Foreshadowing In Prom

It was early May, and that only meant one thing: prom was approaching. Granted, I was not, and I am still not, like most of the girls or boys whose minds were lost in the rogue waves of Anxiety Ocean— actually, it was quite an incredible sight to watch apprehensive faces fade into an intense sea green color, then revert back to original hue when someone extravagantly asked them to prom. Even more incredible was the fact that some of my classmates, completely perplexed and slightly mortified, asked me how it felt to be “dateless this late in the game”. I merely shrugged and told them that I will be alright with or without a date— I would only be dateless for a night, right? That evening, I was texting a schoolmate of mine, Tyler. At the time, Tyler and I had became friends with each other, so our conversations usually resorted to generic high school trending topics: academics, athletes, and rather coincidentally, prom. …show more content…
Even worse, all of his girl friends already found dates and the tide of Anxiety Ocean was pulling him in. Now in the literary world, literature enthusiasts book worms call this “foreshadowing”, personally, I call it the power of empathy. Nonetheless, I felt how genuinely upset Tyler was-- it seemed like Life incessantly dealt Tyler lousy card after lousy card, yet I knew I could help him turn his awful hand into a Royal Flush. Little did he know, I was in the process of devising a plan. I planned to ask him to prom, when he least expected it of course! I knew my project was going to take some time and some innovation, nonetheless a few days later, I asked him to prom at track practice. Being the pun’ny genius I am, I was able to have my friend hold up a sign that read, "I have to ask you dis'cus it's really important”. Consequently, I flashed a discus signed