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Not since Zedediah Turner

Zed, as everyone called hih school and still ranked as my best He was also the only ical during our two years together, and he was anything but boring But then he died, a month before the Fiery Boys broke up, and the pain of lost love still stung

One day I'd find a lover like Zed-I kneould happen Hey, maybe I'd win this contest and turn my charms on River Sticks My mind wandered back to those youthful fantasies in which River and I shared a reat couple

Okay, I admit it-I could be as delusional as Kira My brain liked to takepossibilities One little thought, and I'd be off to fantasyland I couldn't help it; we all get that way so, I knew thatthis contest was the same as Kira and Jo's Zero However, by this point in the evening, with my beer and adrenaline-fueled bloodstream fully operational, reality was irrelevant I was definitely going to enter that contest So what if I didn't win?

I grabbed ht Let's take so-once part offorfor a good location "We could pose over by the bar" She shot a playful s by the sinks?"

I could play that ga shot" Even Kira laughed at that

"Let's do this" Jo ran to the bar and laid back against it in a lusty pose, her arms stretched out past other people's drinks "Out of the way! This is a photo shoot" The ed her while I took son and the jukebox

We horsed around and took pictures for the next fifteen minutes The bartender knew us and let us come behind the bar I posed with ly poured a squirt while Jo snapped away

Not willing to be outdone, Jo got up on the counter behind the bar and posed in front of the , two bottles in each hand Then she stretched out on the bar and pretended to be asleep while the bartender decorated the scene with eestions We even made it to the bathroom for a few unusual poses