"Nancy, you look beautiful."
He gave Nancy her corsage and pinned it on her.
"I was going to get a wrist one, but I saw this, and thought it was beautiful, just like you."
Nancy smiled. She turned to the girls who had been watching her. They got the camera and took a picture. They all sat and waited for the others to arrive.
Shortly after, Paul and Susan, and Jordan and Jill arrived. At 7:30 p.m., the doorbell rang,
"Hello. I'm Thomas, their Limo driver for the evening. Are they ready to go?"
"Yes. Now you are aware that my daughter is in a wheelchair?"
"Yes of course. I was briefed before I left today. My Limo is equipped with a trunk large enough to accommodate her needs. Please don't worry. I do have my card here for you. We always provide the number to the parents so that if there are any questions or concerns I can be reached."
"I'll take this, but we're actually going to be at the prom, chaperons you know."
"Well good. Before you guys leave how about one more picture in front of the limo. Everyone line up."
They all coupled up in front of the limo and Prue took the picture,
"Now, go ahead and have a good dinner. We'll see you at the dance."
They all got in, with Nancy and Chad being the last. Before she got in, she turned to the girls and said,
"Don't forget, you promised."
"Don't worry."
Piper said with a smile as Chad lifted Nancy out of her chair and eased her into the limo. The driver closed up her chair and put it in the trunk, got in, and took off.
"So, what did they promise?"
Chad asked.
"Oh, nothing."
"Come on, I know that look, I've seen it all week trying to cover up where we've been going."
"I know, let's just say it's going to be an evening of surprises."
"Chad give it up. You know she won't tell you if she doesn't want to. Now come on, open the sunroof, when's the next time we're going to be in a limo."
Chad agreed to let it drop, and popped the sunroof as Paul turned on the radio sliding a CD in the slot and turned up the volume. The group of kids sang along to the music as they bounced around in excitement.
A little over an hour and a half later the group of kids arrived at the dance. They watched out their limo window as groups of their classmates got out of their limo's dressed for the evening in their best attire.
"Look at Luke. He cleans up nice."
"Hey, what are you looking at other guys for."
"Oh relax Jordan, I'm just looking at the outfits. Kelly looks pretty good too."
"Where?"
Jordan leap out of his seat to get a better look out the window at the girl Jill was speaking of.
"Right, and your worried about me?"
"I was only kidding."
Jordan replied as he kissed Jill on the head and continued to look out the window. Finally it was their turn to get out. Thomas put the limo in park, and walked around to the passenger side back door. Opening it up, Jordan got out and took Jill's hand as she made her grand entrance, followed closely by Paul who did the same for Sue. By the time Chad got out of the limo, Nancy's chair was all set up and ready for her to be loaded in.
"Maybe I should meet you guys inside."
"Why?"
"Cause there's no ramp in the front, only in the back."
"You can't. Their taking pictures of the couples as they arrive in the front. The guys will take care of you don't worry."
They joined the line of people waiting to get inside, each one of them pulling out their school ID cards. Nancy reached into her purse and realized she didn't bring hers. Not thinking it would be a big deal she said nothing to the others.
"School ID please."
"I didn't bring mine."
"Then you can't get in. I'm sorry."
"But this is Nancy Halliwell."
"I'm sorry but rules are rules."
"Mitch, come on, quit giving me a hard time."
"I'm just kidding Nancy. Go have fun."
"That was not funny, but thanks."
"And by the way, you look very pretty tonight."
"Thank you."
Arriving at the top of the stairs Nancy once again thought about just going around the to the back, but before she could make her statement, Chad stood behind Nancy's chair locking the wheels. Jordan went to her feet, while Sue stood to the right, and Paul to her left. Jill walked in front of them, clearing a path as they made their way down the stairs.
The room was lit up so beautifully, although Nancy was there for most of the set up, it didn't look half as good as it did right now. Everyone in the room looked great, kids were crowding around the stairs watching people enter the dance, so they could have a good look at everyone's outfits.
They headed to the bar and saw Piper standing there as she handed one of the bartenders a towel with orders to clean up a spill at one of the tables.
"Hey guys, how was dinner?"
"Great."
"Where did you go?"
"This restaurant called Quake. It's not as good as it used to be though. The service has gone way down hill in the past six months."
Piper stood there with a smile on her face. She hadn't been to Quake since she quit. She knew why the servers were not so good. It was because she wasn't there to watch over everything, not to mention most of the good one's came to work for her when she opened P3.
"Why are you smiling?"
"No reason. I just know someone who used to work there, that's all."
Prue and Phoebe walked up.
"Piper, what's so funny?"
"Tell you later. Go have fun guys. This is your prom, after all."
Jill, Jordan, Susan and Paul all headed out to the dance floor, and Chad and Nancy hung back to watch.
"The band sounds great. Want to dance, Nancy?"
"In a minute. How about you grab us a table?"
"In other words, you want to talk to them. I got it, I'll be over there."
Chad walked away and Nancy waited till her was out of earshot.
"Did you bring them?"
"Yea, they're in my office, just tell us when."
"Ok."
Nancy went off to join Chad, but instead just grabbed his hand and dragged him out to the dance floor. As Nancy whirled around Piper kept watching her, she hoped she did a good enough job on the dress so it wouldn't rip again.
Two hours into the dance, the student council president came up and said that he needed all the members of the court to report to him, so they could start getting ready for the ceremony.
"Good luck, Chad."
Nancy said as she gave him a kiss.
"You too, Jill."
She said giving her a hug.
"May I escort you, dear lady?"
Chad said giving Jill his arm. Jordan leaned over, gave her a kiss, and whispered something in her ear. As she stood up, Jordan and Paul stood too. She then took Chad's arm and went off to join the others in the court.
"Will you guys excuse me? I have to go and find my family."
"Sure."
Jordan and Paul were real gentlemen. They stood up and waited for her to leave the table before they sat back down.
"Excuse me John, have you seen Piper and the others?"
"Um, yea, I think Piper is in the alcove and the other two are over there. Do you need something? Can I help?"
"No thanks. Could you just go tell Mom and Phoebe to meet me and Piper in her office. They'll know what it's about."
"Sure."
Nancy made her way over to Piper. She waited till Piper was done talking with one of her employee's before she spoke.
"Hey Piper is now a good time?"
"Sure what's up?"
"I'm ready NOW"
Piper didn't hesitate. She stood up and headed to her office with Nancy following close behind. Arriving inside they waited for Prue and Phoebe who walked in moments later locking the door behind them.
"Are you sure about this?"
"As sure as I'll ever be. Let's do it."
They all got to work so they could be ready before the Prom King and Queen were announced. They all exited the office just as the student council president came up onto the stage.