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back on her large, fluffy pink pillow Her hair fell

around her face like a fra out the

brightness in her eyes

"Arnold pitched a shutout yesterday to finish

the baseball season;" Peter declared "He went the full

nine innings and gave up only three hits!"

"Oh, don't start talking to me about sports All I

ever hear from you boys are scores and errors and

double plays It's boring"

"Boring?" Peter said

Quin laughed

"Sure it is," he said "Jock stuff is always

boring" He leaned over the bed toward Belinda "I

wrote a new song for the band We're calling it 'Take

me to the Beach' "