Because of a fire in the hotel where we were to have our prom, we ended up having the prom in the gym....think lots of air freshners. It was something out of the history books, literally. They went back to like the 1940's for pictures in old annuals of proms in the gym so they the decorations could look much the same. Hey, people make the party so we had a good time.
Afterwards we overflowed a diner; since no one wanted to go home, we drove to the beach. To keep from getting all sandy ** wink, wink ** most of us took off our clothes to walk the beach. Those who left their underwear on soon regretted it...they got dunked. It was a fun, peaceful night with lots of hugs and "Damn, I'm gonna miss you."
Quite a few who arrived virgins...well, left changed. Many of those who had a secret crush on someone at some point in the past got to spend some quality time together in the dunes.
We recognized that this was the end of one phase of our life. To us it was a fitting way to end all the years we had spent together. Then the sun came up, and we packed it in.
jay
P.S. We were a politically correct high school, and one in which jocks and geeks got along.