Chapter 140: Prom (2) (Patreon)

[Edward POV]

“I didn’t know you liked Star Wars.” Abby said as we danced together. As the DJ was playing a slow song, we were holding each other as we gently swayed to the music.

“I loved it, but the last 3 movies made me completely annoyed with it.” I spoke with a face filled with disdain.

“Last 3? What was that? I have never watched it before. But I do know about Luke and Leia.” Abby said with a giggle.

“Really? What do you know about them?” I asked curiously.

“Just the general thing. Hey, here’s an idea. How about we pretend that we’re them for the evening? I’ll be Leia, and you’ll be Luke.” She said, unaware of the whereabouts of our parents at this moment.

“Ugh.” I groaned in disgust while laughing. Abby was confused and she asked, “Wh-what’s with that reaction?”

“You REALLY don’t know anything about the movie do you? You just suggested that we change our state to Alabama.” I joked, but she didn’t get it, so I explained, “Luke and Leia are brother and sisters.”

“Ughh What!? How could you watch something like that?!” Her face was filled with disgust, which made me laugh out loud, causing a few people around me to turn in my direction.

Fortunately as they did so, a kind-face boy saw the girl who was walking towards us while holding a cup. He intercepted her quickly by grabbing her hand before she could spill the dirty toilet water on Abby.

“Hey, be careful!” He said. The water fell on the floor, making the students around all stare at the nerdy brunette girl. Feeling self-conscious as everyone– even Abby and I, were staring at her, she stammered and said, “You don’t deserve Ed you whore!” before running away.

“What was that?!” Abby asked in disbelief. I narrowed my eyes at the direction the cursing girl was running, and my 6th sense told me that something was going on.

Before I could confirm it, the principal suddenly appeared near me and said in a dramatic manner, “I fear that a conspiracy against us is afoot.”

I nodded in agreement, but as he left, I realized, “Wait. Us? Mr Delton? Hello?!”

Despite me calling him, the teacher had never looked back and then he disappeared inside the crowd. I grabbed Abby’s hand and said, “Let’s rest for a while.”

“O-Okay.” Abby was nervous as my action was so sudden, and we left the dance floor, just a few seconds before the student council president walked up the stage.Miranda Cho was a petite asian girl with brunette hair and a beauty mole on the lower side of her lips.

“Okay everyone. I hate to interrupt, but it’s time for the Prom King and Prom Queen Vote! You guys need to pick a name from amongst the senior and junior students, and put it inside the collection box near the photo booth.”

The crowd murmured in disappointment, which made her add in a sad manner, “I understand your frustrations. There are certain individuals among us today that his mere presence would defeat every single one of the males in the hall, but Edward Newgate is a guest. So by rules, he couldn’t participate in the event.”

I was confused when I suddenly heard my name, but I just smiled politely at the president who was gawking at me before Abby and I sat down at an empty table near Anais and Dylan.

“How’s he doing?” I asked Anais.

“He’s a bit better. But still loppy.” She replied while turning her face away from Dylan to look at me.

“And now, we will start our annual dance battle competition! Contestant, please get on the circular platform if you want to compete! The winner will receive the Dance King Crown, and will be called on the stage together with the Prom King and Queen!”

As I heard the president’s next announcement, I fell into a confusion. “Dance battle?”

“You cannot be surprised. Step Up movies and flash mobs are trending this year.” Abby said teasingly before she stood up and said, “I’m going to get a drink.”

While the crowd was heating up from the competition, I held Abby’s wrist to make her sit back down before I said, “No. I’ll do that for you. Anais, you want a drink too?”

“Yeah sure- Wait. Where’s Dylan?” As she turned to look at her partner, she realized that he was gone from his seat. She got concerned and stood up quickly, before we suddenly heard people chanting Dylan’s name.

“What the-” I almost laughed out loud as I saw Dylan dancing on the battle platform. Anais was stunned, and Abby’s jaw dropped as we saw Dylan dancing fluidly like a bonafide professional dancer.

While on the effects of the drugs, he almost passed out a few times, and then regained his consciousness at the last moment, which for the crowd it seemed like he was making a wave move while dancing.

The dance was legendary as he was dancing with the grim reaper at this moment. No one could handle Dylan’s momentum on the dance floor. He was krumping – which his muscles were actually spasming from the pain, but the crowd loved it and cheered him on feverishly.

“DYLAN! DYLAN! DYLAN! DYLAN! DYLAN!”

“Help… me.” Dylan muttered in a tiny voice with tears pooling inside his eyes.

…

After saving Dylan from the dance floor, the poor guy took a short 10 minute nap before he got his sanity back.

“Pffft- What is this? It burns.” Abby suddenly spewed out her drink as she tried to drink it.

Anais smelled her cup of water in intrigue and taking a small sip before smiling widely and said, “Oh, this is almost vodka. Nice.”

“Oh, alcohol! Ed are you trying to get me drunk?” Abby teased as she washed her mouth with bottled water instead of drinking the no-no juice.

I was absent minded when I went to get the drink that I forgot to check if someone had spiked the punch bowl before. I smiled at Abby before drinking all of the contents of her cup in one shot, making both her and Anais widened their eyes in disbelief.

“Ahhh. Refreshing. So, you want to get back on the dance floor?” I asked with a grin.

“Why don’t you ask Anais? She has been sitting here for the entire time.” Abby said as she had truly pitied the girl. Prom was supposed to be a beautiful thing for the girls, but it was ruined for Anais as her date was on heavy medications.

“Sure. Anais, do you want to dance?” I asked the giant girl. “I think I’m tall enough…right?”

She giggled and said, “Barely. But I’m really bored, so I’ll dance with you for one song.” She said before she stood up. I laughed as I grabbed her hand and led her to the dance floor.

The music was upbeat hip hop music, so we both just enjoyed ourselves in the rhythms. I still kept an eye on Abby as I was afraid that something was going to happen to her, and it was noticed by Anais.

“You really don’t think much do you? You had just released a video with a song that people associated greatly with Taylor, but you brought another girl to prom. So of course people are going to target Abby as she wasn’t a part of their fantasy.”

“Oh.” I exclaimed with a hint of disbelief.

Anais was confused by my reaction and she asked, “What?”

“I didn’t think that you'd notice things like that. You’re pretty smart aren’t cha?”

“Shut up.” She said while laughing.

As the music was over, Anais and I returned back to the seat. To her joy, her date had already regained his sanity and was kneeling on one knee- okay maybe he wasn’t fully there yet. Dylan said, “Will you dance with me my lady?”

Anais blushed and said angrily, “Took you long enough!” She took her hand and let Dylan lead her towards the dance floor before they danced intimately with each other. His hand was on her back as they swayed together, but Anais grabbed it and lowered it to make Dylan grab her ass.

Abby and I were laughing before I invited her to the dance floor again. I asked, “How’s your night going?”

“It is great. I think I had built up the prom expectations in my head so much that I forgot that it is just a normal school dance.” Abby replied.

“Really? What’s different from your imagination?”

“Well… for starters, there isn’t a spotlight shining on a couple as they dance. People were more modest, instead of making out right in the middle of the dance floor.” She said as we turned to the couple next to us.

They were basically licking each other’s faces, and the principal had to intervene and bring them outside of the venue to cool down. But, they had never returned, presumably to continue their night someplace else.

More and more couples have left the event even though it hasn’t reached the end yet. The crowd had become more sparse, leaving those who didn’t have a date to prom become increasingly nervous as they haven’t gotten the chance to dance with someone yet.

“Oh look, Brain and Madelyn are here too.” I muttered in a casual manner as if I didn’t sic an enraged mother raccoon on them before. Brain still has a bandage on his nose, and Madelyn has bandaids all over their faces.

The near death experience had made them become more mature and less annoying, which made them more tolerable in my book.

“Hey, Ed, a lot of girls are looking at you.” Abby said as she looked in the no-date girls direction.

“They sure are.” I replied dismissively as I focused my intention on her. She held back her smile before saying, “You know, they probably have the same expectations as me tonight. But they couldn’t find anyone to become their date.”

“Hmmm… Funnily, the number of boys and girls who don’t have a date is similar. Alright, I know what to do.”

After escorting Abby out of the dance floor- as I am a gentleman, I walked to a group of nerdy looking boys who were standing near the wall, just staring at other people as they danced.

“Hey you guys. I have a proposition for you.” I said with a sly grin while Abby went to the girls and talked to them at the same time. Then, we helped them to pair up into a few awkward couples after making them get to know each other.

It took us around 30 minutes to make sure that none of the kids were left behind, and when we were finally done, the student council president, Miranda Cho, walked towards us with an anxious expression.

“Hey…” She called out with a tiny voice.

“Hmm? What can we do for you Miss President?” Abby asked with a smile. She had a good impression on the girl as they were lab partners before.

“Miss President…It can’t be… that you don’t…have a date too right?” I asked teasingly.

“Well if I wasn’t so busy planning this event I would have a date too!” She said while pouting angrily. But too bad for her, there weren't any boys left for us to fix her up with.

“Why don’t you ask Edward for a dance? I need to go to the powder room.” Abby muttered with a smile. “But only for one song!” She added playfully.

At this time, Anais and Dylan also had gotten back to their seats, with Dylan’s face in a daze from Anais’s teasing. She was waving at Abby as she also needed a break too, which made me feel at ease.

“Alright. You should go together with Anais.”

“I’m not a child.” Abby rolled her eyes, but she still followed my advice and went to Anais to invite her to the bathroom.

Miranda’s face was blushing the entire time as we danced together. A few of her close friends teased her as they danced near us, which made her want to bury her face in a hole somewhere.

“Yo-You are coming to this school next year right?” She asked.

“Yeah. I’ll skip the grades and enter the junior classes.”

She smiled widely and said, “Oh. I’ll show you around when the time comes…you know, if-if-if you want.”

“That’ll be nice. Who better to show me around the school rather than the student council president right?”

“You know it!”

As the song ended, I suddenly saw a crowd gathering in front of the girls bathroom. I got a bad feeling about it, and so does Miranda. We both walked together to check out what was happening over there.

…

[General POV]

As Edward had gone to the prom, most of his friends left his house one by one. The last one remaining there was Jenna, as she wanted to wait for her mother to come and pick her up. (excuses lol)

However, her scheme to bury her head on Ed’s pillow to sniff it was ruined as Camila invited her to have dinner together. They become quite close as Jenna has her ways with the mothers type.

As they were eating and talking, suddenly the doorbell rang. “Oh, that must be your mother.” Camila said before wiping her mouth with a napkin and left the table to open the door.

But as she opened it, she was confused when she saw an almost tiny man standing in front of the house while fidgeting.

“Umm…You must be Edward’s sister. I-I’m Leonard. He told me to come and pick something up?” Leonard said while avoiding Camila’s scrutinizing gaze.

“Sister?” Camila was flattered and she held her face with one hand before excitedly waving the other, “No-No. I’m his aunt. Are you trying to hit on me?”

Leonard was flabbergasted and he said hurriedly, “Ah! No-No Ma’am. I was…I just thought you looked really young… I’m sorry.”

“Oh I wasn’t angry at you.” Camila was taken aback by the reaction, and as she looked at Leonard a bit closer, she couldn’t help but think he was cute.

‘He looked like a scared little chihuahua.’ She thought. “I remember it. Ed told me he left a suit for you, but you need to try it on first to see if it fits.”

“A suit? Why is he giving me a suit?” Leonard was confused. At this time Jenna walked to the door and joined the conversation, “He has outgrown it. The suit is still new. He has never worn it before.”

Her face was filled with disdain as she knew, if Edward had worn the suit even once, she would’ve brought it back to her place instead of giving it to a certain nobody. But as it was never on his body, she didn’t have the same desire to stop Ed from donating it.

“Oh…So He’s outgrown it huh…Lucky for him.” Leonard said self-deprecatingly as he had already reached his height limit in this life, which was comparable to Edward before his growth spurt.

Leonard went to test on the clothes inside the house, and then Camila asked to take a look at it before he could take it off.

“It’s great, although the leg pants are a bit long.” Leonard said.

“Of course it’s great. It's Armani. And it cost over 2000 dollars.” Jenna muttered suddenly, causing Leonard’s face to turn ashen.

“Re-Really? Then I couldn’t take this.” He tried to take it off, but Camila stopped him.

“Nonsense. Ed wants to give it to you. So you gotta take it.” Camila said before she added, “Besides, you look handsome in that suit.”

Leonard blushed hard and he couldn’t look Camila straight in the eyes. The doorbell rang at this moment, and Jenna’s eyes lit up as she heard it.

“That must be my mom.” She ran towards the door happily to invite her mother inside as she wanted to introduce her to Edward’s aunt.

“Mom! Come on! You’ll like Camila. She’s a very nice woman.” Jenna said as she dragged her mother inside the house. Alexandria was wearing a white fur coat with a white tank top and short skirt as she had just finished her shooting.

But as she came face to face with Camila, she couldn’t help but feel that the latter was so beautiful.

‘No This can’t be! Jenna has already gotten close to the Green chick. I can’t let her be close to any more maternal figures. Then, she’ll know how awful I really am at my role.’ She thought fearfully as she shook hands with Camila.

“And who’s this?” She asked the short man standing beside the latina aunt. “Oh, I’m-I’m Leonard. I feel like I know you.”

“Oh, you might have seen me in some of my work before. After all, men like the films I usually get a role in.” Alexandria said with a hint of self-depreciation.

“No. That’s not it. I got it.  I saw you at Cho’s restaurant before.” Leonard said with an excited face as he finally figured it out.

“Oh. Did you live nearby too?” She asked with an excited face.

“Yeah 2311 Los Robles.”

“We’re 2315 Los Robles! We live in the same block!” Alexandria muttered.

“Oh, you guys should get to know each other.” Camila said as she acted as a wingman for Leonard.

He became shy quickly as he was surrounded by two pretty women, and after a short conversation, Leonard, Jenna and her mother all left the house to get back to their place.

“So that’s why Edward doesn't want Howard to come near his house. And I couldn’t help but to agree with him.”

…

Back to Prom.

As Abby and Anais went to the bathroom, two girls stared at their direction before slowly moving their ways towards them.

“Ugh. My lipstick is all gone.” Anais muttered angrily as she fixed her makeup in the bathroom mirror. “Huh? Why?” Abby asked in confusion as she washed her hand.

Anais giggled before saying, “I make out with Dylan for a little bit. He’s a sloppy kisser. It’s like kissing a golden retriever.”

Abby laughed as she also looked into the mirror to check on her appearance, but then she saw a few girls staring at her from behind.

“Huh? What do you guys want?” She asked in alarm. Anais raised one of her eyebrows and said, “Are you guys the blondie’s idiotic fans too?”

“Taylor isn’t an idiot! She’s an icon!” One of the girls retorted. She was the bespectacled blonde girl that was obsessive with Taylor and thought Abby was tricking Edward before. Her friend was more on a moderate side, but the blonde girl was basically a lunatic.

“I didn’t say SHE’S the idiot.” Anais scoffed as she went close to Abby to protect her.

The brunette girl said, “No, we don’t want to do anything. We just want to talk to you. Don’t get too close to Edward. He’s dating Taylor. We don’t want you to trick him.”

“When am I tricking him?” Abby was bewildered by the accusation. Anais was provoked and she said, “Whether Edward wants to date Abby, or me, or even change his taste to date Dylan or any other person in this hall, it’s none of your business.”

“We-”

“No. He doesn't even know you guys. You have no right to interfere in his life, or even Abby’s life. Let’s go Abby.”

“No you stop there!” The blonde girl suddenly shouted and she took out a pair of scissors. “Kennifer, Are you CRAZY!” The brunette asked fearfully before taking a step back from her friend.

“If protecting Taylor and Edward is crazy, then you can call me that. Abby! I’m warning you! Don’t trick Edward any longer! Or I will-”

“You will what?” Abby asked in a cold manner as she didn’t feel threatened by the girl at all.

“Don’t indulge her Abby. This bitch is insane. Let’s go.” Anais said as she grabbed Abby’s arm and they both were trying to walk out of the toilet.

Kennifer  shivered in anger before she suddenly decided to follow her impulsive thoughts.

“I had warned YOU!” She suddenly snipped a part of Abby’s hair, targeting one of the twintail she had tied up, making it look unbalanced.

Her silky black hair scattered on the floor, which made Abby freeze in her spot. Anais exploded and punched the blonde girl in the nose.

“YOU BITCH!” Before she could go on to beat up the girl who was crouching on the floor and cupping her hand on her bleeding and broken nose, Abby grabbed her to stop her.

The shouting attracted some people to the bathroom as they wanted to see what was going on inside, and at the same time it attracted Edward too.