Prom By Tatty Loureiro

Chapter 1
“ Remember who you are and what you represent!” mom yelled as I walked out the door.
I smiled, even though I’ve heard that phrase more than fifty times already today, “Love you mom. See you after work.”
As I got in my cute, yellow slug bug, I realized how much that small phrase meant. My mom has always told me and my sisters this phrase.
Ring, Ring….
“Hello?”
“Hey Anna, it’s Jesse… are you at work yet?”
“Yeah I’m… oh crap! I’m late, I’ll call you later, okay?”
“Yeah sure that sounds perfect.” click
Well, I thought to myself, that was weird, how’d he even know that I had work today? What ever Emily probably told him. I was then on my way to the best job ever, at The Cinemark Movie Theater. Of course I had only worked there for six months, but I already loved it to death. Hi my name is Anna Jenson, I’m in the 12th grade, I’m 17, and I go to Layton High school. I’m also SBO president and I have been for two years straight.


You’d think the SBO president of two years would be the first to get asked to prom. WRONGO! I mean, I’ve been to them, to take pictures and you know it’s mandatory for the officers, but I’ve never been there on an actual “date”… I know pathetic for a Senior.
“Anna Jenson!!” said the strict familiar voice, when I walked in the door. Oh jeez, I thought, what did I do now. I headed into the office, and their she was, the dragon lady, Rachel Hassett. She was one of the meanest managers at Cinemark. She’s been here since the dawn of time, and nobody and I mean nobody likes her.
“ What’s up Rachel?” I asked
“ Oh, you know business this and business that, except…we lost some ticks for the new releases!”
“ What? How many tickets did we lose?”
“ Oh, you know not a lot, maybe 20, or 30, or 500!!”
“ 500 tickets! What, Why?”
She looked at me for a long minute, and took a deep breath, “ Well I don‘t know! When we asked people why, they said that someone, who works here, told them that the movie wasn’t worth the money it takes to spend on them, do you know any one who could have done that? Any guesses???”
“ Johnny?” he’s had some problems
“ No! They said it was YOU! So, you know what were going to do?? We are putting you on probation! Starting in….oh…2 minutes!”
“ Your putting me on probation??” I said, “ I didn’t do anything…”

3
“ Well that’s not what Johnny said, now if you don’t mind
I’ve got some tickets to refund.”
I stood their for a while, thinking about what to say
“ How long, will I be on probation?”
“ Two Months”
I squeaked, “ Fine.” And I left.
When I left the office I saw Jesse, he smiled at me, and I tried to smile back, but I saw Johnny instead. He saw me, and ran back into the break lounge…and I ran right after him and When I got into the lounge, he started stuttering,
“ I-I did-dn’t mean to A-Anna!”
“ Didn’t Mean TO!!! I got Put on PROBATION!! Because of YOU!! Two Months!! I could have gotten FIERD!!!”
Everyone was looking at us now, I don’t think anyone has ever seen me that mad….oops.
“ Do you know what you could have done!?!”
“ I-I’m so-sorry Anna….”
I didn’t even think about what happened next, I walked right up to him and slapped him so hard it left a mark on his face.
Then the most embarrassing thing of all I started to sob. Emily, and Jesse gathered around me, I fell on the ground and sobbed more fiercely. Jesse lifted me of the floor and carried me to my car.




“ Thanks for helping me back there.” I told Jesse
He hugged me again,
“ Your welcome, sweets.” I laughed softly, he always calls me sweets, when I really needed comforting.
“ And thanks for driving me home.”
“ Now that’s something I will always do for you…”
He looked in my eyes for a long time, and…is he leaning in?? HE IS!! I leaned in slowly and…he kissed my check.
“ Call me later, sweets.” and he got out of my car and went to his car, which he had Emily bring over a couple of minutes before.
I sighed and got out of my car. When I walked through the door my mom and dad were waiting there for me, great, I thought. Emily told them.
“ Are you okay?” my mom asked me
“ I’m fine.” I replied as I walked upstairs to my room
“ You were out their a long time,”
“ I was talking to Jesse, please mom I really need some sleep. I see you tomorrow.”
“ Okay sweetheart I’ll see you tomorrow.”
She watched me go up the stairs and went back into the Kitchen with my dad. When I turned on my lights I was in awe at what I saw…. Balloons, and roses, and their was a poster on my bead. It said:





Lida Rose I’m home again rose,
with out a lady to my name.
Come to prom with me and be my Rose,
Jesse
I squeaked again. And then I screamed!!
“ I GOT ASKED TO PROM!!” I said. My mom came running in the room panting.
“ Sweetheart I thought you knew he liked you!”
“ I didn’t!”
“ Oh…..well he does. Now call that boy up and tell him your answer.”
“ Or,” said a very familiar voice from the doorway, “you can tell him face to face…hey Sweets.”
My mom stepped a side with a very smug look on her face, high fives my almost boyfriend and leaves the room. “ She knew all along didn’t she?” I asked walking to the rose on my pillow, and picking it up to smell it.
“ Maybe,” he said smiling, “but, then again, maybe she found out just yesterday.” He started walking closer to me and, I found myself walking closer to him to.
“ So Anna, what do you say? Do you want to go to prom with me and maybe be my girlfriend?”
I looked in his eyes and said, “Yes to the first question, and for the second one….” he started shaking a little, “…and for the second one…yes.”



He looked down at me and beamed.
“FINALLY!!” he said. He picked me up and started spinning me.
When he finally put me down I asked him a question.
“ How come you didn’t ask me before?”
“ Because, when I really started to like you, you were going out with Jeremy, and when he left you were a mess. And I didn’t really want to be the rebound guy. It’s taken a lot to do just this. Trust me.”
“ And trust me when I say, that all this is just enough for me. And that I’ve waited for you to do this.” I said and I grabbed his hand and we both ran down stairs. “Mom! Me And Jesse Are going out we’ll see you later!”
As we ran outside mom quickly yelled behind us,
“ Remember who you are and what you represent!”
We laughed as we got in the car and headed towards the park.