Coast City High Prom

[hopeburnsbright]

Avalon has never gone to one of these juvenile human dances, and consequently, he has no idea what to expect. No doubt things will be mortifying in some way that makes the Naltorian have to keep himself from hiding in a black hole just to avoid it all.

At least he has had good help - Henry was kind enough to help him find an attractive tux, though Ava would have rather not worn the confining suit. Still, it was a lovely silvery lavendar sort of color, more gray than anything, and looked smashing with his blue eyes and sun-bleached hair.

Standing in the living room, Ava looks up the stairs and calls "Hey guys, our ride is going to be here soon." to himself, he adds "How is it that I am the first one ready?"

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[spacerrogue]

"I'm having problems with this dress," Sher calls from her room. She isn't used to wearing something like this. She picks at it and shifts feeling so very awkward. It like many of her things as ties going down the back but due to the length she's having problems.

Then she has to finish putting her hair up. She was trying to follow this strange Earth customs as best as she could. It was still weird and she really didn't know how she had been talked into getting the dress either.

She blames the human female at school she shares most of her classes with who isn't annoying. She had talked Sher into at least going and now Sher was still battling the dress.

[lantern_kid]

Henry is still in the bathroom, making sure his hair is perfect.

"You're usually the first one ready," Henry retorts to Ava. "You'd go in a paper bag if you thought you could get away with it. Some of us have standards, though... Speaking of, Sher, if you come up here, I'd be happy to help you get the dress right."

[healingbug]

"This tie is driving me nuts," Josh murmurs as he walks down the hall. Peeking into the bathroom, he flashes Henry a smile. The healer's in his tux, a white number that the others helped him pick, and working on tying his tie.

"We should hurry a little though," he offers to the Green Lantern before heading to the top of the stairs. "We're almost ready, Ava."

[hopeburnsbright]

Henry's ribbing causes Ava to blink once, and his lips twist in amusement. "I'm sorry, Green. Most of my experience in getting dressed up involved yards upon yards of material, gold dust, about a million dollars in jewelry and more makeup than I'd care to admit. I much prefer the way I look without all that crap."

He gazes over the banister, then grins upon seeing Josh, "Take a look at you, Josh. I can't complain about how these suits can make someone look though..". In a louder tone, he calls, "Have you guys seen Josh?"

[spacerrogue]

"At this point I'll have to take someone up on that," She grouses in a good natured tone. She still doesn't have her preferred footwear on so she has to step out of her room carefully while holding the dress so t doesn't slip around.

"At least it's red," she comments as she moves past to go get some help with the dress. "And you guys look good," she calls over her shoulder. She isn't quite don't getting ready either. She was smart enough to get everything else ready though.

[lantern_kid]

"Have I seen Josh?" Henry asks. "He's, what, six foot? Blonde? Really hot? ...never seen him before in my life."

Henry, apparently satisfied with his hair, turns away from the mirror and looks up at Sher as she comes in. "Okay, first things first: take off the dress, so I can make sure you've got the right body for this dress. It might require very close examination." His tone is deadpan, but he gives Sher a wink to let her know he's joking before he moves to start helping her adjust the dress so it hangs properly.

[healingbug]

Josh goes red, blushing furiously. "You look pretty good too, Ava," he says. And the blush just gets worse from what Henry asks. He offers Sher a smile as he passes.

When he overhears the joke, the healer steps back to glance into the bathroom. He's ready to comment but stops when he sees that it was only a joke and then starts to head downstairs.

[hopeburnsbright]

"You're just saying that." says Ava before he turns and flops onto the couch to wait on the others. Where was that black hole again? Ava was starting to think that he might just go check things out there after all...

[spacerrogue]

"As much fun as that could be.... I still need to finish getting ready," Sher points out with a slight smirk sent Henry's way.

She is glad for the help. She finishes her hair up since she can see why it's not doing what she wants it to do.

"Now. For shoes,." She smirks widely. "Do you think I could get away with my combat boots? The dress is big enough to hide them."

[lantern_kid]

Henry shakes his head. "No, no combat boots. Consider the heels a dexterity exercise."

[healingbug]

Really, Josh wanted to wear boots or sneakers too. He's in the shoes that they bought for the prom though. Sitting on the couch next to Ava, he smiles. "I am not. You're hot in that suit," he says, leaning over to give the Blue Lantern a peck on the cheek.

"Still can't believe we're going."

[hopeburnsbright]

Leaning in towards Josh, Ava smiled as he was kissed. It was hard to be pensive when the blond teen was near. "I can't believe we a going either." he replied. "I mean.. I guess I don't quite get the social ramifications, I just don't want to go."

[spacerrogue]

She takes one look at the dress and just smiles slightly.

"I'll just go get the shoes," she says with a slight smile. "Thank you for the assistance Henry."

She took one last look to make sure the dress was fine before she went to go find her shoes. The guys are lucky they don't have to wear heels. She thinks they look like torture devices.

[lantern_kid]

That's because they are torture devices. But so are tuxedo shoes.

Henry takes one last glance in the mirror. He takes a quick sniff of the air to make sure he didn't overdo it with the cologne; so many guys his age think they need to bathe in the stuff. Satisfied, he adjusts his tie and heads downstairs.

"Okay, I guess I'm ready," he declares. His tuxedo has a hunter green vest and tie, of course, but the tuxedo jacket itself has a more unusual cut.

He stands before Josh and Ava, then gives a spin to show off.

"Well?"

[healingbug]

Josh agrees about the shoes entirely. He can sense just what they're doing to everyone's feet.

"Not sure I want to go either but Henry and Sher are and it might be fun," Josh replies. When Henry comes down to pose, Josh smiles and stands. He smooths out his own tuxedo and whistles.

"Looking great as always, Henry."