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Show Peppermint Monda; "With the twins, I think." Matt shrugged his shoulders as if it didn't make any difference. I guess it didn't either. "Oh," I said. 'Oh"was a stupid word, it really didn't mean anything. It was better to keep your mouth shut than bother with a dumb word like "oh". I knew a lot about speech and what was proper. I should have known better. "I was just wondering if you had a date to the prom. I mean if you didn't, we could go together." Matt was looking at the steering wheel instead of at me. I had a close-up view of his natural curls, wavy without being fuzzy. Andrea's hair never curled like his. It was a shame too. Matt had nice hair. "Sure," I said a little too quickly. It might have looked better if I had had to think about it. Matt bugged me, so why was I so eager to go with him? The way he had phrased his question didn't sound much like a date anyway, but it was a date. My first date. Besides, it was a date to a junior prom. I didn't expect champagne, I liked koolaid. "Great," Matt said looking right at me. "I'll tell you the details later. I'm supposed to be helping my pa plant, so I better go." He threw the little car into reverse and backed to the main road. He spun forward, showering rocks behind him. A few came close but they didn't hit me. I was still watching the car disappear when Jason ran up behind me. "Yeah, he bugs you all right." Jason's face was lit with a teasing grin. "He bugs you so much you're going to the big prom with him." He said prom like it was a dirty word and I guess to him it was. I felt bad for the girl that someday had to go with Jason. He had no manners or charm. Hopefully, he would grow out of bis stage. Maybe he was entering the awkward stage I was just leaving. I must be leaving it if Matt had asked me instead |