Texas teenager Mike Ramirez took an NFL cheerleader to his senior prom on Saturday night, thanks to a very special wingman: Twitter.
It started with a direct message, grew into a retweet challenge and ended with a night neither Ramirez nor a Houston Texans cheerleader named Caitlyn will soon forget.
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Ramirez is a 17-year-old high-school football offensive lineman from Crosby, Texas. Back in late February, he tweeted the following screenshot of a Twitter conversation -- emoji-laden, of course -- he had with Caitlyn (whose last name hasn't been revealed), and implored the Internet to retweet madly:
10,000 Retweets and I'll be taking a texans cheerleader to prom @HTC_Caitlyn . RETWEET RETWEET RETWEET pic.twitter.com/xSwNhH9D5E— Big Mike (@Big_Mike_71) February 27, 2014
Ramirez's post got the requisite number of retweets in about a day, according to media reports at the time, and Caitlyn kept her word. On Saturday, the big night finally arrived, and in true 2014 fashion, it was well-documented on social media.
First, Ramirez took this pre-prom selfie with his bros:
Sneak peek for prom. pic.twitter.com/jvCtBCr6hg— Big Mike (@Big_Mike_71) May 10, 2014
And Caitlyn posted one of her own from the limo that took her to meet Ramirez and his friends for dinner before the big dance:
On my way to dinner & to meet @big_Mike_71 for the first time!!! @TexansCheer @HTC_Speaker #HTCTakesProm pic.twitter.com/ldR3GJlW0e— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 10, 2014
But Caitlyn didn't go it alone:
With my HTC Sisters!!pic.twitter.com/7TrD44XpAN— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 10, 2014
Then Caitlyn and Ramirez met for the first time, and performed the ol' corsage-for-boutonnière exchange:
Meeting @big_mike_71 for the first time! @texanscheer #HTCTakesProm pic.twitter.com/CCPSlNtcuF— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 11, 2014
Ramirez looked like a pretty happy guy at dinner:
Prom 2K14pic.twitter.com/w9qfUoDcaZ— Big Mike (@Big_Mike_71) May 11, 2014
FInally, it was time for the actual prom:
Dinner was great!!! Now time for PROMpic.twitter.com/xO6A7egIrS— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 11, 2014
Just look at that cute couple:
We're here!!! #HTCTakesProm @texanscheer @big_mike_71 pic.twitter.com/lbmZnb7h4W— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 11, 2014
There was even a photo booth:
Photo booth! #HTCTakesProm pic.twitter.com/F2u6zTunew— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 11, 2014
And it seems safe to say that Ramirez and Caitlyn had a pretty swell time together:
Prom was a blast! Thank you for inviting me @big_mike_71 #HTCTakesProm @texanscheer pic.twitter.com/p7GHxaxoYV— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 11, 2014
I mean, Caitlyn was still glowing on Sunday morning:
How pretty was my corsage yesterday?! pic.twitter.com/CVQzpd6KyJ— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) May 11, 2014
Prom, an NFL cheerleader and a teenage Twitter stunt -- who better to sum up this slice of Americana than a Las Vegas realtor?
If you can dream it you can achieve it!!!! @Big_Mike_71 @HTC_Caitlyn #promdate— Albie Vegas Realtor (@AlbieVas) May 10, 2014
#America, y'all. Ameri-freaking-ca!