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Rachel Miller is a Harding High School student. She's fantasized about her senior prom her whole life. In Double Date, she's a member of the prom committee. She suggests a Gone with the Wind theme to Alex P. Keaton, chairman of the prom committee. Rachel has a crush on Alex and has never had a real boyfriend before. When Alex fails to get Jocelyn Clark to go to the prom with him, he asks Rachel instead, and she eagerly accepts. Rachel has a wonderful time at the prom up until the very end, when she learns that Alex got Jocelyn to go with him after all and has been rushing back and forth between them all evening. Rachel is furious and hurt, but Alex tells her that he's realized he likes her better than Jocelyn after all. They agree to give their relationship another try.

Sometime after that, Alex and Rachel go mini golfing. Rachel wins, so Alex demands that the manager examine her golf clubs to see if they're regulation.[1]

Alex and Rachel have been dating for six weeks when Rachel beats him out for valedictorian in The Graduate. Alex can't believe he isn't the valedictorian and offers overly harsh criticism of her speech, causing a rift in their relationship. During the graduation ceremony, Alex apologizes backstage, and the two reconcile.

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