The high of the match didn't leave anyone as we all gathered to study in our cabin. A new topic opened every five minutes, sometimes about the three-point basket that I made, sometimes about the hilarious victory dance choreographed and performed by Ben and Nathan. The topic went on to the university coaches who came to congratulate me and offer me scholarships to their colleges. 

It was a great day, even Luke and Noah danced at the after-party of the match that our teachers threw for us in school. Only the team and their close friends were invited, which made it even more fun. But the exams were close and we really needed to study.

"It has been such a great year, I feel like I'll miss school, never thought I'd say that." said Ben lying on his back surrounded by piles of books. 

"All of our years were fun, remember when in fifth grade we accidentally found that empty storage room, and whenever we went to talk and have fun there people in the next room thought it was a ghost." I reminded laughing.

"Yeah, all the voices from there echoed to the next room, some students are still scared of that room." Noah said laughing.

"Yeah, I remember it was Mr. Davis who caught us when we intentionally started scaring everyone." Luke said joining in our laugh.

"We were so grateful he didn't tell anyone and just left us with a warning." I reminisced.

"There is just one wish that will remain unfulfilled as we leave this school." I said sadly.

"Yeah, if only Mr. Cruz and Mr. Davis just confess already, we could leave this school peacefully." Ben said frustrated.

"We never really realize this when we were young but they look so good together, and they are always there for each other. They were there for each other even when they were young, they are meant to be together." I ranted.

"If only they could go to prom together." fantasized Ben as we sighed and shifted our focus back to our studies because that's the most important thing right now.

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It was after the first exam when we saw Mr. Davis walking to his office with a big cardboard box, which if we remember correctly were the prom decorations and we rushed to help him.

"So how was the exam?" Mr. Davis asked as we entered the staff room, Noah, Nathan, I, and Luke holding the four sides of the heavy box.

"It went great! Luke cross-checked our answers, even mine looks decent enough." Ben exclaimed walking with Mr. Davis.

"That's a relief, your next one is English right?" He asked again.

"Yeah, and we are sure we will do good in that too." Ben said happily.

"You guys can keep the box near my chair, thank you." 

"Sir, will prom be just after the exams?" I asked.

"Yes, the principal wants it to be over as soon as possible, maybe like a week after so it is over before graduation." He replied.

"Yeah, aren't there so many parties this year, it was such a fun year." Ben said excitedly.

"That's not the prom I remember." Mr. Davis said laughing. "The prom I remembered had a lot more anxiety and nervousness."

"Why would someone be anxious or nervous to party?" Luke asked confused.

"Yeah, I also saw some students very anxious just now, I thought it was the exam nerves. But now if I think about it, the school is running high on anxiety this whole month which doesn't feel like exam anxiety." said Nathan thoughtfully, he is the only connection we have with the outside world.

"You guys cannot be that clueless are you?" Mr. Davis asked with disbelief, as we looked at him in confusion. "What do you guys think happen at prom?" 

"Eating, drinking, dancing, and making bad choices I guess" Nathan replied.

"Yes and with whom?" He asked again.

"Friends, classmates." Nathan replied.

"And?" he asked frustrated gesturing which went above our heads.

"And what?" we asked totally confused.

"Don't you think you need dates to attend the prom?" he dropped.

The balloon in Noah's hand burst as Mr. Davis dropped this bomb on us. We collectively realized how much of an idiot we have been, all this time we were trying to get Mr. Cruz and Mr. Davis together as prom dates and we forgot to even consider ourselves. What were we gonna do now?

"I am guessing you finally got what I was saying." Mr. Davis said smugly.

"What are we gonna do sir?" "What will happen now?" "Our parents will chew us out if they get to know we don't have dates." "How will we even have dates now?" "Nobody would have been available till now." We all started anxiously complaining together.

"Now that's the prom I remember." Mr. Davis said happily.

"But sir WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NOW?" I asked in horror.

"It's not that big of a deal, I am sure even taken girls will say yes if you ask them." he advised.

"ASK?!?!" Noah shouted.

"Of course, you have to ask them, I thought you guys already had people asking you, I heard some girls talking about asking you guys to prom." he said laughing.

"We didn't know." Luke said worried.

"It's ok to be worried about it, even I was when I was your age, but you guys are famous and all, just go to the first girl or guy you like and ask if they want to go to the prom with you." Mr. Davis advised.

"We can try, but sir what will happen if we can't bring any date to prom?" Nathan asked in a tiny voice.

"It's not very common in the school, since the boy and girl ratio is quite equal but I guess it would be pretty embarrassing."

"We are so dead." 

We exited the staff room and saw our school from a different perspective for the first time in our lives. I, Nathan, and Luke knew each other pretty much since we were born and we were barely 5 when we found Ben and kind of adopted him in our circle as well. Noah adopted us on the first day of school because apparently, we were missing a cool member, or that's what he said.

And after that day we never even acknowledged anyone else and became a very tight-knit group. But for the first time since then, we saw how many people there are in our school and how screwed we are. Maybe this 'prom date for our teacher' idea wasn't that much of a master plan, if we had thought about our dates first, we would have been pretty better today.

We are so screwed.

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