Not dressed up at all

Alexa’s face fell and her cheeks glowed pink as she saw Tyler standing there in a t-shirt and baggy shorts. Definitely not dressed for anything nice. “T-tyler? I thought…”

“Why are you dressed like that?” Tyler laughed. “You look like you’re ready to go to prom…”

“I…” Alexa gulped as she looked down, cursing herself for going with a dress. “I’m sorry, I thought we were… gonna go out?”

“I mean yeah, but what do you think this is?” Tyler said, scoffing.

Alexa looked down. “I’m sorry. I can change,” she said.

“It’s fine. I’d rather not wait,” Tyler said. “Come on. I’m sure what you’re wearing should be fine…”

Alexa nodded as she followed Tyler to his pick up truck and was surprised to see someone already sitting in the passenger seat. A girl. Alexa looked confused. “Where do I sit?”

“Just sit in the bed, we’re not driving far,” Tyler said.

“W-where are we… who is that?” Alexa asked.

“Don’t you know Valerie? She’s the head cheerleader. She’s coming with us to the event,” Tyler said.

Alexa squirmed as she climbed into the bed of the truck and sat down. Valerie turned to look at her. Alexa heard her snicker. “Oh my God, Tyler. What did you tell her we were doing? Going to prom?”

“I swear, I just said we would go out,” Tyler said. “I think she got the wrong impression.”

Valerie giggled as she looked at the small girl sitting there in a little dress. She reached over and opened the little window. Alexa looked down in shame, embarrassed to have confused what Tyler had said, and wondering where they were actually going.

“Hey, Alexa. I hope you… didn’t think this was some kind of date,” Valerie giggled. “I’m not sure that dress is going to be appropriate attire for what we’re going to do.”

“W-what? I don’t understand,” Alexa said. “What’s going on?”