Richard held the front door open for Eiko as he left, giving a last 'bye!' to the family as he let the door shut. The two made their way back down the path to the car. "Here, wait a second" he said to Eiko when they were there. He opened the passenger side door and picked a small white box...

Eiko had arrived just before Richard could respond with a 'konnichi wa' to her little brother. And she looked, well, amazing. Keeping his hormones under control, he thought maybe he should say something to that effect. "Wow, hey, no problem" He checked his watch. "I'd love to stay, bu...

After locking the car, straightening his jacket again and taking a deep breath, Richard walked up the patio steps and knocked on the door. Best to just go up and do it without hesitating too much. He looked for something interesting to distract himself from his nervousness, and settled instead on th...

Richard drove up Milton St in his 1995 Audi A4. Frankly, having both his license and a sweet car was awesome. And, he assumed, handy for attracting the ladies. Well, probably not really, but at least he was making an effort. Looking out for the street signs, it occurred to him that the houses up her...

Apparently Reiko liked kitschy 80's music. There was something she didn't know. Sarah had to agree, it was a lot better than current pop. Honestly, if they played nothing from after 1995 all night, she'd be more than happy to hang around. And... Reiko was holding her hand? Her mind went completely b...

The Ishidas lived relatively close to their destination, so the trip wasn't taking long at all. "Aha, same." Inevitably, silence followed. It was times like these that Sarah realised she had no idea how to make small talk. She'd even done a course on it and she still struggled with the con...

Was she excited? About prom itself? Not really, she hated pop music, wasn't a fan of dancing, after-parties weren't her thing, and she was a little bit averse to crowds of people. About going with Reiko? Absolutely! "Yeah, was a little bit unsure before, It's not really my thing, but we're actu...

Sarah was surprised she'd managed to dodge that one. She chalked it up to long years of experience saying things that didn't make any sense. When the photo-taking started, she didn't have to smile for the camera, she was already beaming. Her excitement had finally overcome her nervousness, they were...

Mind being on camera? That confused Sarah for a second before she realised she probably meant parental photo fun rather than whatever it was she was thinking about. Candid Camera or something. Honestly she still wasn't looking forward to it. She'd learnt to tolerate photos of herself after she reali...

Sarah didn't have to wait long before Reiko came to the door in a suit that put her op-shop find to shame. Though she wasn't really concerned with the suit so much as the person in it. She'd been fretting about meeting up with Reiko for prom all day, and now that she actually was she felt more nervo...

Sarah stared out the window as they drove. Her eyes lazily following the lights as they drifted past. If she squinted, they looked like little crosses that tilted with her head, she'd always found that fascinating. Her mind was on Reiko though, and prom, and whatever it was you were meant to do ther...

Sarah paced across her book and paper-laden room wearing nothing but underwear and an incredibly daggy T-shirt. On her bed lay a $5 suit she'd picked up from an op-shop, and a beautiful, vibrant qípáo that her grandma had picked up second hand. The red silk felt and looked so soft and warm and it ha...

Sarah saw the ballot box as she walked into the library on yet another free period. She sighed, frankly, she didn't see the point in it, prom was over-rated anyway, she probably wasn't going to bother going, since no-one was going to ask her anyway and wait, haha, that's brilliant. She sniggered as ...

Once Chris was out of earshot, Mia would have cackled maniacally. If that was her thing. Which it wasn't. Instead she just smirked, turned off the computer and dashed back to her chair to read some more King John. She'd successfully seen off yet another distraction, so she savoured victory by spendi...

Mia waited a moment after pulling out the cord, listening as Chris's typing slowed tikka tikka tak tak tik tak... tap tap... tap. "Hm" And there was her cue to jab the cord back in. Hearing him scrabble around doing the logical thing amused her slightly, but the real fun didn't start last ...