musicankane
I blew a monkey once.
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Prom, probably the single most important even in a high schooler's life outside of graduation. Relationships deepen, even taken to another level. The entire class votes on who is the most popular, and everyone gets to dress up for what amounts to be one of a few formal occassions most people ever get a chance to attend. The problem behind the prom is that those who are not amongst the popular alumni tend to get overlooked.
Take Jake Scott for instance. He was a good student, smart, a bit shy, but mostly a nice kid. Yet nobody at school paid him much attention. He certainly wasn't on the radar of any of the girls at school, so going to prom for him didn't seem like it was worth the money. He never had a girlfriend, he had very few friends as he found it easier to make friends online through a computer game rather than speak to anyone in person.
So he was very firm with his mother about not going to the prom despite her insistance. She told him that he could still have a great time even alone, just going to hang out and dance a little bit. Besides it might be his chance to meet someone and anything could happen. Still Jake said no to that, but his mother eventually prevailed and he sat on his porch looking at his prom ticket wondering what the hell he was going to do with it. He could pretend to go, but then he would have to leave the house while wearing a tux he got four months ago for his cousins wedding. That would simply be weird.
(Who will take Jake to the prom?)