"I just received mail from Daphne’s mother. It’s an invitation to Daphne’s birthday ball. Apparently, it will end up being more of a political event than anything. Which will go late into the night and her parents offered to let me stay the night. Would that be alright?" I asked cautiously. I hoped she would not look too much into it. This could obviously be extrapolated as more.. naughtier, but that was not going to happen. We agreed to go at her pace and I doubt that will happen again for a while.