Prom Night
Tuesday night rolled around. This was the big prom night for Arella's school. So, I rented a tuxedo and decided to get Arella a little something. I got her a gold locket with her name engraved on one side, and my name engraved on the other. I used up a lot of the money to get these and I only got about 96 of the items on the list. That night at about 8:30, I was just finishing the bow tie (I had never put on any type of tie before then) when I saw Shaun's reflection in the mirror.
"Going somewhere?" He asked.
"If you must know, yes. I'm going to a dance." I replied.
"You? Dance?" Shaun fell over laughing. He was soon gasping for air and lying on the ground. He, eventually, was able to stand up and he whipped a tear from his eye. "I'm sorry, but that is just too funny. Now seriously, where are you going?"
"I just told you, and I'm not lying. I'm going to a junior prom." I said again.
He stood silent for a second and then, "Oh, you're insane. You almost got kicked out of the Masked order before. If you try it again, you'll be expelled without question."
"That's only if they find out." I replied.
"Last time they did find out." Shaun protested.
"Last time, I was gone for two months. I'm only going to be away for about three hours. No one will notice." I said.
"If you say so." Shaun said.
"By the way, I need to borrow the keys to your bike."
"What?" Shaun exclaimed.
"Well, my bike is totaled. I need yours."
Shaun glared at me for a minute then said, "Fine. Here." He reached into his pocket and pulled out his bike keys.
"Thanks." I said, snatching the keys from his hand. I strolled down to the garage and found his bike. In about three seconds I was gone.
I rode down the street, the wind whipping my black hair. Most of the people I past just starred at me. It's not everyday you see a 16 year old driving down the street in a tuxedo on a dirt bike. I got to Arella's house and knocked on her door. She answered, wearing a light-blue gown. "Hi, Arella. Nice dress."
"Thank you. Come on, we're going to be late." She said. "Is that what you're driving?" She asked, pointing to the dirt bike.
"It'll get us there on time." I led her down to the bike we got on, she wrapped her arms around my waist. "Where is this place?" I asked.
"It's being held on a ferry in the bay. If you don't hurry we'll miss the boat." She replied.
I handed her a helmet and I put mine on. "Don't worry." I said. I opened the throttle and the bike speed away into the night.
We raced down the streets. Down one street and up another. As we approached the docks, I checked my watch. 9:05, the boat was pulling out of the harbor and into the bay. "Oh, we're too late." Arella said.
I saw at the end of the dock were two big wooden creates and a slab of plywood laying on them like a ramp. I grinned. "Hold on tight!" I exclaimed, and gunned it. The back tire spun and we zoomed off toward the plywood ramp.
"Your crazy!" Arella yelled.
"Just don't let go!" I cried. The bike speed down the dock at 79 mph. We hit the ramp and went soaring into the air, we sailed in the air closing the distance between the boat and us in seconds.
Everyone on the boat saw us and moved as fast as they could. They probably thought we were crazy. We started to fall closer to the deck. Then we slammed into the deck and skid to a stop. I kicked out the kickstand and rested the bike against the rail.
Everyone was stunned and amazed that we had made a jump like that. Arella was a little shaken but she soon got over it. I saw a familiar face walk out of the crowd. "Hey, Slade. Long time, no see." It was Marth.
"Hey, Marth. What's shaken'?" I said.
"How did you do that?" He asked. "That jump, I mean."
"You just hit the ramp at the right speed and then hope you have a good landing spot." I said.
A slow dance then started playing. "Come on, Slade." Arella said. "Let's dance." So she led me out to the dance floor and rested her arms over my shoulders.
I reached into my pocket and pulled out the little gold heart locket. "I wanted to get you something." I said.
"Oh, Slade. It's beautiful." She said. She took it in her hand, and rested her head against my chest. "This is the best prom ever."
"Hey, love birds." Marth said, holding a Polaroid camera. "Let me get a picture." We posed for the camera and the flash went off. The picture came out and Marth started shaking it. "Let's see, how'd this turn out?" he held up the picture to us.
"It looks perfect." I said.
"I think I'll put it in my locket." Arella smiled. She then kissed me on the cheek and Marth snapped another picture.
"Marth." I said.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist." He replied.