[You know, up until he said that bit about "besides us" and "like a date", she was all prepared with an actual answer, because naturally she's planning on going with people, because Going To Prom is a thing that we are doing and therefore we are naturally doing it together.
...Except that then he mentions dates and — oh. Hmmm.]
Like a date?
[Even then, she doesn't...quite make the connection at first; the intuition that he's asking because he wants to know date status is there, obviously, but the step further into because he's about to ask himself doesn't connect, and so she thinks about a minute because presumably he just wants an honest answer, right?]
Uh-uh. I don't...think they make you have one. I mean, they didn't last year.
[Maybe that answered the question? She's not exactly sure what the question is but maybe that answered it.]
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...Except that then he mentions dates and — oh. Hmmm.]
Like a date?
[Even then, she doesn't...quite make the connection at first; the intuition that he's asking because he wants to know date status is there, obviously, but the step further into because he's about to ask himself doesn't connect, and so she thinks about a minute because presumably he just wants an honest answer, right?]
Uh-uh. I don't...think they make you have one. I mean, they didn't last year.
[Maybe that answered the question? She's not exactly sure what the question is but maybe that answered it.]