Prom: Lil and JP

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Jean-Paul picks up Lil to take her to the prom.


Jean-Paul was all in neutrals for the evening's activities: black over gray over white. He'd assisted where he'd been asked to beforehand, and now there was nothing left to do except present himself to his escort and get them both to the dance itself. He supposed that was the advantage to going out with Lil; there were no expectations and no reason to feel at all ill-at-ease. Barring any unforeseen hijinks from the students, it promised to be an enjoyable evening.

He paused in front of Lil's suite and knocked, giving the box in his hand a quick glance. As Jean-Phillipe would say, this was so very high-school, but it was Lil's first. Might as well play along.

"Coming!" came the voice from inside as Lil slid her bracelet into place; the only true diamonds she'd adorn for the night as it wasn't really her prom but was enough to accent the brooch attached to the front of her strapless black and green dress and added a bit more sparkle to the overall look.

One last check in the mirror, confirming hair and makeup were as good as they were going to get, and the blonde hurried to the door. "Heya," she greeted Jean-Paul with a smile before giving him a once over. Not bad at all. "You clean up nice, Speedy. 'Course I never really expected anything less."

The object of scrutiny preened a bit. "You would expect less from the former most eligible bachelor in Quebec?" Jean-Paul presented the box in his hands. "Por vous." There was a wrist corsage of blue roses within, wreathed by tiny white rosebuds and a subtle thread of gold ribbon. "Blue is supposed to bring out green eyes, I believe."

"Fuck if I know. I usually get hollered at for my fashion sense," Lil laughed, taking the box from him happily and freeing the flowers. "You supposed to put it on me or something?"

"I think so, though I will not tell if you don't want me guessing," he said with a laugh. "I am rather new to this myself."

Another beaming grin and the giantess handed over the corsage then left her hand extended. "I think after this we're supposed to be hounded by photographers until we go blind."

"Is that the way? We should sneak in, then. We will be poor chaperones if we cannot see what the students are getting up to." Jean-Paul slipped the elastic ribbon over Lil's wrist easily and took a moment to be sure that the corsage was riding securely before he stepped back. "Perfect. And the flowers look good as well."

She nodded her appreciation, a softer, more wistful smile coming to her ruby-stained lips. "They're beautiful. Merci," Lil said as she lifted her eyes to his though the happy expression faltered. "Fuck! I was supposed to get you some kinda flower for your tux, too, wasn't I? Shit. I told you I'm not good at this stuff."

"I do not think we will be kicked out." Jean-Paul offered her his arm. "Come on. Let us see what all the fuss is about."

Her nose wrinkled. "It's not that. I just... I dunno. Kinda wanted to do this all right as stupid as it sounds," she chuckled, slipping her arm around his after closing her door.

"Not stupid at all. Even small second chances matter." The speedster chuckled. "But, if I am recalling correctly, the perfect school dance is supposed to be a myth, non? Something always goes wrong. If this is the worst thing to happen tonight, then we have gotten it out of the way already."

"From your mouth to God's ears," Lil replied, rolling her eyes. Given the school's record with Weird Things, the blonde certainly hoped forgetting a flower would be the most excitement there was instead of being overtaken by dinosaurs, evil sorcerers, plagues, etc. "Yvette seemed pleased earlier though. I'm glad we could help her out."

"She is an exceptional girl. Although...I did not think hair could make noises like that."

"Neither did I. And you weren't the one wresting with it," she reminded him while giving the speedster a poke to the side.

"Pauvre Lillian," he laughed, swatting lightly at her hand. "We can only hope your date is worth the price you paid for him, then."