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"Is your--"

He o on as his jaorked silently

"How is your sister?" I was thankful thatthis afternoon and are trying to explain things to her" He took my hand and led me back to an area on the porch where no one would be able to see us "I was going to call you, but I had to decide what I was going to do"

"I understand" I looked down at the steps "If we stop seeing each other now, this should blow over for your faed "I figured that would be the easiest thing for you Dating h held a hint of frustration "Not seeing you wouldn’t be easy Not seeing you would be theI could do" He reached up and touched "

I covered his hand withto decide if I should go back home for a quick trip or if that would make it worse" He let his hand fall froether "I spent so to her on the phone today"

"Is she--did she understand?"

"She did She was pretty excited that irlfriend is a princess" He smiled at me

My heart did a flip in ently kiss him "I’m so sorry for all of this"

"I knew it could happen" He frowned "That’s one of the things I was thinking about today"

"I don’t want to see your fa" I shookus quits because of some jackass reporters" He looked at me with a fierce expression "I won’t let so Relief lightened my heart

"Besides, I had Chadwick call the producers of the news prograht "I don’t think my family will have to worry"

"Chadwick can be scary Awesohed and I felt the last of my nerves melt away "We had a beer afterward"

"Now I knoas bad Chadwick hates beer"