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Tristan

The new Char in February, for the next two and a half months, it seemed like the Charmers intended to eat, sleep and breathe preparations in the school auditoriu Show In addition to their regularpractices, afternoon practices had been extended fro, plus Saturday practices

Savannah had put e creith the other escorts and tea Dylan Willia one of the Brat Twins, and no descendants were Char either to annoy me or spy on me Whatever his motives were, I was ready to kill him with my bare hands And ere still only three weeks into the show preparations

The jerk was always around, alatching Every time I started to pull Savannah behind a prop or curtain for a kiss during the after-school practices, Dylan popped up with some request for help or a question for her At least I still had the ht now, that was all we had, since the spring weather was so crappy I hadn&039;t been able to sleep outside in order to dreaive us ether, because she worked hts while I was outside or in the gyht her upstairs in the er was in the nearby costume closet

We couldn&039;t even risk dinner dates after practice anyroups for the show&039;s dance numbers, and they all left at different times

Between the new practice schedule, the stor eyes, my time with Savannah had been reduced to the ten short an

I was slowly going insane

Maybe if I&039;d never kissed her, held her, spent countless hours talking with her, our forced separation wouldn&039;t be so bad But I had, I was crazy about her, and

And I flat-out one If not for her worries that ould be seen together, I&039;d have taken her out of town for a late dinner before noould have to find a way to change her ht After three weeks of practically no alone ti as crazy as I was

Al Finally I checked the costuhts and closed the doors One less room for Savannah to have to shut down so we could leave quicker I already knehere to take her to eat

I headed down to the stage to collect the sound systee&039;s breakers In the darkness broken only by her flashlight, the urge to kiss her nearly overpowered h, I&039;d have her snuggled up against my side in my truck and on the way to a quiet, romantic dinner at a real table with real chairs and real food

And h to last me another week

"Did you close up the dance rooht I&039;d save you soone noay"

"Thanks" She locked the office closet Then we stepped out of the roohts

As she locked the door, I said, "So listen, I&039;d really like to take you out tonight There&039;s this fantastic place about thirty ood food-"

"Tristan, we can&039;t You know that" She turned to face h

I tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear "This restaurant&039;s small, not as popular with the adults I doubt we&039;ll see anyone we know"

"You and the Clann know everyone"

"Not everyone And I&039;ll ask for a corner booth so no one will see us"

"I don&039;t know"

She avering; I could see it in her eyes "Please, Sav? I haven&039;t seen you rabbed her and kissed her at the end of every sentence "I ing"