Ben: What's happening? I can't hear! And I'm dying!
Leslie Knope: Baby, relax. I just wanted to surprise you. Open the bottom drawer and read the cake.
Ben: "Will you go to prom with me?" Well, this just keeps getting weirder.
[aside to camera:]
Leslie Knope: Because of the merger, schools have had to make some cuts, and the first thing to go was the senior prom. So as a last-minute hail Mary, the parks department is throwing prom for them. They also wanted to cut A.P. Latin, so I volunteered to teach Latin. Which reminds me, I need to learn Latin.