For many high school students being left dateless for senior prom would be a disaster.

But one student came up with an innovative way of including her fiance when he told her he could not make her prom because he would be overseas serving in the US Air Force.

Instead of going alone or enlisting the help of a friend to accompany her, Lexi Akerson, 17, from Lawton, Michigan, created a life-size cutout of Brandon Turner, 20, who is stationed in England.

Two-dimensional: Lexi Akerson, 17, pictured right, took a cardboard cutout of her fiance Brandon Turner, 20, left, to senior prom after he was unable to attend in person

Flat: Brandon, whose cutout is pictured with Lexi at her prom left and right, could not make it because he was in England where he is station with the US Air Force

Young love: The student from Lawton, Michigan, pictured with her fiance, came up with a novel solution so that she did not have to go alone

Lexi even danced with the cutout of her boyfriend, who she has been dating for three years, at the prom at Lawton Community Center.

Brandon, who is a civil engineer, has been away for two years. Lexi plans to move to England to be with him after her graduation next month, which he is able to attend, and they are getting married on June 2.

She said she was upset that he could not make prom but then she came up with the idea of the cut-out.

She said friends found it 'hilarious' when she arrived at prom with the cardboard cutout.

Lexi, who plans to become a nurse, told Daily Mail Online: 'It was upsetting/sad because it was my last time at prom, and i went to his senior prom.

Joker: Lexi, pictured with her 'date' said her friends found it 'hilarious' when she turned up with the cutout

Silent date: Lexi, far right, posed for pictures with friends, left, and her cardboard fiance

Lone ranger: Lexi, pictured left and right, is moving to England after graduation to join her fiance

Flag-bearer: Lexi, pictured last year, is getting married to Brandon in June

Besotted: Lexi, pictured with Brandon, said they may be young to be getting married but that they are in love

'I came up with the idea by joking around with my friends i should take a Fat Head of him to prom sense he cannot make it.

'But my friends reactions were hilarious, they loved the idea, and thought it was adorable. Especially the parents loved it sense he couldn't be apart of prom, yet he was still here with me...

'I am planning on moving with him over to England two weeks after i graduate, and my career goal is to be a nurse then get into heart surgery.'

Speaking about their wedding, Lexi, who enjoys doing sports, said: 'We are young, but we love each other.'

History: The couple, pictured, met in middle school and started dating in high school

Match: Lexi, pictured with Brandon, said she used to 'pick on him' for being short before he had a growth spurt and grew four inches taller than her

Ambition: Lexi, pictured, said her career goal is to become a nurse and to be involved in heart operations

The couple met in middle school when Lexi was in the sixth grade and Brandon was in the eighth grade but it was not until high school that they started dating.

She said she used to 'pick on him' for being short before he had a growth spurt and grew four inches taller than her.

She said: 'We started dating when he was a freshmen in Lawton High school and i was a seventh grader in middle school.