The final bell of the day had finally run bringing the longest and worst day of Sarah's life to an end. Tonight was the senior Prom and nobody had asked her out. She threw her books into her locker and slammed it shut before heading for the exit. You could almost see the anger radiating off of her as she walked and most people simply stepped out of her way. She was just about to walk through her door when her neighbor called her name and came running over to her.
Her Neighbor was a year older than her and had looked out for her back in school when Sarah had begun taking classes there. She was a tall girl with short cut black hair that was almost always spiked up with green streaks running through it. She always wore and array of facial rings and studs. She was a hairdresser and hardcore Punk Rocker who kept the neighborhood up at all hours of the night. She was the one who brought Sarah to get her nose pierced last month and even paid for it.
"Hey." Her neighbor said jumping up the steps.
"Hi Amber." Sarah said looking down.
"Oh don't tell me."
Sarah nodded her head and Amber threw her head back grunting.
"I can't believe you weren't asked to the Prom."
Sara shrugged and pulled several strands of brown hear out of her eyes. She reached into her purse and pulled out her key and unlocked the door. Amber Followed her into the house and into her room closing the door behind her.
"You know what?" Amber said rather than asked. "Fuck'em you don't need any of'em.
Sarah laughed as she flopped down on her bed. She looked at her Prom dress that was hanging on the closet and exhaled loudly. She had told Amber how much she was looking forward to going but didn't want to go alone.
"I have a stupid idea." Amber said. "I still have my prom dress. Why don't I go with you? We can be miserable together."
Sarah laughed as she remembered the dress that Amber was talking about. It was a solid black sleeveless dress that had cuts that Amber had made with a razor blade and looked like something you would see at a Marlon Manson concert. However Sarah thought that Amber wore that dress well. "Must be a punk thing" she thought the first time she saw her in that dress.
"What do you say?" Amber asked.
"Oh why not, if anything else we can turn some heads."
Amber laughed and said that she would go get her dress cleaned and would be back by five to pick her up for the Prom. Sarah walked Amber to the door then ran back to her room and jumped into the shower to start getting ready. In truth she didn't really care who she went to the prom with as long as she was not going alone.
By the time five rolled around Sarah was sitting in the living room with her hair curled and hanging just below her shoulders. She almost jumped when the door bell rang. Her mother walked to the door and Let Amber in and showed her to the living room. She was dressed in the same black dress that she wore last year and from the look of it there were a few more cuts than before. Sarah laughed when Amber held up a blue corsage saying that she should at least play the part of a date tonight. She put the corsage around Sarah's wrist before offering her arm in a joking manner.
"Shall we?" Amber asked.
"Lets go." Sarah said taking Amber's arm.
"Have fun ladies." Sarah's mother called as they headed for the door.
"Your Limo awaits." Amber said directing her attention to the Taxi that was parked on the curb.
Sarah laughed as the driver got out of the cab dressed in an old grey suit with coffee stains on the tie. He spoke with a horribly fake British accent as he held the door open making both girls giggle. The driver kept up his persona of a Limo driver the entire way to the location of the Prom and having a lot of fun doing so. Amber told Sarah when she called the taxi service she told them it was for the local high school prom and asked that the driver play the part of Limo driver. Sarah giggled as the driver explained that this was no taxi as they called it, it was a deluxe stretch Limo complete with mini bar. He handed two warm cokes back to the girls earning a new wave of laughs from each of them.
It wasn't a long ride to the Prom and went by quickly with all the laughing they were doing. They arrived to a sea of real Limo's dropping off students and their driver muscled his way into a parking place and ran around to the side of his "Limo" and opened the door laying on his fake accent for everyone in earshot to laugh at. Sarah was a little embarrassed about showing up to the prom in a taxi but still had fun with it. Their driver told them that he had been given permission to wait along with the other Limo's for no charge and went to get back into his "Limo". The girls thanked him and headed up the stairs to the doors of the prom where the Principal was standing greeting each of the guests.
"Well Miss Porter." She said shaking Amber's hand. "Your dress looks even, odder than last year. Are you going to start a fight this year?"
"Haven't decided yet." Amber said as they walked past the Principal.
The Prom room was packed with students and their dates most of whom were out on the dance floor showing off the moves they had to Soldier Boy each trying to out do the last. Amber and Sarah walked to a table right beside the dance floor and took a seat watching the dancers vie for top slot of the song.
"Just like I remember it." Amber yelled over the music.
Sarah nodded and continued watching the dancers. After a wile they both made their way out onto the floor and began dancing. Sarah was laughing as Amber joined into one of the dance competitions and crushed every guy that was there. Sarah never knew that Amber could dance so well. Several hours later the DJ came over the speakers and said that it was time for the final song of the night and for everyone to grab their date for their final dance of their high school lives. Sarah and Amber stepped out on the floor and assumed their positions. Sarah had never slow danced before in her life let alone slow danced with another girl. Several others out on the dance floor were looking at them as they slowly swayed from side to side pressed up against each other.
Sarah could not quite explain why her heart was beating so fast or why she as feeling so light headed but soon the song had ended and everyone began heading for the exit. Their driver was waiting for them and asked where they would like to go. Sarah told him she was ready to go home and off they went. Amber paid the man and gave him a large tip for him having so much fun and followed Sarah into her house.
"Hi girls did you have fun?" Sarah's mother asked walking into the living room.
