Total Rewind # 4: Second Chance Prom

Finally the day came that DD has asked me about after only our first date! I remember thinking when he asked me three weeks prior to the actual prom date that it was pretty bold or I must have tricked him with my feminine wiles into thinking that setting up a date three weeks after a first date was a good plan.

The second chance prom he invited me to was something I had heard only rumblings about over the past few years. It's hosted by a radio station and it an excuse for adults to dress up and go watch bands and dance and have fun. Any excuse to dress up sells me.

I dress up in a formal dress from high school that magically fits and might even look better now than it did once upon a time. Not wanting to take the experience TOO seriously, I crimp my hair and wear black jewelry to "funk" the look up.

DD shows up with an armful of stuff - the best of which is surprisingly a CORSAGE. This ranks up there on the cuteness scale with the flowers - maybe higher because of the points he gets for creativity. He also has 2 40s of Mickey's - because it "wouldn't be prom without pre-partying" he says with a grin. He's both confident and a little shy about the whole thing.

I find I can't stop kissing him, and don't share that I didn't pre-party at my proms because I was a Goody Two Shoes.

We drink some beer and watch a couple videos of the bands we're going to see before heading downtown to the Midland Theatre.

The dresses, the suits - the whole thing is HILARIOUS. We arrive during the second band and dance and have another beer. The whole thing is fun and light-hearted and I have a BLAST.

Sometime after midnight, we leave downtown and head back out South. DD says he's hungry and wonders if I might like to complete the prom experience with a trip to IHOP. This takes me back because I definitely ended most high school dances at an IHOP.

We have breakfast at 1 AM - which helps me sober up just a smidge after a couple of beers - and then head back to my place.

We're barely in the door - I'm setting my purse on the kitchen table actually - when he hugs me from behind and his hands go to the zipper of my dress.

"I've been wanting to do this all night," he whispers in my ear.

And no prom night is complete without a little bit of THAT too. ;-)