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PART 3
Can I tell you a secret? My sister has a crush on Sam. Apparently, Sam had a crush on her. I mean, who can really compete with their perky younger sister? I obviously can't. I wondered why she went to boarding school. In the middle of the school year.
She hadn't done anything wrong as far as I knew, yet on the jet plane she went. Poor girl, shipped away like a... well a flat rate box.
But the note said otherwise. They'd both done something wrong.
Have you ever kissed a guy in a butterfly garden? Have you? If you have, you know what I mean when I say: The world around you kind of disappears. Like, um, when you watch a really intense movie. You feel like you're actually there.
Well, butterfly gardens and kissing isn't a good pair up for me. I mean, I had an awesome time making out with all of Sam's yummy-ness, but I felt like we'd be together forever. Maybe that's what my sister was thinking when she....
Let's just say, Sam's a father, and it isn't Grace's. God. My sister and her beliefs. She thinks that a mixture of Paula Abdul and God can get her through anything. I mean who says that everyday? Who has "Paula Abdul+God= safe and secure!" on a poster in their locker? Raise your hand. Okay, I see a few people. Oh, and you in the back. And, of course, my sister.
Did I mention she's younger? I mean who steals their older sister's boy candy and gets pregnant?
Even worse, Sam knew all about it. Once I loved him, I could know that we're kind of going to be family. Hopefully, the fact that he was the father of my nephew would extinguish our undying love for each other.
What if every girl on the planet dated an older or a younger guy? Everybody would probably have somebody.
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I will never forget the look Sam had on his face when I was kissing another boy the next day. Actually, I got lucky. We were rehearsing a play together. And just as the kissing scene happened, Grace and Sam showed up on the scene. Lucky for me, I didn't need to be a good actress. I was only there to be a stage hand. That way, I wouldn't have to buy tickets to see the show.
Anyway, as I was kissing and amazingly hot drama club member, Sam and Graceful appeared.
"Oh, hello, Sam. What brings you to the theater?" I ask, smoothly.
"Grace and I are trying out. Are you?" Sam replies, staring down my rehearsal buddy.
"No, I'm a stage hand." I flash Graceful a huge, fake smile. The director announces that the auditions are starting. I turn to Sam and Graceful and say sweetly,
"Break a leg."