Me: Hey there I'm back!

Raven: Yayy!

Me: This chapter is "fan appreciation chapter" I want to thank all of my readers and reviewers! Thanks for sticking by these last four months!

It was 6:30 and everyone was scrambling around to get ready for prom.

"Jase how did you manage to get us in?" Ryan asked

"Oh, I called in some favors, kissed up to the prom committee and offered to do their biology homework!" Jason laughed as he put on his cummerbund. Kyle ran around asking everyone where his shoes were, while Mark ran around with the camera filming everyone. Meanwhile Joanne was sitting there with her cell phone nearby as she helped Ria into her dress.

"Aunt Jo, stop worrying we're gonna win"

"I hope so, they can't let that bastard off after what he said about us"

"Yeah, say Aunt Jo can I ask you something?"

Joanne saw the seriousness on her face and sat her down. "Sure honey, what is it?"

"Well it's just…I really like Ryan but I don't know where we stand now."

"What do you mean?"

"It's been awkward between us recently, I know we've always been a family but now it's different. The two of us are literally a family now and I'm not sure if we can still…"

Just then Joanne's phone rang.

"Hello? Oh hi Frank…. it's in?"

Ria stuck her head out of the room "GUYS IT'S IN!" she shouted as everyone clamored out the door.

Joanne went on, "Okay…wow, that's really something…I see…well thanks for letting me know…okay bye" as she hung up the phone.

"Well what happened?" Jason said anxiously

She sighed, "He was found GUILTY of unlawful discrimination!"

Everyone cheered at the great news.

"But that's not all, the New York State Department of Education heard about this and they're investigating the school district along with removing Dr. Manning from his position. They also said that due to the circumstances, Adam was disqualified from the race on account of slander, so Kyle won by default!"

The kids all nearly bounced off the walls cheering and hugging Kyle. At that moment, the doorbell rang, as Jason went to get it.

"I'm sorry, I was looking for my prom bunch not Jesse L. Martin!" Rachel squealed

"Thanks sweetie, you look dazzling yourself" Jason said hugging her.

Kyle ran over to the door and told her the news. She squealed and gave him a kiss, "Well done Mr. President!" she said leaning in for another kiss.

"Uh…. hello, parents in attendance?" Benny laughed

They all lined up as Maureen snapped pictures of them in their new clothes. It really meant a lot to them since they were always known as the broke crowd in school but tonight they looked and felt like royalty. Ria had finally learned how to work her mother's sewing machine and made a stunning black dress with a full mesh fabric bottom and pink trim. Rachel had on a white and coral dress with little beaded flowers around the bust, and the boys all had matching tuxes with black cummerbunds. They all had to grit their teeth and dip into the money Collins had left them, but figured that he would have wanted them to look great for this once-in-a lifetime event. While Maureen and Benny sat there taking hundreds of pictures of them together, separate, coupled, all guys, and all girls, Joanne was getting ready to go since she and Maureen were on the first shift of parent chaperones with Benny while Mark and Roger continued to run around the house aruguing.

"I swear, if you wear that on our shift the kids and I will kill you!"

"What's wrong it'd be a laugh for all of them?"

"More like humilitaitng!"

"They liked the movie, they'd love it!"

"Forget it Roger, you are not dressing up in Rocky Horror Picture Show costume!"

"The kids loved it!"

"When they were little!"

Ria heard the noise and added, "Dad if you do come in there looking like the Time Warpers so help me I will scream. It's bad enough that you still dress like a 20 year old , but just for one night can you dress like you're forty-two even though you look thirty?"

"Fine, you're no fun" he pouted as the kids all laughed.

"Okay kids before you go, we need to cover some things." Mark began "First off, I know it's prom nite and everyone stays out all night but all us parents have decided this. The younger you are the earlier you have to come home. Rach and Kyle, your curfew is midnite."

"Aww Dad!" Rachel whined

"Sorry sweetheart, that's what you get when you're the youngest"

Mark went on, "Ryan, you and Ria's curfew is three am, and Jase and Angelo as long as you're in one piece and remember where the loft's at you two can stay out until whenever"

"Hey that's not fair!"

"The perks of being the oldest!" Jason said proudly.

"But DAAAD, there's a party afterwards…."

"And you think I'm gonna let my thirteen-year-old daughter go to a high school party?" Benny rebutted "You ought to be glad I talked your mom into letting you go at all. Come on guys, I got the limo waiting and I'm paying by the hour!"

The six all hurried out the door and down the stairs to the limo. Maureen and Joanne headed out too so they could get their assignment as to where to check people in.

"Honeybear why are we doing this?"

"Because I'm not going to sit here and listen to you whine about how you never went to prom."

"But I wanna ride in the limo!"

"Pookie, that is for the kids!"

"It's not fair!"

Joanne turned back over to Mark and Roger, "Okay guys, we should be back by 11 that leaves you enough time to get there by 11:30. I'll see you later" as she got her keys and left.

Roger looked over at Mark, "So we've got four and a half hours to kill…what do you wanna do until we have to get ready to leave?"

Mark got up, "Well I got some editing to do and maybe I'll go get some night shots or…"

Roger pushed him back down on the couch kissing him as he started to unbutton his shirt.

Mark broke the kiss, "Or we could do that!" he said laughing

Back with the rest of our heroes, Ria, Ryan, and the others felt like they died and went to heaven. Rachel had her head out the window singing, while Kyle was passing out glasses of sparkling cider to everyone. "Here's to the teens of la vie boheme!" he cheered

"La Vie Boheme!" they repeated

When they got to the prom, they had to take more pictures before getting to their table. After they were done eating, they all got up to dance. Everyone was impressed with Jason's dance style along with Ria and Angelo's salsa moves. By the end of the night Ria went up to the stage and came up to the mic.

"Hey guys! I hope you're having a great time at prom 06! I know some of you were wondering if we won the trial and I'm proud to say we did! Thanks to the few who were rooting for us! I wanna sing this song my dad and I wrote and I hope you like it!"

She cued the band to play as she beagn to sing.

Ria: Rachel wants to get out of town
She needs to settle down
Move to a place where no one knows her
She just had to get away
Nothing could make her stay
Tired of living under cover


Everybody knows somebody trying to get free
Be as white as you want to
Be as black as you want to
Be as brown as you want to
Don't let anybody stop you
Be as straight as you want to
Be as gay as you want to
You can wait if you want to
We all need something to hold on to


And if there is a way that you and I could both be free
Have a little understanding and we will be
Angelo moved to another school
Alliances can be cruel
When you're alone without nobody
Kyle begged Rachl to take a stand
And fight for the love they had
But she'd rather deal with being lonely


Everybody's got somebody telling them what to be
Be as white as you want to

Be as black as you want to
Be as brown as you want to
Don't let anybody stop you
Be as straight as you want to
Be as gay as you want to
You can wait if you want to
We all need something to hold on to


And if there is a way that you and I could both be free
Have a little understanding and we will be
And if there is a way that you and I could both be free
Have a little understanding and we will be
Be as shy as you want to
Be as loud as you want to
Be as small as you want to
Don't let anybody stop you
Be as thin as you want to
Be as fat as you want to
Be as short as you want to
We all need someone to hold on to

The boho teens and the rest of the crowd cheered as she took a bow. "Thank you, that goes out to my friends and our supporters!"

The rest of the night went well and after a few hours it was time for Rach and Kyle to get home. Meanwhile Ria and Ryan disappeared from the hotel ballroom and up to the room that Jase had rented for him and Angelo later.

"God, I'm so drained, this is one hell of a night!" Ria said as she fell back on the bed.

"Well it's not over yet" Ryan whispered as he climbed onto the bed and began kissing her.

Ria returned the kiss but stopped when Ryan started untying her dress.

"Ry…I don't think I can…"

"It's okay Ria I got some…"

"No it's not that it's just…I don't know if we can keep doing this now."

"What?"

"You know…this. Ever since our dads got married I don't know if this is right. I mean just think. We took a vow to be a family, and I'm not talking about our boheme family I'm talking real family! What are people gonna think when they find out that the cutest couple in school are actually step-siblings?"

Ryan sat up, "Well what do you want to do? I'm willing to do whatever you want to."

Later that night, Roger and Mark got to the hotel for their shift. Mark looked everywhere for Ryan and Ria but couldn't find them anywhere. By 3:30 Roger had called the house and found out that they hadn't returned home yet.

"I can't believe it! I trusted her and she goes behind my back like this!"

"Like father, like daughter" Mark joked

"Let's go see if Jason's awake, maybe he knows where they went"

They left and took the elevator to Jason's room.

Roger knocked on the door but stopped when he saw the door was unlocked. When he opened it he stopped dead in his tracks.

"WHAT THE FUCK?"

Me: HAHAH! Cliffy! Before I end I want to let you know that I do not advocate step-sibling dating so don't think I'm weird, I'm trying to add some drama between Ria and Ryan. I also don't own the song.

Raven: What happens?

Me: Wait and See!

Raven: R&R! and get Adam's CD!