well. Once that's done I'll post a link in my profile.