Homecoming Dance

[lucetimods]

Who: Students, faculty, chaperones and the like
What: The homecoming dance!
When: Sunday, August 4th
Where: Luceti Valley High
Summary: It's "An Evening Under the Stars"! Teens swing and bop and find true love. Adults less so. It's sure to be a memorable night!
Rating: Varies by thread, but if it gets questionable, take it elsewhere!

The Luceti Valley High School gym has been decked to the nines by the Homecoming committee. The theme for the evening, "An Evening Under the Stars", is evident everywhere from the ambient lighting to the snack table. Banners, balloons, streamers, and colored lights decorate the area, turning the usually musty, jock-filled gym into a warm and colorful space to invite romance. A multicolored balloon arch welcomes attendees to their ballroom for the evening, where they can find a few different events to participate in.

There's the dance floor, naturally, a wide space covering most of the room and teeming with new flames and old flames alike. The band is set up on the stage against the wall, playing all the hottest tunes of the age so students can "Rock Around the Clock" all night long. There will be a fair distribution of fast, swinging songs and slower couples songs. Snag your date for those, or maybe ask someone new!

Aside from the dancing, there are refreshments set up for students and chaperones alike along the wall opposite the band. There you can find your usual school dance fare: "midnight" blue punch, star-shaped cookies and brownies, a nighttime sky cake, and, well? That's it. Looks like the PTA fell a bit short this year.

In the corner near the entrance is the photo booth, where couples can pose against a star-filled background for (overpriced) photographs so they will never forget this night of nights. In the opposite corner of the room, there is yet another door, normally an emergency exit but now used as a gateway to a small outside space where attendees can find fresh air and a bit of privacy. Lights, benches and balloons decorate this area as well.

The night promises to be memorable for all. Whether that's for better or for worse remains to be seen!

Comments

[dadlyinstinct]

[So homecoming has come. Lee himself doesn't have a date...nor is a teenager, but he is chaperoning to make sure nothing goes wrong in this little shindig! Can't have anyone ruining the big night. He'll be standing nearby the emergency exit with a cup of punch, tapping his foot to the music every so often and watching the scene. Not much else to do really. It's a welcomed break to relax though, given how hectic his life usually is. Everyone seems to be having fun at least.]

[charitylovehopefaith]

It's so sweet, isn't it? Young love.

[She almost laughs as she says it. Entirely good-natured. Because, well, they've all been teenagers themselves. All felt those same feelings.]

At least they're having a good time. And haven't seemed too wild yet.

[dadlyinstinct]

[He turns over when he notices her talking to him and smiles.]

Well, you know how kids are. Soon as they're out of our sights they'll start going crazy. We did as kids too - just our responsibility now to look after them.

[charitylovehopefaith]

I don't know what you're talking about. [But her smile says it all.] No one in our generation ever did anything they weren't expressly allowed to do.

[She laughs.] They certainly think that, don't they? That we don't know the sort of tricks they think they're the first ones to come up with.

[dadlyinstinct]

Yeah. They think they're clever when they think to put alcohol in the punch bowl, or run out the emergency exit. [He says nodding his head toward the door.] Anything they thought of, we've already done ourselves.

--Or well we haven't, because we weren't "allowed".

[charitylovehopefaith]

As if such things aren't time-honored traditions at events like this.

[Which is why she's been very vigilant.]

It's been... fairly quiet tonight, actually. Which makes me think they're plotting something.

[dadlyinstinct]

Oh, they're definitely planning. Always are. I hate to be the bad guy, you know, but a job's a job.

[charitylovehopefaith]

It's for their own good, really. And you know when they have children themselves, they'll be grateful for people like us.

[dadlyinstinct]

Heh, yeah. The whole world changes once you got a kid. [He smiles wistfully.] Mine is a rambunctious one already and she's only nine.

[charitylovehopefaith]

How wonderful! [She grins at that, laughing softly.] I hope I have a little girl eventually. A son, too, but especially a daughter.

[dadlyinstinct]

She's a real sweetheart and my wife picked out a perfect name for her - Clementine. I gotta say that I was hoping for a son too, but taking care of a girl has been a lot easier on me. Even if it may become a little more costly in the future.

[The shopping expenses that may be ran up in years to come...he fears for his wallet.]

[charitylovehopefaith]

Best thing to do is teach her young that some things are worth waiting for. That dress may be pretty, but there may be an even prettier one next week.

[That was how her mother taught her, at least. Faith smiles at him.]

Little girls are bright things, especially if they're taught right.

[dadlyinstinct]

Yeah and both will be expensive. [He smirks a little, before letting it drop.] She is bright though, for a kid her age. Sometimes getting ahead of herself, but she's sharp as a tack. I just want her to grow up right is all.