Title: The Prom
Chapter: Prologue
Author: Moonlight Maiden
Serena
I beamed as I walked down the streets of the Juuban district. Mark Thomas had asked me to go to the school prom with him not five minutes ago.
'Now I can go with all of my friends!' I thought happily as I headed for the arcade. 'Mina's going with Andrew, Lita with Ken, Amy with Gregpar and Raye with Chad. Finally I have a date too! Sure, he's not Darien, but it's not like he'd ask me so Mark's better than no-one. I closed my eyes as I imagined Darien dancing with me at the prom.
I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn't notice a certain dark haired hunk coming around the corner just ahead of me 'til I found myself lying on my back.
Snapping my eyes open, I found myself gazing into midnight blue eyes. 'Oh my. His eyes are so beautiful.' 'This is Darien you're thinking about, you know, the conceited jerk!' Putting on my best angry face, I tried pushing him off.
"Get off me!"
Darien
I was sitting in my appartment when I had the sudden urge to go see Andrew.
As I headed for the arcade I started hoping that I'd get to bump into a certain 'meatball head' for our usual fight. With that in mind I began walking faster. As I rounded the final corner, I did a 'meatball head' and tripped on something. Closing my eyes, I waited for the hard ground tor smack my in the face...
...but it didn't come.
Opening my eyes, I saw a streamer of golden hair. 'Serena?'
Groaning, I lifted my head to see if it was really her. She opened her eyes and I found myself drowning in a pair of crystal blue pools. 'My beautiful Meatball head.' What seemed like hours passed before her face was covered by a mask of anger and her voice snapped me out of my reverie.
"Get off me!"
I quickly got up and shook my head, angry at myself for thinking she was MY Meatball head.par par tab "Why don't you watch where you're going, Meatball head?"
"ME watch where I'M going! YOU'RE the one who crashed into ME, jerk! And stop calling me Meatball head!" With that, she stormed off.A few minutes passed as I stared at her form retreating through the arcade doors across the road. Shaking my head to clear it, I followed her inside.
Andrew
I handed Serena her usual chocolate shake as she talked about her recent encounter with my best friend.
"Oooh! He's SO annoying, Andrew! I wish he'd find someone else to pick on!"
"Oh, come on, Serena. He doesn't really mean it."
"Ya could have fooled me! I bet he was put here on Earth just for that purpose."
"Whatever you say, Serena." I chuckled. "So, ya got a date for the prom yet?" Immediately, she forgot the previous topic and her face lit up.
"Yep! Mark Thomas asked me after school! Oooh, I can't wait! Only three more days 'til the prom!"
Hearing the jingle of the doors I looked up to see Darien enter and claim a stool next to her.
"All I have to do now is find a gorgeous dress and I'll be ready!"
I handed him his usual black coffee. 'You'd better not say anythingpar mean, Darien.'
"You go to a prom?"
Too late.
"Meatball head, ya can't even walk without klutzing out and you're gonna try to dance? Better watch out Andrew, she'll run ya over before she even sets foor through the door!" He laughed.
Rolling my eyes at my simple-minded friend I left the quarrelling pair to serve some customers in one of the booths. Unfortunately, I was still close enough to hear them continue without me.
"Just because I klutz out around you doesn't mean that I will at the prom! I'm a good dancer if I want to be!"
"Ha! I'll believe that when I see it, Meatball head. Until then, you'llalways be the same old Meatball head I love to tease."
"Hmph!"
The next thing I hear is a VERY loud "Aaah!" followed by "Oh no! I'm late! Raye's gonna kill me!" and the jingle of the doors as a blonde tornado bolted down the street towards the Cherry Hill Temple. I resumed my place behind the counter as Darien stared at the door.
Interrogation Time!
Darien
I watched as Serena flew out the doors, satisfied that I got yet another reaction from her through my daily teasing. A few minutes passed before I realised that my best friend had been watching me all this time. Turning back to face him, I saw that he had a smug look on his face.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" If it were possible, his smile turned into an even wider grin.
"You've got the hots for her, don't you?"
"Who?" I mumbled as I tried to hide behind my coffee mug.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe that hot young blonde who just left a few minutes ago."
"What! MEATBALL HEAD! Ya gotta be kidding!" Hands shaking, I tried to sip my coffee in an attempt to calm my nerves. "As if I'd like her in that way."
Andrew slammed his hands on the counter, his face bare millimeters away from mine.
"If that's true, then why did you automatically assume that I meant her? There where at least three other girls of that desciption who left while you were staring at those doors."
I nearly fell backwards off the stool at my stupidity. I gulped, seeing your best friend smiling at you malicously is very unnerving.
"Er..." 'Dang, ya got caught, Darien. Might as well fess up, now' "OK, I might like Meatball head a little."
"Only a little?"
"ALRIGHT! Ilovemeatballhead." I finished with a mumble.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" He said, putting a hand to his ear.
"I...love Serena. There, ya happy now?"
"Yep!"
After a moment, I found the silence too much.
"So, what's this prom that you two are going to?"
"It's at the Juuban High School. All of Serena's friends are going with their dates. I'm taking Mina."
"Oh."
"Ya gonna come?"
"You know I don't go to those shindigs. All I'll end up doing is standing in the darkest corner, wishing I was somewhere else."
"Aww...come on, Serena will be there, don't forget."
From this little reminder, I looked up at my friend and smiled.
"Sure, why not? I bet it'll be lots of fun! Count me in!" With that said, Isaid farewell to Andrew and headed home. Little did I know that Andrew had neglected to tell me one...
small...
detail...
...she already had a date.
Serena
I was panting by the time I arrived at the temple. Red faced, I barged into Raye's room and leant against the wall, catching my breath."Hi guys! I'm here!"
"YOU'RE LATE, MEATBALL HEAD!" a fiery raven-haired girl screamed at me, purple eyes blazing. "You're HALF and hour LATE!" she exclaimed, pointing at the alarm clock on her bedside table.
"It's not my fault, I ran into that conceited jerk at the arcade again!" I sat down beside Mina. "So what are we gonna talk about? Not Scout business, I hope."
"Nope! The prom, what else?" Lita said, excitedly.
"I can't wait!" Mina jumped up, stars in her eyes. We all laughed at her as she started dancing around the room with an imaginary Andrew.
"So, Serena. Ya got a date yet?"
"Yep!" I smiled, putting on a 'You'll be jealous' look.
"Who?" Mina finally stopped dancing, finding the conversation a lot more interesting.
"Oh, no one special. Just Mark Thomas."
"MARK THOMAS!" four girls screeched. Cringing, I simply nodded my head.
"How the hell did you snag him?" Raye asked, exasperated.
"I don't know. He just came up to me after school and asked me. I figured that I wouldn't get asked again so I said yes."
"Wow." Mina sighed.
"So now we're all ready for the prom!" Lita smiled.
We all heard the sound of someone clearing their throat and turned to its source.
"Umm...sorry to burst everyone's bubble and all but aren't we forgetting something?" asked Amy in a small voice.
"What?"
"What're we gonna wear!"
We all stared at her, shocked at her unnaturally airheaded outburst. As soon as wesnapped outof itenough to realise our dilemma, we all scrambled out of the temple to go on our emergency shopping spree.
The End...for now!
