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Souls, a little voice inside me said You can sht nauseated et as close to me as Colin had earlier today That seemed to be what setht"

Sure enough, looking every bit as gorgeous as ever in black pants and a white shirt unbuttoned at the collar, Stephen walked along the side of the e to the upstairs lounge

"Okay, I can do this," I said aloud, trying to su to talk to him?" Carly asked "Or just punch hi to iventhat now haunted me every moment I ake and the chill that stayed with ht

I was ready to confront Stephen

So about myself

"Wait here," I told Carly "Please"

"You sure you don’t wantStephen had led toI wanted Carly involved with Her being here tonight was bad enough

She nodded "Good luck Give hi I even wanted to consider aftera dee your life forever, so you have to want it

I wondered if Stephen said that to all the girls But I didn’t want a kiss tonight All I wanted was answers

Stephen sat in the corner of the upstairs lounge on a plush red velvet chair He watched ain

"Sa?"

My nore how nervous I was "I need to talk to you"

"But you didn’t answer ood," I admitted

"Sorry to hear that"

"Are you?"

"Of course I a smile I couldn’t help but respond to He really was cute, that ed since he’d potentially destroyed my life He waved at the chair beside hi to resist, but deciding to do as he said I glanced around the lounge as I took a seat on the soft chair There were about a half dozen other kids in this area, scattered around Soout Sonize any of theain Suddenly, I felt young--really young--and uncertain