In order not to be late for the prom, andrea and I left home at around 6:30. I figured it would take us around 30 minutes to get to the place and I was right. We were there by 7. Unfortunately, I forgot that this was the type of event that usually starts late.In fact, it was almost 8 when the students started filling in the vacant seats and tables. But this post is not about what happened after the prom started. It is about what happened before.

You see, I didn’t even get to witness the start of the prom. Because when it started I was somewhere outside the venue. I was near the gate of the subdivision where the prom was being held helping out a colleague in trouble.

Anyway,  this was how it started.

A few minutes after we arrived at the venue, Sir Leo, a co-teacher of ours in hedcen, came. He and andrea started taking pictures of the place, the food, and some of the students who came early. Then, after some time, he came back asking if we know any convenient stores nearby - where he could buy batteries from. Andrea said she saw a small store just near the entrance to the subdivision. So Leo took off to buy some batteries.

Nearly half an hour later, a call from Leo came in. He asked if we brought a cable that he could use to jump start the car. Apparently, his engine died near the gate and he couldn’t get back. So I searched for cables from the car and from the drivers of the other cars in the area but no one had any cables. That’s when I decided to just go to him and check out what else we could do. When I got there, I saw the car. Leo and I tried everything we could but there was nothing we could do. So we just agreed to push the car and park it somewhere for the meantime. We’d just ask for help later. So after checking that the car was secured, we headed back to the party.

When we got back, it was then that i realized andrea and i didn’t come too early for the prom. We just came on time…