You Should See Me in a Crown

Liz is running late to the prom campaign orientation meeting on Sunday. She is nervous about seeing Jordan again after they’ve avoided each other for so long. The room is filled with a mix of people, including popular students and those who are participating either as a joke or as a shot in the dark. Liz is anxious at the thought of going head-to-head with Rachel, the class president, and the young woman with whom she has had an ongoing feud with since they were children. A girl carrying a skateboard arrives late to the meeting and sits next to Liz; Liz notices her beautiful green eyes.

The prom has strict rules that reflect traditional gender roles; girls must run for prom queen and boys for king. The prom committee does not take the difference between gender and biological sex into account and forbids students from attending in same-sex pairs. The prom court, four sets of couples from which the reigning pair will be chosen by a vote at prom, are decided by a point system that includes their attendance to community service events and their grades. In the midst of discussing the point system, Rachel directly asks the teacher in charge,