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Me: *minding my business*
Eth: -'M NOT GAY! HE'S JUST A SENIOR FRIEND THAT'S GETTING ME INTO PROM CUZ I'M ASKING YOU!!
Tis: Wait what? Me?!

Eth: ...Yes.

Tis: *smiling* *giggles* Wait, when's Prom?

Eth: I dunno the exact date, but like, sometime next month.

Tis: I'm flattered, but I'm pretty sure sometime in May, I'm going out of state to play basketball. Sorry. You can take her. *points to Aur*

Aur: Me?

Eth: Would you wanna go with me?

Aur: Um...

Eth: I mean, I'm just looking to go with friends as my date, but if not, I'll go with him and his girlfriend.

Aur: I wasn't planning on going to Prom, but you can go with Lil!

Lil: What?

Eth: D' ya wanna go?

Me: *zones out*

Anxiety: Prom's a great plan too.

Me: 'WILL YOU STOP-'

Anxiety: "Coming in out of nowhere" I know. But, if he's back tomorrow-

Me: 'nO-'

Anxiety: Why don't you-

Me: 'NO-'

Anxiety: Ask Ale-

Me: '*shakes head violently*'

Anxiety: TO PROM?!?

Me: 'ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY NOT-Weeeelllllll....'

Princey: Why not?! You won't regret it! Plus, I'll make sure hE *looks at Anxiety* doesn't ruin it.

Me: 'Weelll...'

Logic: Absolutely not! We have it scheduled to admit to him that we like him next week! Prom isn't for another month! We're going to be asking as friends, hopefully going as friends, admitting something that could change that, within a few days, then only God knows what will happen! This chain of events is like the fisherman's lure with us being the wicked fisherman and Ale being the poor fish, not knowing wHAT TO DO-

Anxiety: Okay, Logic. That went dark.

Me: 'Weelll...'
Logic: Plus Sophomores can't buy tickets, only Juniors and Seniors can, so if she asks him and he says "yes", it'll practically be like saying "Well you wanna go, then go pay for it.".

Morality: Easy, if he says "Yes", tell him to hold off buying until Monday, and you'll split it: You bring in your half and he his. Don't make him pay full. That's just common sense.

Me: 'Yes, but-'

Logic: But we don't know how long tickets will be on sale. Are they on sale until tomorrow, until next week, until after Spring Break? WilL WE FINALLY GET TIME TO BE ABLE TO CHART OUT A PLAN-

Anxiety: Nope. Tickets sell 'til next Tuesday.

Logic: There goes any hope of looking and functioning like a decent, cognitive person...

Me: 'Planning is stressful.'

Anxiety: I know right?

Me: *coldly* 'Thanks fer that.'

Eth: *snapping* Ruthie? Ruthie? Ruthie?!

Me: *jumps*

Eth: A. *points at clock* Time to go. B. You looked like you were about to have a panic attack, so I just wanted to check on you.

Me: Oh, *gathers stuff* thanks. *walks out of classroom*

Aur and Lil: What were you thinking about?

Me: In short terms: Prom's hella stressful.

Lil: No fuckin kidding.