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Same Dress Drama The Perfect Dress By: Ian C. Walling Shirley L. Jackson. Shirley L. Jackson and my date had the same dress. I didn’t care but apparently they did. I think it had something to do with the concept that this was THE dress, not just a dress. My date, who was also my girlfriend, had made the biggest deal about this dress for about a month. I had to go and get a new shirt and tie for this dress because, “That shirt isn’t quite the right color” and then, “Well now your tie doesn’t match the shirt.” So she went out with me and found the perfect tie and the perfect dress shirt to go with it. Now all that seems to be wasted because Shirley L. Jackson is wearing this same dress. It was the argument of who bought the dress first, whose date looked better with the dress, and which person’s accessories matched the dress better. No question was ever spoken aloud but both of them knew what it implied, I did. The worst part was that they were both on the homecoming court, and favored to win homecoming queen.

As the coronation starts both of them are too focused on the other to realize that Jackie Wilson has just walked on stage, wearing the same dress. Jackie walked on stage and I knew things were going to go terribly wrong. Jackie decided to send the other two into a fury by stepping right in between them. I have never had so many chills running down my back. This was just downright creepy.

The girls had at least decided to act civil on stage while the King and Queen were announced. The announcer tapped the mic. “This year’s homecoming king is…” anticipation was in the eyes of all the girls, “Jack Thompson!” Jack stepped forward and took his crown. “And this year’s homecoming Queen is…” I was scared out of my mind. “No one. This year a spectacular and unfathomable event has occurred. Not two but three girls tied for homecoming Queen. Shirley L. Jackson, Jackie Wilson, and Aerin Waltner.” All three of them had won. It really was the perfect dress.