Here's something to give you an idea of where things are at in the lives of our characters. Scream 3 and all the utter crap that came with it were skipped over. THERE IS NO ROMAN. And this is how things turned out...
Over the course of 14 years without attacks, Sidney Prescott changed from broken bird to badass survivor and Randy was more than happy to be the wimpy guy at her side.
And he always was at her side, but still not in the way he'd always wanted to be. They were the country's most famous best friends, both kicking off careers in hollywood, Randy as a screenwriter and hopeful director and Sidney as an actress. They were roomates, travel buddies, and they had a connection nobody else could break.
But Randy was stuck with the title of platonic life partner.
Well, at least it was better than unrequited love slave.
Life has been good to them, though. They had a good set of friends who hadn't been massacred. They were able to date people who didn't turn out to be maniacs. They had a nice apartment and good cars.
In fact, things had been going so well that when Sidney's aunt invited him and Sid to return to Woodsboro, it didn't seem like such a horrible idea. They actually accepted.
How stupid.
So, I actually may be able to make this work... Tell me if the idea sucks and I should stop now.