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“And the Prom king for the 1995 year is....”
Senior Jordan Reim er licked his lips in anticipa­
tion. For four years he had been playing and replay­
ing this one moment in time in his head. N ever
before had fame been so close yet so far away. Sweat
dripped off the end of his nose and trickled down his

chin. Ever since he could rem em ber, Jordan had
had a secret dream. The dream had becom e a dark
Matt Magnuson-1992 obsession. Pictures of form er prom kings filled his
room. “Eric Chatt- 1994 Prom King” labelled one poster taped on
his My Little Ponies play house. Another banner in his dining room
read “ 1992 Prom King Matt Magnuson”.
Jordan began to panic inside. “Why is Mr. Morrissey pausing
so long? The title is mine and mine alone.

What’s going on?”
Mr. Morrissey stepped away from Ms.
Rowley, with whom h e’d been consulting,
and cleared his throat. “Ahem. This has
never happened before. Two people got the
exact same number of votes. This is really

true.”
“D ear G od,” cried Jordan
Reim er faintly.
Mr. Morrissey continued. “This
is really weird. I’ll begin by
Eric chatt-1994 announcing that Miss Kendell
Kennedy has captured the hearts of so many
people that she is the 1995 Prom Queen.”
Kendell Kennedy smiled. She had known

that she would be the one. Who else was so
popular? At her side stood Jordan. His face had becom e a mask Rawhide!!
of terror. He tried to rationalize. Everything was okay. So there Casually yet
carefully do­
w ere two prom kings. As long as it wasn’t his long time nemesis, ing the swing
Todd Swirczek, things would be okay. are Senior
M i c h e l l e
“And now, the moment you’ve been waiting for. Ralston’s 1995
Snyder and
Prom Kings are Jordan R eim er-” her date from
Jordan weakly waved at his admirers. His neck had receded into P l a t t e v i e w
High School.
his chest as his collarbone ate away at his head. He looked like a The couple
Barbie whose head had been pushed on too far. had been dat­
ing since fall
“- and Todd Sw irczek.” ofSnyder’s se­
Todd stepped behind Jordan. He laughed into Jordan’s ear as he nior year.
blew a kiss to Mr. Jurgens and fiance.

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