Johnny is in seventh grade. A school dance is a week away. Before class, Johnny writers a letter to his crush, Susie. The letter reads, "Dear Susie, I think you are a very nice and pretty girl. Would you go to the dance with me? P.S. - I love you with a purple passion." He slipped the letter into Susie's locker. The day finished and Susie opened her locker. She noticed the letter, which she promptly read. "...love you with a purple passion," Susie read to herself. Her jaw dropped as her eyes read those last words. She immediately went to the school's front office and showed them the letter. The middle-aged woman in the office was shocked and took the letter to the principal. The principal read the letter and quickly approached Johnny in the hallway. "Johnny!" the principal screamed. "You can't go to school here any longer!" Johnny was in shock. "Why?" the boy asked. "Because we saw what you wrote at the end of that letter. 'I love you with a purple passion.'" Johnny went home and told his parents about what happened that day. They were also stunned. "What does it mean?" Johnny asked his parents. His mother and father paused before giving him the usual 'you're too young' explanation. Johnny's mother decided that rather than look for another school, she would homeschool him until he had graduated from 8th grade. Nearly a year-and-a-half later, Johnny and his mother sat in the office of a high school guidance counselor. Johnny's mother was attempting to enroll him in high school. The counselor perused Johnny's transcript. "Well, Johnny, your grades are very good. Would you mind telling me why you were expelled in 7th grade?" Johnny explained his unusual predicament. "So, I wrote this letter asking a girl to a dance. At the end, I wrote 'I love you with a purple passion.'" The guidance counselor immediately placed Johnny's transcript on the table. She explained to Johnny and his mother that a person with such low moral standards would not be allowed into their school. "Can you at least tell me what it means?" Johnny asked; he was dying to know. "No," the counselor quickly replied, "Unlike some people here, I do have moral standards." Johnny and his mother defeatedly exited the school. His mother decided she would homeschool Johnny for his high school education. Approximately four years later, Johnny was done with his secondary education. That he was educated at home for the past five years did not bode well for his admittance into a college; Johnny's applications were all rejected. "There's always one last option," Johnny told his parents. "I will join the army." A few days later, Johnny sat in front of a recruitment officer. "Tell me, son," the stern-looking soldier said, "Why were you homeschooled?" Johnny let out a sigh, knowing his past experiences. "In seventh grade, I wrote a girl a letter in which I asked her to go to a dance. I ended the letter with 'I love you with a purple passion.'" The officer put his pen into his desk drawer. "Look, Johnny, you're not welcome in this army." Johnny was quickly escorted from the building. Johnny was down on his luck and became homeless. He sat on the street corner across from the local library. One day, he noticed an attractive young woman approaching him. "Excuse me, miss, you look familiar," Johnny said. "May I ask your name." The woman was a bit confused; she did not recognize Johnny. "My name is Susie," the woman said. "Susie?!" Johnny said elatedly. "We were in middle school together! It's me, Johnny!" Susie was a bit stunned to see Johnny begging on a street corner. "Oh," she said. She could not think of anything to say. "Y'know," Johnny said, "My life has been absolutely terrible since I wrote that letter to you." "That's no surprise, given what you wrote at the end," Susie said. Johnny petitioned Susie, "Please! Just tell me what that phrase means!" Susie pointed to the library nearby. "Look: Go to the library. You'll find your answer there." Johnny jumped to his feet. He was quite eager to find out why his life had been nothing but horrid. He quickly ran across the street and was promptly struck by a car, killing him instantly.