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gically transform into something more exciting and worthy of the company of people she

get here," she retorted. "I

and didn't hear my phone ring," he reached to hug her. "Gir

as there for a work-related conference. But considering they talked and video c

is arm. "You were supposed to be with me, but y

led. "How did it go? Who did you see? I ch

e than she thought she would. Alex had been the biggest playboy and the biggest loudmouth; the very worst of combinations. Deina, on the other hand, had

to a religious somebody. We all

to appear indifferent. "I saw P

e. I can't wait to

erent from wh

"He put on some

was so cool when I saw him, almost cold. Nothing like

had remained one of his closest friends through the years. His eyes drifted to her open box

"Please spare me the details. Is it because

k I'm going to change. It was a long drive, an

or the main Prom event the following evening. Now, it was being discarded as even an option for a mere mixer. "Please change your outfit!"

x."You could wear this red blouse. It's the one you

for lunch tomorrow, and

ked, pulling out

'm wearing for

kidding,

est thing I own. How was I to know what people wear for

ched for his phone. "You'

UK

'm going to have something else delivered for yo

hat our flavou

ut a whole month. More li

miscuity post-divorce still someth

night's mixer," he said, handin

oo much?" s

present yourself. I keep telling you that. It took me y

print, and sleeves and décolletage in black lace, still not su

business proposal you mentioned whe

ting Malcolm and I include

pany, something that had been her dream as far back as her university undergraduate days."So, let me get this straight," Shaun said, h

and all the roles you've held, it's the kind of thing investors like to se

should be the C.E.O. of your own compa

egree, and I've been working in a bank for four

and find out that, surprise, I don

na shrugged, smiling. "Or maybe Malcolm and I might

!" he chuckled. "You folks can't afford me, and you

," she beamed. "You'l

r picking them." Then bending forward, he kissed her forehead. "Anyways, Pixie, let me go freshen up. I'l

to overdress, Mr. Vanity. From what I hea

of the room. Closing the door, she leaned on it,

nstantly looked like it had never been in contact with a brush, he'd been immediately relegated to the category of dorky kids, a category Davina had been an honorary member of right from middl

fortlessly cracked differentiation equations in calculs and geometry and discussed Quantum Physics like he'd founded its theories alongside Niel

ent, and as friends, they were fiercely protective of each other. They became the Yin to the other's Yang, an inse

e to her feelings for him than admi

lass, in preparation for their final exams only weeks a

w students?" Mr. Wood, the Geography teacher, had bellowed. "This is the one h

ged down to the Assembly Hall. "Who has time for such mindle

i-fi movies. Even though she wasn't happy about being interrup

it, he frowned and turned to her. "Let's find somewhere here to

ed as people filed in and out of the hall. It was a f

moon," he said, looking up. "The lunar hemisphere facing the earth is n

y somewhere out there are a few humans morphin

g Can You Stand the Rain wafted from thehall, and in the few seconds their eyes h

uch things as werewolves," he final

It wasn't until later that night, as she lay awake in bed, that she was able to process it, to figure out

n for her b