20.1: Prom Night

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"When will he be here?" The recruit woman asks me

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"When will he be here?" The recruit woman asks me.

I open and close my mouth a few times, unsure what to say. We had been waiting for almost half an hour, and everyone was becoming impatient. Suddenly, my phone rings. "That's them." I say. I walk into the next room, "Where the hell are you guys?" I hiss.

"Archie's beat up. Bad. He can't do the fight." Veronica says. "I'm walking in now, follow my lead."

I hang up, and the two of us walk into the room
on opposite sides. "Veronica, where's Archie?" Mary asks.

"Yeah, im going cold in here." Fangs snaps.

"Ms. Andrews, Counselor Rivers, I presume. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, but Archie is not gonna be able to make it."

"What? Why not?" Mary asks,

I step in. "He's feeling under the weather." I say.

"Since when? He was fine this morning."

"We think it's food poisoning." Veronica says.

I nod. "We'd love to reschedule."

Suddenly Archie walks in. "I can fight."

"Archie, are you crazy?" I say. I notice his disconnection. He wasn't okay.

"I'm fine." He says to me. He kisses my forehead, "Fangs, you ready?"

Fangs says yes, and Archie crawls into the ring. He trips on one of the ropes. And he's down. Veronica and I explain what really happened, before leaving.

"This was a major fail." Veronica says as we walk out.

I sigh. "Yeah. It was." I reply.

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