Uh oh.

The dogs (cats and hamsters) have spoken. 

They have voted for Lacie to be my girlfriend. 

Now I don't know what to do...

It's not like Lacie isn't a pretty girlie...graceful...

...with a quiet modesty... apparently she even flosses daily....

And let's not forget the warm welcome she gave Toby and Dewey Dewster....

It's just that, well, she already HAS a boyfriend.

And he's my good pal Archie!

And when I asked her about this, she went crying to Dewey Dewster that 

I was mean to her...and then asked him out on a date!

Of course, this was right after she giggled her way across the ocean on Aire Rudy with Noah!

I have no idea what went on when they locked themselves in the bathroom, I only heard Lacie saying that "To Aire is Divine!" later to Asta.

Since Abby was sooooo close in the voting, maybe we throw out the high and low scores, divide by 5, multiple by .007 and ask the Australian judge who should be my girlfriend.

Shall we sort through the ballots looking for dimpled chads* and demand a recount?

Instead, I'll do the honorable thing...Lacie, will you be my girlfriend?

...but only if Archie, Dewey and Noah are okay with it!

A fella's gotta look after his mates, right?

*Chads were made famous in the highly contentious 2000 presidential election in the United States, where a majority in the U.S. Electoral College was determined in Florida by the counting of punch card ballots. Voters leaving incompletely-punched holes resulted in partially-punched chads, where one or more corners were still attached, or dimpled chads (also known as pregnant chads) where all corners were still attached, but an indentation appeared to have been made.