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Billy isn’t the only person to find us While chatting with soirls frorats on our perforh the crowd to offer her oords

Camille

Despite her grunge/punk look she’s usually rocking, tonight she is absolutely radiant in a low-cut black satin gown that hugs her every curve She wears soloves that reach her elboith jewels adorning them on the tops of the hands It’s a ht

She race when she approaches us, and all her focus is on Bobby “I swear, Bobby, if I didn’t already know better, I’d say you were a dance student already, training forpiece you just performed”

Her words make Bobby smile “Thanks, Camille I appreciate that It … reallyfrom someone as talented as you”

“Talented? Or do you own?” She rolls her eyes and picks at her gloves “These thingsshit aren’t practical to hile eating”

Soirls titter behind her, and Bobby lets out a full-on belly of laughter

I shake irl outta Spruce, but you’ll never take the Spruce outta the girl”

Caives me a wink Then, after a second’s hesitation, she leans toward Bobby, bringing her lips right up to his ear Words are whispered, and I watch Bobby smile

She gives hi look, then says, “Enjoy your success, boys The whole town’s got their eyes on you now” Then with a kind smile, she is off with the other dancers, ere apparently in theexcitedly with her about what schools in Europe are like

Like some kind of fairy of inspiration, Camille waltzed back into my life this suht out with that graceful stride of hers

I turn to Bobby, curious “What’d she whisper in your ear?”

Before he can anse’re approached by someone else

Someone who makes all of the er