In response to our host at Friday Fictioneers Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. My little story follows the picture.
It was a cold spring in Little Rock. The winter had been especially brutal. What kept Harry from being depressed was the annual Spring Prom tonight. It would be his first real date.
It had taken him two months to work up the courage to ask Ginger to be his date. He took some dance lessons from Ms. Carter. The tux was a rental. He even rented his shoes. The weather promised to cooperate. And to top it off, that big pimple on his forehead had healed.
His dad had promised him he could take the Edsel.
Oh Danny Boy! 
I’m sure Ginger is going to love the car. Cute story.
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Thank you! I think she will also.
DJ
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Well they will certainly make an entrance!
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Yes indeed.
DJ
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Yikers! Did she even get in it. Tough to go to prom in a car like that. Maybe not so bad in Kentucky… 😉 This was a fun one!
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She’s a lucky gal! I can see her face as they pull up to the prom in that.
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I think the Edsel is the icing on the cake and the date will be a winner! Heck, the pimple is gone, what more could he want?
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I felt the same way at that age.
DJ
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Dear Danny,
So you went to my prom, eh?
Nice story told in an ideal voice for the prompt.
Aloha,
Doug
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Thats for the commment! For my prom I had my dads 63 Impala Station Wagon. Yes, I was quite the dude.
DJ
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Dear Danny,
Oh dear. Hopefully his date won’t reflect the failure of the Edsel. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Strange….today is Edsel Ford’s birthday. Born 11.06.1893. And if it was a new Edsel and they were married that year they would be celebrating their 57th wedding anniversary.
DJ
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Ha ha! I can’t help thinking he’s gone to so much trouble to get everything exactly right, so much preparation, and he’s going to ruin it with the Edsel 🙂
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Perhaps not! You never know about women. Ever!
DJ
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True dat.
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Hope his date isn’t going to turn out to be an Edsel. Nice bit of irony.
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Nah! He may have driven an lemon but I’m pretty sure he picked a winner with his date.
DJ
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This may not work out too well at all… I can see her face.
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Seriously? Depends on the choices SHE had I guess.
DJ
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Ginger may or may not be excited about the Edsel. lol
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I bet he had Jerry Lee Lewis playing on the radio.
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Depends on her expectations I guess. BTW…always enjoy your stories! Thanks for commenting.
DJ
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Uh oh. I’m not sure the date is going to work out so well. Nicely told story.
Claire
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