Additionally, Tiffany and Blaine's daughter Bri is the most popular girl at school and has a huge social media following. With reluctant support from her father and Martha, Stephanie goes back to high school to finish her last month of schoolwork, where she learns that Seth is now the librarian and the prom queen contest has been abolished. On the way, driving past Deanna Russo's old house, Stephanie sees that the now-married Tiffany and Blaine reside there. Her father and Martha, now principal and cheerleading coach at Harding High, take her home. At a cheer performance, Tiffany convinces fellow cheerleaders to sabotage Stephanie's landing, severely injuring her and putting her into a coma.ΔΆ0 years later in 2022, Stephanie wakes from her coma. Stephanie has regular disagreements over prom preparations with Blaine's ex-girlfriend Tiffany, who feels threatened by the prospect of Stephanie winning the prom queen title. She lives with her widowed father and is still friends with Martha and Seth, who secretly has a crush on her. In 2002, Stephanie plans to win the title of prom queen in hopes of becoming like Deanna Russo, an alumna of her high school who seems to have the "perfect life". She spends the next few years giving herself a makeover, becoming cheer squad captain, dating popular boy Blaine, and becoming one of the most popular girls by senior year. In 1999, after a failed birthday party at the local "cool" spot Rock N Bowl with her friends Seth and Martha, 14-year-old Australian immigrant Stephanie Conway decides she wants to be one of "the populars".