"Get dressed" You dad ordered, using that signature dad tone that always meant business. You stared at him, stood in the doorway of your bedroom, then glanced at your prom dress, hung up in your closet.

"I'm not going to prom. I don't even have a date." You muttered in response, eyes glued to the disregarded dress.

"I knew you'd say something like that so I found you a date." He replied, unaware that this would lead to possibly one of the biggest arguments the two of you had ever had.

For at least twenty minutes the two of you argued back and forth about this arrangement. Apparently his boss had a son your age with no date either, and he also coincidentally attended your school. Came the climax of your epic verbal sparring, and your dad randomly dropped a bomb on you.

"He's downstairs you know. He can hear you."

Completely humiliated and defeated by dad's ability to always get his way eventually, you grabbed the stupid dress from the closet. Your dad left you to it and you miserably got ready for a prom that you initially had no intention to attend.

Finally, you emerged from your room and made your way downstairs, eyes scoping for this random guy that would be your date for the night.

"OH FUCK NO!!"

Was what you wanted to say when your eyes landed on your date, but instead you just stood there, halfway down the stairs, staring like an idiot in disbelief. Your dad had asked Niki.

NIKi?!! TO BE YOUR DATE!?

The same guy that's bullied you for years, pulled your hair in gym class, shoulder barged you into lockers, stolen your lunch money, even poured water on you in the cafeteria during lunch that one time.

He was very clearly, and very poorly stifling a laugh at the sight of you, in all your miserable glory and embarrassment. Your dad was oblivious to the truth of who Niki really was and instead urged you to greet him. And so you said hello through gritted teeth. Niki suddenly slung an arm around your shoulder and turned to your dad.

"I'll have her back by...shit, sometime I guess."

Your dad's eye twitched at that but he swallowed his pride and motioned the two of you out the house. Niki grabbed you and practically dragged you out, clearly expecting you to protest.