Ahh! I just finished writing the last chapter chapter today! There are still a few more chapters to go so it's not over yet.
hello667: omg ur in Marching band. after this year I'll be in highschool and I'll be in Marching band. is it fun . also what insterment. I'm a Alto saxophone: So this isn't related to the story, but I'm enjoying doing these. I'm not in high school anymore, I just work for a marching band, but I was in one. Marching band is like the greatest thing that you'll ever do. There will probably be drama (drama that I had to deal with my senior year basically caused me to not really like half of the band but I'm super committed and didn't let it hinder my performance). And I play the clarinet.
This chapter takes place a month after the last one.
Chapter 7: The Promposal
It was prom season at Auradon Prep. Every weekend, girls were going into town to go prom dress shopping and Evie was constantly doing measurements, making dresses, and having fittings; she had more customers than she had for Cotillion. Promposals were also happening all the time. Some were simple, like what Carlos had done for Jane. He had left a rose in every one of her classes and they each had a word tied to it. It spelled out "Will you go to Prom with me?" Some were big spectacles like when Ben got the marching band to serenade Mal during lunch before he asked her.
Lonnie and Jay were at Lonnie's locker after school. They still had a few minutes before they had to be at practice.
Suddenly, Chad came running up to them. "You guys have to come to the gym! Carlos fell and hurt his leg and he can't walk!"
Lonnie slammed her locker door shut and she and Jay sprang into action, running to the gym.
When they got to the gym, they saw Carlos sitting on the ground clutching his leg with some of the team and a few cheerleaders gathered around him. Jane was kneeling next to him.
Lonnie was about to go help him when suddenly music started playing. Everyone in the gym cleared except for Carlos, Jane, Chad, Herkie, and Andria. Carlos grabbed on to Chad and Herkie's arms and they lifted him up. They then all started dancing.
"What is happening?" Lonnie asked. Her question was meant for Jay, but when she turned to face him, he was no longer standing next to her. She couldn't see him at all. So she turned back to whatever was happening in the gym and watched.
About halfway through the song, Jay joined the dance. He was now wearing a jacket that he hadn't been before. Lonnie also noticed that everyone else that was dancing was also wearing jackets.
When the song ended, everyone unzipped their jackets. They were wearing shirts that each had a letter on them that spelled out "Prom?" Jay's shirt said Lonnie, probably only for the purpose that whoever may be watching knew who the promposal was for.
At the reveal, Lonnie had put her hand over her mouth. She was so happy that she was tearing up a little. Jay walked over to her and grabbed her other hand. She just started nodding and she finally said, "Yes!" She wrapped her arms around Jay's neck and kissed him. Everyone in the gym began applauding and cheering.
Lonnie was currently at a dress fitting with Evie. She had got to Evie before her rush had started. Evie had started working with her, Mal, and Jane a couple weeks before everyone else because she wanted to make sure she got to their dresses. And since those dresses would be out of the way quickly, she'd have more time for other dresses. It was still about a week and a half until Prom. Her dress had been done for while, but this is the first time she's trying it on because this is the first time she was able to come in for a fitting. With both Lonnie and Evie being busy, it was difficult for Lonnie to try and find a time that Evie wasn't busy to come in. If everything looked good, Lonnie wouldn't have to come in for another fitting. She was hoping this was the case since it was already difficult to get this fitting, she'd imagine it would be even harder to get one after this.
Evie pulled Lonnie's dress off of her dress rack and brought it over to Lonnie. Lonnie couldn't believe how pretty it was. It was mostly pink with a feather looking design. It had a bralette looking top with cutouts at the sides and backless. The back of the dress transcended from pink, to purple, and then to light blue. It was different from any other dress that Lonnie had ever worn (Evie convinced her to do the cutouts, Lonnie wasn't too sure about it at first), but she absolutely loved it.
"Don't tell anyone else," Evie said as she placed the dress across her table, "but I think your dress is my favorite."
Lonnie quickly got changed because she wanted to see what she looked like in the dress.
Lonnie was now standing on the pedestal that Evie had specifically for fittings. Once she had the dress on, if it was possible, it looked even prettier than before. She looked breathtaking. "Oh my god, Evie, I love it so much!"
Evie was standing next to her and she grabbed Lonnie's hand. "You look beautiful."
Doug was also studying the dress "And it doesn't look like we'll have to do any alterations."
"Yep, fits like a glove and the hemline is perfect," Evie added. "If you have payment with you, you can take it home today."
"Yes, I do. Let me go grab it." Lonnie stepped down from the pedestal and walked over to where her bag was.
The door to the dorm and Jay walked in. "Hey, I think I left my math book in here –"
Evie had rushed to him and pushed him back into the hallway, closing the door about halfway so Jay would only be able to see Evie and not the rest of the room. "You can't come in right now, Lonnie's doing her fitting."
"So? You've let me in during fittings before," Jay questioned. Not to mention, he was curious about Lonnie's dress.
"You know my rule: boyfriends don't get to see girlfriends' dresses until they're out of my hands."
"Fine," Jay sighed.
"Come back in ten minutes," Evie said and closed the door.
Lonnie had barely even noticed that this exchange had happened; she knew about Evie's rules. But when Evie came back into the room, Lonnie had cash ready to give to her. Evie accepted the cash and handed it over to Doug. She then helped Lonnie get out of her dress.
"I'm even more excited about Prom than I already was," Lonnie said as she changed back into her normal clothes. "Hey, what does your Prom dress look like?"
Evie laughed to herself. "No one's allowed to see my Prom dress until Prom."
"She won't even let me see it," Doug said from the table where he was sitting on the computer.
"Only Mal's seen it, and that's only because she lives here." Evie put Lonnie's dress in a garment bag. Technically, since Lonnie paid for the dress, it's no longer in Evie's hands. But Evie would do everything she could to insure that Jay wouldn't see the dress.
At that moment, the door to the dorm opened once more and Jay entered.
"I'm pretty sure your math book's on Mal's bedside table," Evie informed him. He went over to retrieve it and then went over to Lonnie and kissed her on the cheek. "While you're here, let's do your fitting."
"Ugh, are you sure it's not too late to make a leather suit?"
"I already told you, Jay. This is Prom, and if I have anything to say about it, you will not be wearing leather to Prom. You will look classy with your regular suit and tie that matches Lonnie's dress." For Cotillion, Evie was more lenient in that the boys didn't have to match the girls. In Carlos and Jane's and Jay and Lonnie's case she wouldn't have been able to pull that off anyways, since both Carlos and Jay had asked Jane and Lonnie at the last minute. Evie hadn't made her and Doug match and technically Mal's first dress had matched Ben's suit and the school colors, but the purple dress she had worn for the rest of Cotillion didn't match at all. But for anyone who came to her to have their Prom attire made, she was making them match and there was nothing that anyone could do about it.
"Well, have fun with that," Lonnie said, taking her dress.
"Wait, don't leave me here with her," Jay pleaded, hoping that he could spend more time with his girlfriend and that if she was there it would be a more pleasant experience. Jay hated fittings, especially when he didn't get his way.
"Sorry, I have a test coming up that I have to study for, but I'll see you later," Lonnie said before kissing him. "Thanks, Evie! Bye, Doug!" she called before leaving the room.
Just so you know, Andria is meant to be the daughter of Anna, she's a cheerleader.
For the Promposals, the one that Carlos did for Jane, I actually did. Me and another girl were helping my friend ask this girl to homecoming and that is what we did. I had to figure out how to get a rose in her gym locker before she got there, and our classes before that were right next to each other, also my class wasn't allowed into the locker room until a certain time, so I had to sneak into the locker room to do it and then pretend like I wasn't there when she found it. I imagine Carlos didn't have as stressful a time with it as we did. And for Jay's, this is the promposal that I came up with for my best friend but I never got to do it because by the time I actually thought of it, it would've been to too late to properly plan for it and choreograph, also I'm not sure her boyfriend would have been up for it, so I just had to put it in here. BTW, my version of that promposal was done to What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction because that is her favorite band, that's probably not what it would've been for this promposal, but in my head it is.
Also this www dot polyvore dot com /cgi/thing?id=214783556 is Lonnie's dress.
