"Why did you invite me here?" Jack asked, standing beside me in the Commencement Ball. I'd never gone to it before, as it was a black-tie event, and thus required a dress.
"Because you look dashing in your uniform. Why did you have to wear civilian clothing?" I was actually wearing a dress. I had selected the least revealing long dress I could find, and wore boots underneath it. I'd wear a dress if I had to (but this was the first time, outside of home, I'd ever done it), but heels was something I wasn't willing to compromise on.
"We're not the army. Police officers aren't supposed to wear mess dress to outside work events. I'm here in my private capacity, after all. Which reminds me. Why did you invite me?"
"Because I needed a companion. I can't come to an event like that alone, you kn
