"guys, it's prom day!"

"who you going with, Kath?"

"anyone but Jacob, he's such an ass."

imagine that every second of the day, twice a year. it was the winter prom, which was christmas themed, but meant to be a place where middle schoolers had fun. of course, i didn't know who would want to go with me.

"y/n, you going to prom?" yvonne, a girl in my class, asked.

oh no, the dreaded question.

"maybe, but i doubt anyone wants to go with me," i responded. i glanced at phoebe, probably the quietest, smartest, and prettiest girl in 7th grade. of course, i didn't have the guts to ask her.

"we can go as friends. me, noel, and andrea are going as friends. you can join, too!"

"i might, but i might ask someone," i said. i cover my mouth with my hand. "uh-"

"woah guys, y/n has a crush!" joshua shouted, over hearing the conversation.

"hey, stop shitface!" i said. the teacher doesn't care, and lets me shout.

"whatever. oh look, the weird girl is reading her science textbook. obsessed much?" noel joked to us. phoebe looked up at noel, flipped her off, then went back to reading.

"damn, you just got the middle finger," andrea said, and we start laughing.

at the end of class, i walked up to phoebe.

"hey, sorry about noel. she's sometimes rude," i explained, patting phoebe's shoulder. she smiled.

"it's okay," she responded, and i smiled. "it's cute to see you smile." i froze and blushed.

"just ask her already!" a kid yelled from behind a fake plant.

"okay, okay. y/n, i was wondering if you wanna go to the dance with me?" phoebe asked. i do a mental victory dance, and reply with a yes. we decided to meet at the spinners, then phoebe's mom would drive us to the prom.

as i change, i tell yvonne about this. we were on a FaceTime call, as i was searching through my closet for a dress.

"shut up! you got a date? phoebe is actually really pretty, but apparently noel doesn't see it," yvonne said. you nod. you hold up a sleeveless teal dress and a ruffled indigo dress. she points to the ruffled one.

"so, where are you two lovebirds gonna meet?" yvonne asked. yvonne wants to know every single detail of the story.

"spinners."

"when?"

"5:45."

"are y'all gonna kiss?"

"what?" i was genuinely surprised by the question.

"whatever. shoes?"

i held up black flats, white sneakers, and black heels. yvonne likes the black heels.

"phoebe is going to be simping!" yvonne said, staring at her clothing options.

"okay, so hair will be curled?" yvonne asked, and i nodded. i put on my outfit, and put on gold butterfly earrings and a navy blue ring. i finished my outfit, including hair.

"wow, it looks beautiful," yvonne and i said in unison. i took a good look at myself in the mirror.

"y/n, if phoebe doesn't think your pretty, i hope she dies being boiled alive," yvonne announced. we chuckled. i hung up the phone so that yvonne could get ready.

when i arrived at spinners, my p/n looked at me and smiled.

"you're getting so old! i can't believe you have a date with a boy!" they said.

"uh, it's not a b-"

"go inside, ill leave you alone," p/n explained. i hopped out the car and waved to them as they drove away. i walked inside spinners, full of joy.

the bell chimes when i opened the door. i saw a boy with curly black hair, talking to a brown skinned girl with curly hair. the boy looked at me.

"welcome to spinners! wait, are you y/n?" the boy asked.

"uhh yeah, but..how do you know my name?" i questioned.

"oh, im phoebe's older brother. she should be here, but i think she's in the bathroom," Phoebe's brother explained. i nodded, and sat down at a table. i opened up my messages and saw that yvonne was spamming me.

pink bitch 😍💕🌸(yvonne jones)

Y/NNNNNNNN, HAS SHE SEEN YOU YET

AHH IM SO EXCITED FOR YOU BESTIE

MY CHILD FINALLY HAS A GF

🤪🤪🤪

miss gurl-

uh no, she's in the bathroom lmao

but i met her brother

ALSO TELL NOEL AND ANDREA THAT IM EXCITED TO SEE THEMM 😌

will dooooooo 🤩

OKAY GOOD LUCK GOTTA PEP TALK MY 6TH GRADE SISTER LAVINE

SHE HAS BITCHES APPARENTLY

bye girlie 🫠

BYE 😈

end of conversation, 5:51 p.m.

i looked up and saw phoebe wearing a green dress with white flats. i quickly stood up and admired her.

"hello, y/n. you look really..." she looked at me up and down, blushing. "you look really beautiful, like always." i grinned and starting speaking.

"why thank you. you look great yourself!" i expressed, and hugged her. she hugged back, and released from it.

"so, your mom is taking us, right?" i asked, reassuring the plan. phoebe nodded her head and started hearing for the door.

"yeah, i see her right now!" she exclaimed. "i got to go, trevor. have fun working i guess."

"bye little sis," trevor shouted, "bye y/n!"

i smiled at trevor and lucky as we walked out of the restaurant. as phoebe promised, her mom was standing there outside the car.

"hey girls! phoebe where's your date?" her mom asked.

"uh mom," phoebe said, "this is my date. her name is y/n." her mother blinked, then looked at me. phoebe's mom nodded at us, then let us in the car.

when we arrived at the dance, i hopped out the car first. i helped phoebe get out of the car, waving to her mom before i closed the door. we walked into the school, which was decorated with christmas decorations. we passed by 7th grade physics, which had a wreath hanging on the door. we also walked by advanced 7th grade english and 7th grade history. when we walked into the gymnasium, i saw all of the beautiful decorations. they had red and green streamers, lights, a christmas tree filled with ornaments decorated by student government.

"y/n!" i heard a voice call. i held phoebe's hand, as we walked around to find who the person was.

of course, it was yvonne. she was wearing a polished purple dress with white flats. she was standing next to noel and andrea. they were both wearing a white shirt, but andrea had a flowy blue skirt with black heels. noel had a pink shirt, also with black heels.

"hey girl! hello phoebe, im yvonne as you might know. the one with light brown hair is noel, and andrea has blond hair," yvonne stated, making phoebe feel comfortable.

"hi, it's nice meeting you," phoebe said back. yvonne smiled, but noel whispered something into yvonne's ear. yvonne nodded.

"well, ill leave you two lovebirds alone for a while. y/n, call me if you need anything!" yvonne exclaimed, and scurried over to the christmas tree, andrea and noel following behind.

phoebe and i talked for the first 30 minutes. it was nice talking to her. apparently, she had all this cool ghost stuff happen to her during her summer break. i told her about my summer break, and how it contained me going on vacations. after the talk, we went to take pictures at the photo booth. once, andrea accidentally photo bombed our picture. we laughed.

then came the time to dance. it went from fast and upbeat songs to slow and longer songs. phoebe and i weren't the best dancers. so we didn't get a fancy slow dance, like they did in the movies. it was definitely fun.

but all things have to come to an end. once it was 10:00, the dance was over. everyone was leaving. i knew yvonne's dads were picking me up, so i was excited for a sleepover as well. me and phoebe walked out of the school building, still laughing.

"you know, i really enjoyed that. hanging out with you, and stuff. wanna maybe go out sometime? if you say no, it's fine," phoebe said. i smiled.

"of course! you can just text me if you want to," i responded, and hugged her. she kissed me on the cheek, and walked to her car. i got in yvonne's car, really thrilled to tell yvonne what happened.

a/n:

hii, this took me awhile to write, and im sorry for that :(. consistently is rlly difficult for me, especially since i have so many things i also have to do. but im trying my best:)

stay safe,

- ur local rat 🐀