#leerolf

What a flunk this school dance turned out to be, Lee thought bitterly to herself as she watched Eddy, the unrequited love of her life, dancing about with Double Dee.

What a traitor…

Sure, she knew her feelings for him were extremely one-sided, but she was hoping for at least a little action here tonight, and Eddy was the perfect target to shove her affections on, as per usual.

Beside her, Marie scoffed. She too appeared to be annoyed by this unforeseen turn of events.

“Go figure, a school dance and our two dates go off and dance with each other instead of us…” she sneered. “Unbelievable.”

“Who’da thunk, eh?” Lee chatted. “We been fighting for our boyfriends this whole time only for them to run off with each other… typical love triangle if ya ask me.”

And who were they to stop them? Even the two sisters could see just how happy they were dancing with one another. That didn’t help with the growing pain of loneliness building in their hearts all the same.

At least for Lee, that was about to change.

“Well, hello~” Came an accented voice, emerging from above the bellowing music. Lee and Marie turned their heads to find they were in company of a tall, dark and handsome man they recognized as one of the teens from the cul-de-sac… Rolf, his name was… they think.

For junior prom, he’d worn a hideous atrocity of an outfit, some form of fish suit with sticky spikes all over it that wound up shutting the scene down all together. They’d seen him a few times before that, once when he attempted to steal back May’s boyfriend, but other than that he was simply the oddball that few people could understand.

It was hard to believe this man standing before them was the same person.

For the high school dance, he’d actually dressed up in fancy clothing with his vibrant blue hair slicked back. He actually appeared rather attractive, if the girls were honest.

“Well, well, if it isn’t Wolfgang Mc-what’s-his-face,” Lee greeted in an almost sing-song tone. “What’s a happenin’ stud like you doin’ with a couple lonely little birds like us, eh?”

“Rolf too shares in your loneliness,” he told them. “And as such, Rolf wishes to partake in the ceremonial shimmy of youth-time awkwardness.”

Lee exchanged glanced with Marie, who looked positively baffled. “What’d he say??”

Lee looked Rolf dead in the eyes, and he didn’t falter. Unlike the countless other men she’d tried to woo, he showed no fear.

“Why us, eh? There’s plenty of other fish in the sea, Romeo,” she scoffed.

“Back in Rolf’s home country, the women whose temperament is rivaled by that of mother nature is the most sought after. She who is strong in many ways is the one who builds a strong home, no?”

Lee paused. She’d been called many things by other men, but none ever complimented her on her strong attitude, in fact, they usually ran from it. She narrowed her eyes, though she doubted he could see that under her luscious bangs.

“Are you flirtin’ with me?”

“Rolf may be attempting to win your affections, yes.”

Marie dismissed him with a wave of her hand, visibly gagging as she stepped away.

“Hard pass.”

So, Rolf remained with Lee in a moment of dreadful silence. If he felt nerves, he showed no signs of it as he waited patiently for what she had to say. Finally, Lee held out her hand with a lopsided smile.