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"What are you gonna wear to the dance tomorrow night?" Laurie asked. "I didn't know you thought about things like that, Laurie." Annie replied. Annie was always critical of Laurie's focus on schoolwork and babysitting over romance. After a long pause, Annie continued: "You know, you could ask somebody." "No, I couldn't." Laurie was embarrassed. How could she ask who she wanted to the dance? "Sure you could, all you'd have to do is go up to somebody and say 'You wanna go to the dance?'" Annie said. Easier said than done, Laurie thought. "You could do that. I couldn't." She said quietly. "Well you could ask Dick Baxter, he'd go out with ya!" Annie joked. "I'd rather go out with-" You. The thought stuck in Laurie's mind. She desperately wanted to say it, but Annie would probably already be going with her boyfriend, Paul. Besides, asking a fellow girl to the dance was a huge risk. Annie would probably think it was a joke anyway. So, Laurie settled for telling Annie her second choice. "-Ben Tramer."