Chapter 17: Prom, Junior Prom

The next day.

I had decided to try and keep my mind off Mindy, the wedding, and her departure from my life. Regardless of what I’d told her; I believed that things between us were over. Distance alone had built a wedge between us over the past year, distance and a husband would do even more damage. I also wanted to distract myself from the inevitable confrontation with Amanda.

That Beth happened to have her feet in my face as she played with my dick was a good start towards that distraction. I shifted as I regained consciousness and she purred, “You’re awake, have I mentioned how much I like your cock?”

I growled, “You’d like it better if you let me put it in you.”

I’d opened my eyes enough to see her smirk, “I let you put it in my pretty little mouth isn’t that enough?”

“Did I fall asleep before you watched deliverance?”

She huffed and let go, “Only fucking you.”

“Only me what?”

“Only you could ask about a fucking movie right now!”

“Are you really that annoyed?”

She sighed, “No. I don’t even know why I said it.”

“I’m guessing Alex made you watch it.”

“How’d you know?”

“Cause I told her ‘no’ a few weeks ago.”

“You two have the worst taste in movies.”

“You liked the one I picked last night?”

“After I made you put back Dr. Giggles and Apocalypse now!”

I sighed, “C’mon, let’s go shopping.”

I stood up and gathered some clothes. I didn’t have a whole lot of clean clothes at the Grandmother’s as I’d not had the energy to do laundry the night before. I ended up with a hunter green t-shirt and a pair of grey sweats.

Beth had slipped off the bed and her own bag, “You’re not wearing those.”

“Only thing I have clean.”

“You’re not wearing sweatpants if you’re taking me shopping for the dance.”

“Why not?”

She just stared at me, “Grey sweatpants. You can’t wear those in public.”

“It’ll be dirty jeans then.”

“Fine!”

She slipped down the stairs and through Mindy’s old room towards the bathroom. I took the opportunity and raided a section of the dragon’s hoard I kept at the grandmother’s. The majority of it was stowed at Robert’s, but I kept some in the hidden room under the stairs just-in-case and some at the school and the field house. I’d promised Beth I’d pay for the entire thing and I was well aware she had expensive tastes.

After I’d gotten my turn in the shower I headed downstairs for breakfast. Beth got along far too well with the grandmother and GG for my tastes. After that we headed toward the nearest ‘city.’ Any where else and it would have been a small town.

I was trying to tune out Alanis when she tapped my shoulder, “What’s my budget?”

“I should have enough provided it’s reasonable.”

“Are you sure? We’ll need transportation, food, my dress, shoes, some new jewelry, and you’ll need a tux that fit better than the one you wore yesterday.”

“I’m not going to tell you how much money I have.”

“Why not? I need to know what I can get?”

“Because if I tell you I have more than you think I do you’ll spend it anyway. If I say I have less, you’ll get pissy and I’ll need to make a siren noise. Keep it reasonable and you’ll be fine.”

“Fine ... if you’d let me blow you, you would have told me.”

“Is that what that was? I already agreed to pay.”

“Well, we also didn’t do anything last night.”

“True. You want me to eat you out in a changing room? Or grab Mon’s vibe out of my bag? You can pull over and take care of yourself?”

“Where did you even get that stuff?”

“Had someone buy it.”

“It’s not that easy! Stacy and I had to mail order from a sleazy magazine, then you show up with an armful of toys.”

“Have the girls make a list and I’ll see about adding it to your Christmas gifts.”

GG’ll love that. I need to confront her about whether that ‘co-worker’ was my mother too and make sure she knows that is a no-go.

“Hello!” I realized she was waving her arm.

“You should keep your eyes on the road.”

“You zoned out again.”

“Yeah, Just let me know when we get to the mall.”

Beth didn’t end up taking us to the mall then, she dragged me to an actual tailor’s shop and picked out a rather expensive tux (at least that is what I thought then) and had me pay for a dress she’d already been measured for. I didn’t get a good look at it, I just saw it was blue and covered in sequins. I’d told her ‘no’ on the cummerbund and had the tailor create a matching waistcoat, tie, and handkerchief to the color of her dress.

I’ll have to get somebody to run me back here before the dance to pick this up. Fuck, I’ll need to go to a flower shop too.

She insisted on accessories and that took us to the mall. She picked out a clutch, heels, and a pair of wingtips for me. I walked her over to a jewelry store and she picked out a pair of earrings and a necklace ... I was attracted to silk choker with a diamond clasp ... but she chose something less interesting. I booked a limo at a kiosk next to the travel agents too. That led us to the food court, she chose pizza and I bought a pretzel.

Once we were seated, I asked, “So, once the alterations and my waistcoat are done ... I’ve got the limo rented and I’ll book a table, so we don’t starve. Anything else you need for the night?”

Please say ‘No’ I can’t take more fawning kids wanting commission today.

“We’ll need a room at the inn.”

“Why?”

“So, we can have sex.”

“Really? Awesome. I mean we can go back to my place for that or the grandmother’s.”

She shook her head, “No, it has to be the inn. It’s a status thing.”

“All right, I’ll book a room. Want to hit the lingerie shop on the way out? If you’re my prom present, I think we should get a nice wrapper.”

“We can do that. I’ll even let you dress me, so you can undress me. Or better yet, hand me some cash and I’ll surprise you.”

I just shook my head, “So just to be clear ... this isn’t an ‘everything but’ thing?”

“No, I think it’s a good reward. You’re going to get to fuck me. And it’ll be incredible, but only if you do a good job as my date. If you run off and bang somebody, piss somebody off, or we don’t get to be Junior class princess and her prince then you’ll have to settle for that bitch of a teacher instead of me.”

I was about to question how much she knew when she interrupted, “One more thing. Make sure you bring condoms. I’m not on the pill. Oh, and lambskin. I have a latex allergy.”

“Is that why we haven’t done it before? Cause I could’ve bought a case months ago. Seriously I will supply a 1000 pack.”

She rolled her eyes. After the chore bit of shopping the rest of the day was more pleasant; a trip through the cd racks and all three bookstores had the rest of the cash I’d brought go the way of the dodo.

The night of the dance

I walked down the road between Robert’s house and Beth’s. The limo sat waiting and I had a brief chat with the driver, before knocking on the door. The door opened and Beth’s blue-eyed clone answered, “Hello, Deirdre of the sorrows.”

“Hey, It’s the weird boyfriend.”

“Still not her boyfriend.”

“Then why are you taking her to prom?”

“Cause I’m a knight errant who does good deeds for pretty girls like you. And she’s almost as pretty as you.”

“I ... oh ... thank you.” The emotions that flashed on her face went from surprise to a subtle smile. I could tell she wasn’t complimented anywhere near often enough

“You act like no one every called you pretty before, Deirdre of the sorrows?”

“I ... Just come in and stop doing that!”

I chuckled and then made my way into the living room. I’d been here a few times now and knew to avoid the chair on the left side of the room and sat on the couch. I ended up making small talk with Linda while I waited. I wasn’t particularly fond of small talk and while Linda was definitely trying to be nicer to me it was still awkward. I’d watched Deirdre sneak up the stairs to presumably talk to Beth. Once David joined the circle it was less awkward aside from the bit where he was a gigantic man mountain and I was going to fuck his daughter in a few hours.

Eventually, Deirdre ran down the stairs and announced, “Beth’s ready.” I stood and walked a bit closer to the door with David right behind me. She turned the corner into the living room from the hallway with the stairs and I sputtered. It felt like I missed a breath. She was gorgeous. She was at a healthy weight, no longer rail thin. The years of cheerleader work outs and the recently added weight training left her sculpted from marble. Her hair was down and just below the shoulder. She normally wore a ponytail she wore in practice and when cheering, but this was just long strands of pure ebon swinging, Dark eyes flashing with mischief, the navy-blue sequins covered gown accentuated everything, the tiniest hint of glitter working its way up made it shine. The split on the side showed off her legs. I’d always known Beth was attractive, I’d seen her naked countless time and appreciated that, but this was the first time I saw her as truly beautiful.