Monday April 6, 1987

Chevonne and Randy walked into the school building after riding to school together. The halls were crowded with students milling around. Chevonne noticed the prom posters had finally been hung in the halls.

"Maybe things around here will start to get back to normal." Randy said. "Last week was weird."

"The past few weeks have been weird, first Nikki and then Mr. Johnson." Chevonne stopped at her locker.

"This is our last two months of high school. It should be a time of fun and celebration. No more gloom and doom." Randy said.

Chevonne opened her locker and found three roses tied together with a note. She picked them up and opened the note. 'A special lady should get a special invitation to prom. I don't dance well but would love to spend the evening with my girl. - Roman'

"Must be from Roman, you have the stupidest look on your face." Orton chuckled.

"Who knew tall, dark and quiet could do something so sweet?" she smiled.

"If I were a girl I would so jump up and down while telling you how lucky you are." Randy smirked.

"You wish you could be so romantic." Chevonne gently punched his arm.

"When you look like I do, you don't have to be." He winked.

"Hey, Roman is not ugly. You should hear the girls pant after him. Half the time I wonder why he is with me." She said.

"Are you kidding? If you weren't my sister, I'd have had you under the bleachers ages ago." Randy said.

"You're so classy." She rolled her eyes. "I need to go find my prom date."

She looked down the hall and saw Roman at his locker with some of their friends. She shut her locker and hurried down the hall to where they were standing. She leaped and hugged Roman, still clutching her roses.

"What's with her?" Ted asked.

"Roman sent me roses to ask me to prom!" Chevonne smiled.

"Oh that is so sweet." Kristin smiled.

"You're kidding. I didn't ask Brandi, she just knows we are going to prom together." Cody laughed.

"Don't remind me." Brandi shook her head.

"Jimmy asked me to prom even though we are together." Naomi said.

"I guess the men in their family are just naturally romantic." Chevonne chuckled.

"Yeah, we got it like that." Jimmy puffed out his chest.

"Oh please, help me out here Teddy." Cody said.

"Oh no, I am staying out of this one." Ted laughed.

"So I take it you are accepting?" Roman chuckled.

She kissed him. "You are so adorable."

"If the John Hughes movie is over, we should probably get to homeroom." Cody sighed.

"He's right. Mr. Leyfield doesn't like it if we are late." Chevonne said.

"Mr. Hart doesn't either. See you before first period?" Roman asked.

"Just like we do every day." She kissed him and hurried to class.

(6pm)

Randy and Chevonne walked into the Orton home. Elaine had insisted Chevonne join them for dinner now that she was over her sickness. They walked into the kitchen where Bob was already seated at the table.

"Papa Orton!" Chevonne hugged him.

"There is my girl. Haven't seen you in about a week." He said.

"She has a boyfriend now dear. You have to share her with the other man in her life." Elaine winked.

"Is he behaving?" Bob asked.

"Yes, he has been a gentleman." Chevonne said as she sat down.

"Today he formally asked her to prom." Randy said.

"Oh that is wonderful." Elaine smiled. "Randy when you gonna ask some nice girl to prom?"

"I have a few in mind." Randy said.

"Chevonne let me know when you plan to buy your prom dress. I want to pay for it." Bob said as Elaine joined them at the table with the last of the food dishes.

"Oh you don't have to do that." Chevonne said. "I am sure I can find a nice one at a reasonable price."

"You get whatever dress you want and I am buying it. And I won't take no for an answer." Bob said.

"But…"

"Chevonne, it is a daddy's job to pay for his daughter's prom gown and I consider you my daughter. After watching you grow up all these years, I am proud to buy your prom gown." Bob said.

"Thank you Papa Orton." She smiled.

"And Randy, don't wait too long to ask a girl. It is difficult to throw things together at the last minute." Elaine said.

"I'll bribe some girl to go with him. Don't worry." Chevonne snickered.

"Oh you're hilarious." Randy rolled his eyes.

"No I mean it Randy. You will need to get a tux that matches your date's dress. And you will have to get her flowers that match her dress." Elaine said.

"And make sure you ask someone nice. When I went to prom, my best friend was miserable the whole night because he had split up with his girlfriend but because everything was bought, his mom still made him take her. They fought like cats and dogs all evening." Bob said.

"Mama Elaine it was so sweet. Roman put roses with a note in my locker asking me to prom." Chevonne smiled.

"Oh that is so sweet. Reminds me of when Bob and I were first dating." Elaine smiled. "He used to bring me flowers at least once a month."

"Yeah, just make sure all those flowers don't go to your head. I remember being his age once." Bob said.

Wednesday April 8, 1987

The girls had all decided to go dress shopping for prom after school. The formal shop in town was the popular spot for most of the girls at Carter High School to shop for their prom gowns.

"I can't believe Mr. Orton gave you a blank check to buy your prom dress." Naomi said as they walked in the front door.

"Me either, and I think I went overboard promising him I would buy only a prom dress with it." Chevonne said.

"Well I want to get something that will knock Cody's socks off." Brandi said.

"They got a lot of beautiful dresses here." Kristin said.

"I want something in blue." Naomi said.

"I hear the guys are planning an awesome after prom party." Kristin said.

"I know our guys, especially Cody…it will probably include half the senior class and a few strangers." Chevonne laughed as she started looking through a rack of dresses.

"I am surprised none of them have suggested getting hotel rooms." Naomi said.

"Give it time. Although Papa Orton might blow a gasket if he hears about it." Chevonne chuckled.

"I have found my dress!" Naomi said pulling a blue strapless gown from the rack. It had a sweetheart neckline and was knee length with ruffles starting at the waist.

"That is pretty. Go try it on!" Kristin said.

"I am torn between these two purple ones." Brandi said holding up two gowns as Naomi headed to a dressing room.

"Try them both on, see which you like better. If you don't like either you can shop some more." Chevonne said.

"Finding anything you like?" Kristin asked Chevonne as Brandi headed for the dressing room.

"I don't know. I really like Roman and want to look great." She said.

"You are pretty; you could wear anything and look nice." Kristin assured her.

"Thanks, what about you? You found anything you want? You know….something to make Teddy all hot and bothered." Chevonne giggled.

"I like this red one." Kristin held up a knee-length red dress with puffy sleeves and a bow on the back.

"Looks like taffeta is the big fabric this year." Chevonne said. "It's pretty. And with some red heels, that would look great."

"I just can't believe we are shopping for prom gowns. Seems like just yesterday we were leaving the middle school." Kristin said.

"I know…..hard to believe that so much has happened so fast." She agreed.

"Well what do you think?" Naomi came out of the dressing room.

The blue gown looked great on her. Naomi twirled around in place, showing off the dress.

"You look wonderful." Chevonne said.

"Jimmy might be dragging you into the bathroom." Kristin laughed.

"I think I am getting this one. I love it." Naomi said.

Chevonne walked further into the store as the girls shopped and tried on dresses. She looked through a few more racks of dresses. She found a rack marked 'new arrivals'. As she looked through the rack she found a beautiful off-white gown; ankle-length, long sleeved with slightly puffed shoulders, the top made of lace and from the waist down the dress was a few layers of chiffon over crinoline, yet was not a ball gown.

She took the dress off the rack and held it up to herself. She smiled thinking it looked beautiful. She checked and saw it was her size. She hurried over to the dressing rooms.

"Where are you girls?" she asked.

"I am trying on my second dress." Brandi called out one of the stalls.

"I found another blue one I wanted to try." Naomi yelled.

"I am trying on the red one." Kristin yelled.

Chevonne went in the last empty stall to try on the dress she chose. Once she had it on, she looked in the mirror. The lacy sleeves were sheer from the shoulder down and it fit her perfectly.

"Chevonne, I found my dress. I love this purple and black one." Brandi called.

Chevonne stepped out of the dressing room and looked at Brandi. Brandi was wearing a dress that had a sequined top of half purple and half black with satin bottom that was purple with a layer of black half over it; the sleeves were satin and puffy mix of black and purple.

"That is gorgeous. I love it." Chevonne smiled.

"Honey, look at you. Where did you find that dress?" Kristin turned around.

"I am glad you like it. It is the one I am getting." Chevonne smiled.

"You look like a princess. Roman is gonna flip." Naomi poked her head over the door.

"Aren't you gonna let us see your second dress?" Brandi asked her.

"No, it is hideous once I got it on. The first one is for sure my dress." Naomi said.

"Looks like we all have our dresses. Now to find shoes." Kristin said.

"Mom said she would help with that. She said for us to stop in Sears one day while she is working." Chevonne said.

"Look at us, we are looking great." Brandi said. "Our boyfriends are four lucky men."

"They won't know what hit them." Naomi said.

"Come on, let's pay for our dresses and then grab some dinner." Chevonne said.

(8pm)

Chevonne was sitting in her living room watching episodes of MacGyver she had recorded with the VCR. It was one of her favorite shows and she would watch the episodes over and over again. Her mom had come home from work earlier and was taking a shower. Chevonne had excitedly shown her the dress she had bought for prom and Judi was looking forward to helping the girls get their shoes.

The phone began ringing. Chevonne hurried to the corner table and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Chevonne….are you okay?" Randy asked.

"Of course, I am watching MacGyver. Oh and I bought my prom gown. I will bring your dad the receipt tomorrow. Wait until you see it….."

"Chevonne, Chevonne…..Jimmy and Jey were attacked." Randy interrupted her.

"What? What do you mean attacked?" she asked.

"After they had showered and were leaving baseball practice….they were jumped from behind in the parking lot." Randy said.

"That is insane! Who attacked them? And for heaven's sake why?" Chevonne was horrified.

"We don't know. They were attacked from behind. We think whoever it was took off when the rest of us came out of the school. We didn't get a good look at them but definitely saw two guys." Orton said.

"But who would attack the twins? They have no enemies and are two of the sweetest guys at the school!" she was upset. "Are they okay?"

"They were taken to the hospital. Jey has a broken arm, but other than that just some bruises. Neither one knows who attacked them. The police were called and Mr. Flair said he is going to look into it." Randy said.

"This is crazy! I am stunned." Chevonne said.

"Look, it's probably just some guys with a beef with the twins. Maybe that Slater kid over Naomi, who knows. Don't get too upset but I wanted you to know because I am sure Roman is pissed. Heaven knows the baseball team is on the warpath." Randy said. "And Naomi will be fired up, you know her temper."

"Randy…do you think maybe guys from another school's team attacked them? Crazier things have happened." Chevonne said.

"If it is, I am sure Flair will find out." Randy said. "I will pick you up in the morning."

"See you then. Bye Randy." Chevonne said and hung up. She immediately picked the phone back up and dialed the Reigns' number. "Hi, Mrs. Reigns, is Roman there?"

"Yes dear, I will put him on. I am sure he will be glad to hear from you." She said.

Chevonne waited patiently and after a minute Roman came on the line.

"Chevonne?"

"Roman, Randy just called me. How are you doing? I know you must be upset." She said.

"Uncle Fatu just called; the twins are both home and resting." Roman said. "I am not sure what to think."

"Does anyone have any clue why anyone would attack them?" she asked.

"No, the police are going to be at the school tomorrow questioning the students." Roman said.

"Well if there is anything I can do, let me know. I feel so bad for them, especially Jey." She said.

"Yeah, he is pretty pissed his senior year baseball season is over this way." Roman said.

"I will talk to you tomorrow; Randy is picking me up as usual." Chevonne said. "Try to get some rest."

"I will. I will see you before homeroom." Roman said.

Author's Note- Inspiration for Chevonne's prom dress came from an episode of the old teen show 'California Dreams' where Tiffani goes to prom with a friend rather than her boyfriend. The other girls' dresses were inspired by just searching for 80's prom gowns online. Decided to update again in honor of WrestleMania week! Special thanks to Raign and cdajr for the constant feedback.