The History of Zach and Adrienne: Take 8½
Who: Zach and Adrienne
Where: A commons area connected to the auditorium at the school.
When: Thursday, February 15, 2007. Nighttime!
What: The group meet-up before the dance.

Zach was, in one word, nervous.

He showed up for the group meet-up dressed in the formal outfit he specifically purchased for the dance. None of his bags or suitcases included any formal wear when he had arrived. Honestly, he hadn’t thought to pack anything of that sort of nature. Not that he had any formal clothing at home. Suits only occupied his father’s closet in the Kitano residence. The only time Zach could remember wearing suits was for funerals and weddings, which happened to be rare occurrences. Anyway, there wasn’t much of point in owning formal clothes if he never wore them.

As Zach walked into the designated area Adrienne’s friend had old them about, he noticed a few of them were already there and chatting amongst each other. He decided to walk up to the group and say hey. He would be surprised if Adrienne’s friend somehow didn’t win one of the positions on the royal court. Zach greeted them all with an open smile. Friends of Adrienne were friends of his. Well, the ones who didn’t want to beat him up or kill him. Hopefully, none of these were like that.

He waited for Adrienne to show up, but not without the usual anxious habits. Biting his lip and trying to find something to occupy his hands with, which was mostly the red box with white ribbons tied around it in his hands that held the boutonniere and corsage for him and Adrienne tonight, Zach hoped she would show up soon. It was mostly just girls in the group, and they all occupied their time idly chatting with each other.

Zach sat over to the side in a nearby chair and fiddled with the box in order to kill time until Adrienne — his date for the dance — finally arrived.