Prom With A Platypus

It was a typical Friday afternoon in late April over at Danville. The sun was shining, people were out and about on the streets, and all the kids and teens were at school.

Over at the high school, it was almost the end of another school day, and in a classroom, a math teacher was giving his students a lecture about probability.

"So class, when you take the number of marbles you have in the bag, and you want to pull a certain color marble, like let's say for example 'red', you take the number of red marbles and divide by the number of the other marbles with the red marbles included, and you get your outcome," the math teacher lectured.

While the math teacher was still lecturing to the class, in one desk sat Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, who is known for being the daughter of the evil Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

Instead of listening to the math teacher, Vanessa was daydreaming because in front of her sat Johnny, her boyfriend.

Vanessa was daydreaming that she and Johnny were dancing together at the prom during a slow song.

While she was daydreaming, she was also drawing a picture of her dream on her notebook, with the teacher being oblivious to Vanessa not paying attention.

Suddenly, the announcements came on.

"Good afternoon, students," the principal said over the intercom, "I just want you all to remember that prom is tomorrow night. It will start at 7 p.m. and end at 11 p.m., so make sure you have that 'special someone' ready with you. Have a nice day, have a nice weekend, and also have a safe prom. That is all."

A few seconds after the announcements went off, the school bell rang, signaling the end of another school day.

"Remember class, this all will be on the test Monday, so study hard, and have a great time for those of you attending prom," the math teacher said to his students as they got up and left his class.

In the hallways of the high school, many students were getting excited about prom. Some were talking about it with friends, some were gloating about their dates, and some were trying to ask someone out.

Speaking of some trying to ask someone out, a geek was walking towards Vanessa unnoticed.

{I just want to point out that this 'geek' is not Carl. It's another geek.}

When the geek approached Vanessa, he knelt down on one knee.

"Excuse me?" the geek asked.

Vanessa, who was having a conversation with Candace, turned around and saw the geek.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" the geek asked trying to ask Vanessa out to the prom.

"Shall I compare thee to a fist in the face?" Vanessa asked clenching one of her fists.

The geek, terrified, ran away at the speed of sound.

Vanessa turned back to Candace.

"So, what were we learning in math today?" Vanessa asked Candace.

"You weren't listening to the math teacher? You're going to fail the test for sure!" Candace answered.

"I can't help it. Johnny just gets me going!" Vanessa replied.

"Say, speaking of Johnny, when was the last time you two ever spoke to each other?" Candace asked.

"Three months," Vanessa answered.

Candace started to feel very concerned for Vanessa, because she thought Johnny might be cheating on Vanessa if they hadn't talked for that long.

"Three months? Vanessa, I hate it to say it to you, but I think Johnny might be cheating on you," Candace said.

"Oh, please, Johnny would never do such a thing," Vanessa replied.

"Have you even asked him out to the prom yet?" Candace wondered.

"No, but I thought now was the right choice, because I didn't want to ask him too early," Vanessa answered.

"But you should've asked him out earlier, because he might already be taken," Candace said.

"Says the girl who has yet to ask Jeremy out to the prom," Vanessa answered.

"Hey, I can asked Jeremy out when I want to!" Candace retorted.

"Well you better ask now, because here comes someone just waiting to ask him out," Vanessa said pointing to a girl that was about to ask Jeremy out.

{Just to point this out, this girl is not Mindy. It's a different girl.}

"What?" Candace wondered.

Candace saw what Vanessa was pointing to.

"I'll talk to you later," Candace said as she waved goodbye to Vanessa while running to stop the girl from asking Jeremy out.

Vanessa waved goodbye back, and then she saw Johnny collecting his things from his locker, and thought it was the perfect time to ask him out.

"Well, today is pretty much my last day to ask him out, so I better take the opportunity while I can," Vanessa said to herself.

Vanessa started to approach Johnny while trying to think of what to say to him to ask him out to the prom.

Before she could ask, another girl approached him, and wouldn't you know it, that girl was Mindy.

"Hey," Mindy greeted Johnny.

"Hey," Johnny greeted back.

Once Vanessa saw Johnny and Mindy talking to each other, she felt very sad, and tears started showing up in her eyes, about to roll down her face.

"So, I just wanted to ask you something," Mindy said.

"Okay. What's the question?" Johnny asked.

"Would you like to go out…." Mindy began.

Before Mindy could finish her question, Vanessa interrupted.

"Johnny, how could you?" Vanessa shouted.

Vanessa was shouting loud enough for everyone in the hallway to hear her, so they stopped what they were doing and turned to Vanessa.

Johnny saw where Vanessa was and knew exactly what was going on.

"Vanessa, no, it's not what you think. I know we haven't spoken to each other in three months, but there's a logical explanation for this," Johnny said trying to calm Vanessa down.

"Did three months mean NOTHING to you? Did you flip a switch and erase me from your memory? It took you a YEAR! A YEAR to get over your ex! Did you ever love me at all?" Vanessa interrogated to Johnny with tears starting to roll down her eyes.

Johnny didn't really know what to say. He knew whatever he said would anger Vanessa even more, so he thought it was best if he kept his mouth shut.

Everyone who was in the hallway felt very concerned for Vanessa, since the majority of them knew about her and Johnny's relationship.

Well, ALMOST everybody felt concerned.

"Bravo, Vanessa, bravo!" the drama teacher exclaimed clapping her hands.

The drama teacher wasn't getting that Vanessa wasn't acting, and what she said earlier was real.

"That was a magnificent monologue! Would you like to star in my summer production of 'Romeo and Juliet' at the fine arts center?" the drama teacher asked Vanessa.

Vanessa now felt even sadder than she was before, and ran out of the school crying with her hands covering her face.

Johnny felt extremely guilty, because he really wasn't cheating on Vanessa, he just didn't get to explain the reason he and Mindy were talking.

"You messed up big time, dude," Jeremy commented to Johnny.

Johnny glared at Jeremy, because Jeremy wasn't getting that Johnny wasn't really cheating on Vanessa.

Is Vanessa okay? What is the truth behind Johnny and Mindy? And is Candace going out with Jeremy to the prom? Stay tuned to find out!