Prom Page #5

- Well, why not?

What?

Nova. If I'm about to kiss you,

you'll know it.

What was that?

Hey! Who's there?

We gotta go.

Nova, this way.

- Black and white?

- Come on!

We did it!

I have a record now.

A rap sheet. I have "priors".

You don't have "priors".

A stern warning

and a call to your parents

isn't exactly your "first strike".

What if they tell Georgetown?

Nova, it's fine. They're not...

- You! Hey, you!

- Dad...

- What'd you do to her?

- It's OK.

- OK? What are you, out of your mind?

- He was doing all this for me.

What? Breaking into a school?

Getting stopped by the cops?

Please listen to me.

I deserve the blame, OK?

Really? Whose idea was it?

- Dad, Archfield had the same exact...

- You're right. It was my idea.

This isn't you, Nova. Let's go.

Kid's a loser.

Hi.

Hey.

- Tyler.

- Hey, babe.

It's over.

I know about your sophomore.

I'm really sorry I didn't

make it to the library.

The library! I totally forgot.

Really?

- I gave a girl a ride home.

- This isn't about her. It's about you.

I was out with the team. Tyler wanted to

show me some moves. Varsity stuff.

I'm looking good

for next year, so...

Tyler showed you.

Yeah. We must've lost track of time

and forgot about our plans.

- What are you so upset about?

- I'm not upset. I'm done.

Well, I'm still really sorry.

I would've hated waiting all afternoon

for someone to show up.

Yeah. That would've sucked.

Prom's right around the corner.

What are you gonna do, not go?

Don't worry about me, Tyler.

You just keep worrying about you,

since that's what you're best at.

Out of the whole collection,

these two are my favourites.

This Harvey Kuenn's worth,

like, 40 bucks,

and this Al Kaline

would go for 80 at least.

You must have some allowance, kid.

My dad left them behind.

Charlie. Why are you

carrying those around?

They stay in the basement.

What are you doing here?

The way my dad talked to you,

you didn't deserve that.

And the way Dunnan treats you...

A lot of people are wrong about you.

And... I was one of 'em.

You came all the way here

to tell me that?

I even ditched last period.

For her, that's a big deal.

What are you,

his peer counsellor or something?

Hey! Talking about? Peer counsellor!

Can I at least

just see it on you?

No! I look like a manatee.

No one will ever

see this dress on me.

Cut is wrong, the colour is

wrong, the fabric is wrong.

Everything is wrong!

No, don't! Mei...

Now what are you gonna wear?

I don't know! Nothing.

What is this about?

I know you.

It's not about a dress.

Look, if you don't want to go to

prom, just let me know.

What are you talking about?

Well, first it was the limo.

Now the dress.

You're obviously looking

for excuses not to go.

- I never said that.

- You don't have to.

I know when I'm being blown off.

You don't wanna go? Fine.

Prom's off. Problem solved.

Good bye, Tyler.

Hey, Jordan,

I was thinking. Are you?

Whoa.

I like it better that way.

Me, too.

- There you go.

- Thank you.

So, you say you two have been

working together at school?

Something like that.

Can I get a refill

before I barf, please?

My favourite kind of customers.

Waitress! Cleanup on aisle five.

You gonna clean that up?

- I think we should go.

- Are you gonna clean that up?

- Do you hear something?

- Nah, I don't see anything either.

I want you to come with me.

Jesse... You can do it.

- Do what?

- Trust me.

Those idiots aren't worth it. Come on.

They'll get what's coming

to 'em. Stuff balances out.

- Wake up, Nova.

- What does that mean?

It means it's easy

to believe in that stuff

when everything

always goes your way.

You think that

everything goes my way?

That I have no problems

in my life because my dad didn't leave?

You think sometimes I don't

wanna just forget everything,

get on my motorcycle all angry

and misunderstood

and go beat some people up?

I have to work my butt off

just to try to get things to go my way.

Everybody does.

What?

I bet you could

beat some people up.

Yeah, I could.

OK. Let's go dress shopping.

What?

So, how come you don't

have a date?

He bailed on me.

Well, there must be somebody

else you could go with.

Like the class president

or something?

I am the class president.

Come on. There must be some honour

student out there who you could go...

Really?

That looks fantastic with

our garnet pendant necklace.

Necklace?

With the price of this dress,

the only necklace I'll be able to

afford'll be made out of candy.

That guy who ditched you

made a big mistake.

This is awful. You've been dissed,

trampled, humiliated, stomped on.

Your heart's just been, like,

torn out and ground up in...

I get it! OK?

What's that?

Hey, Simone. You didn't happen to see

anybody put this in my locker, did you?

Why? What is it?

Tickets.

To see Mechanical Sandwich?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They had an interesting single,

but then they changed bass

players on the second album

and totally ended up sucking.

Yeah. Their second album

was pretty lame.

I don't even know why

Stick Hippo's opening for them.

- What?!

- What?!

Hold on. How do you

know about this? I mean,

I'm a certified Stick Hippo webmaster,

and even I didn't know about this.

Well, it's kind of a secret gig.

I got the last two tickets.

Oh, I like your site, by the way.

You're the one hit.

Dude, she's the one hit!

Wait. That means

my mom's been lying to me.

- I bet they're great live.

- Are you kidding? They're the best!

Where are our seats?

This is like

a "you guys" thing. OK.

Just get me a T-shirt

or something.

Definitely.

Do all assigned books have

to be so torturously boring?

Oh, yeah. This is rough.

Ethan Frome?

The worst! The guy falls in love

with his wife's cousin,

goes sledding with her,

she winds up paralysed. Snore.

That is an incredibly

accurate plot summary.

Hey, listen. You don't happen

to have a date to prom, do you?

- Me?

- Yeah.

I mean, I know it's

a crazy thing to just ask...

No. It's sweet. I don't think we've ever

talked before, have we?

Maybe not. I'm Lloyd.

- Betsy.

- Short for Elizabeth?

- That's right.

- Pretty.

Thanks.

So, what do you say, Bets? Prom?

Well, it could be fun. You seem nice.

But I have a date already.

I mean, we're just friends, we're going

as friends, but, prom's Saturday.

I can't cancel now.

Yeah, no, I underst... Yeah.

It's too bad. If only we'd

met sooner, you know?

Yeah.

Isn't it funny how you can go to school

with somebody for so long

and not even meet them till now?

Yeah. Funny.

Like sledding

and getting paralysed.

What are you doing?

Can't a guy ask a girl to prom?

I thought you

were taking Jordan.

It's over.

I ended it for real.

Tyler...

I mean, if you want to think

about it,

you can just bring

your answer to school tomorrow.

And...

I got this for you, too.

I'd love to hear

you play sometime.

Rolo. Wow.

That's a good look for you.

How do I know which one to pick?

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