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Chapter 11: - Who cares about Prom? Part I
There were ten or so pages devoted to Prom. Katie immediately thought of Summer.
FLASHBACK
'It's a stupid tradition. It's just one of the dumb school rituals, why do we have to go to this one?' Katie grumbled licking froth from her cappuccino.
'It's not stupid.' Summer said in shock, 'This is Prom for goodness sake. It's not like a pep rally. Not that you ever turn up to pep rallies or assemblies. Or even Health. So you wouldn't know. Hey, where do you go anyway?'
'It is stupid.' Katie insisted. 'I don't like wearing dresses. And I don't know if I should tell you where I go.'
'It's about time you got some dresses. For college, too. Why won't you tell me? I've covered for you every pointless lesson and extra-curricular activity since the 9th grade. Including contemporary dance and those Sleep lectures.'
'Yeah, but I did do community service- '
'You were given that for setting fire to Billy's costumes in a trash can in the park. It was court-ordered.' Summer interrupted.
' -and I was in the school play- '
'Tommy.'
' –and I went to those math seminars.'
Summer was silent.
'Ok, fine, one of the seminars.'
Summer still said nothing.
'For ten minutes.'
Silence.
'...because I thought it was the detention room.'
'That sounds more like it, Detention Junkie.'
'That still doesn't mean I'm going to go to the prom. I don't even have anyone to go with. Isn't it like, tonight?' Katie asked.
'I can find you someone.' Summer was always trying to fix Katie up with guys from school.
'One word, Summer: Wallace.' Katie grimaced. Summer looked guilty.
'You're just fussy. Now he has a new girlfriend anyway. He wrote her this poem about getting married. It was so sweet, she cried.'
Katie snorted.
Just then, Freddy and Zack entered the coffee shop. They immediately joined Katie and Summer.
'Hey Summer. Hey Katie, why the sad face?' Zack asked her.
'Forget the face, she has a moustache!' Freddy cried.
'Shut up. Summer wants me to go to prom.' Katie shook her head and wiped the froth off.
'You should go as well.' Zack told Freddy.
'I don't think so, man.' Freddy was regretful. 'Don't have a date.'
'I'm sure we could find you someone.' Zack rubbed his hands together evilly, reminding Katie of Summer. 'You're not hideous looking, I guess.'
'Are you coming on to me?' Freddy joked. 'That's the nicest thing you've ever said.'
Zack pulled a piece of paper from his pocket with a list of names on it, ignoring the disbelieving looks he was receiving from Freddy and Katie.
'What about that one in your History class?'
'Which one?' Freddy asked.
'Short. Blonde. Kind of loud. Pink streaks. Brown lowlights. Slightly high-pitched voice? Never mind.'
Zack reeled off a list of names, most of whom Freddy had dated before, but some he hadn't even heard of.
'Let's try and cut this down, shall we?' Zack scanned his list. 'Do you like highlights?'
'Not really.' Freddy took some of Katie's cookie.
'Right.' Zack crossed out several names. 'Blondes?'
'Not after Danni.' Freddy shook his head.
'Aah, I remember her.' Katie smiled reminiscently. 'She wore that shirt with the slogan, 'Speak Slowly, I'm a Natural Blonde' almost every day.'
'Backwards,' added Zack.
'And she got one for you as well.' Summer cut in.
'And made you wear it,' Katie teased.
'OK, for that-' Freddy leant over and took the remnants of Katie's cookie.
'Back to the list!' exclaimed Summer, grabbing the list before a fight could break out over the tiny table. 'Right, how about redheads?'
'My sadistic babysitter has red hair.' Freddy said darkly.
The others turned to stare at him.
'Had,' he corrected himself. 'Had.'
'What about foreign exchange students?' Summer continued.
'Language barrier.' Zack pointed out.
'Yeah, Ape to English,' Katie smirked and Freddy scowled at her.
Summer crossed out some more names and scanned the napkin. 'That leaves us with... Me? Zack!'
'Hehe, oops?' Zack winced and tried to take the paper back from her.
'Uh, I'm going to leave now.' Katie picked up her back and got up. 'I have, um, stuff that prevents me from staying here and seeing you get beaten up.'
'I won't hurt her,' Zack said to Katie.
'I was talking to you,' replied Katie, 'Thanks for the coffee.'
As she left the coffeehouse, she thought she heard Summer and Zack exclaim, 'Katie!' but she just shook her head and left.
END FLASHBACK
To be continued in the next chapter...Ukgirl:)