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Ruby's P.O.V
Prom always held a ritual for the students the night before: Partying with some of your friends.
Blue invited me to party with some of the coolest kids in school, who she hung out with. Me, I'm no definition of cool. I'm a geek, or a nerd. I don't party like an animal like what those cool kids do. I hate partying. And that has gotten me into trouble a couple of times.
Flashback (Summary only)
Okay, so Jonathan, my friend, was the Social Activities Director in school. He invited me to a party with all of the kids in school.
My reaction at first = 'Part, uhhh...okay...' with a bit of hesitation.
Then comes the party. As soon as the music hit me hard, I wanted to rip off the background in the stage. I wanted to smack the people responsible for the party. I wanted to kick the band out of school.
So my next reaction was = 'Party, more like death-day-party'
So I ripped off the backgrounds in rage and kicked some people. Some tried to calm me down, but went on the floor hard. I destroyed the drummer's drum set (I had to pay him a month or two's worth of allowance) and shouted out:
"I HATE THIS!"
Fortunately, the party theme was 'Hating'. So people were like: Hell yeah! Way to go man! Hate rocks! Go, yeah! Kick some more people!
Unfortunately, I had to pay the drummer and pay hospital bills for a guy I injured so bad.
After that party haunts me.
End of flashback (Summary)
I would have gladly rejected it and Brendan too, because he knows his reputation as a brother is at stake.
Unfortunately, Blue was persistent and forced me to go. I said yes, then she called me a good boy and tossed me 5 pictures of Sapphire. But I have to admit, those five pictures of Sapphire was really pretty. Sapphire fighting, Sapphire's face while sleeping, Sapphire chasing a Pokemon, Sapphire tending an injured Pokemon, and Sapphire entering the bathroom door. Those were nice and -
WAIT A MINUTE!
The last one is so inappropriate that I could get banned from Clean Minds & Co. (A/N: Made that up)
"BLUE!" I shouted
I heard a reply that said "There's nothing wrong with it, right? Or is your mind getting active?" followed by a giggle.
That night, Time check: 1 hour before party
Good, I got one more hour to pick the perfect thing to wear (A/N: Please be patient at me with this. I'm not a girl)
Red limited edition romance shirt with dark blue vest, followed by baggy pants? No, that would be too corny.
Black long sleeved shirt with usual red sweater and jeans? Nope, too corny
Time check 45 mins. before party
Dang it! Think, think, think! This never happened. You can always pick the best outfit Ruby, the best.
Okay, black t-shirt and red sweater with black pants. Hmmm...not bad, I'll get back to that later
Hoenn Christmas limited edition sweater with blue t-shirt underneath and jeans...maybe later.
Time check 15 mins. before party
I'm done with the bracket. Time to eliminate them by one on one competition and pick the best outfit.
Would it be pick 1 or pick 8, hmm...1 means best, numero uno, that's what I'll pick.
2 or 7...2 has the audience impact, for a nerd! 7 has the flair, so outfit 7.
Outfit 3 or 6, 6 sucks so bad, 3 is the clear winner.
Outfit 4 or 5, 5 looks like the safe gamble, so 5.
Time check 4 mins. before party
This is it Ruby, outfit 1 and 7 are left. Gotta make the choice. 1 or 7.
1 would give the best combo available. But 7 is a good choice! Think, think, think!
I got it! Combination time!
So the outfit would turnout to be: White polo, with black vest/jacket, with dark pants. Always a safe bet.
Oh, just in time. Time to party.
2 more minutes before designated party time
According to Blue, since the ball is nearly up, everyone must bring their partner. So I had to pick up Sapphire and hopefully, she is dressed up.
I arrived there with 2 more minutes. Hopefully she was dressed, if not nicely and beautifully, modestly appropriate for party.
"Uhm, Sapph?"
"Yeah?"
She opened the door and was wearing, well okay clothes.
"Ruby, what the heck is that you're wearing? We're not going to geek convention, we're going to a party!"
Okay, so audience impact: Loser count: 1
"But you make it look okay anyway," she grinned showing her canine sharp teeth, which was about 55% of her teeth.
Audience Count: Loser: 1, Winner:1
At the party
"Hey guys!" Blue greeted us "Glad you could make it!"
Going to the ritual party was really...annoying.
Boys were trying to score some girls, which seemed annoying.
And there was that annual clan clashing.
Okay, looks like you want to know more about Clan Clashing. Upon entering the school, you receive a little symbol in your I.D. It was an element symbol. I got water, which reflects my attitude based on the interview:
My attitue:
-Smart
-Likes to work
-Kind of a snob
Sapphire got fire which is:
-Doesn't like to study
-Very hard to calm
-Goes out on their own way
Okay, Air and Earth are not worth knowing for me. They said the four houses represent something:
Water represents students who are: Future valedictorians, smart people, will definitely get a good job.
Air represents students who are: Loyal, mischievous, and those who are 50-50 in getting a good job
Earth represents students who are: Future leaders, serious, good with Pokemon, probably gonna be a good Pokemon trainer for years to come
Fire represents: People who like to prove something, fated to flunk tests, not really sure about getting a good job, let alone get a job
Water students: Ruby, Gary, Eric, Crystal, Jacob, May
Air students: Gold, Blue, Sid, Mia, Lina
Earth students: Red, Yellow, Charlotte
Fire Students: Sapphire, Brendan
Good I'm tired explaining that. Back to the party.
"Ruby," Sapphire said grabbing me "Let's just stay here. It's a nice place. With lots of privacy so no one will bug us. It was some sort of secluded place. The light wasn't even hitting it.
Sapphire grabbed a bag of chips and pretzels and a whole bottle of Sprite.
So far, so good. Being alone with Sapphire in a couch would scare me out of my wits and activate my fantasies. NOT A GOOD THING!
If I screw the party Sapphire might not go with me. If I touch her...the way that Clean Minds & Co. would not allow, it's probably over. So snobbery might be the good thing, but she might get mad! Uggh! Love decisions are not my thing! This is really killing me!
"So, uhh...you maybe wanna dance?" she asked
Are you kidding me? I'm not good at that hip-hop, freestyle dancing thingy. I'm made for waltz! Of course, I didn't say that.
"Uhh, maybe..." I told her slowly sipping my sprite.
She led me to the dance floor and that was really the worst time of my life.
If I was hoping for a Pete Wentz "Dance,dance" magic, I would rather not.
I knew that I had to dance the way people in all of the Step Up movies (Step Up, Step Up 2, Step Up 3D) do. Maybe except for the inappropriate dancing performed at some point in Step Up 3.
Fortunately Gold took me away ("I'll give him back Sapph! In a minute, if you mind!")
"Look, I need you to rap battle!" Gold looked at me with puppy eyes, I was not really letting that get in the way of my feelings.
"I told the guys you were a rapping prodigy. And now they're like 'Oh, yeah? I wanna rap battle him!' "
"Fine, but only if you promise to return my cell phone," Gold is some sort of kleptomaniac that is amazingly like a master thief.
"Deal," he handed me my cell phone and pushed me on the rap challenge stage.
"Yo son, what's your name?" some guy looking like the emcee asked me holding the mic near me.
"Uh, Ruby..." I told him hesitantly.
"Dude, that name is wack," he said in some sort of dissing manner "How bout...'Looney Ruby'!"
I'm starting to wonder which name is wack.
"A'right folks! Let's make some noise!" And practically everybody in the party was watching and screaming
"First up, it's my man, Looney Ruby!" The emcee announced it so well that practically no one would care if he said : zwackalamaizko or something weird.
"And our all time champ D.J Kelly!" he said with more expertise then my name that the crowd was booing me already.
"All right! You got 1 minute to rhyme and rap out, no cussing, no bad rhyming, or you are officially out!" the emcee put a finger across his neck and pulled it. Simply meaning dead.
"D.J Kelly, if your honor would please, start the rapping!" The atmosphere was embarrassing.
"Yo, Looney Ruby, you're a joke! If something's 'bout to happen it's you, gonna choke This people out here came for a real show! If you're tryin' to do that lemme be the first to say, HECK NO!"
D.J Kelly, got me already at a loss for words. I don't know how to match this. I'm not a rapper! I'm a water clan student!
Oh, well. Here goes nothing:
"D.J Kelly was that it? Didn't catch your name, Your rhymes are plain, dumb, and lame If you want a real show stop making 'em (A/N:the raps) too plain Go ahead and run, or kneel down to me. Cause at the end of the game it'll just be the same"
I felt like some guy put the wanna-be-cool arrow on me, cause I felt like an insane wanna be fire student and I'm a water student. And that is just wrong.
D.J Kelly was studying me and finally spoke again
"Stop being from ice age, and use some tech Cause we are like asking you what the heck? Get your rhymes straight brother, they don't mean a thing Get that auto-tune out, unless like a soprano you'll sing"
Okay, that was not so good...on his part though. I think I just got it.
"If Imma sing right now, you'll be mesmerized So if you wanna win the competition, your raps you should revise Imma win this thing! Like a fish out of water What's the I hear? The dinner bell, just in time to cook you for supper"
D.J Kelly was definitely out of rhymes. He couldn't get anything out of his head now.
"Come on D.J Kelly, only 15 seconds left!" the emcee encouraged
"10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1!" The emcee made some sort of buzzer beater sound and I...won.
Sapphire came running and hugged me! The crowd was wild. I guess tomorrow might be great. The ball. Yes. My goal is one thing. To prove my love to Sapphire, with a kiss.
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