((Aileen Borden continued from
La ignorancia es atrevida))
Aileen Borden stood near the snacks table, gazing through the various treats laid out to offer.
Cookies... cookies... cake... crackers... cookies... dang, is there anything here that isn't junk food?, she thought to herself, raising an eyebrow.
Man, what was with people and junk food? Sure, it was tasty, but it wasn't as if it needed to be at every social event, for crying out loud. Some people wanted healthy food for once. Like Aileen, for example. Sure, she didn't mind eating some sweets every once in a while, but... you know... sometimes broccoli was good?
Oh wait, broccoli was here. With ranch dip nearby, as well. Aileen grabbed a few pieces, and almost dipped them into the ranch dressing, but stopped herself. Some disgusting person might have double-dipped. It was likely, actually. Oh well. She placed the vegetables on a paper plate, and placed herself in a chair, walking past some guy going for a drink. Aileen looked around at the people arriving... and, well, no one she recognized. It was increasingly becoming more and more apparent these days that she didn't know too many people at her school. But, that was the price you payed for being a loner, right?
After a few minutes of finishing up her broccoli (man, was she hungry? She kind of left without getting something to eat, after all), she pondered to herself. There were requests available, right? Well, there were plenty of songs she could request. She could request something that she liked, or...
No. Stop it. That actually wasn't funny, at all. She really didn't see the "joke" behind that song, really. Why was it considered funny? There was no point to it. But, on the other hand, everyone else considered it funny. Why, she didn't know. But, each time it played, people laughed and laughed. Were people easily entertained? She guessed so. It would be nice to... well, do something nice for once. Make people laugh? Sure, even if she didn't see why exactly it was funny.
"Oh, what the hell", she sighed, standing up and brushing off the purple dress she shopped for with... Melissa, was it? Yeah, it was. She would have worn her trademark braids with it, but her mom made her wear her hair down, despite her protests.
She made her way to the DJ table, and, grabbing the pen, started to write on the piece of paper. There. Hopefully it would somehow give people a chuckle. Aileen walked away from the table, with, oddly enough, a small smile.
The paper now read in Aileen's handwriting "Rick Astley- Never Gonna Give You Up".
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((Anna Chase's Prom continuing in from
The Odd Couple))
As the two entered the building, Chase was promptly introduced to flashing spotlights, and a table for signing in. This was it, huh? Yay! They chose a good spot. She really couldn't have thought of a better place, actually. Then again, maybe she didn't have as large an imagination as she would like to think. Her idea of good prom place, though, would probably involve something others wouldn't like.
"Well Jon! I-I think the place looks nice, d-don't you think?"
Turning to smile at her date, she then quickly spun back around and started searching through her bag for her prom ticket. Where was it? If it turned out she left it home, that would have been really embarrassing. Jon would definitely hate her, and that would be the worst way to end prom. She really couldn't think of any worse way to end it. It would be... well, horrible.
"Where... where is it... ah... oh, here we go!"
Smiling again, she pulled out the ticket, and handed it to the teachers in charge, afterwards signing her name in. After she was done signing, she handed the pen towards Jon's direction.
"Here... we both need to sign in, right?"
Ah! Prom! It was actually kind of magical, in a way. Why did Chase didn't want to go? Well, she honestly didn't see the point initially, to say it again. But... it looked like she was going with Jon, even more than she expected. Looking around to see who else was there, Chase could see a few people present. She couldn't see anyone she recognized, but hey. Maybe they were dressed so fancily, she couldn't recognize them even from a close-up. Chase wouldn't be surprised, actually. Ah well. Maybe someone she knew could show up, right?
She hummed along to the song playing, clearly in a good mood. Yup, this was going to be fun! And it was pretty much her first date, to boot. Again, what could go wrong?