What's Your Scandal?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Respectable and appropriate, even if a little tasteless.

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

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

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

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

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

Blush and stand speechless with shock.

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, 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, but not too boldly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blush furiously and say yes, yes, yes!

Turn him down. Conventional is so boring.

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

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.

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.

Faint

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

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

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

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!)