When’s your birthday?”“April eleventh.”“It’s a ways off. I’ll make a note of it. It’s too late for me to schedule a day off.”“What...if you called in sick?” she asked.“That would not make me very popular at the station. Jon would need to stay late, Roger would need to come in early and one of the audio guys in TV would need to put together the radio news with Jake. On top of that, the station would need to pay both of them overtime, and they run a lean ship.”“What if you’re really sick?” she. He tells me to stay and enjoy the rest of the week. He tells me that he doesn't want me to be lonely or have desires and is happy for me to have our friend from the night before come and visit again. I decide to go to the swimming pool and do my laps and find the pool surprisingly quiet. I jump into the lap pool and being my laps a little distracted from the antics of the night before and what had happened. As I reach the end of the pool I look up and see my friend from the night before. It's PeterWright's version of Swan Lake. She was in the corps, but she wasn't inthe pas de quatre. It's all just steps I taught you when you helped metrain your sister. You remember them don't you? Heck, I can't rememberyou ever forgetting a dance step no matter how long ago you learned it.Trust me; this role is beneath your talents, even if you're rusty."Philip knew she was right. Philip passion for dancing had never left him.He had managed to practice on his own in secrecy on a regular basis.. .. Empty...I'm running behind. My feet carry me through the empty hallways of Van Buten College. I'm wearing a button up shirt over an under shirt, slacks, and my favorite par of black boots; though my boots are tattered and old. The halls are dimly light and there are no sighns of anyone, no people, no footsteps, no shadows. I've got my costume in my bag, nothing special, this year I'm dressing as a scarecrow. There's a restroom, I can change in there. I duck into the bathroom, a unisex.