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.
