What's Your Scandal?

A daring deep blue gown because I look horrible in white.

I'd rather be at a gaming hell than any ball.

A simple white dress because, while I'm not married, I WANT to be.

Trousers and a fitted jacket because i want to see how the other half (i.e., men) live.

I hope I'm dancing the whole night and don't have time to eat or drink.

I don't have time for respectable and tasteless. I ate before arriving.

The lemonade is just dandy, after I spiked it with the gin my friends and I smuggled in.

Respectable and appropriate, even if a little tasteless.

Tell him he'll have to marry me if we are caught together.

Warn him some husband-hunting young girls were headed this way, and offer to show him an escape route.

Hide behind the sofa and pray a handsome gentleman would rescue me.

Ask him if he knows where to find the good brandy, and invite him to share a glass with me.

Blush and stand speechless with shock.

Give him a frosty look and firmly declare, "Absolutely not!"

Whisper to him, behind my fan, that we both know it's not dancing on his mind.

Smile mysteriously and tell him I had much rather stroll on the terrace...in the dark...alone...

Kiss him back, but not too boldly.

Kiss him back, then dare him to kiss me properly the next time or this will be the last kiss...

Shock, swoon, and a tiny bit of joy because...oh my, that was lovely!

Kiss him back, because this is an important skill to learn.

Tell my mother/guardian a half-truth and bribe my maid to help me.

Only go if my sister or best friends are going. Someone needs to keep them from getting into too much trouble.

Ask my older brother's most notorious friend to take me. The baddest boys know all the best tricks, after all.

Sneak out of the house to go check it out. Carpe diem!

Say yes...then rush to learn every bit of gossip I can about him.

Blush furiously and say yes, yes, yes!

Turn him down. Conventional is so boring.

Turn him down, but gently and for his own good. I haven't seen or done enough to settle down yet, obviously!

Faint

Say no, but a little coyly. Perhaps he's not as bad as gossip says... And if he really wants me, he'll be even more determined to woo me.

Sense that he has an ulterior motive in mind, and say yes...subject to some terms and conditions. He may want my dowry, but he'll have to win my heart.

Say no. I could never truly trust a man with his reputation.

Made by me, right before we make love in the carriage.

At the most important ball of the Season, in front of everyone who never thought I'd attract such a man. (I'll show them!)

In my bedroom, at midnight, after he's just scaled the side of my house to declare his eternal love...

In a beautiful summer garden, with my suitor on bended knee.