"Well, are you going to say it or keep it inside the rest of the day."Amy looked at her plate, "I think that I volunteer you to be a chaperone at the ...rom. Will you do it?'Brad laughed, "Of course I will. It will give me a chance to keep an eye on you. I don't trust boys around you in that dress you're going to wear. By the way, when am I going to meet the guy who's taking you to the prom?" Well he's taking his tests for college and he's on the Prom Committee so I told him that you would drive. " Done," said Annas.Janna immediately rolled up the parchment. "I have to get out of here. Contact me tomorrow. Now go away!"Duric nodded and quickly terminated the Farview.Janna re-tied the scroll, careful to do it right despite her desperate need to escape. At the same time, she took an idle glance at the maps in the center of the table.Something she saw made her take a second look.She recognized it as a map of the lands immediately surrounding the Imperial Palace. Her eyes roamed over it,. Everyone who mattered to Eve, with one highly notable exception, watched that moment of guiltless passion. The new couple held hands. Lips gently caressed lips, until Adam released his light restraint on her fingers and enveloped her slim tensioned body in his strong arms. Eve melted into him, while that magic kiss endured.They had shared just one dance after the meal, before she danced with everyone who had queued to trip the light fantastic with the acknowledged belle of the ball. She giggled. One of the complications was the booths had to look a little period -- which meant no plastic canopies with metal poles; even dimensionally sawn lumber was frowned upon. That turned out to be easily solved; Liz and Mike had a patch of woods on their hobby farm needing thinning, and it was no big deal to go hit on them for a few poles still with raw bark. Honest canvas, rather than plastic, was a little harder to get, but the local hardware store was able to order what they needed.There were.