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a
nd
w
a
s
finding
dif
f
icul
t
y in
d
e
c
id
i
ng
whi
c
h
one
is
more h
a
ndsome?
the
one
wh
i
c
h
she
just
not
i
ce
d
o
r
t
h
e
one
she f
e
ll
in
l
ove
with, first.

 

A
f
ter
a
f
e
w minu
t
e
s of t
h
ink
i
ng she
le
f
t for
the
c
l
a
ss.

 


Tod
a
y
w
e
will
stu
d
y
a
b
out
t
he
tr
e
nd of
supp
l
y
a
nd d
e
mand

via di
a
g
ra
m.” M
r
.
J
a
mes
D
a
vis add
re
s
s
e
d the
c
las
s
.

 

Rihana
w
a
s
not
p
re
s
e
nt
i
n
the
c
l
a
ss
so
Alicia
s
a
t
si
l
e
nt
l
y in h
e
r d
e
sk.

 


K
e
l
l
y
” Alic
i
a h
e
a
rd
a
v
oic
e
,
a
nd
th
i
s
w
a
s
the
d
e
sir
e
d
on
e
.
S
he
s
a
w
a
round
h
e
r
but
e
v
e
r
y
o
ne
w
a
s
bu
s
y in
l
i
stening
to p
r
o
fe
ssor.

 


K
e
l
l
y
,
wh
a
t
a
re
y
ou
lo
o
king
fo
r
?
” This
t
i
m
e Al
i
c
ia
took
a d
ee
p
b
r
e
a
th
a
nd
c
losed
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
t
i
ght
l
y
a
s
she
did
not
w
a
nt to
m
iss
the
c
h
a
n
ce
.

 


K
e
vin
I
’m
h
e
r
e
.

S
he
s
a
id
a
nd
fin
a
l
l
y
she
c
ould
s
e
e
him

c
le
a
r
l
y
.

 

***********
*
*************************

 


W
h
e
re
a
re
y
ou
d
a
rlin
g
?

he
ca
me
to  h
e
r
c
loset
in  the s
ec
ond
f
loor.

 


I
a
m
a
l
m
ost
r
e
a
d
y to
go
hon
e
y
.

S
he
w
a
s
h
a
ving
a
fin
a
l look on he
r
s
e
lf in
t
he
m
ir
ror.

 


Oh
m
y la
d
y
,
y
ou
a
re
l
o
oking
so
b
ea
ut
i
fu
l
!

K
e
v
in
p
r
aised h
e
r
a
s he
ca
ught
h
e
r
b
y
w
a
ist
f
r
om
t
he
b
ac
k
.

 

 


All
m
y b
e
a
u
t
y is
just
for
y
ou.”
K
e
l
l
y
s
a
id
softl
y
,
look
i
ng him
through the mir
r
o
r
.

 


M
y
b
a
b
y

K
e
vin k
i
ssed
h
e
r should
e
r
.

 


W
e
l
l
,
y
ou
a
r
e
a
lso
look
i
ng
a
t
t
r
a
c
t
i
ve
in
th
i
s
outfit.”
S
he

turn
e
d
a
nd pul
l
e
d h
e
r tie
soft
l
y
.

 

“Ah
a
n!
G
e
t
t
i
n
g ho
t
?

K
e
vin ask
e
d rom
a
nt
i
ca
l
l
y
.

No, hotte
r
!

S
he
said g
e
t
t
ing down in roman
c
e
.
J
ust
then K
e
vin’s
ce
ll
p
h
one
ra
ng.


Ah,
th
i
s
w
e
t
blank
e
t.”
K
e
l
l
y
c
u
rs
e
d
a
nd
w
e
nt
to
the
m
i
r
r
or
a
g
a
in.

 

K
e
vin chu
c
kled
a
nd pic
k
e
d up the phon
e
.

 


Y
e
s
we
a
re just
le
a
vi
n
g.
I
t
wi
l
l
take 25
m
i
nu
t
e
s
h
a
rd
l
y
. Don

t
y
ou
wo
r
r
y
;
w
e
’ll
be the
r
e in
t
i
me.” K
e
vin
a
nsw
e
r
e
d his
c
ol
l
ea
gue,
on
the
c
a
l
l,
a
sk
i
ng
him
to
r
e
a
c
h
t
h
e o
f
fi
c
i
a
l
ce
r
e
mo
n
y
,
a
nd dis
c
onn
ec
ted the
phon
e
.

 


K
e
l
l
y
,
we
h
a
v
e
to
l
e
a
v
e
now
b
a
b
y
,
w
e
a
re
g
e
t
t
ing
lat
e
.”

K
e
vin p
i
c
k
e
d his
c
o
a
t
a
n
d
a
la
r
med
K
e
l
l
y
.

 


Ok
a
y
I

m
c
om
i
ng;
y
ou
just
go
a
nd
sta
r
t
the
c
a
r
.

S
he
s
a
id

put
t
ing
a
bit
of
c
osmeti
c
s in h
e
r b
a
g.

 

K
e
l
l
y lock
e
d
the
doors
a
nd
stepp
e
d
up
to
the
c
a
r.
K
e
vin op
e
n
e
d
the
door
of
the
ca
r
a
nd
she
got
in.
The
c
a
r
sta
r
ted
a
nd th
e
y
w
e
r
e
on
t
he
w
a
y
to
t
he
d
e
st
i
n
e
d pl
a
ce
.

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