Five years ago, when Heather Fontana attended her high school prom, her date was her best friend, a guy she'd known for years — not exactly a Cinderella story.
This outing would be different, the 23-year-old told herself as she gazed in a mirror. She glanced at the curlers in her hair that were almost ready to unspool. She carefully curled her eyelashes, accentuating her brown eyes, as her boyfriend, Ramon Perez, looked on. Her dress and gloves were laid out on the bed; a hoop skirt was nearby.
"This," she said, "is what I wish prom was like."
