Meanwhile, in Providence, Rhode Island...

[howie_lovie]

I have arrived home, and a new dillema has arisen that requires not so much my immediate attention, but more then local law enforcement's:  my mother is missing.

Apparently, she disappeared this morning while I was on the plane, and since she was seen before the plane landed but after it had taken off, I am not a suspect what-so-ever.  I don't

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[playful_jane]

I have only just now received your package. Thank you so very much, Phillips! I'm sorry I nagged you so horribly about it earlier. I take it you intend to attend the dance, but at this dance, to you intend to actually dance at all? I ask to appease my insatiable curiosity.

[howie_lovie]

We shall see.

I am pleased you liked it.

[playful_jane]

You're being quite wicked, leaving me to wonder as you are. I'm not sure how many surprises I can take, you know. I'm tempted to vote for you as Homecoming King in hopes of seeing you dance whether you wish to or not, for if you are required and yet still refuse, Ms. Brooks shall fetch her bat and make sure you "play ball," as she tends to say.

[howie_lovie]

I am unafraid of Ms. Brooks or any implement that she may be capable of wielding.

And you are quite lucky that the voting is confidential.

[playful_jane]

Yes, but I am strongly tempted to vote for you, and if I am so strongly tempted, I might as well vote for you and get it over with before the desire becomes overwhelming. What would you do if I voted for you, however?

And I may have enlisted Edith to help me in the garden tomorrow afternoon, as I figured you wouldn't mind if she knew where you live, since you have offered to open your doors to so many of the girls.

[howie_lovie]

Edith is fine.

And I would be rather cross.

[howie_lovie]

Which is why you are lucky it is confidential, and that my disinterest in the voting extends to whom you voted to, and I will not ask.

[playful_jane]

You have now explained how you would feel, but not what you would do, and as I have never seen you when cross and have a firm goal to remain unafraid of the unknown, I feel I have nothing to fear from you when you are feeling cross.

I do think, however, that you would look quite handsome with a crown upon your head, as you need some sort of decoration on your scalp. You must admit it looks bare.

[howie_lovie]

I fail to see why bare is a bad thing.

I will not be wearing a crown. Period.

[playful_jane]

I never said it is a bad thing, but as it is something of a special occasion, if you get a crown to spruce up your crown, I don't see what's so bad about that.

[howie_lovie]

I prefer to keep myself undecorated, save for one particular piece of jewelry.